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The Planning Commission of the City of Milford met on Tuesday, October 21, 2025, at 6:00 p.m. The meeting began with a brief public comment period (with no speakers), a moment of silence for former commission chairman Marvin Sharp, and the Pledge of Allegiance. The commission noted that meeting minutes were not available for approval. The sole substantive item was a public hearing on Ordinance 2025-17, an annexation request for a 2.7-acre property on Johnson Road. The commission acted as a fact-finding body to make a recommendation to the city council.
The meeting adjourned following the vote.
I want to call to order the Planning Commission meeting for Tuesday, October 21st, 2025. There's a 15-minute public comment period. We'll turn it over to solicitor to go through the procedure. Thank you, Rob. Good evening. This is a public comment period before the Planning Commission of the City of Milford. City has set aside 15 minutes for public comment. We allow three minutes per person. The chairman, chairwoman, sorry, feels it's appropriate. She can extend that time. Anyone who has wished to speak should have signed up on the comment pad. We will also check with anyone online. When your name is called, please come to the podium, give your name, address, and the topic which you want to speak. Anyone signed up? Okay, so no one signed up. Rob, is there anyone online? There's nobody online. Well, mayor oh the chairwoman uh that closes the public comment period. Now turn it back to you. So everyone stand for the Pledge of Allegiance. Before the Pledge of Allegiance, I'd just like to have a moment of silence for the passing of Marvin Sharp, uh, who was the chairman of the planning commission uh for at least the last 10 years since I've been here. So just a moment of silence, please. I claim the religions to the flag of the United States of America. Okay, roll call. We have all commissioners here. And the approval of minutes is next on the agenda. However, we do not have minutes to approve at this time. So we will begin with our public hearing. Ordinance 2025-17. Solicitor. Tonight there is one application for a public hearing. I'm going to review the procedure to be filed for further hearing. When the planning, yeah, when the planning commission holds a public hearing on a zoning application, they act as a fact-finding body in the legislative process to assist the city council in making its decision. The planning commission will make a recommendation to city council to approve or deny the application. City Council will hold its own hearing, but will consider the planning commission's recommendation. For this application, the city council will hold a hearing on October 27th 2025 at 6 p.m. in City Hall. Council will make its own independent decision. Milford in its zoning and land use decisions does not discriminate against persons based on race, color, religion, national origin, disability, familiar status, sex, creed, marital status, age, or sexual orientation. Public comments made on the basis of bias and stereotype concerning people within these protected classes will not be taken in consideration by the planning commission in its deliberations. After each application has been announced, Planning Director Rob Pearce will review with the Commission the pending application. The applicate the applicant and any witnesses it may have will then be called upon to present and explain the application with reasons supporting the approval. The commission members will have the opportunity to ask questions of the applicant or witnesses regarding the facts and merits.