We have uh looking in the building like Bills right outside of the radio stadium.

Well good luck.

So good morning.

This is a regularly scheduled meeting of the Luke's County Planning Commission.

We are going to need to elect uh Chair Pro Tem, if I could have a nomination for that.

Second.

Oh, and further.

We'll go ahead then.

Um Lisa, do you want to take uh the roll?

Yes.

Uh Jack Jolly?

Here.

Chris Wall.

Here.

Brandon Raycoff.

Eric Rosweiler?

Brent Rombeck?

Here.

Lisa Sabeki.

President.

Mike Penouski.

Here.

Mr.

Chair, you have a quorum.

Copy of the notice is available for inspection in our files if anyone would care to do so.

We have a procedure here at the plan commission that if you plan on speaking today, we will take your name, address, and we will swear you in before giving any testimony.

Lisa, do we have any minutes to approve?

We have minutes from November 19th, 2025 and January 28th, 2026.

Second.

We have a first and a second to approve the minutes.

All those in favor say aye.

Aye.

Any opposed?

That carries unanimously.

Do we have a director's report?

We do not.

Any final plats?

Uh we do not.

Uh any requests for postponement or deferral?

Uh no.

Um.

No, no requests, no.

Okay.

Go ahead and read the first case into the record.

Case number one is Z twenty-eight C one fifty-four.

Text amendment for multiple sections of the Jerusalem Township zoning resolution, sections four, five, six, seven, nine, ten, eleven, twelve, and sixteen.

Staff recommends approval as proposed in exhibit B.

There's a revised report in her folders with minor changes on page pages one.

Mr.

Barnes, name and address, please.

Jacob Barnes 4029 secluded ravine court, Maumee, Ohio.

Do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, if so say I do.

I do.

Thank you.

I just wanted to add that the we're in agreement with the staff's report for the most part, and uh appreciate your recommendation of approval.

Thank you.

Uh there were some revisions that you worked with Ms.

McGuire on over the last couple days.

Are you are you okay with those revisions?

For the most part we are.

Okay.

I know that there was one concern regarding the size of the the residential lots in the agricultural districts.

Um I think what was proposed was two and the staff recommended one and a half acres.

What was the consensus on that?

I'll defer to Molly on that.

Uh Mr.

Barnes and I did not come to a consensus on that point, sir.

What it is is the existing lots that we've approved in lot splits in the last six months and longer have been one and a half acres in size based on the current zoning resolution.

If we go to two acres the current lot splits I have in office would not come up would not conform to the local zoning and therefore would have to disapprove them and surveys would have to be redone.

So enlarging the lots of two acres would do harm to property owners and make lots not conforming within the AR district.

Thank you.

And so is the the township's request to stick with the two acre lots or or was one and a half acceptable to the township.

So currently in the resolution it lists both two and one and a half in the same district so we were trying to get rid of that conflict it was mentioned two acres to keep the rural character but I'm happy to go back to the township and have that up for debate on on what they ultimately want to go with.

I don't see a reason to hold this up today but I I do think that that's something you need to address further.

Agreed.

Any other questions for the applicant I have one so it was mentioned the commercial district to do essentially traffic impact studies with more than 50 vehicles that typically that that runs with state standards.

So I like the change that all uses generating more than 50 trips per day will require consultation with our office that will work that could result in the traffic impact study so I think that works well.

Great thanks is that change already reflected in the revised report it is okay.

Any additional questions for the applicant is there anyone in the audience who would like to speak on this case hearing none Molly any other calls emails or other correspondence in advance today's hearing?

No comments at this time but just a point of correction on my part the acreage size that I asked for was one acre not one and a half in exhibit B but I'm willing to also take that back up to one and a half one makes everything conforming one and a half we can work with but the two was just too much I think so if we approve this case what what exactly is the recommendation we're making to to the township?

Right now what I have in exhibit B is one acre sir.

Okay.

Is that reflected in the changes the one acre that's what I'm looking for right now.

There was no change in that in the exhibit that you received the one acre is on page is it 127 yeah and we we didn't recommend approving that modification we understand that at the township level they may they may make that change we're just a recommending body but at this time we didn't recommend making that modification I guess this is where I'm confused.

Exhibit B that's attached to the staff report is our recommendation correct correct so we're recommending one acre lots to the township.

Correct okay yes sir all right what's the will of the commission I'll move uh staff approval um approving the staff approval of case z twenty eight slash C 154 second we have a first and a second to approve the case as it's been modified all those in favor say aye.

Aye any opposed all right that carries unanimously and that'll go back to the township.

Lisa do we have any other business today?

We do not we stand adjourned.

All right thank you everyone we're adjourned thank you and then we will in about