22 February 2021 Dearborn County Plan Commission Meeting Notes
Present: Dennis Kraus, Jr., Chairman, Russell Beiersdorfer, John Hawley, Mark Lehman, Joe Vogel, Jake Hoog, Dan Lansing, Jim Thatcher, and Eric Lang
Also Present: Mark McCormack, Plan Director, and Andy Baudendistel, Attorney.
Title VI Statement read as required by law
ACTION ON MINUTES- no minutes to approve
OLD BUSINESS: none
NEW BUSINESS: none
ADMINISTRATIVE- work on northern 4 townships for the draft zoning map for the update. Mark McCormack presented: We have draft ordinances for the 2 Agricultural and 3 Residential classifications. Several maps were drawn up from different criteria like prime agricultural land, restrictions based on some environmental criteria, etc. They turned on different GIS filters as well like sewer lines for example. We may see some areas where we want to do a little projection for future uses. Started in Jackson Township to draft it. New Alsace might be residential but there is no sewer there and not even close to it. So that criteria restricted that. That makes it more suitable to rural residential now. The consultant agreed in their map projection. Most prime farmland is in Jackson Township on the OKI maps. There is also no sewer except on the edge of Sunman and St. Leon.
Heading into Logan Township the R-2 and R-1 are positioned where sewer is and along the major roadways. At Logan into Harrison Township there are a lot of the Tucker subdivisions. Southpointe area needs to be shown as higher density residential. Condo areas also will be R-3. Where SR46 meets I-74 there is a mobile home park.
McCormack asked if they wanted the zone lines to follow parcel lines. Do they want more projection from what exists to what could exist? There is some value in having development come to the board- it make improve the development even. The parcel line one and current use give the ideas of where the future uses will come in. The public needs to be able to understand how and why the lines are there.
Hoping to have the time to get this done to present to the public later in the spring after the boat reviews again.
Now training a new person and will work on other items. Have some work to do on solar ordinance using a model code for this. Some discussion about the prime area for solar with high tension power lines to tap into. House bill 1381 addressing some of this. Would like to keep some local control of this.
No financial guarantee report.
Meeting adjourned at 8:30 PM
Christine Brauer Mueller
Lawrenceburg Township
