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Morgan Township zoning commission approves text defining shared driveways, sends recommendation to trustees
Summary
The Morgan Township Zoning Commission on July 9 approved Resolution MTZ-2025-04 recommending amendments to the township zoning code to define and regulate shared driveways limited to two parcels, and forwarded the recommendation to the Morgan Township Trustees for approval.
The Morgan Township Zoning Commission voted July 9 to approve a resolution recommending changes to the township zoning resolution that define and regulate shared driveways and to forward that recommendation to the Morgan Township Trustees for approval or disapproval.
The commission approved Resolution MTZ-2025-04, which proposes new zoning text across multiple chapters and adds articles that define a "shared driveway" as connecting no more than two parcels for ingress and egress to one single-family dwelling on each parcel. The resolution directs that the commission’s recommendation be sent to the Morgan Township Trustees for their decision.
Commission members briefly discussed a comment from the BCPC noting that driveway visibility is a key consideration and that the county engineer’s office has control over where driveways can be located. The transcript records that commissioners acknowledged the engineer’s role in driveway placement; no change to the proposed text was recorded before the vote.
The motion to send the resolution to the trustees was made and seconded, then put to a voice vote. Recorded affirmative votes were given by Mr. Tomlinson, Mr. Brandt, Mr. Wageringer, Mr. Morrissey and Mr. Jackson, and the chair declared the motion passed and the resolution approved.
Commissioners also noted that several items of old business were tabled until the commission’s next meeting. The Zoning Commission set its next meeting for Aug. 6 at 7 p.m. The transcript does not specify when the Morgan Township Trustees will consider the commission’s recommendation.
Details from the approved text include the explicit one- and two-parcel limit for shared driveways and cross-references to amendments to chapters and articles of the Morgan Township zoning resolution listed in the resolution text. The resolution was identified in the meeting as Resolution MTZ-2025-04 and as a "Recommendation on proposed new zoning text" to multiple chapters; the commission’s action was a recommendation rather than a final adoption by the trustees.
