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Developer asks Harris Township to relax riparian buffer signage for recorded Spencer subdivision; board seeks engineer input
Summary
Developer Tom Songer asked the board to waive riparian buffer sign installation on a recorded subdivision that he says has no imminent earthwork; the board asked the township engineer to work with the developer to identify a reduced, practicable number and placement of buffer markers rather than strict 50‑foot spacing.
Tom Songer, representing the Spencer subdivision property owner, asked the board to waive the ordinance requirement to install riparian buffer markers on a recorded plan he said will see no site disturbance in the near term. Songer argued the ordinance's intent is to require markers prior to disturbance and said installing stakes now in heavily overgrown…
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