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Silver Creek planning board approves CUP for Randall Stoick and rezones Skies Limit parcel with lake-access restriction
Summary
At its May 20 meeting the Silver Creek Township Board of Planning and Zoning approved a conditional use permit for Randall Stoick (PID 216-100-333100) and rezoned a Skies Limit LLC parcel (PID 216-000-114100) from agricultural to agricultural residential with a shoreland overlay and a prohibition on back-lot lake access; related township-road specs were also approved. Several members abstained on individual votes.
Chairman Chris Klein presided over the Silver Creek Township Board of Planning and Zoning meeting on May 20, 2025, where the board approved two land-use actions affecting lakeshore property.
Mike Helman, a board member, moved to approve a conditional use permit for PID 216-100-333100 submitted by Randall Stoick; Brandon Geyen seconded the motion. The board carried the motion 9-0 with Jesse Dickinson recorded as abstaining. The minutes state the CUP was approved "as written."
Chairman Chris Klein then moved to approve a rezoning request from Agricultural to Agricultural Residential for PID 216-000-114100, an application associated with Skies Limit LLC; Mark Egge seconded. The board approved the rezoning 9-0 with Sandy Forsman recorded as abstaining. The rezoning includes a shoreland district overlay, prohibits a planned-unit development (PUD), and reflects a change to the concept plan that does not allow back-lot lake access. Chairman Klein also moved to approve a township road beginning at lot 1 to township road specifications; Egge seconded and that motion also carried 9-0 with Forsman abstaining.
The minutes note that there are attached letters and petitions documenting residents' concerns about the Skies Limit LLC proposal; the minutes do not summarize the content of those letters or the petitions. The record in the minutes does not include direct quotes from residents or further detail on the nature of their objections.
Earlier in the meeting the board approved the meeting agenda on a 10-0 vote after a motion by Mark Egge and a second by Tom Vanek. The board also voted to approve the May 6, 2025 meeting minutes on a motion from Ryan Nelson, seconded by Jesse Dickinson; that motion is recorded as carried 6-0, with Mike Helman, Mark Egge, Brandon Geyen and Justin Hall noted as abstaining on the minutes approval.
A motion to adjourn was made by Brandon Geyen and seconded by Jesse Dickinson; the minutes record the meeting adjourned following that motion. The minutes do not record additional debate, the text of resident petitions, or follow-up deadlines for the approved actions.
