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Silver Creek Township planning board approves lot line adjustments and grants variance for outdoor amplified music with yearly review
Summary
At its March 4, 2025 meeting, the Silver Creek Township Planning & Zoning board approved two lot line adjustments and granted a variance allowing Moores and Maas Properties LLC to expand a nonconforming use to include live outdoor amplified music; all motions carried 6-0.
Silver Creek Township Planning & Zoning approved two lot line adjustments and a variance for outdoor amplified music during a brief meeting on March 4, 2025.
The meeting opened at 7:00 p.m. with Chair Chris Klein presiding and Clerk-Treasurer Alana Paumen recording attendance. The board unanimously approved the agenda, a motion moved by Tom Vanek and seconded by Mike Helman, and then unanimously approved the Jan. 7, 2025 minutes on a motion by Ryan Nelson, seconded by Helman.
In New Business, applicant Alan Kirscht requested a lot line adjustment. Member Jesse Dickinson moved to approve the requested lot line adjustments as written; Tom Vanek seconded and the motion carried 6-0. The board then approved a separate lot line adjustment request from Skies Limit LLC on a motion by Ryan Nelson, seconded by Mike Helman; that motion also carried 6-0.
The board considered a variance requested by Moores and Maas Properties LLC to expand an existing nonconforming use to include live outdoor amplified music. Member Mike Helman moved to approve the variance and added that the township would review the approval yearly; Jesse Dickinson seconded the motion. The variance was approved 6-0. The minutes record the board’s willingness to conduct annual reviews of that approval.
The meeting concluded after a motion by Tom Vanek, seconded by Mike Helman, to adjourn.
The minutes do not record public testimony beyond Alan Kirscht’s request, nor do they provide additional conditions, specific hours, noise limits, or permit details for the approved amplified-music variance. Those implementation details were not specified in the minutes and may be addressed in future reviews or by township staff.
