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Silver Creek board grants variance to allow live outdoor amplified music, agrees to annual review
Summary
The Silver Creek Township Planning & Zoning Board on March 4 granted Moores and Maas Properties LLC a variance to expand a nonconforming use to include live outdoor amplified music, approving the motion unanimously and adding the condition that the township will review the permit yearly. The board also approved two lot-line adjustments during the same meeting.
The Silver Creek Township Planning & Zoning Board on March 4, 2025 approved a variance allowing 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 with the condition that the township will review the approval yearly; Member Jesse Dickinson seconded. The board recorded the motion as carried 6-0.
The variance authorizes live outdoor amplified music at the property named in the request. The minutes record the board’s additional condition that the township will review the approval on an annual basis; the minutes do not include further limiting conditions, decibel thresholds, or operational hours.
In the same meeting the board approved two lot-line adjustments. Member Jesse Dickinson moved to approve a lot-line adjustment requested by applicant Alan Kirscht; Member Tom Vanek seconded and the motion carried 6-0. Member Ryan Nelson moved to approve a lot-line adjustment requested by Skies Limit LLC; Member Mike Helman seconded and that motion also carried 6-0.
Procedural items on the agenda included unanimous approval of the meeting agenda (motion by Member Tom Vanek, seconded by Member Mike Helman, carried 6-0) and approval of the Jan. 7, 2025 minutes (motion by Member Ryan Nelson, seconded by Member Mike Helman, carried 6-0). The minutes record a motion to adjourn by Member Tom Vanek, seconded by Member Mike Helman; no vote tally for adjournment is specified.
The board did not record direct quotations in the published minutes and did not cite state statutes or township ordinances in the entries for these items. The meeting was called to order at 7:00 p.m. and concluded after the listed business.
