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Acme Township is currently processing Special Use Permit/Site Plan Approval Application #2009-01P The Village at Grand Traverse - Phase I ("VGT - Phase I") Perimeter Landscaping, Key Interior Roadways and a 232,000 sq. ft. Meijer Class A Store
This page will serve as a public resource for access to application materials, meeting minutes and documents key to the VGT - Phase I application. New information will be added as it is developed.
Basic Documents Needed to Understand the Application and Process:
Village at Grand Traverse Mixed Use Development Special Use Permit #2004-11P dated 09/21/04
Approved VGT Conceptual Plan - part of SUP #2004-11P
Acme Township Zoning Ordinance
"Road Map" for VGT-Phase I review prepared by township counsel. Please note that this document was originally prepared as confidential legal advice subject to attorney-client privilege. In the interests of transparency in the public process, and because there is an unusual level of complexity in how the various documents listed above affect our review process, the Planning Commission has chosen to make these guidelines available to the general public.
What is the VGT-Phase I application? The VGT Conceptual Plan approved as part of SUP #2004-11P is a drawing of all the development proposed for the entire 182-acre VGT property at the southwest corner of M-72 East and Lautner Road. This property extends westward to the Williamsburg Dinner Theater.
Phase I as proposed generally contains the perimeter landscaping for the entire 182-acre project, two key interior roads for the project, and a proposed 232,000 sq. ft. Class A Meijer store on approximately 21 acres of land closest to the M-72 East/US 31 Intersection. The plans do not call for a gas station/convenience store with the main store.
Click here to access a PDF copy of the entire set of application materials submitted on August 31, 2009. THIS FILE IS VERY LARGE (slightly over 30 MB) AND WILL TAKE A WHILE TO DOWNLOAD - PLEASE BE PATIENT!
All of the materials linked to this site are also available for on-site review in hard copy, or purchase on CD ($7.50 charge) at the township hall Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
What is the status of and process for this application? This application was originally presented to the township in November 2004. At a December 2004 Planning Commission meeting, the application was tabled pending the outcome of the litigation that had commenced that October over the approval of SUP #2004-11P. This resolution was only reached when Judge Rodgers issued his final order in the matter on February 26, 2009.
The applicant subsequently updated its application due to the passage of nearly five years' time and to add several items required by the SUP that were not previously submitted. Township staff found the initial application materials to be substantially complete, and asked the Planning Commission to remove the application from the table and direct them to begin processing it on September 28, 2009.
As of October 9, 2009 the application is undergoing the customary staff and township planning consultant review. The applicant will have the opportunity to answer questions submit revised and/or supplemental materials in response to any concerns raised as to how well the application conforms to the requirements for approval set forth in ALL of the guiding documents listed above. When review is complete the staff will forward their analysis to the Planning Commission and a public hearing on the application will be set. The township and the applicant seek to work through this process efficiently and as efficiently as possible; however at this time we do not know when the application and staff reports will be ready for the public hearing date to be set. We currently project that the EARLIEST date at which there MIGHT be substantive discussion of the application is February 22, 2010.
The Commission will review the application materials and staff findings, and will consider public comment offered at the public hearing. They will develop findings of fact and make a recommendation to the Board of Trustees as to whether the application should be approved as presented, approved with conditions, or denied.
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Any questions? Call (938-1350) or e-mail Township Manager Sharon Vreeland.
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