Friday, November 9, 2012
The Canton Township Planning Commission suggested the Canton Friendship Church add a property line fence to its plans after hearing concern from neighbors.
The Canton Township Planning Commission held a public hearing Monday for Canton Friendship Church, which is seeking a special land use request for its residential property and site plan approval for the addition of a garage. Part of the church's plan is to use a residential building on its property as office space. The church has proposed planting evergreen trees between the building and the neighbor next door to create privacy and to muffle noise disturbance. Timothy Zapinski, of 47304 Saltz Road, lives in the home adjacent to the church's residential property. He said he spoke with church representatives about placing a fence between their property lines. "I thought the fence was a done deal," he said, but came to the hearing and saw no…
42.315181
-83.506935
Canton Friendship Church
1240 N Beck Rd, Canton, MI
/articles/canton-friendship-church-compromises-with-neighbors
1555329
/locations/8116184
Thursday, November 8, 2012
The B.A.P.S. Mandir Temple in Canton hopes to expand and add new architectural elements.
The Canton Township Planning Commission held a public hearing Monday to consider the special land use request and site plan for expansion of the B.A.P.S. Mandir Temple, 3175 South Canton Center Road. There will be no additional traffic and the congregation will remain at about 100 followers, according to Angela Wolosiewicz of the township's planning services. "Our main purpose is increase of space," said Mukesh Patel, who represented the B.A.P.S. Mandir Temple. He said they plan to build more classrooms for the children and add a dining area large enough so the congregation would not have to eat in shifts. "We also wanted to provide a separate Mandir," Patel said. A Mandir is a Hindu temple. A part of the Mandir Temple's request is to …
42.28306
-83.486
3175 S Canton Center Rd, Canton, MI
/articles/canton-mandir-temple-gets-planning-commission-recommendation
/locations/8115911
Monday, January 10, 2011
Public township meetings, an outdoor hockey game, some penguiny fun and a tribute to the "American Songbook" are set for the days ahead.
There are probably more than five things you need to know this week, but these look pretty interesting:
