Sylvania Municipal Planning Commission

Minutes of the regular meeting of July 16, 2008. Mr. Kriner called the meeting to order.

Members present: Sandra Husman, Patrick Kriner, Mary Westphal (3) present. Mayor Craig Stough (1) excused. Mr. Robert Oberly present.

Ms. Husman moved, Ms. Westphal seconded to approve the Minutes of the May 14, 2008, meeting as submitted. Vote being: Kriner, Westphal, Husman (3) aye; (0) nay. Motion passed by a 3 to 0 vote.

Item 3 - Lot Split - app. no. 1-2008 requested by Matt Lewandowski, agent for City of Sylvania, for property located at 5727, 5737, and 5747 Main Street, Sylvania. Mr. Matt Lewandowski present. Lewandowski Engineers was contracted by the City of Sylvania to split and consolidate the parcels associated with the property in front of the historical village. The area has a number of survey problems with it. Prior to 1843 the occupation and the adjoining deeds don=t fit together as neatly as the pieces of a puzzle as we would normally like them to. In 1859 the Lucas County Assessor=s Office attempted to address those issues to make the pieces fit, unfortunately they seemed to have muddied the water further. Parcels AB@ and AC,@ as shown on the drawing, are the current historical village, actually the front portion the commercial section will be split off and joined with Parcel AA,@ in between those two parcels is an approximate two-foot Gore Parcel. That is one of the scenarios where back before 1843, the deeds do not read coincident to each other, where one property line is the same as the adjoining parcel, in this case it is not, that predates 1843. The intent is combine Parcel AA,@ the Gore Parcel, and Parcel AB@ into one parcel, that leaves Parcel AC@ that will be combined with Parcel AD@ to provide frontage on a public right-of-way so it is not a landlocked parcel. There is approximately seven feet common line between Parcel AC@ and AD,@ just a legal connection for the two parcels. They will write the legal descriptions for the new parcels and will draft the easements and cross-easements for access to the historical village. This is an item that he has discussed in detail with Mr. Ballmer, and he has copies of the drawings. Ms. Westphal moved, Ms. Husman seconded to grant lot split, app. no. 1-2008, for the property at 5727, 5737, and 5747 Main Street, as requested. Vote being: Husman, Kriner, Westphal (3) aye; (0) nay. Motion passed by a 3 to 0 vote.

Ms. Husman moved, Ms. Westphal seconded to adjourn the meeting. All present voted aye. Meeting adjourned.

Submitted by,

Barbara Taylor, Secretary

Municipal Planning Commission