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CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF PLYMOUTH
ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS
THURSDAY JUNE 7, 2018
6:00 P.M.
PLEASE NOTE that the Zoning Board of Appeals will hold its Regular Meeting on Thursday, June 7, 2018 com-
mencing at 6:00 p.m., to consider:
• Application 1570, R78-058-01-0062-000, 44595 Marc Trail, R-1 zoning district, Tabled from May 3, 2018:
is requesting two variances:
1. To install a six foot (6’) fence around the rear property line whereas a four foot (4’) is allowed.
The
variance requested is two (2) feet of fence height.
2. To allow the rear property line fence to come within (3) feet from the side street corner whereas (20)
feet is required.
The variance requested is (17) feet.
• Application 1571, R78-061-99-0012-002, 111 Ann Arbor RD, ARC zoning district, The applicant is request-
ing two variances with a conditional approval by ZBA based on Planning Commission approving letter
heights over 16”.
1. To allow (3) wall signs with individual letters totally 132 square feet of area, whereas a total of 90
square feet is allowed.
The variance requested is 42 square feet of signable area.
2. To allow a third wall sign on a corner lot whereas (2) are permitted.
Variance requested is a 3 rd wall
sign.
• Application 1572, R78-022-01-0243-000, 14422 Huntington, R-1 zoning district is requesting one variance:
1. To allow a six (6) foot fence around the rear yard property line whereas a four (4) foot fence height is
the maximum allowed.
The variance requested is two (2) feet of fence height.
• Application 1574, R78-022-01-0024-000, 14434 Huntington, R-1 zoning district is requesting one variance:
1. To allow a six (6) foot fence around the rear yard property line whereas a four (4) foot fence height is
the maximum allowed.
The variance requested is two (2) feet of fence height.
• Application 1573, R78-039-03-0077-000, 12173 Deer Creek CR, R-1-H zoning district is requesting one vari-
ance:
1. To reduce the rear yard setback to (40) feet to construct a screened porch whereas (50) feet is required.
The variance requested is (10) feet.
• Application 1575, R78-058-03-0047-000, 9320 Mayflower, R-1 zoning district is requesting one variance:
1. To reduce the side yard setback to (6) feet (8) inches whereas (10) feet (6) inches would be required
with the other side yard being Five (5) feet Four (4) inches to equal the (16) foot side yard require-
ment total.
The variance requested is (4) feet of side yard setback.
The meeting will be held at Plymouth Township Hall, 9955 N. Haggerty Road in the Town Hall Meeting Room.
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CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF CANTON
ACCESS TO PUBLIC MEETINGS
The Charter Township of Canton will provide necessary, reasonable auxiliary aids and services to individuals with disabilities at
the meeting/hearing upon notice to the Charter Township of Canton.
In accordance with the requirements of Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 ("ADA"), the Charter Township
of Canton will not discriminate against qualified individuals with disabilities on the basis of disability in its services, programs,
or activities.
Employment: The Charter Township of Canton does not discriminate on the basis of disability in its hiring or employment prac-
tices and complies with all regulations promulgated by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission under Title II of
the ADA.
Effective Communication: The Charter Township of Canton will generally, upon request, provide appropriate aids and services
leading to effective communication for qualified persons with disabilities so they can participate equally in the Charter Township
of Canton's programs, services, and activities, including qualified sign language interpreters, documents in Braille, and other
ways of making information and communications accessible to people who have speech, hearing, or vision impairments.
Modifications to Policies and Procedures: The Charter Township of Canton will make all reasonable modifications to policies
and programs to ensure that people with disabilities have an equal opportunity to enjoy all of its programs, services, and activi-
ties. For example, individuals with service animals are welcomed in the Charter Township of Canton's offices, even where pets
are generally prohibited.
Anyone who requires an auxiliary aid or service for effective communication, or a modification of policies or procedures to par-
ticipate in a program, service, or activity of the Charter Township of Canton should contact the office of Barb Brouillette, Human
Resources Coordinator, Charter Township of Canton, 1150 S. Canton Center Road, Canton, MI 48188, (734) 394-5260 as soon
as possible but no later than 48 hours before the scheduled event.
The ADA does not require the Charter Township of Canton to take any action that would fundamentally alter the nature of its
programs or services, or impose an undue financial or administrative burden.
Complaints that a program, service, or activity of the Charter Township of Canton is not accessible to persons with disabilities
should be directed to Barb Brouillette, Human Resources Coordinator, Charter Township of Canton, 1150 S. Canton Center Road,
Canton, MI 48188, (734) 394-5260.
The Charter Township of Canton will not place a surcharge on a particular individual with a disability or any group of individu-
als with disabilities to cover the cost of providing auxiliary aids/services or reasonable modifications of policy, such as retriev-
ing items from locations that are open to the public but are not accessible to persons who use wheelchairs.
Publish: 05/24/2018
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CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF CANTON
ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS AGENDA
JUNE 14, 2018
Notice is hereby given that there will be a meeting of the Zoning Board of Appeals
THURSDAY, JUNE 14, 2018 at 7:00 PM.
The meeting will be held in the Board Room at the Township Administration Building located at 1150 S. Canton Center Road,
Canton, MI 48188.
7:00 P.M.
Call to Order
Pledge of Allegiance
Roll Call:
Jim Cisek, Vicki Welty, Craig Engel, Cathryn Colthurst and Greg Greco.
Alternate:
Gregory Demopoulos
Approval of Agenda
Approval of Minutes: May 10th, 2018 Minutes
General Calendar:
1. Applicant Svetlana Vrubel for property located at 41661 Ford Road, on the South side of Ford Road between N. Haggerty
and N. Lilley Roads, Zoning C-3, appealing Article 6A.03, Signs, Compliance Parcel ID 71-053-99-0004-001 (Building)
2. Applicant Kevin Foley for property located at 5596 N. Lilley Road, on the South side of Ford between N. Lilley and
Haggerty Roads, Zoning C-3 appealing Section 6A.15 Signs Permitted in all commercial and Industrial Districts
Revision to existing variance of October 8, 2015 Parcel ID 71-053-99-0011-000 (Building)
3. Applicant Dino Demare, for property located at 401 Canterbury Circle, on the East side of S. Haggerty between Cherry
Hill and Ford Roads, Zoning MR, appealing Article 2.00 General Provision, Section 2.24C Setbacks fromWetland Areas
and Watercourses, Parcel ID 71-050-99-0023-003 (Planning)
Written comments need to be submitted prior to 4:00 PM on the date of the hearing. All written comments must be sent to the
Charter Township of Canton, Clerk's Office, 1150 S. Canton Center Rd., Canton, MI 48188, Phone 734-394-5120.
CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF CANTON
ACCESS TO PUBLIC MEETINGS
In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, individuals with disabilities who require special accommodations, aux-
iliary aids or services to attend participate at the meeting/hearing should contact
Kerreen Conley, Human Resources Manager, at 734-394-5260.
Reasonable accommodations can be made with advance notice.
A complete copy of the Access to Public Meetings Policy is available at
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Notice of Public Hearing
Charter Township of Canton
Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program
Program Year (PY) 2018 Action Plan
The Charter Township of Canton is developing its
Annual Action Plan for ProgramYear (PY) 2018 from July 1, 2018 to June
30, 2019
for Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds at
$323,085
The Finance Department encourages all parties to participate at a PUBLIC HEARING on
Wednesday, June 6, 2018, at 1:00
P.M. at the Canton Administration Building - Meeting Room A, 1150 Canton Center S, Canton, Michigan.
Otherwise all
communications should be addressed in writing to the Financial Analyst, Canton Township- Finance Department, Mike
Sheppard, 1150 Canton Center S, Canton , Michigan, 48188.
Canton will provide technical assistance to citizens and groups representative of persons of low and moderate income that request
such assistance in developing funding request proposals and in the review of program activities and program performance. In
addition, Canton will make adequate provisions to assist non-English speaking residents in interpreting program opportunities
and provisions on a case-by-case basis, as well as provide auxiliary aides and services for individuals with disabilities. Requests
for special accommodations must contact Mike Sheppard at
(734) 394-5225
, e-mail
or in writ-
ing to the Finance Department, 1150 Canton Center S., Canton MI 48188
ATTN: Action Plan Hearing.
Requests for special
accommodations must be made with reasonable advance notice.
Mike Sheppard
Financial Analyst
Finance Department
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Rum runners and mafia dons
Author discusses history of crime in Detroit
Crime was big business in
Detroit during Prohibition when
nearly 75 percent of all liquor
came through the city where
more than 20,000 illegal
speakeasies and “blind pigs”
operated.
That was just one of the histor-
ical facts Professor James
Buccellato of Northern Arizona
University revealed to his audi-
ence at a Northville Historical
Society forumlast week.
Buccellato, a Detroit native
and former Wayne State
University faculty member, spent
five years researching his book,
“Early Organized Crime in
Detroit: Vice, Corruption and the
Rise of the Mafia” published in
2015.
He explained that while near-
ly everyone has heard of
Prohibition, or the 18th
Amendment to the U.S.
Constitution, which made alco-
hol sales and manufacturing ille-
gal, most people do not under-
stand the wide-ranging effects of
that historical period on the his-
tory of our country. He noted that
a lesser-known fact is that
Michigan enacted a statewide
liquor ban in 1916.
His book focuses primarily on
the Italian mafia, noting others
have written books on other
aspects of organized crime.
“It's all about the money.
If you can make money, it
doesn't matter your ethnic
origin,” he said.
The 1916 liquor ban in
Michigan brought an
influx of gangsters from
Ohio when a case of
liquor cost $8 in Toledo
and could be driven up
Dixie Highway to
Detroit and sold for $75.
“They could do it on
a mass scale,” he said
of organized crime
involvement then, cit-
ing manpower and
transportation.
The criminals did-
n't have many prob-
lems with unpaid
debts, Buccellato said.
“If you didn't pay up, they did-
n't just send you a letter,”
Buccellato said of loan sharks.
He noted threats of burning
down a business or throwing a
brick throughawindow.
He now teaches in the
Department of Criminology and
Criminal Justice at the
University in Arizona. Many of
his students have Detroit roots
and family, visiting to “find out
more about their city.”
His book covers the 1800s
through 1930s, and Buccellato
notes drugs aren't new here.
“Actually that's been a vice racket
in Detroit from the very begin-
ning,” he told the audience. Even
auto theft isn't new.
“A lot of it was horse theft. The
auto was not common then,” he
said.
Detroit's proximity to Windsor
made it the source of “rum run-
ning.”
“Most of it ends up in Detroit.
Very narrow (the Detroit River),
easy to cross. Just drive across
the river. In some cases, people
would evenwalk across,” he said.
“That's where they made the
most money and the underworld
got involved in it. Almost every-
bodywas in on it,” he said.
He acknowledged public cor-
ruption included bribing of
judges and police, noting it's key
to “contextualize.” Some officials
would “charge by the hour” to
look the other way, or seek infor-
mation to then bust a rival gang
member.
Radio host Gerald Buckley
was assassinated July 22, 1930,
after speaking out repeatedly
against corruption. His murder
came the day of a successful
recall of then-Detroit Mayor
CharlesBowles.
“This is a public execution of
the most popular radio host in
the country,” he said, noting
radio was new then as a mass
medium.
Buccellato learned of Henry
Ford's links to organized crime
through his anti-labor, right-
hand man, Harry Bennett, who
hired strikebreakers to work
against the burgeoning labor
movement.
Ford was also worried about
the safety of his grandchildren
and feared they might be kid-
napped. He reportedly used his
mob contacts to safeguard them,
the speaker noted.
Buccellato described pills,
prostitution, and gambling taking
place on factory floors, with some
employers turning a blind eye to
the crimes, only caring if the
workwas done.
He detailed the migration
from coastal northern Sicily of
organized crime families. As the
predominantly Jewish Purple
Gang fell in the 1930s, partly from
killing each other off, Italian
mobsters approached the
remaining crime organization.
“Sometimes we don't under-
stand quite how lawless it was.
Certainly there are challenges
now and we shouldn't ignore
that,” he concluded.
He acknowledged public cor-
ruption remains while praising
the Detroit Police Department of
recent years. He noted organized
crime is now less Italian and
more ethnically diverse.
Tom Gudritz of Northville,
who organized the lecture, said
Buccellato's book is “a short read
but it is eye-opening.”
Gudritz, who served on the
Northville Historical Society
Board of Directors, said he was
impressed with the “depth and
breadth of the book.” He was sur-
prised at the history of Detroit,
being more familiar with
Chicago andNewYork.
“And the violence, how violent
it was,” he added.
Buccellato said his research
had an unexpected result when
he learned of “my own family's
involvement.
“That's another book,” he said.
Professor James Buccellato
Family fair
Family Resource Fair volunteers
Daniaya Williams and Shane Riffle
serve up pizza and other food out-
side
the
Jefferson-Barns
Community Vitality Center of
Westland during the fourth annual
event. Participants learned about a
variety of social services and relat-
ed opportunities during the
evening event. Sponsors included
the Norwayne Community Citizens
Council, Westland Rotary, City of
Westland, Blue Cross Complete of
Michigan, and Wayne-Westland
Cardio Drumming, which offered
an outdoor class.
Photo by Julie Brown
Julie Brown
Special Writer
