Plan Commission - Joint Public Hearing — Agenda

Town of Merton Joint Public Hearing with the Town Board Regarding Amending Chapter 17 Zoning Code of the Town of Merton Code of Ordinances to Add a Section (h) Regarding Shipping Containers (Cargo) to General Code of Ordinances of the Town Chapter 17.22(4) Accessory Buildings and Structures October 1st, 2025 Present: Chairman Klink, Commissioners Griffin, Olson, Siepmann, Good, and Caliendo, Planner Haroldson, Deputy Clerk Claas, Supervisors Fleming, Herrick & Krogmann Absent: Commissioner Queoff Also Present: Jake Graff, Andy & Tim Schlosser, Matt Schneider, Rick Gerovac, Steve Luterbach, Kelly Berens, Steve Gramann, and Zachary Aasen The Public Hearing was called to order by Chairman Klink at 5:30 p.m. Planner Haroldson read the public hearing notice. Commissioner Good said there are some really nice roofing systems made for these things. He’s thinking of a contractor or a business owner parking two of the shipping containers apart and buying one of those roof systems that they build for these things and being able to park a truck or trailer underneath would be a really good way to utilize to get a little extra use out of them. It looks really good and since it’s already an accessory building that would be something to consider allowing. Commissioner Siepmann said number 5 says “wording” and they might want to consider “lettering” instead and under number 10 the very last word is “born” and he thinks it should be “bond”. Chairman Klink had Planner Haroldson read the shipping container section of the ordinance. Commissioner Siepmann stated +numbers 9 and 10 he thinks we should clarify that number 9 is for situations where there is not any construction of a new home, addition or remodel and number 10 is specifically for construction of a new home, addition or remodel, otherwise number 9 contradicts number 10 in some ways. The public hearing was opened for public comments and concerns. Matt Schneider – W296N7113 Tamron Court – stated on the 45’, can that be made square footage wise, because if you have four 20 footers, they are basically the same size as two 45 footers. The roofing would be really nice to have things covered and out of the elements. To have multiple shipping containers would be really nice, instead of just two. Supervisor Herrick said he thinks we should consider Matt’s request. The public hearing closed at 5:38 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Holly R Claas, Deputy Clerk