Planning Commission approves Arena Ordinance with modification, requires traffic study

The Adams Township Planning Commission voted Jan. 7 to add an Arena Ordinance to the meeting agenda and to approve it with a modification to Section 2 and a requirement that a traffic study be provided.

Commissioner Robert Downie moved to add the Arena Ordinance to the agenda; Robert Foltz seconded the motion. Later in the meeting, Commissioner Marilyn Watson moved to approve the ordinance with the specified modification and the traffic‑study requirement; James Craig seconded that motion and the commission voted unanimously to approve.

The commission did not record details of the Section 2 modification in the minutes excerpted in the transcript; likewise, the content and scope of the mandated traffic study were not specified. The commission also listed three additional draft ordinance topics — change of use and application process; commercial development lighting; and overlay expansion at intersections — for future consideration.

Action taken: Arena Ordinance added and approved (motion to add by Robert Downie; motion to approve by Marilyn Watson; outcome: approved, unanimous).