Members of the Marshall County Drainage Board meet for a special meeting Monday to consider a variance request from Culver Tool at 1901 Walter Glaub Drive in Plymouth.
Dan Sellars from Territorial Engineering in Walkerton presented the request which seeks a variance to reduce the ditch bank set back from the required 75 feet to 65 feet for a proposed building addition on the east side of the building and a paved driveway at 25feet.
Marshall County Surveyor Craig Cultice told the Drainage Board the gravel parking lot that was added to the south side of the building sits well within the 75 feet setback and that the county was never notified of the parking lot.
Sellars told the Drainage Board the gravel parking lot was a stop-gap project to handle a parking issue until the new parking lot could be constructed. He also said the new building addition would begin very soon as new equipment will arrive in the near future.
The surveyor said his main concern was, if maintenance work is necessary on the ditch that any damage that might occur from that work would not be the responsibility of the drainage board since the road would be in the setback.
Commissioner Kurt Garner said, “It looks like you are using just about every square inch of the property and we are glad you are in Plymouth and we certainly don’t have an issue with it.”
The motion was made to grant for a variance from 75’ to 65’ for the building addition and from 75’ to 25’ for the driveway and gravel parking lot with the understanding that there will be no liability of the drainage board if maintenance work on the Newcomb Eisenhour Ditch causes any damage to the property.
