Changes to Kidder Township's recently adopted "Quality of Life Ordinance" may be under way.

At its meeting Wednesday evening, the township's planning commission was asked once again to review the suggested changes and make recommendations."It was brought to our attention that there was a lot of vagueness to the ordinance; that it might be difficult to enforce," said township manager Lisa Klem. "So we got together with the employees who are going to be responsible for issuing the citations and enforcing it. We met with the police and the code enforcement officers; these are the people who will deal with it every day.""I would ask that the planning commission review the suggested changes and make their own recommendations to the supervisors," asked township Supervisor Larry Polansky."We worked on this for three months and it was approved by the planning commission and the supervisors and adopted," said commission member Marvyn Raphaelson. "Now the township employees took a look at this and now we have to make changes, this is a waste of time."The commission was also asked to review recommendations for a 911 Standardized Addressing ordinance."The numbering ordinance needs to be adopted. This needs to be acted on, someone has to bite the bullet and just get it done," said Lake Harmony Fire Chief Ralph Lennon.The commission agreed to review both requests and address these matters at its March 5 meeting.Also on the agenda was the matter of a minor subdivision requested by the Split Rock Country Club.The country club consists of a parcel of land in excess of 300 acres, which includes the golf course and the clubhouse. Included in the parcel is a building located at the corner of Wolf Hollow and Moseywood roads. The building was commonly referred to as "The Welcome Center" and includes a parking area.Split Rock Country Club, through Jack Kalins and Shelly Lutz, has requested a variance which would allow the separation of the parcel of land surrounding the "Welcome Center," which is 2.808 acres, from the rest of the property known as the Split Rock Country Club.Under the current zoning regulations, Resort Commercial Zoning requires properties to have a minimum of 50 acres, 50 foot setbacks and 300-foot lot widths.The parcel, as described in the application, would fall short of all three requirements.While Kalins and Lutz did not attend the meeting, it was speculated that the reason for the request is that the building and improvements on the property increase the overall tax burden on the current parcel. By separating the two parcels the "Welcome Center" and the country club would each carry separate tax burdens.It was noted that the Carbon County Planning Commission recommended approval of the variance.Gene Getz, commission chairman, said that the request was scheduled to be heard by the township zoning hearing board on Monday, Feb. 24. At that point a motion passed tabling the planning commission's actions until the March meeting, when it would have the information from the zoning hearing board, as well as corrected and revised plans.The planning commission also tabled a subdivision for the Alfieri property as well, citing concerns regarding an easement across the existing property.