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Yeah, that's what citykid is generally talking about, a kind of TOD overlay on these corridors where there currently is single-family-only districts. Then the debate becomes how much to upzone them. Personally, with everything moving online, there i…
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Yeah, there is no way to do this independent of the state. That leadership has to come from the administration to empower you guys to force the issue. You may want to look into how former councilwoman Jessica Yorko spearheaded dealing with the state…
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Do you have any specific examples of what you're talking about in the city? What do you mean we're not going to get "corridor street design back from the state"? In any case, I'm for ANY residential upzoning, so the TOD approach sounds nice. Though,…
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@citykid, happy to hear everything you said. As for the ADUs, whether we get it or not, I'd like to see public discussion on it. There is just so much that doesn't happen not necessarily because there is any organized opposition to it, but because p…
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It's my hope this year that we take the city council elections kind of seriously, and press candidates on this. But, it's coming up pretty quickly. Primary in two months away. I'd like to get them on the record on issues of zoning and the code. Beca…
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Yeah, it's one of the few big changes they made from the old code, and is meant to accomodate "missing middle" housing to an extent and help out smaller developers. I just wish it was something they'd allow in ALL R-6 (and maybe even R-5) zones, bec…
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Depends on how tall it is. R-MX gives you a bit more clearance. Wasn't sure how tall the structures were and if the picture above was an exact representation. If you can keep it under 35 feet, yeah, R-6B would be the more common choice. Anything tal…
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It'd have to be R-MX (Mixed Residential) or any of the commercial/mixed-use districts. @citykid, yeah, I've always imagined that the FBC didn't go further because you're going to have some really loud NIMBYs, whereas the people who don't mind are…
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It's not a vacant lot. They are going to tear down the existing house.
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Another interseting lot division proposal coming before the planning commission next week. This is for a 154-foot wide lot on Ferrol just east of Pleasant Grove on the southside. Developer wants to split it into three lots one which three single fam…
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I was talking about Kzoo and Cherry, and I hardly think it matters whether it is a few feet closer to the station or not when it's literally a block away. Also, the whole "leave something to be developed later" NEVER happens. Anyway, interested t…
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Seems like a missed opporunity to site the building at the corner; the parking could then just be put along Lenawee; this is a suburban site plan in a literal downtown zoning district. And, I actually think short of a variance the newish form-base c…
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Crazy you posted these. I'd been trying to see if Google Streetview had updated it for a few months, now, and they JUST updated it this month. lol I've been curious about this area, because I'd always thought the 425 Area this is included in was pur…
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gb, this is literally what we've talking about. lol The problem is, once you pass 4 or 5 stories, you're into "high rise" territory per code. That ups the costs because of all the additional requirements. Oh, I know. I'm saying I'm disapp…
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Looks like they uploaded the story just now. Interesting. Sounds like the retail strip at the corner will remain. The Housing Commission (LHC) will tear down the old Davenport campus. The CATA facility they said would front on Lenawee. Still trying …
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Paywalled LSJ article says Haslett Village (southwest corner of Haslett & Marsh) is shooting for a Fall construction start.
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Thanks for those. I have to get back out and do this, sometime. Haven't been in the best of health to do it, though. Anyway, REO Town Gateway is SO BAD. I wasn't much bothered by the size like some here, because I never expected them to actuall…
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An interesting project in next week's agenda. The old church at the northwest corner of Prospect and S. Holmes - a block south of Sparrow's Professional Building and Cancer/Heart Center - was sold about two years ago to Okemos developer T. A. Forsbe…
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Caught a notice for bids from the county land bank for a new project consisting of a row of 5 attached homes right across from St. Lawrence in the City Pulse, last week: The property is currently a mix of vacant usage and a small urban garden…
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The last thing you do is build on sand; it's bizarre. So perhaps he misspoke, because if that site ever had to be redeveloped, that's going to be costly to fix. That's not even to mention that a basement is valuable space for a whole number of reaso…