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I missed a few things but MichMatters, you may want to reach out to LEDC about any OPRA/NEZ questions since they are helping out. I only know what I've read from SoM FAQ infosheets. They are going to condominiumize the remaining building for residen…
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Due to the excessive tree cutting at the Pointe West Condos and the H Inc. development I think it is imperative that there be a new ordinance to protect trees from being cut down when they don't impact the new building. I don't understand why they e…
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Cherry Hill - Since it was LIHTC dependent and the original developer didn't get it, I don't recall being informed there would eventually be a phase II so combining the parcels wasn't even on the radar to discuss. In a lot of cases zoning just makes…
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@hood Planning and Zoning may have flubbed the layout review. The development team preferred to activate the Grand Ave. side and it was considered the better of the two layouts presented. Once phase II was announced recently they were told that the …
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Sorry if the confusion is with me rather than how the article is written. Phase II (the orange rectangle below) is set for the parcel to the south, currently owned by the city. This is where CATA will house admin with a couple dozen more apartment a…
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from that CP article: "The Capital Area Transportation Authority is eyeing the construction of an administrative building with space for homeless services on the south end of the block that the city’s old Center for the Arts — which housed BoarsHea…
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Cherry Hill - I am glad they are proposing a second building and it will help the configuration be not so dumb. I'm interested in seeing what the purchase agreement will be with the city since that site had been my personal bet on the city hall loca…
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Chestnut quadplex - the most I heard is that too many neighbors spoke against it. But they were okay with two duplexes or a triplex, so go figure. Planning Commission voted to approve the City Rescue Mission's move 5-1. Not surprisingly, property…
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RE: the Public Safety complex, I totally hear you all. The main reason it looks the way it does is because of potential threats against the police and the array of users. The developers visited quite a few newly built locations, namely one in metro …
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There is no political will or pressure to broach corridor street design. Heck they didn't even put in the promised bike lanes for the street conversions downtown. But local design control of trunk lines will be a strategy mentioned again in the comp…
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Sorry I wasn't clear. FBC added mixed-use and 100% residential by-right in the commercial districts on the corridors (Saginaw, Oakland, MLK, Cedar, Pennsylvania) with the intent they should transition to the TOD concept. I did say we haven't seen i…
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I've been reading a lot from https://twitter.com/holz_bau and Larch Lab - he gets into US transit oriented development - how we zone all density housing on loud, dangerous, and unhealthy corridors. Lansing bought into this in the FBC and while we ha…
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@hood @MichMatters You both touched on good stuff - The Planning & Zoning Office is keeping track of all comments received about FBC/zoning and over half have been requests for ADUs. I do think it helps for those comments to be laid directly in…
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In addition to R-MX and R-6b, you could also look at DT-1 for that triplex model. I'll be pretty frank - FBC was relatively conservative (by this forum's standards) by design because of who was in power and who was designing the actual text. The old…
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@MichMatters yes the minimum width (contradicted by the zoning ordinance, but the subdivision ordinance governs) and depth-to-width ratio thing is out of control. Even the State's standard is 4:1. Planning & Zoning Office is working on an amendm…
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We wanted it along Kalamazoo and Cherry but they couldn't make the numbers work with the floodplain. FBC has a stipulation to work around natural features and we can make a compromise for additional outdoor seating, bike racks, and rain gardens in t…
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Here is a concept layout. Not getting the Baryames property is a missed opportunity and makes it clunky/hard to integrate into a traditional downtown layout, but Baryames owns it outright and it is prime downtown land so I'm sure if they were contac…
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ICLB is proposing the same kind of row houses on a site on MLK at W Genesee and two of them on S Pennsylvania south of E Kalamazoo. I think it is becoming their go-to model to recoup costs and such. They have run into a few space issues with setback…
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Planning Commission (5-2-23) voted to recommend approval of the Miller/Aurelius rezoning for the single-family/duplex development. There was some concern about street access points and removal of woodlands. Applicant said the entire development will…
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The subdivision ordinance definitely needs an update so the city does not have to go through these bureaucratic processes. It reminded me of a case last year - the guy who bought that section of North Cemetery for multiple quadplexes. I just happen…