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Meeting Name: Planning and Economic Development Standing Committee Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 3/10/2016 9:00 AM Minutes status: Draft  
Meeting location: Committee of the Whole
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15-1679 11. ResolutionStatus of Historic Designation Advisory Board submitting reso. autho. Request for withdrawal of designation of the James McMillan School Local Historic District located at 615 South West End Avenue. (The City Council hereby directs the Historic Designation Advisory Board study committee to determine whether the James McMillan School Local Historic District meets the criteria for the withdrawal of designation and to issue appropriate reports in accordance with the Michigan Local Historic District Act and Chapter 25, Article II of the 1985 City of Detroit Code.) (Petition #956) (BROUGHT BACK AS DIRECTED FROM FORMAL SESSIOIN ON 3-3-16)   Not available
15-1680 12. ResolutionStatus of Historic Designation Advisory Board submitting reso. autho. Appointment Mr. Robert Carmack and Mr. Blake Almstead as ad hoc members of the Historic Designation Advisory Board to represent the interest of property owners and those having a demonstrated interest in this historic district. (Petition #956) (BROUGHT BACK AS DIRECTED FROM FORMAL SESSIOIN ON 3-3-16)   Not available
15-1681 13. ResolutionStatus of Housing and Revitalization Department submitting reso. autho. Amendment of Legal Description and Extension of Development Agreement - Development: West Portion of 5622 Kopernick a/k/a 5408 Kopernick. (On May 8, 2011, your Honorable Body authorized the sale of the above captioned property via Development Agreement to Noberto Garita, for the purpose of re-constructing a paved surface parking lot to be used by customers and employees of Mr. Garita’s existing business, El Barzon Restaurant located at 3710 Junction. The legal description has been corrected.) (BROUGHT BACK AS DIRECTED ON 3-3-16)   Not available
15-1682 14. ResolutionStatus of Planning and Development Department submitting reso. autho. Real Property at 10400 Schoolcraft, Detroit, MI 48238. (Offeror intends to rehabilitate the property, after which property will be re-opened as a retail store. The proposed use is legal, permitted non-conforming use within the designated R1 / Single - Family Residential District per building permit number 26153 issued on July 03, 1985.) (BROUGHT BACK AS DIRECTED ON 3-3-16)   Not available
15-1683 15. ResolutionStatus of Planning and Development Department submitting reso. autho. Real Property at 2830 and 2836 Orleans, Detroit, MI 48207. (Offeror intends to use the property to expand their existing meat distribution and warehousing business, which is permitted as a matter of right under the existing M3 / General Industrial District zoning as per section 61-10-58 of the City of Detroit Zoning Ordinance. (BROUGHT BACK AS DIRECTED ON 3-3-16)   Not available
15-1684 16. Communication or ReportStatus of City Planning Commission submitting report relative to Special District Review for changeable copy of two on-premises business signs at Joe Louis Arena in the Public Center (PC) district zoning classification. (Olympia Entertainment, Inc. has submitted to the Buildings, Safety Engineering and Environmental Department a sign permit application dated January 19, 2016, seeking approval to replace changeable copy on two on-premises business signs located on the southeast and northwest facades of Joe Louis Arena and previously approved by the Honorable City Council in 2013.) (AWAITING RESOLUTION FROM THE CITY PLANNING COMMISSION) (BROUGHT BACK AS DIRECTED ON 2-25-16)   Not available
15-1685 17. Communication or ReportSubmitting report relative to Application of Headlee to S.B. 720, Amending the Local Historic Districts Act. (The Amendments do not provide an appropriation of additional funding for the City’s additional obligations. Despite the lack of appropriated funding, the Amendments generally do not violate Headlee, as the establishment of a historic district is a voluntary action by local governments. However, an argument could be made that the provision in the Amendments pertaining to the automatic dissolution of existing historic districts is problematic under Headlee.) (REFERRED TO THE PLANNING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STANDING COMMITTEE ON 3-10-16)   Not available
15-1686 18. Communication or ReportSubmitting report relative to Planned Development Site Plan Review (Article XVII, Map No. 4 of the 1984 Detroit City Code, Chapter 61, Zoning) - Request of Rainbow Childcare Center for an approval of site plan and elevations for a Planned Development (PD) for property located on the southwest corner of Mack Avenue and Brush Street, more specifically known as 308, 314 and 320 Mack Avenue and also 3511 Brush Street, to construct a child care center on properties bounded by Mack Avenue, Brush Street, Eliot Street and the westerly lot lines of those parcels. (RECOMMEND APPROVAL) (REFERRED TO THE PLANNING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STANDING COMMITTEE ON 3-10-16)   Not available
15-1687 19. OrdinanceSubmitting Proposed ordinance to amend Chapter 61 of the 1984 Detroit City Code, ‘Zoning,’ also known as the Detroit Zoning Ordinance by amending Article XVII, District Map Nos. 3 and 5 to show SD1 (Special Development District, Small - Scale Mixed Use) and SD2 (Special Development District, Mixed Use) zoning classifications where B4 (General Business District), R2, (Two - Family Residential), and R5 (Medium Density Residential District) zoning classifications currently exist on certain properties in the area generally bounded by Woodward Avenue, Charlotte Avenue, the John C. Lodge service drive and West Hancock Avenue. (RECOMMEND APPROVAL) (REFERRED TO THE PLANNING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STANDING COMMITTEE ON 3-10-16)   Not available
15-1688 110. PetitionSubmitting reso. autho. Petition of Shoppers Lounge LLC. (#905), request for seasonal outdoor seating for Queens Bar located at 35 East Grand River. (The Planning and Development Department (P&DD) is not aware of any objections from any other City Agencies involved. It is the recommendation of the P&DD that the petitioner’s request be granted subject to the terms and conditions provided in the attached resolution and that this service will convene every April 1st through November 30th for a period of three years (3) from the date of your Honorable Body’s approval.) (REFERRED TO THE PLANNING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STANDING COMMITTEE ON 3-10-16)   Not available
15-1689 111. ResolutionSubmitting reso. autho. Real Property at 9048 Linwood, Detroit, MI 48206. (Offeror intends to rehabilitate and repurpose this property, a vacant commercial structure, into an art studio. The proposed use is a by-right use within the designated B4 / General Business zoning district, in accordance with Section 61-9-76 of the City of Detroit Zoning Ordinance.) (REFERRED TO THE PLANNING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STANDING COMMITTEE ON 3-10-16)   Not available