Explanation
Rezoning Application Z16-012
APPLICANT: Mark Bush, Capital Growth - Buchalter, c/o Travis Munn; 2800 South 11th Street; Kalamazoo, Michigan 49009.
PROPOSED USE: Commercial development.
DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: Approval (4-0) on May 12, 2016.
GREATER HILLTOP AREA COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: Approval.
CITY DEPARTMENTS' RECOMMENDATION: Approval. The site is developed with a car wash and is zoned in the C-5, Commercial District. The requested CPD, Commercial Planned Development District, would permit commercial redevelopment in accordance with a site plan and elevation drawings. While the intended development is a Dollar General retail store, the proposal permits most C-4, Commercial District uses. The site lies within the Community Commercial Overlay and within the boundaries of the Greater Hilltop Plan (2010) which recommends mixed uses and compliance with the commercial overlay standards. The proposal includes variances to interior parking lot landscaping and to the commercial overlay’s setback, building design, landscaping and screening standards. Although the proposal does not incorporate all of the commercial overlay standards, the Planning Division has determined that the proposed alternative design and commitment to a site plan and building elevation drawings is sufficient to warrant support. There is a practical difficulty in complying with some of the standards due to the configuration of the parcel with substantial frontage along Sullivant Avenue and a shallower depth.
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To rezone 3561 SULLIVANT AVENUE (43204), being 0.79± acres located at the southeast corner of Sullivant Avenue and Kingsford Road, From: C-5, Commercial District, To: CPD, Commercial Planned Development District (Rezoning # Z16-012).
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WHEREAS, application No. Z16-012 is on file with the Department of Building and Zoning Services requesting rezoning of 0.79± acres from C-5, Commercial District, to CPD, Commercial Planned Develo...
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