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Commission sends 479 S. Old Woodward special land‑use request back to planning board after public objections on parking
Summary
After public opposition from residents of Birmingham Place, the commission agreed to adjourn the public hearing and ask the applicant to return to the planning board with revised parking and use proposals rather than decide a parking waiver at the meeting.
Birmingham commissioners on Aug. 11 agreed to adjourn the public hearing on the special land use permit and final site plan for 479 South Old Woodward and directed the applicant to present revised materials and a public hearing at the Planning Board first.
Background: The project is a previously approved five‑story development in the D‑4 district; the applicant sought a change of interior uses that altered the parking requirement and requested a discretionary waiver (special land use) to…
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