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Kentwood City Commission approves Jefferson Farms plat, infrastructure contracts and short‑term rental code cleanup
Summary
At its Oct. 7 meeting the Kentwood City Commission approved the final plat for Jefferson Farms East, authorized an engineering contract for 40 Fourth Street, approved purchases including water meters and toolkits, and adopted a housekeeping amendment to the short-term rental code to align definitions across chapters.
KENTWOOD, Mich. — The Kentwood City Commission on Oct. 7 approved a package of development, infrastructure and administrative items, including final plat approval for Jefferson Farms East, a $282,000 engineering contract for the 40 Fourth Street rehabilitation project and an amendment to the city code that streamlined the short‑term rental prohibition.
The ordinance amendment to Chapter 74, section 74‑80 — the city’s short‑term rental rule — was described by the city attorney as a “housekeeping” change to remove a duplicate prohibition and make the definition identical in the rental-inspection chapter and the zoning code. The city attorney said the ordinance defines short‑term rentals…
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