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Community development director presents 2024–25 annual report, highlights zoning rewrite and redevelopment-ready work

5765121 · September 9, 2025
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Community Development Director Kristin Kaplansky summarized department activity for 2024–25, citing a zoning ordinance rewrite adopted March 2025, increased building permits and items planned for next year including an economic development strategy RFP and updates to nuisance and noise rules.

Community Development Director Kristin Kaplansky told the Berkeley City Council on Sept. 8 that the department’s 2024–25 annual report summarizes planning, building, code-enforcement and redevelopment-ready work.

“The Michigan Planning Enabling Act does require that the Planning Commission prepare an annual report and we have expanded this annual report to be all of the community development department,” Kaplansky said. She told council that the report also functions as the department’s annual…

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