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Planning Commission backs code change to allow small retail, limited restaurants in OS office districts
Summary
The commission recommended a zoning text amendment to allow small retail (up to 2,000 sq ft) and limited restaurants in the city's Office Service (OS) district, with default hours of 7 a.m.–7 p.m.; restaurants will require special land use approval and drive-throughs, bars and lounges were excluded in the initial amendment.
The City of Southfield Planning Commission on April 30 voted to forward a favorable recommendation to City Council for PTZA25-0001, a zoning-text amendment that expands permitted uses in the Office Service (OS) district to include limited retail and specialty food uses intended to fill vacant small office buildings.
Planner Crowe told commissioners the OS district covers roughly 400 parcels (about 430 acres) of mostly small office buildings and that vacancies and underuse have led to deferred maintenance and occasional illegal occupancies. The amendment removes language…
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