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Southfield planners recommend rebuilt Lasser Road gas station with repairs, carryout and alcohol sales
Summary
The City of Southfield Planning Commission gave a favorable recommendation for a rebuilt gas station at 27050 Lasser Road that includes an auto-repair shop, convenience store with alcohol sales and a carryout restaurant; the site plan approval is conditioned on variances, a parking easement and security and operational requirements.
The City of Southfield Planning Commission on April 30 recommended approval of a special land use and a revised site plan to demolish and rebuild the gas station at 27050 Lasser Road, adding auto repair, alcohol sales and a carryout restaurant while keeping the same number of fuel pumps.
Planning staff told commissioners the property is zoned B-3 and consistent with the city’s future land use for local mixed use. Planner Crowe said the applicant decreased the number of curb cuts at the intersection, widened the green belt along Lasser and 11 Mile and will add a decorative brick-pier-and-panel fence and additional landscaping that will extend in front of the adjoining bank property.
Why it matters: the project replaces an aging, angled station with modern architecture, adds an on-site repair facility that commissioners noted is one of only two in Southfield that provide…
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