Planning commission backs conditional rezoning and site plan for oil‑change at 24412 Southfield Road

The Southfield Planning Commission voted to recommend a conditional rezoning of the western 97 feet of 24412 Southfield Road from OS (Office Service) to B‑3 (General Business) and approved a related site plan to allow construction and operation of an oil‑change business, planning staff said Monday.

The rezoning recommendation (PCZR25‑0001) and site plan review (PSP24‑0011) were approved with conditions that include a landscaped buffer and screening, a right‑in/right‑out driveway with an entrance island on Southfield Road, exclusion of a long list of uses, and further technical approvals before council and other agencies. The planning commission’s motion on the rezoning passed with four approvals; the site‑plan motion passed on a separate vote.

Why it matters: The conditional rezoning would allow the long‑vacant parcel — zoned OS and surrounded by a mixture of residential and commercial uses — to be redeveloped and placed back on the tax rolls while restricting uses that residents and the commission identified as incompatible.

Planning staff presented the application and said the property’s future land‑use designation…