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Livonia council delays decision on oil-change site after debate over $17,000 in back taxes and utility easement
Summary
Council heard detailed plans for a 2,117-square-foot oil-change facility at Joy and Inkster, but members split over unpaid property taxes and site constraints; council placed competing approve/deny motions on the May 19 regular meeting and asked for tax-payoff documentation and a revised site plan.
City Council members debated a waiver-use petition to allow a 2,117-square-foot full-service oil-change facility at 27410 Joy Road, but did not vote tonight, instead placing competing approve-and-deny motions on the May 19 regular meeting and asking the applicant for documentation about unpaid taxes and a revised site plan.
The request, submitted by NC Designers and Contracting, would put a three-bay oil-change building on a roughly one-third-acre vacant parcel at the northwest corner of Joy and Inkster Roads. Planning staff said the planning commission recommended approval after the applicant moved a proposed driveway farther north on Inkster and adjusted circulation, lighting and dumpster plans.
The petition matters because the site has not been developed for about 30 years and would convert a vacant lot into a commercial use with a drive-in circulation pattern; council…
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