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Council affirms public engagement direction on low‑rise housing, asks planning commission to favor 3‑story limit
Summary
After extended public comment and debate, Ann Arbor City Council approved a resolution asking the Planning Commission to recommend a 35‑foot (roughly three‑story) limit for proposed low‑rise residential areas in the comprehensive land use plan update.
Ann Arbor City Council voted to affirm the results of community engagement to date on the comprehensive land use plan update and requested that the Planning Commission recommend a 35‑foot height limit (about three stories) for areas labeled as “low‑rise residential.” The resolution, moved by Council Member Jane Dish and seconded by Council Member Regina, passed on a roll call vote 8–3.
The resolution asks the Planning Commission to use the outreach already completed — which city staff say involved thousands of respondents and several hundred…
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