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Commission rezones two Midtown parcels to form‑based Main Street designation
Summary
The commission approved rezoning of 1201 and 1147 Third Street to the form‑based Main Street (FBC Main Street) code to align parcels with adjacent properties and enable future mixed‑use or Main Street‑type development.
The Muskegon City Commission voted March 25 to rezone two Midtown parcels — 1201 Third Street and 1147 Third Street — from B‑2 to the form‑based code Main Street designation, aligning those parcels with neighboring lots and removing a nonconforming zoning patchwork.
Planning Director Mike Franzak explained the parcels were omitted when the city adopted the Main Street form‑based code in 2015 for a variety of reasons: one site had historically been used for car sales under a PUD, and another parcel’s owner had not been reached. The planning commission recommended rezoning the Third Street parcels to Main Street; a separate parcel at 236 Monroe Avenue was discussed but excluded from the motion after residents and townhome owners expressed concern that Main Street zoning could make a parking‑lot conversion more likely.
Franzak told commissioners that the parking lot and the adjacent parcels were not large enough under the former B‑2 designation to be developable; rezoning to Main Street would allow options such as additions or redevelopment compatible with Third Street’s mixed use character. Commissioners asked whether any specific development proposals existed; Franzak said no project was pending but owner representatives had expressed interest in having the parcels be buildable under Main Street rules.
Commissioners voted by roll call in favor of the rezoning to FBC Main Street for the two Third Street parcels. The change brings parcel zoning into conformity with surrounding Main Street parcels and removes obstacles likely to impede future Main Street‑style infill.
