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Council votes to remove mandatory Design Review Board hearings from development review
Summary
After extended debate over design guidance and permitting delays, the council voted to transfer design review duties from the volunteer Design Review Board to professional planning staff and remove mandatory DRB hearings from the Unified Development Code.
Ann Arbor City Council members voted to amend the Unified Development Code to eliminate mandatory Design Review Board (DRB) hearings and make design review primarily a professional staff function.
Council members who supported the change framed it as a step to speed housing development and reduce staff time spent on a board process that, they said, often adds weeks to project timelines without mandatory standards. “The Design Review Board adds a month or more to the…
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