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Planning commission recommends city council approve CDC 25-01 code cleanup amendments
Summary
The Westland Planning Commission voted unanimously Aug. 6 to recommend City Council approve CDC 25-01, a package of clarifying amendments to how the city calculates minimum and maximum residential densities, applies a partition exemption, and defines acceptable shapes for newly created lots.
The Westland Planning Commission voted unanimously Aug. 6 to recommend that City Council approve CDC 25-01, a set of amendments to Chapters 2, 5, 24, 55, 85 and 99 of the Westland Community Development Code that clarify rules for density calculations, a partition minimum-density exemption and the required shape for newly created parcels.
The commission’s recommendation will be transmitted to City Council; Council is scheduled to receive a briefing Sept. 15 and hold a final public hearing Oct. 13, 2025. No members of the public testified during the Planning Commission hearing.
Why it matters: The package aims to make Westland’s requirements for calculating developable area, minimum and maximum residential density and lot shape “clear and objective,” staff said, to reduce conflicting interpretations and to ensure compliance with the Metro Urban Growth Management Functional Plan, which requires cities in the region to adopt minimum-density standards.
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