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Council introduces ordinance to create neighborhood and district nodes overlay for targeted corners
Summary
The Sterling Heights City Council introduced zoning text and map amendments to create 'neighborhood' and 'district' node overlays, expand permitted uses in those nodes and allow administrative parking reductions intended to spur redevelopment.
Sterling Heights — The City Council introduced an ordinance to amend Article 14b of zoning ordinance No. 278, creating neighborhood and district node overlays and updating the zoning map to identify included parcels, city planner Dr. Jake Parcel said at the hearing.
Why it matters: The proposed overlay would change which uses are permitted by right or as special-approval uses in targeted corners across the city and is intended to make underutilized commercial sites easier to redevelop while adding screening requirements to protect adjacent residential neighborhoods.
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