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Planning Commission backs administrative departure process for basement egress wells and front-yard parking
Summary
Grand Rapids City Planning Commission on April 24 recommended that the City Commission adopt proposed zoning text amendments to allow an administrative departure process for basement egress window wells and for limited reconstruction of front‑yard surface parking rather than permitting those changes by right.
Grand Rapids City Planning Commission on April 24 recommended that the City Commission adopt proposed zoning text amendments to allow an administrative departure process for basement egress window wells and for limited reconstruction of front-yard surface parking rather than permitting those changes by right.
Planning Director Kristen Turkkelson told the commission staff’s recommendation is to permit departures from the ordinance through an administrative process when specific conditions are met, instead of requiring property owners to pursue a variance or making the conditions permitted uses.
Turkkelson said the revisions respond to a pattern of decisions by the Board of Zoning Appeals granting variances for window wells of less than the current…
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