Planning commission tables Penske Automotive site-plan amendment for Bill Brown Ford

The Livonia City Planning Commission on the evening of the meeting voted to table Petition 202046211, submitted by Penske Automotive, which sought an amendment to an earlier site plan and a waiver use to build a 5,492-square-foot building connected with Bill Brown Ford at 32400 Plymouth Road.

Commissioners said the petitioner asked to defer the public hearing so the applicant could correct and refile materials. Planning staff confirmed the petition had been advertised as a public hearing but that the petitioner requested tabling. Commissioner Denaro moved to table the item; Commissioner Ventura supported the motion. A roll-call vote was taken and recorded as ayes; the commission announced the motion passed and the item was tabled to an undetermined future date.

The petition as described on the record invoked sections 6.05 and 13.13 of the Livonia Zoning Ordinance and concerns a property described in the application as located at the northwest corner of Plymouth Road and Hubbard Avenue in the southwest corner of Section 27. The commission noted that, because this matter involves zoning, the planning commission’s action is a recommendation to city council, and final approval would require a council public hearing.

No substantive public testimony or detailed staff presentation occurred because the petitioner requested the postponement. Planning staff said the petitioner intends to refile corrected materials; no new schedule was provided on the record.

Action on this petition will resume when the petitioner files revised materials and the commission schedules the item for a future hearing.