Planning commission approves Eckstein Park parking lot and 8-foot path with conditions

The City of Warren Planning Commission approved a site plan to build an 8-foot asphalt path around the Eckstein Skatepark and an asphalt parking lot at the Eckstein Park site, subject to multiple plan revisions and conditions from planning staff and other agencies.

Olivia Germonte, of the City of Warren Engineering Department, described the project as “a 8 foot asphalt path that's gonna be going from Mound Road around Eckstein Skatepark and connecting to a parking lot that will be built at Eckstein Skatepark also.” She said the project will include rain gardens approved by Macomb County to meet stormwater standards and will tie up and finish the skate park.

Planning staff provided a long list of required corrections and conditions. The commission’s recommendation required resubmitting labeled site-plan sheets (paving, path, planting, soil erosion), adding parcel numbers, legal descriptions and addresses on…