Planning Commission advances draft zoning ordinance to public hearing, rescinds tiny‑home mandate and agrees to study rental overlay

The City of Saginaw Planning Commission completed a final review of a draft zoning ordinance and directed staff to publish the consolidated document for a public hearing at its next regular meeting. During the session commissioners discussed revised definitions, use‑standards and district changes prepared by consultant Andy Amott of Kiffels Webster and by city staff. Two formal actions followed: the commission rescinded an earlier request that tiny‑home language be included in the draft and approved a staff request to research rental‑restriction overlay options for neighborhoods.

Consultant Andy Amott reviewed substantive changes carried forward from earlier drafts, saying the revisions clarify use definitions and align zoning districts with existing development patterns. “We revised definitions for, mostly what were mostly use related definitions,” Amott said, and described edits to definitions for dwelling, family, boarding houses, group residences and accessory dwelling units (ADUs). He said the draft distinguishes boarding and rooming houses from group residences and clarifies that a detached single‑family dwelling does not include mobile or…