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Council keeps angled parking at East Detroit Bakery, tables decision on second 9 Mile parcel
Summary
City staff presented two parking-layout options for Phase 2 of the 9 Mile Road reconstruction. The council voted to keep angled parking at East Detroit Bakery (Option 1) to preserve spaces and tabled the unrelated second property while staff and council members review field measurements.
City staff presented two sets of options for parking as part of Phase 2 of the 9 Mile Road reconstruction at the March 4 Eastpointe City Council meeting. The council voted to retain angled parking at the East Detroit Bakery location and tabled a separate decision about a second frontage while members and staff verify on-site measurements and right-of-way details.
Why it matters: The parking configuration affects small businesses' customer access and the number of on-street spaces. Staff said retaining 60-degree angled parking at the bakery would preserve 11 spaces; changing to parallel parking would reduce spaces to about six. The second site under consideration requires further right-of-way work or sidewalk adjustments to accommodate parallel spaces, and council members declined to decide until they could examine field conditions.
What staff recommended: City staff (Mr. Kern) described two options for the East Detroit Bakery frontage: convert existing angled parking to parallel (reducing spaces to six) or maintain angled parking using 60-degree stalls with a 15-foot drive aisle (the ordinance requires 18 feet for 60-degree stalls, but MDOT standards can accept 15 feet). Maintaining the angled layout would preserve on-street capacity, but the city would need an ordinance change or variance for the drive-aisle width.
Council action: A motion to approve Option 1 (retain the angled parking at East Detroit Bakery) passed on a roll-call vote. A second motion to decide the other parcel's parking layout was tabled to a future meeting pending a site visit and confirmation of sidewalk and right-of-way dimensions.
Quote: Mr. Kern told the council, "By maintaining what's there, you'd be able to maintain the 11 spaces that are there." He also noted that MDOT allows a 15-foot drive aisle for the angled layout, though the city's ordinance requires 18 feet.
Clarifying details recorded in the meeting: staff said retaining angled parking at the bakery preserves about 11 spaces vs. 6 for parallel parking; the 60-degree angled standard in the city code requires an 18-foot drive aisle but MDOT standards can accept 15 feet; the second site would require either acquisition of right-of-way from a property owner or construction of a median island to create room for five parallel spaces.
Next steps: Council requested a field visit with staff to resolve measurement disagreements before making a decision on the second property; staff and council members agreed to meet after the State of the City event.
