Planning commission recommends SDM license for K Ramen and Sushi at 31823 Plymouth Road

The Livonia City Planning Commission voted to forward an approving recommendation to the City Council for a waiver to allow K Ramen and Sushi to operate with an SDM license (sale of packaged beer and wine for off-premises consumption) at 31823 Plymouth Road.

The recommendation, made at a public hearing, was for petitioner Scott Kim and includes conditions that rooftop mechanical equipment be concealed to the satisfaction of the planning and inspection departments, that the dumpster area be enclosed in materials complementary to the building, and that the parking lot be repaired, resealed and restriped to specified dimensions.

The petition (recorded in the meeting as “20 20 five-one-two-three”) seeks a waiver under Section 6.03 of the Livonia Zoning Ordinance to permit a packaged-beverage license in connection with a new grocery and limited-service restaurant operating in a building that formerly housed Seiya Sushi. The site is zoned C-1 (local business); zoning across Plymouth Road is C-2 and the adjacent businesses include Antonio’s restaurant, which already holds an SDM/class C license and lies roughly 60 feet to the east of the proposed store.

Planning staff described the proposed layout: a grocery and refrigerated area in the front third of the building, a sushi bar at the center, and a kitchen and support spaces in the rear. The plan shows seating for 28 (18 seats along the western wall and four at the sushi bar). Parking calculations presented at the hearing noted that SDM parking requirements (one space per…