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Staff proposes wide-ranging housekeeping changes to East Lansing zoning and sign codes; public hearing to be scheduled
Summary
City staff presented draft corrections and clarifications (ordinance 15-43) to multiple sections of the zoning code and sign ordinance, focused on organization, cross-references and nonconformity clarifications. Planning Commission gave detailed feedback and asked staff to return with a public hearing-ready draft and the city attorney present.
City planning staff told the Planning Commission on Feb. 26 that a proposed ordinance (15-43) would make numerous corrections and clarifications across chapter 50 (zoning) and chapter 32 (signs) without changing underlying policy intent in most sections.
Staff member Mr. Bartley described the package as primarily organizational: moving definitions to a central location, renumbering and alphabetizing permitted-use lists, adding cross-references for childcare centers and ATM rules, and correcting a map omission that left 1060 Glenhaven off an existing residential rental restriction overlay created by ordinance 12-91. Bartley emphasized the changes were intended to reduce confusion for code users and make the ordinance internally consistent.
Several zone-specific…
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