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Planning commission recommends rezoning for Everbrook age-restricted community; residents warn of repeated flooding and traffic risks
Summary
Canton Township planning staff and developer Pulte sought rezoning of three small parcels to allow an adjacent Del Webb active-adult community. The commission voted to recommend rezoning to R2 but residents from Grandview Estates and nearby streets pressed officials about recurring floods and traffic safety.
Canton Township planning commissioners on Tuesday recommended rezoning three parcels on the north side of Geddes Road from RR (rural residential) to R2 (single-family residential) to allow the parcels to be included in a proposed 55-and-over community called Everbrook.
Planning staff member Patrick Sloan presented the staff analysis and recommended approval, saying the three subject parcels total about 1.58 acres and that rezoning them to R2 would make the zoning consistent with adjacent parcels and would allow the developer to pursue a special land use for an active-adult community. "The proposed rezoning is consistent with the master plan and the surrounding R2 zoning," Sloan said during the staff report.
The rezoning recommendation is tied to a larger concept plan filed by Pulte Homes for a Del Webb-branded community of 514 homes on roughly 230 acres. Joe Score, representing Pulte Homes of Michigan, described Del Webb as an amenity-focused, age-restricted…
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