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Council approves amended conditional rezoning to allow a coffee shop at J & M Plaza after landscaping and waste controls are pledged
Summary
Sterling Heights City Council approved an amended conditional rezoning agreement allowing a coffee shop/deli at 36833 Ryan Road (J & M Plaza) amid neighbor concerns about pests and dumpster maintenance; council required the applicant to sign an agreement to cure outstanding landscape and site issues.
The Sterling Heights City Council voted 6–1 to approve an amendment to a conditional rezoning agreement for J & M Plaza LLC that permits a restaurant use limited to a coffee shop or delicatessen selling pre‑prepared cold sandwiches, baked goods and nonalcoholic beverages at 36833 Ryan Road.
Assistant City Planner Sean Keenan told council the parcel was originally conditionally rezoned in 2017 with a restriction on food-service uses at the applicant’s request while neighbors raised concerns about rodents and odors. Keenan said the site has not had recent rodent‑related enforcement since the earlier restriction, but the property currently has landscaping and site‑maintenance items…
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