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Planning Commission backs administrative approval for residential alterations to nonconforming homes
Summary
The Ann Arbor City Planning Commission voted to recommend that city council amend chapter 55 (Unified Development Code) to allow administrative approval for certain additions and alterations to nonconforming residential structures, removing routine matters from the Zoning Board of Appeals.
The Ann Arbor City Planning Commission recommended that the mayor and city council amend Chapter 55 of the Unified Development Code, section 5.32.2, to allow administrative approval for additions to nonconforming buildings in residential zoning districts.
Planning manager Lehi Leonard presented the amendment as a narrowing of discretion and an efficiency measure, saying “we are proposing to change the residential properties that are subject to this provision now to be an automatic approval.” Leonard said the proposed language makes clear that “if you meet those standards, your permit shall be issued,” removing a discretionary determination by the zoning board or planning manager for qualifying residential projects.
The change responds to a long-running pattern in which the Zoning Board of Appeals has granted…
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