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Planning board approves InvestoWise office at 36977 Woodward with conditions, recommends variances
Summary
The Birmingham Planning Board unanimously approved a special land use permit and final site plan Oct. 22 for a three‑story office at 36977 Woodward Ave., subject to conditions including either expanding building frontage to 75% of the street or obtaining a variance and pursuing a three‑foot height variance for a small glass peak.
The Birmingham Planning Board voted unanimously Oct. 22 to approve a special land use permit and the final site plan and design review for a three‑story office building proposed at 36977 Woodward Ave., with five conditions attached and two variances identified for separate review by the Board of Zoning Appeals.
Planning department staff presented the project and the recommended conditions. Summer Aldred, planning department staff, told the board the project's size triggers a special land‑use review in the TZ‑3 district: “one of the weird TZ3 rules that once the office building…exceeds 4,000 square feet in TZ‑3, it triggers a special land use.” The board voted 7‑0 on the permit and again 7‑0 on the final site plan.
The project, submitted by InvestoWise, calls for a three‑story office building with about 19 parking spaces on the corner of Woodward and Horton. Architect Jeff Clatt of Krieger Clatt Architects and members of the InvestoWise team described design changes since preliminary…
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