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Planning commission recommends site plan for Muslim Educational Community Center of America (MECA) with landscaping and parking modifications
Summary
The commission recommended approval of the site plan for a new mosque and community center at 6200 Northridge Road, approving requested parking and facade‑material modifications and granting landscape‑buffer adjustments subject to township landscape consultant review.
The Canton Township Planning Commission on Sept. 8 recommended approval of the site plan for the Muslim Educational Community Center of America (MECA) at 6200 Northridge Road, subject to several landscape and material modifications and standard state, county and township conditions.
The applicant proposes a principal building roughly 48,409 square feet in size and an adjacent 660‑square‑foot accessory storage building on a parcel just under 11½ acres. The planning commission previously recommended approval of the special land use for a religious institution; the board of trustees approved the special land use on June 24. The site plan returns to planning for the technical review and plan modifications.
Patrick Sloan, planning staff, summarized key technical items addressed since the special land‑use review: an addition of a 660‑square‑foot accessory maintenance/storage building in the southeast corner; a proposed dome top that…
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