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Council approves rezoning and site plan for new parking lot at 22325 Statler
Summary
Council voted to rezone 22325 Statler from single-family residential to parking (P-1) and approved a site plan for a new parking lot with conditions, including paving, drainage, signage and landscape requirements; work is expected to begin in spring.
St. Clair Shores City Council approved a request to rezone 22325 Statler from single-family residential (RA-1) to P-1 (parking) and granted site-plan approval to create a new parking lot at the property.
Applicant Robert Vickery appeared with Joel Marakai and said the project had already received planning commission approval. Council moved and approved both the rezoning and the site plan during the same meeting. The rezoning motion was moved by Councilmember Fred Frederick and supported by Councilmember Burgess; council voted in favor without recorded opposition.
Site-plan approval (planning case PPC25009 SP) included several conditions specified by council in the motion: submitted parking-lot construction plans, paving and drainage in concrete curbs, installation of parking blocks, and a landscaped area requirement. Council required either a full landscaped buffer along Statler of at least 25 feet or explicit variance approval from the Zoning Board of Appeals for any deviation from the 25-foot requirement; the motion also referenced a variance request to eliminate the standard 5-foot and 10-foot green belts along the west and north property lines. Council and the applicant discussed traffic flow through the new lot, agreeing signage will be added to direct one-way circulation and prevent wrong-way entries.
Council members praised the proposal as a way to take cars off nearby streets and support the business at the site. One council member said construction and removal of the existing house are expected in the spring; the applicant indicated home removal and parking construction will likely begin in the spring following permit approvals.
Why this matters: the rezoning converts a residential parcel to commercial parking, altering land use and circulation in the Jefferson corridor. Conditions imposed by council — paving, drainage, signage and vegetative buffering or formal variance — are intended to manage stormwater and neighborhood impacts.
Implementation: the applicant must submit final, engineered parking-lot plans that comply with the council’s conditions and either provide the required landscaped buffers or secure variances from the ZBA before work can proceed.
