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Lapeer planning commission recommends rezoning of 606 North Saginaw to allow neighborhood retail
Summary
The Lapeer City Planning Commission voted to recommend that the City Commission rezone 606 North Saginaw from OS-1 (office service) to B-1 (neighborhood business), citing the property owner—s multi-year difficulty leasing office space and staff—s finding that the parcel cannot reasonably be used under its current zoning.
The Lapeer City Planning Commission on Aug. 14 voted to recommend that the City Commission approve a rezoning of 606 North Saginaw Street (PID L20-18-700-040-000) from OS-1 (office service) to B-1 (neighborhood business).
Planning staff told commissioners the site is currently occupied by the Riverview Professional Building and is surrounded by single-family homes to the north and higher-intensity commercial property to the south. "The requested amendment rezoning from OS-1 to B-1 is not in compliance with the City Master Plan," planning staff said, citing the future land-use map classification of the parcel as medium-density single-family housing. Staff recommended approval, however, based on the second standard in section 7-2306(b) of the zoning ordinance: that the property cannot reasonably be used as currently zoned.
Why it matters: the commission must weigh the master plan designation against evidence that the owner has been unable to lease the building for office uses. Planning staff said the owner presented…
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