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Muskegon planning panel approves Dockers PUD amendment with screening condition

5586944 · August 14, 2025
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The City of Muskegon Planning Commission on Aug. 14 approved a planned-unit-development amendment for Dockers at 3505 Marina Viewpoint to add exterior coolers, a larger tiki bar, a compactor enclosure and a fenced smoking area, with a condition that the compactor screening be a minimum 5-foot wood privacy fence or masonry wall.

The City of Muskegon Planning Commission approved an amendment to the Harbour Town planned-unit development for the Dockers restaurant at 3505 Marina Viewpoint on Aug. 14, permitting exterior refrigeration, a larger outdoor tiki bar, a new trash compactor enclosure and a fenced outdoor smoking area.

The developer and applicant, Fred Scharmer, told the commission the project aims to “gain some more space on the interior” by relocating a cooler and freezer outside and to “make the place more efficient” by replacing overflowing dumpsters with a compactor. Scharmer said the owners reached out to neighbors before…

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