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Council approves zoning amendment to let small retail and carryout restaurants into select office districts
3402695 · May 19, 2025
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Summary
The council amended the Office Service zoning rules to allow limited retail and small carryout restaurants (up to 2,000 sq ft) in designated OS areas to encourage adaptive reuse of older office buildings.
On May 19 Southfield City Council approved a zoning-text amendment to the city code that permits limited retail and restaurant uses in the Office Service (OS) zoning district in specified circumstances.
Planner Terry Crowe and staff described the intent: many small office buildings in the OS district are decades old and face vacancy and disuse. Allowing…
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