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Council approves zoning change for 233 Washington hotel after parking language amended

6406545 · June 17, 2025
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Summary

The Grand Haven City Council approved a final resolution to amend the zoning map and a preliminary development plan for a hotel at 233 Washington Ave., after amending parking language to leave future on-street parking changes open for separate consideration.

The Grand Haven City Council on June 16 approved a final resolution to amend the zoning map and grant preliminary development plan approval for a hotel at 233 Washington Avenue (parcel 70-0330-217), with a narrow set of amendments addressing how nearby parking may be counted.

The council voted to remove the word “public” from a condition that permitted off-street parking to be counted and to strike a sentence that would have prohibited consideration of on-street parking spaces toward the hotel’s required parking. The amended resolution passed on a roll-call vote (Lowe: yes; McLaughlin: yes; Fritz: yes; Maneta: yes).

City Planner Brian Erkhart told the council the project initially proposed 89 on-site spaces while the…

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