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Commission recommends rezoning 62 Erwin Avenue to RM-1 to allow up to four dwelling units
Summary
The Planning Commission voted to recommend rezoning 62 Erwin Avenue from neighborhood residential (R) to RM-1 low-density multiple-family residential, enabling a potential fourplex or single-room-occupancy option consistent with the master plan's guidance for former civic buildings.
The Muskegon City Planning Commission recommended the City Commission approve a rezoning request to change 62 Erwin Avenue from R (neighborhood residential) to RM-1 (low-density multiple-family residential).
Planning staff said the property is a former church building over 2,500 square feet. Under the existing R zoning a duplex is the typical maximum given the lack of an alley; rezoning to RM-1 would allow a fourplex on this parcel under city density calculations. Staff framed the rezoning as consistent with the master plan’s encouragement to provide flexible reuses for former civic buildings such as churches and schools.
No applicant was present at the meeting. Commissioners noted the parcel’s limitations — no alley access and available parking configuration — and favored enabling a zoning that matches the proposed reuse the applicant had described to staff. After closing the public hearing, a motion recommending approval to the City Commission passed on a roll-call vote.
Staff emphasized that RM-1 allows up to 16 units per acre in general but calculated that, on this specific site and because of lot configuration, the practical maximum would be four units. The recommendation moves the proposal to the City Commission for final action.
