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Residents allege altered report, call for review of Sheetz rezoning

Royal Oak City Commission · October 28, 2025
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Multiple residents told the Royal Oak City Commission Oct. 27 that staff documents tied to the recent Sheetz rezoning were altered to remove language describing a nearby intersection as dangerously congested. Speakers asked the commission to rescind or revisit the approval and demanded an investigation into how agenda attachments were handled.

Several residents urged the Royal Oak City Commission on Oct. 27 to revisit a recent rezoning approval for a Sheetz convenience store, alleging the staff memo relied on by the commission was altered before public hearings.

Resident Charles Semcina said he used an original link to the staff memo and found the original document missing; he claimed the version available to the public was a deceptively similar document that omitted a description of the site as “one of the most dangerous and traffic congested intersections in the city.” Semcina called for the approval to be…

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