The Birmingham City Board of Zoning Appeals postponed its regularly scheduled November meeting after the presiding official said the panel did not have the four-member quorum required under the Michigan Zoning Enabling Act.

The moderator told attendees that the agenda included three dimensional-variance requests and reminded the public that “a dimensional variance request requires 4 affirmative votes to pass.” The moderator cited the statute’s quorum rule, saying, “Pursuant to the Michigan Zoning Enabling Act, we are required to have at least 4 regular members of the board present to conduct business.”

After noting the shortfall of members, the presiding official said, “Unfortunately, we do not have a quorum tonight to conduct business. As such, these matters will need to be postponed until the next regularly scheduled meeting, which will be on 12/09/2025 at 07:30PM.” No motions or votes were taken on the matters that had been on the agenda.

The moderator apologized for the inconvenience, formally closed the meeting and thanked attendees. The board’s next meeting date for the postponed items is Dec. 9, 2025, at 7:30 p.m.