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Planning commission forwards proposed master plan draft to City Commission for 63‑day review

Royal Oak Planning Commission · January 15, 2025
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Summary

After a lengthy public hearing with dozens of speakers both urging delay and urging adoption, the commission voted to adopt the draft master plan (dated 12/02/2024) as the proposed master plan and to forward it to the City Commission for the statutorily required distribution and 63‑day review period under Michigan law.

The Royal Oak Planning Commission voted to adopt the draft master plan dated 12/02/2024 as the commission’s proposed master plan and to forward it to the Royal Oak City Commission so staff can distribute the document to the statutorily required entities for review under the Michigan Planning Enabling Act.

Consultant Matt Lambert reviewed key changes in the second draft: consolidation of action items into 15 topic areas, targeted adjustments to the future land‑use map that reduced some mixed‑use corridor designations, an extended downtown boundary in a limited area, corrected population‑graph presentation (removing an apparent dip caused by graph…

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