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Royal Oak approves conditional rezoning and modified Brownfield plan for 3200 W. 14 Mile amid heavy public opposition
Summary
The City Commission approved a conditional rezoning (first reading) and a modified Brownfield reimbursement agreement for a three-parcel redevelopment at 14 Mile and Coolidge to allow a convenience store, car wash and cemetery support uses. Commissioners required traffic upgrades funded by the developer and limited canopy lighting after extensive public comment about safety and local impacts.
Royal Oak’s City Commission on June 9 approved a conditional rezoning (first reading) for 3200 West 14 Mile Road and adopted a modified Brownfield reimbursement plan tied to the same redevelopment after an extended public hearing and debate.
The petitioner is proposing to split a roughly five-acre, formerly industrial site into three parcels: parcel C would remain general industrial for a cemetery maintenance/storage purpose, while parcels A and B would be conditionally rezoned to general business for a convenience store (packaged alcohol permitted), a small dine‑in component (drive‑through), canopy-covered fuel pumps and an automated car wash. The planning staff and the planning commission recommended forwarding the application; after hearing from city engineers and two independent traffic consultants, commissioners voted to advance the rezoning. The motion carried by voice vote and was recorded as passing unanimously at first reading.
Why it mattered: The site has been vacant for years and is contaminated, according to the petitioner’s environmental reports. Redevelopment proponents argued that activating and…
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