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Planning commissioners demand redlines and clearer scope as zoning 'rewrite' moves to subcommittee
Summary
Commissioners pressed staff and consultant McKenna for explicit redlines to show material zoning changes, demanded PC representation on a new subcommittee, and asked staff to provide clearer statements of work so the planning commission can reliably review proposed text.
Commissioners at the Cascade Charter Township Planning Commission meeting on Monday pressed staff and an outside consultant to make substantive changes to a proposed zoning ordinance transparent before the commission moves forward.
The commission’s concern centered on the distinction between a “rewrite” and a reformatting of the existing code. Commissioner Scott Kramer said the master plan requires the zoning code to allow more form-based, village-style development, but added that any material changes must be clear: "Any changes have to be in red for us," he said, emphasizing that redline edits are necessary for commissioners to identify…
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