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Council denies reconsideration for Forest at Riverwalk; neighbors cite flooding and emergency-access fears
Summary
After hearing a developer's revised plan (grass-paver emergency connector and revised drainage) and extensive neighborhood comment opposing construction near wetlands, Farmington Hills City Council declined to reconsider its Nov. 10 denial of the Forest at Riverwalk cluster site plan.
Farmington Hills City Council on Nov. 24 declined a motion to reconsider its Nov. 10 denial of cluster site plan 54-4-2025 (Forest at Riverwalk), leaving the prior denial in place.
Planning director Charmaine Kettler Schmalt summarized the applicant's submitted modifications: an unpaved grass-paver emergency connection to Parker with a breakaway gate, and a drainage design that the applicant said would capture and contain site runoff (Charmaine Kettler Schmalt, SEG 2499–2531). The engineering department told…
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