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Planning commission recommends conditional rezoning for medical office at Big Beaver and Frankton
Summary
The Troy Planning Commission voted to recommend approval of a conditional rezoning (JPCR2025-010) to allow a roughly 7,000-square-foot medical office at Big Beaver Road and Frankton, subject to site-plan compliance, landscape buffering, lighting reductions and two setback waivers. Commissioners and the applicant agreed to a 'no right turn' restriction to reduce neighborhood cut-through traffic.
The Troy Planning Commission voted to recommend that the City Council approve a conditional rezoning, JPCR2025-010, to allow construction of a single-use medical office at the northeast corner of Big Beaver and Frankton. The commission’s recommendation, adopted by roll-call vote, advises rezoning approximately 0.5 acres from R‑1E (single-family residential) to the Big Beaver District with conditions that limit use to professional or medical offices and require strict conformance with the submitted site plan.
Planning consultant Mister Carlisle told the commission the project consists of three parcels (the front lot already zoned Big Beaver, two rear parcels formerly R‑1E) and that the applicant proposes a one-story medical office of roughly 7,000 square feet with parking located in the rear and access from Frankton. Carlisle said the applicant provided a tree survey and landscape plan that staff found compliant, agreed to lower exterior pole lighting from 24 to 20 feet, and offered landscaping to screen parking where a knee wall might otherwise be required.
The applicant requested two limited waivers to site-placement standards: a 0.69-foot reduction from the Big Beaver build-to line and a 5-foot waiver on Frankton (seeking 15 feet where the standard is 10). Commissioners discussed whether to reference those waivers explicitly in the resolution or to incorporate them by reference to the site plan; the commission agreed that recommending the site plan (which shows the proposed dimensions) would functionally recommend the waivers to council and to administrative processes that approve the related relief.
Neighbors raised questions about traffic and neighborhood character. Mike Varon, who said he lives two houses from the development, asked whether a traffic study had been prepared and whether the project would affect property values; commissioners replied that the project’s size and expected 9 a.m.–5 p.m. hours made a full traffic study unnecessary and that the commission had asked the applicant to post a ‘no right turn’ restriction on site exits to limit cut-through traffic into the neighborhood. Carlisle and the applicant’s representative confirmed they would honor that restriction and finalize a formal conditional-rezoning agreement with counsel soon.
Commissioners moved a resolution recommending approval of the conditional rezoning, citing consistency with the master plan and compatibility with surrounding uses. The motion was seconded and approved by roll-call vote; the chair announced, “motion carries.” The recommendation now goes to City Council for final action.
Votes at a glance: The commission recorded an affirmative roll-call on the recommendation (transcript roll call recorded affirmative votes and announced the motion carries).
