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Planning commission begins zoning ordinance rewrite review; debates nonconformities, administrative review thresholds and special‑use concurrency
Summary
Consultant Joe Tangary presented round‑one amendments to Bay City’s zoning ordinance on Sept. 24. Commissioners discussed updates to nonconformity rules, administrative site‑plan review thresholds, and whether special land use and site plan reviews must be concurrent.
Bay City planning commissioners spent the second half of their Sept. 24 meeting examining the first round of a proposed complete zoning ordinance rewrite, focusing on foundational text, administrative enforcement, nonconforming uses, site plan procedures and special land‑use rules.
Consultant Joe Tangary of Giffels Webster said the rewrite is being delivered in stages: Article 1 (short title, legal basis and purpose) and administration/enforcement content were on the Sept. 24 agenda; site development standards will be discussed in November and use definitions and specific land‑use standards in January.
Key policy changes Tangary described include updating statutory citations to the Michigan Zoning Enabling Act (Act 110 of 2006); adding clearer severability, repeal and savings‑clause language; and giving planning staff and the planning commission explicit tools for handling nonconforming structures. The draft would let the…
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