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Walled Lake council extends PUD moratorium and directs code rewrite work
Summary
The Walled Lake City Council voted to extend a moratorium on Planned Unit Development (PUD) approvals by 60 days to allow staff and council to draft and review updates to the city's development ordinances; the council directed staff to produce ordinance language and asked the planning commission to hold required public hearings.
Walled Lake 99The City Council voted to extend a moratorium on PUD approvals by 60 days to give staff, the city attorney and the council more time to draft and review proposed updates to the city's development ordinances.
Mayor (speaking during the meeting) said the council must adopt a documented process for tracking directives and assignments, arguing that without a directive log the city runs on "tribal knowledge." The mayor urged a structural fix so suggested actions become assigned work rather than informal suggestions.
The city attorney reminded the council the moratorium specifically targets the PUD ordinance and said the first priority is to produce a draft amendment that captures the council's direction. "The moratorium is on the PUD ordinance," the attorney said, and recommended that once the draft is complete it go to the planning commission for a public hearing and recommendations before a second reading at council.
Council discussion focused on how long substantive code work would take and on the practical steps to create a directive log and work plan. One councilor described the original 90-day moratorium as ambitious and suggested a longer window; another said the council already has tools to address some development concerns but supported more time to produce comprehensive draft language.
The motion to extend the moratorium by 60 days passed at roll call (motion carries). The council instructed the attorney and city manager to prepare draft ordinance language for the PUD chapter and to present it to the planning commission for public hearing and comment.
Next steps: the attorney said committee and planning-commission meetings will aim to produce a draft amendment; the council expects further review and a second reading at a future meeting before any adoption.
Outcome: motion approved; draft ordinance work to continue and be routed through the planning commission for public hearings, then returned to council for second reading and potential adoption.
