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Commission recommends rezoning former Saginaw fire station for Mad Concepts dining project with 65% sit-down restaurant requirement
Summary
The commission recommended approval of a text amendment and development concept to convert the former fire station at 400 Saginaw Blvd/405 Belmont into a three-tenant dining/retail site (Jake's Burgers, Split Rail, and a specialty meat market) and set a 65% primary-use threshold for sit-down restaurants; staff also allowed a conditional drive-through for Jake's under full-service or fast-casual conditions.
The Planning and Zoning Commission voted to recommend changes to the Saginaw local plan to allow a dining-focused redevelopment of the former fire station at 400 Saginaw Boulevard and 405 South Belmont Street, advancing a concept presented by Mad Concepts Group.
City staff described the textual amendment and exhibit that would make sit-down restaurants the primary permitted uses on the site and introduce a set of secondary, food-oriented permitted uses (coffee shop/cafe, specialty food/gourmet market, microbrewery/winery/distillery, bakery/commercial kitchen incubator). Staff also said they would permit a drive-through for Jake's Burgers only if the establishment provided a full-service dining area with…
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