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Council conditionally approves Mad Concepts planned development on Saginaw Boulevard pending outdoor amenity and parking plan

Saginaw City Council · October 22, 2025
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Summary

The council conditionally approved a planned development for 400 Saginaw Boulevard/405 S. Belmont to allow three restaurant concepts (including Jake’s Burgers with a drive-through) subject to redrafting to provide a connected outdoor yard and reasonable parking accommodations to be approved by the design review committee.

The Saginaw City Council gave conditional approval to a planned development for 400 Saginaw Boulevard and 405 S. Belmont proposed by Mad Concepts Group, approving the PD while requiring the developer to redraft the site design to incorporate a connected, activated outdoor amenity and to address parking before final design review.

Susie Victor Tavingo, assistant director of economic community engagement, described the item as a major textual amendment because of a new developer and changes to the development plan and uses; staff negotiated a primary/secondary-use split intended to preserve sit-down restaurants. "We added the percentage, which they decided 65/35," she told the council, clarifying that the split refers to…

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