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Council approves several zoning changes, refers carport rule to P&Z and denies Belt Mill PD amendment
Summary
Council approved zoning text amendments to allow off‑premise parking by SUP and approved a land‑swap rezoning (4B/4C), referred draft carport changes to Planning & Zoning for further work, and denied the Commons at Belt Mill planned‑development amendment after public concern about departures from the original masterplan.
Saginaw City Council moved through several land‑use and planning items at its Dec. 16 meeting, approving some zoning changes, referring a draft ordinance to Planning & Zoning, and denying a proposed PD amendment after a public hearing.
Zoning text amendment (item 4A). Assistant Director Susie Victor Trino presented a text amendment to the city’s permitted‑use table to allow off‑premise parking by Specific Use Permit (SUP) in community commercial, city facilities, light industrial and heavy industrial districts while keeping the use disallowed in office and neighborhood commercial categories. Council opened a public hearing, had no speakers come forward, and approved the change to permit the SUP pathway.
Falcon/STAR land‑swap and rezoning (items 4B and 4C). Staff described a negotiated land‑swap and a…
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