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Planning commission backs John Street vacation for U-M, approves stormwater and solid-waste UDC edits

Ann Arbor Planning Commission · March 3, 2026
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Summary

The Ann Arbor Planning Commission on March 3 recommended City Council approve a John Street vacation requested by the University of Michigan to advance Wolverine Village phase 2, and it unanimously approved two UDC amendments clarifying stormwater-review delegation to Washtenaw County and updating solid-waste terminology and screening rules.

The Ann Arbor Planning Commission voted unanimously March 3 to recommend that city council approve a street vacation for John Street and to approve two Unified Development Code amendments: one clarifying when stormwater management review is delegated to the Washtenaw County Water Resources Commissioner and another updating solid-waste terminology and screening standards to match Chapter 26 revisions.

University of Michigan government-relations staff (name not provided in the record) said vacating the one-block John Street (between South 5th Avenue and South Division Street) is intended to facilitate phase 2 of the Wolverine Village project; phase 1 is expected to be complete in August and the…

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