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Planning commission denies revised Woodward Avenue site plan, directs dumpsters returned by pool
Summary
Royal Oak planners voted 3–1 to deny the revised site plan for a 103-unit Woodward Avenue apartment complex after neighbors said a proposed north-end dumpster enclosure would create nuisance conditions; commissioners directed staff to administratively approve an enclosure at the original pool-side location instead.
Royal Oak Planning Commission members voted to deny a revised site plan for a two-building apartment complex on Woodward Avenue that proposed a permanent dumpster enclosure at the north end of the property, and directed staff to grant an administrative site-plan approval placing the dumpsters by the pool.
The petitioners — represented by attorney Seth Hawkins — sought permission to enclose and formalize a cluster of refuse containers at the back (north) of a property that contains two buildings and 103 dwellings. Hawkins told the commission the location had been used historically for dumpsters and that his clients had increased refuse pickups to twice weekly, repaired broken lids and would build a masonry enclosure to conceal the containers.
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