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Council approves adaptive-reuse zoning ordinance to expand options for historic institutional buildings
Summary
Detroit City Council voted to adopt an ordinance allowing conditional adaptive reuse of former institutional buildings in residential districts, creating an expedited, special-land-use pathway while preserving public notice and demolition limits.
Detroit City Council voted to adopt an ordinance amending Chapter 50 of the Detroit City Code to allow adaptive reuse of former public and institutional buildings in residential zoning districts, the council announced during its regular session.
The ordinance — taken from the table and placed on third reading before the vote — permits roughly 50 additional conditional uses for eligible buildings, establishes a 75% minimum retention requirement for a structure’s gross floor area, and allows certain parking and loading reductions to incentivize…
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