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Detroit committee advances adaptive‑reuse zoning change, adds townhouses to allowed uses
Summary
The Committee of the Whole advanced a zoning text amendment to ease reuse of former civic and institutional buildings, approved an amendment to add townhouses to permitted uses and sent the item to formal consideration with a recommendation to approve. Presenters said the change keeps neighborhood anchors while preserving public notice through special land‑use hearings.
City council’s Committee of the Whole on Nov. 6 moved forward with a zoning text amendment designed to make it easier to convert vacant schools, churches, fire stations and other civic buildings into housing and neighborhood uses, voting to add townhouses as a permitted conditional use and sending the item to formal session with a recommendation to approve.
Planning and Development Department staff said the proposed change to Chapter 50 would let developers pursue “adaptive reuse” without a full rezoning, speed permitting through a special land‑use hearing in Buildings and Safety, and reduce parking and loading requirements as an incentive. “This ordinance…breathes life…
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