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Council committee refers rezoning of four Trumbull/Lincoln parcels to formal introduction and public hearing
Summary
The Committee of the Whole voted to send an ordinance to formally rezone four parcels on Trumbull and Lincoln from Planned Development (PD) to R5 and SD1; Planning and Land Bank staff said rezoning would unblock redevelopment and permit an affordable-housing RFP in partnership with HRD.
Council’s Committee of the Whole voted on Feb. 12 to send a rezoning ordinance for four parcels on Trumbull and Lincoln to formal introduction and to set a public hearing. The parcels — 4814, 4830 and 4838 Trumbull and 4827 Lincoln — are proposed to move from PD (planned development) zoning to a combination of R5 (medium-density residential) and SD1 (small-scale mixed-use special development).
City Planning Commission staff told the committee that many remnants of PD zoning across the city are impeding redevelopment and that the planning commission and Detroit Land Bank Authority are working to rezone parcels to classifications that are more marketable. "The remaining PD along Trumbull at this spot, if nothing else, has been something of an impediment to redevelopment of those properties," said Rory Bolger, City Planning Commission staff. Dolores Pallas, CBC staff, said the Land Bank will partner with the Housing and Revitalization Department (HRD) to issue a formal RFP, and that RFPs would be locked to affordable-housing development where appropriate.
Council members asked specifically about a parcel owned by Citadel of Faith and an adjacent parking lot. Planning staff said Citadel has maintained parts of the property and expressed interest in the parcels, and that the Land Bank has agreed to make eligible parcels available for purchase but that, because the Land Bank owns some parcels, a formal adverse-possession claim has not been submitted and would not automatically permit development or ownership. "Even if Citadel were to try to make an adverse possession claim, they would be unable to develop or utilize the land unless it matched what was locked in with the original PD," Bolger said.
Pro Tem Young moved to send the item to formal for ordinance introduction and to set a public hearing; the motion passed with no objections. The committee did not adopt a final zoning change at the meeting — the action sends the ordinance to the formal introduction process and schedules a public hearing where community input will be taken.
What happens next: the ordinance will be introduced in the formal session and a public hearing date will be set; if advanced, the Land Bank and HRD said they plan to issue an RFP to solicit affordable-housing proposals for eligible parcels.
