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Planning staff tell committee downzoning Whittier corridor would not strip existing nonconforming rights

Detroit Committee of the Whole · March 12, 2026
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Summary

Planning staff told the committee that downzoning the Whittier Avenue corridor (including the Cover Girl site) to a neighborhood-business classification would align with the master plan but would not change the legal nonconforming status of an existing adult-cabaret use; the committee asked Building Safety and Law to develop monitoring protocols and received the report.

Planning staff briefed the Committee of the Whole on March 12 about a request to consider downzoning a segment of Whittier Avenue that includes the property commonly known as Cover Girl (10631 Whittier).

A planning representative introduced to the committee as 'mister Boager' explained that the adult-cabaret use at the property was established before 1972 and became a legal nonconforming use after zoning changes in the 1990s. He told the committee that the city’s master plan…

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