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Allegan approves sale of small North Main parcel to developer, cites housing goals
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Summary
Council approved a purchase agreement to sell a roughly 4,000-square-foot city-owned North Main parcel to ND Community Partners LLC for $6,000, with no clawback provision, as part of an effort to free up city-owned land for housing after a zoning rewrite. Council also scheduled a May public hearing for a Week Street parcel and discussed an unrelated Monroe Street offer without action.
The City of Allegan voted to approve a real-estate purchase agreement transferring a small city-owned lot on North Main Street to a private developer identified in the agenda as ND Community Partners LLC for $6,000.
City staff told council the parcel is slightly larger than 4,000 square feet and that the purchase agreement was drafted by the city attorney and follows the city's standard form. Staff recommended no clawback provision, saying the parcel does not serve a city purpose and the goal is to get the property into a developers hands for housing development consistent with the councils recent zoning rewrite designed to encourage more flexible housing types.
Staff said the sale was noticed in the newspaper for three consecutive weeks in accordance with section 13-9 of the city code and opened a public hearing; no members of the public spoke. Council asked clarifying questions about setbacks and curb cuts; staff said driveway curb cuts would likely be on North Street and the buyer would pay for them. The council moved and approved the sale.
Relatedly, staff asked the council to schedule a public hearing for a different city parcel (parcel 5129000300 on Week Street) for potential sale to Brandon and Melissa Genzink; the council scheduled the hearing for May 11, 2026 and approved that directive. Council also reviewed a proposal from Joseph Kopach to sell 226 Monroe Street, debated whether the city should acquire the parcel to expand JC Park, but took no motion or final action on that proposal.
The sales and hearing schedule are part of a broader effort staff described to free up non-government-use city parcels and support new housing development.
