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Commission endorses new permitting workflow; staff to publish parcel layers and coordinate external agency review
Summary
The draft ordinance creates a new zoning-permit workflow and a zoning compliance certificate, clarifies administrative site-plan approvals (generally for changes under about 4,000 sq ft), and directs staff to better coordinate with external agencies such as MDOT on projects that affect state-controlled roads.
During the April 29 work session, the Bay City Planning Commission reviewed procedural elements in the draft ordinance intended to clarify the life cycle of development approvals.
Consultant Joe Tangary described a new two-step process that establishes (1) a zoning permit at the outset of a project and (2) a final zoning compliance certificate upon completion. Commissioners discussed validity periods for approvals and permits, and staff noted that the draft contemplates a definitive duration for approvals (staff…
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