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Planning commission backs rezoning at 700 North Main to permit denser, smaller rental units
Summary
The commission recommended rezoning 700 North Main Street from R4C to R4E with conditions to allow a denser residential project (proposed ~64 units); commissioners debated floodplain mapping, height limits and precedent before a unanimous vote.
The Ann Arbor Planning Commission recommended that the mayor and city council rezone 700 North Main Street from R4C to R4E, accompanied by a Near North area plan and voluntary conditions including a 75-foot maximum height.
Brad Moore, the project architect, told the commission the petitioner replaced a previously approved luxury townhome plan with a “missing middle” approach: smaller rental units (a mix of studios and one‑bedrooms, the petitioner said) that the developer argues improve workforce housing options. The presentation described a building concept with…
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