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Saginaw planning commissioners favor special-use review for nonprofits in light-industrial areas
Summary
The Saginaw Planning & Zoning Commission recommended that philanthropic and charitable organizations be allowed in light-industrial zones but only through a specific-use permit, a move that would let groups such as Chat and Chew and Donation House apply for site-by-site review rather than receive automatic by-right approval.
The Saginaw Planning & Zoning Commission on Monday recommended that philanthropic and charitable uses be added to the city's permitted-use table for light industrial property, but only if applicants return to the commission and city council for a specific-use permit.
Staff framed the proposal as a narrow text amendment to the permitted-use table to accommodate nonprofits that seek warehouse or suite space in the clinic/medical overlay and elsewhere in LI. City staff said the ordinance change could be made in several ways, and recommended an SUP so the commission and council retain oversight over operations, parking and neighborhood impacts.
'We're requesting a special-use permit to be at 1000 Kennedy Lane as a food distribution / food pantry,' Marvy McLendon told the commission. McLendon, who identified…
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