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Council opens 63-day public comment on housing readiness master plan amendment, discusses downtown Kmart site
Summary
The council authorized distribution of a draft housing readiness master plan amendment to begin a 63-day public comment period required by the Michigan Planning Enabling Act. Discussions focused on outreach methods, the vacant Kmart property and concerns about out-of-date data in the draft.
Garden City’s City Council voted unanimously on April 20 to authorize distribution of a draft housing readiness master plan amendment and begin the 63-day public comment period required under the Michigan Planning Enabling Act. The draft was prepared with grant support from the Michigan State Housing Development Authority.
Planning staff presented the amendment as a set of potential housing alternatives for the downtown area and said the 63-day comment window is a statutory requirement for plan amendments. "As required by the Michigan Planning Enabling Act, a draft master plan amendment must be made…
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