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Planning commission backs Meyer gas station at Middle Belt plaza with design and access conditions
Summary
Livonia’s Planning Commission voted to recommend approval of a Meyer gas station and convenience store in the Meyer plaza on Middle Belt Road, subject to standard site, lighting and signage conditions and a requirement to submit final plans at permit time.
The Livonia Planning Commission voted to recommend approval of a waiver use allowing a gasoline service station and a 3,650-square-foot convenience store in the west parking lot of the Meyer at 13000 Middle Belt Road.
Staff told commissioners the site is zoned C-2 and that petitioners have reduced the canopy height to 18 feet, adjusted lighting to meet the ordinance’s foot‑candle limits and committed to masonry details on canopy columns. Engineering and inspection letters in the record flagged a redundant middle driveway onto the frontage road and asked that the middle approach be removed; staff recommended the petitioner work with planning and engineering on access refinements.
Developer representatives and Meyer’s real‑estate manager, Matt Levitt, told the commission the addition is intended to serve existing shoppers rather than draw new traffic. Levitt said the planned convenience store hours “will match the main store — 6 a.m. to midnight, seven days.” Staff also read conditions into the record that the approving resolution will require, including submission of final stamped plans at building‑permit time, recessed canopy lighting, sign conformity or separate Zoning Board of Appeals approval for any variances, and a site requirement that “free air shall be provided whenever the station is open for business” at the point of service.
Several residents raised access and safety concerns about the adjacent service drive on Middle Belt, describing turns into and out of the plaza as hazardous during busy periods. Commissioners acknowledged the safety concerns and directed staff to work with county and city engineering on corridor‑level options; the commission’s approval included a condition that the petitioner coordinate with planning and engineering on access control and the middle approach removal.
The motion passed in roll call and the item will go to the City Council as a recommending approval. The resolution notes the approval is valid for one year from City Council action unless a building permit is obtained.
