Madison Heights approves three special land-use requests, including revised auto sales and repair plan

The Madison Heights City Council approved three separate special land-use requests on June 8, granting conditional permission for a home-based pet grooming business and two auto-related commercial uses while attaching site, operational and landscaping conditions.

Staff presented PSP26-02 for 27392 Park Court, a major home-occupation pet grooming operation limited to appointment-only services, one client at a time between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m., prohibited overnight boarding and required off‑street parking. Planning staff said the planning commission unanimously recommended approval with these conditions.

Council also approved PSP26-03 to allow minor auto service and electronic accessory sales at 32525 Stevenson Highway. Staff emphasized the request excludes engine repair and collision work and recommended multiple conditions including disposal and dumpster containment, a shared-dumpster easement (or a new enclosure), and a final certificate of occupancy listing use-specific operating conditions.

The most contested land-use was PSP26-04 at 32371 Dwinder Road, which staff said had been revised to reduce service bays from six to four and add an auto sales showroom; staff noted approximately $600,000 in proposed building and site enhancements. Council discussed access and bay configuration (applicant described two rear bay doors leading to an internal corridor and four service bays), parking for vehicles for sale, landscaping and stormwater requirements, and operating hours (staff and applicant discussed repair operations generally in the morning-to-evening window and sales hours noted in the record). The council approved PSP26-04 subject to multiple conditions that require a demolition and repaving plan, stormwater quality structures, specified landscaping and photometric plans, a concrete dumpster pad, and that any future expansion requires a new special land-use approval.

No detailed roll-call tallies appear in the meeting transcript for these approvals; motions were made, seconded, and recorded as carrying. Staff noted planning-commission review and public hearings had occurred. Councilmembers asked for assurances that the rear parking lot would not become storage for vehicles awaiting repair and verified that site improvements and operating limitations would be enforced through the final certificate of occupancy.

What’s next: Applicants must submit final site plans consistent with the council-approved concepts and satisfy use-specific operating standards before receiving certificates of occupancy.