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Pentwater council adopts 47-foot building-height limit in C3 zone, denies corner-lot text amendment
Summary
Council approved Ordinance No. 1 of 2024 to set the C3 district building-height maximum at 47 feet (6-1), and on a separate motion denied a proposed corner-lot text amendment to Sections 3.05D and 6.04 (5-2).
The Pentwater Village Council voted July 15 to amend the village zoning ordinance to set the maximum building height in the C3 district at 47 feet. The ordinance (Ordinance No. 1 of 2024) was approved after a motion by Phil Frame and support from Jared Griffis; the roll-call vote was 6-1, with Don Palmer recorded as the sole dissent.
During the public-comment period before the vote, resident Norm Shotwell expressed support for changing the C3 height limit to 47 feet and urged the council to make a decision on a corner-lot amendment. On the related topic, the council separately considered a proposed text amendment to Sections 3.05D and 6.04 regarding corner lots; Don Palmer moved, Dave Bluhm supported, and the council voted 5-2 to deny consideration of that amendment, with Dan Nugent and President Jeff Hodges recorded as dissenters.
The ordinance sets the height limit as an amendment to Section 12.04 of the zoning ordinance; specific implementation steps and any necessary permit or variance procedures were not described on the record during the meeting.
Council members described the measure as an update to zoning standards for the C3 district; no additional amendments to the ordinance were adopted at the meeting.
The council's actions on both items — adoption of the height increase and denial of the corner-lot amendment — will be recorded in the ordinance and minutes available through the clerk's office.
