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MINUTES OF THE FIFTY-EIGHTH SPECIAL MEETING OF THE
COU?'CIL OF THE CITY OF LIVONIA
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 8, Chapter IV of the City Charter,
the above meeting was held on January 30, 1961, at 33001 Five Mile Road, Livonia,
Michigan, and was called to order by the President of the Council at approximately
9319 P. M. Councilman Salvadore delivered the invocation. Roll was called with
the following result: Present-- Sydney B. Bagnall, John T. Daugherty, William N.
Ponder, Rudolf R. Kleinert, Austin T. Grant, Jack Salvadore and James R. McCann.
Absent-- None.
By Councilman Daugherty, seconded by Councilman Grant and unanimously
adopted, it was
#48-61 RESOLVED that, the letter from the Mayor dated January 20, 1961,
transmitting a progress report dated January 19, 1961, from the Wayne County
Board of Public Works in connection with the Wayne County Sewer Project, is
hereby referred to the Water and Sewer Committee of the Council for its
report and recommendation.
By Councilman Daugherty, seconded by Councilman Grant and unanimously
adopted, it was
#149-61 RESOLVED that, the following items are hereby referred to the
Finance Committee of the Council for its report and recommendation:
(a) Letter from the Mayor dated January 20, 1961, referring the
names of several persons interested in the position of Legis-
lative Agent and Industrial Coordinator;
(b) Letter from Civil Service Commission dated January 20, 1961,
recommending certain new classifications in the Department of
Parks and Recreation; and
(c) Letter from the Director of Public Works dated January 30, 1961,
regarding the purchasing of nursery stock from Mr. Mike Costello.
By Councilman Salvadore, seconded by Councilman Ponder and unanimously
adopted, it was
#50-61 RESOLVED that, having considered the request from Mr. Otto Schultz
of Gordon Williamson Company, dated January 4, 1961, requesting approval of
a certain division of property and in accordance with the provisions of
Act 172 of the Public Acts of 1929, as amended, The Plat Act (Stat.Ann.26.432),
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the Council does hereby approve of dividing the westerly 300 feet of Lot
27a, Fairway Subdivision No. 2 (a part of the Northwest 1/4 of Section 4,
T. 1 S., R. 9 E., City of Livonia) into three separate parcels, each 325
feet in depth and each with 100 foot frontage on Norfolk Avenue, it appear-
ing to the City Council that such division does not divide the original lot
into more than four parts; and the City Clerk is requested to cause a
certified copy of this resolution to be recorded in the office of the
Wayne County Register of Deeds.
By Councilman Kleinert, seconded by Councilman Ponder and unanimously
adopted, it was
#51-61 RESOLVED that, pursuant to the report and recommendation of the
City Planning Commission dated January 27, 1961, in regard to Petition No.
Z-488 submitted by Sheldon M. Futernick for change of zoning in the North-
east 1/4 of Section 14 from RUbB to R-1-A, the Council does hereby approve
Petition No. Z-488, and the Department of Law is instructed to prepare an
ordinance amending Ordinance No. 60 in accordance with this resolution.
By Councilman Ponder, seconied by Councilman Grant and unanimously
adopted, it was
#52-61 RESOLVED that, consent be and hereby is granted to the Board of
County Road Commissioners of the County of Wayne, Michigan, to take, by
eminent domain, under the provisions of Act No. 149 of the Public Acts of
1911, as last amended, private property in the City of Livonia described
in a certain resolution adopted by the Board of County Road Commissioners
of the County of Wayne, Michigan, on Wednesday, December 21, 1960, declar-
ing and determining the taking of said private property to be necessary
for the making of a certain necessary public improvement, to wits
The widening, changing, laying out, establishing, opening, and
relocating of Base Line Road in the Township of Northville,
Wayne County, Michigan, extending from its intersection with
Griswold Road, easterly to a point approximately 1300 feet
easterly of Haggerty Road in the City of Livonia, Wayne County,
Michigan.
By Councilman Kleinert, seconded by Councilman Salvadore, it was
#53-61 RESOLVED that, pursuant to the report and recommendation of the
Chief City Engineer dated January 19, 1961, approved of by the Director
of Public Works and Mayor, the Council does hereby release to the party
or parties determined by the Department of L w to be legally entitled to
said release, the subdivision improvement bond in the amount of $9,000.00
deposited with the City in connection with the Richland Estates Subdivision,
located on the east side of Stark Road and on the north and south sides of
Richland, in the Northeast 1/4 of Section 33 of the City of Livonia, it
appearing that a satisfactory maintenance boni has been deposited with the
City; and the City Clerk is herein authorized to do all things necessary
to the full performance of this resolution.
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A roll call vote was taken on the foregoing resolution with the following result:
AYES: Daugherty, Ponder, Kleinert, Grant, Salvadore, McCann and Bagnall,
NAYS: None.
By Councilman Kleinert, seconded by Councilman Ponder and unanimously
adopted, it was resolved that
#54-61 WHEREAS, Section 13 (e) of Act 51, Public Acts of 1951 provides
that each incorporated city and village to which funds are returned under
the provisions of this section, that "the responsibility for all street
improvement, maintenance and traffic operation work shall be coordinated
by a single administrator to be designated by the governing body who shall
be responsible for and shall represent the municipality in all transactions
with the State Highway Commissioner pursuant to the provisions of this act,"
THEREFORE, BE IT R5OLVED that, this Honorable Body designate
William J. Strasser as the single administrator for the City of Livonia
in all tranaactions with the State Highway Commissioner as provided in
Section 13 of this Act, and all other prior resolutions to the contrary
are hereby rescinded.
Councilman Kleinert introduced the following Ordinance:
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 4.37 OF ARTICLE 4.00
OF ORDINANCE NO. 60, AS AMENDED, ETTITLED "ZONING
ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF LIVONIA."
THE CITY OF LIVONIA ORDAINS:
Section 1. Section 4.37 of Article 4.00 of Ordinance No. 60, as amended,
entitled "Zoning Ordinance of the City of Livonia," is hereby amended to read as
follows:
Section 4.37. Off-Street Parking; Requirements. In all zoning
districts, off-street parking facilities for the storage or parking of
self-propelled motor vehicles for the use of occupants, employees, and
patrons of the buildings hereafter erected, altered or extended after
the effective date of this ordinance, shall be provided and maintained
as herein pre-cribed. Each applic a.ti on for a building permit shall be
accompanied by a drawing depicting the parking hereinafter required.
Spaces arranged in such a manner that autos utilizing them would have
to back over a sidewalk or into a dedicated street shall not be counted
toward satisfying minimum parking requirements.
(a) Loading space as required in Section 4.36 shall not be
construed as supplying off-street parking space.
(b) When units or measurements determining the number of required
parking spaces result in requirements of a fractional space, any
fraction up to and including one-half shall be disregarded and
fractions over one-half shall require one parking space.
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(c) Whenever a use requiring off-street parking is increased in
floor area, and such use is located in a building existing on or
before the effective date of this ordinance, additional parking
space shall be provided as set out below, not only for the addition
to the building but for the original building as well, in amounts
hereafter specified for that use.
(d) For the purpose of this ordinance, "Floor Area," in the case
of offices, merchandising or service types of uses, shall mean the
gross floor area used or intended to b e used for services to the
pub1 c as customers, patrons, clients or patients or as tenants,
including areas occupied for fixtures and equipment used for display
or sale of merchandise.
(e) Off-street parking facilities for one or two family dwellings
shall be located on the same lot or plot of ground as the building
they are intended to serve. The location of required off-street
parkine facilities for other than one and two family dwellings
shall be within three hundred (300) feet of the building they are
intended to serve, measured from the nearest point of the off-street
parking facilities and the nearest point of the building. Such
facilities for commercial and professional uses, in order to insure
their use as a parking area for the building they are intended to
serve, shall be located in a convenient and conspicuous position
with reference to such building. For this purpose the area to the
rear of the building shall be considered as satisfying this require-
ment only when the building is to have a heavily used public entrance
in the rear.
(f) In the case of a use not specifically mentioned, the require-
ments for off-street parking facilities for a use which is so
mentioned and which said use is similar,shall apply.
(g) Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent collective
provisions of off-street parking facilities for two or more buildings
or uses, provided collectively, such facilities shall not be less than
the sum of the requirements for the various individual uses computed
separately in accordance with the table.
(h) The amount of required off-street parking space for new uses or
buildings, additions thereto and additions to existing buildings as
specieied above shall be determined in accordance with the schedule
set forth in Section 4.38 of this ordinance, and the space, so required,
shall be stated in the plication for a building permit and shall be
irrevocably reserved for such use.
(i) The surfacing, drainage and maintenance of all off-street parking
space in any C-1, C-2, M-1 or M-2 district shall conform to the pro-
visions of Section 13.06 of this ordinance.
(j ) Where the parking facilities axe not on the same premises as the
use to which they pertain or are under different ownership, or where
one parking facility services two or more uses, the City may require
appropriate recordable legal instruments whereby a third party will
have notice that the property is committed to use as parking
facilities under this section.
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(k) Where any parking area adjoins an existing or proposed sidewalk,
the applicant for a building permit shall cause to be erected safety
curbs on the private property to prevent autos from crossing the
sidewalk.
Section 2. Ordinance No. 27y is hereby repealed as of the date this or-
dinance becomes effective, and all other ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict
herewith are hereby repealed only to the extent necessary to -ive this ordinance full
force and effect.
Section 3. Should any portion of this ordinance be held invalid for any
reasons such holding shall not be construed as afi ecting the validity of the remain-
ing portion of this ordinance.
The foregoing Ordinance was placed on the table for consideration at the next
regular meeting of the Council.
Councilman Kleinert introduced the following Ordinance:
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 4.38 OF ARTICLE 4.00
OF ORDINANCE NO. 60, AS AMI ND ;D, ENTITLED "ZONING
ORDINANCE (F THE CITY OF LIVONIA."
THE CITY OF LIVONIA ORDAINS:
Section 1. Section 4.38 of Article 4.00 of Ordinance No. 60, as amended,
entitled "Zoning Ordinance of the City of Livonia," is hereby amended to read as
follows:
Section 4.38. Off-Street Parking; Schedule. The following off-street
parkini schedule is hereby established:
USE
(1) One family dwellings or mixed occupancy.
REQUIRED PARKING SPACE
One (1) parking space for each dwelling unit.
USE
(2) Maltiple dwellings or apartment houses.
REQUIRED PARKING SPACE
Two (2) parking spaces per dwelling unit.
USE
(3) Tourist homes, and motels.
REQUIRED PARKING SPACE
One (1) parking space for each guest or sleeping
room or suite in a tourist home, or motel, plus
one additional space for the owner or manager if
resident on the premises.
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USE
(4) Hospital, sari toriums, convalescent homes and
homes for the aged or similar uses.
REQUIRED PARKING SPACE
One (1) parking space for each bed, plus one (1)
space for each staff or visiting doctor, plus one (1)
space for each employee including nurses.
USE
(5) Orphanage or similar use.
REQUIRED PARKING SPACE
One (1) parking space for each ten (10) beds.
USL
(6) Hotels.
REQUIRED PARKING SPACE
One (1) parking space for each guest room, plus
one (1) aoditional space for each employee.
USE
(7) Private clubs, fraternities, boarding and lodhing
houses.
REQUIRED PARKING SPACE
One (1) parking space for each two (2) guest bedrooms.
USE
(8) Community centers, libraries, museums, post offices,
civic clubs, etc.
REQUIRED PARKING SPACE
Provide about each building an improved area other
than the front yard which shall be sufficient in
size to provide adequate facilities for parking
and as approved by the City Planning Commission.
USE
(9) Theaters and auditoriums, (other than incidental
to schools).
REQUIRED PARKING SPACE
One (1) parking space for each four (L ) seats, plus
additional spaces equal in number to fifty (50)
percent of the number of employees of the theater.
USE
(10) Churches, auditoriums incidental to schools.
REQUIRED PARKING SPACE
One (1) parking space for each four (4) seats in
the main assembly unit.
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USE
(11) Schools.
REQUIRED PARKING SPACE
One (1) parking space for each two (2) employees
(including teachers and administrators) plus
sufficient off-street space for the safe and
convenient loading and unloading of students.
USE
(12) Dance Halls, pool and billiard rooms, assembly
halls and exhibition halls without fixed seats.
REQUIRED PARKING SPACE
One (1) parking space for each one hundred (100)
square feet of floor area used for dancing or
assembly.
USE
(13) Stadiums and sports arenas.
REQUIRED EARKIW. SPACE
One (1) parking space for each four (IL) seats.
USE
(14) Bowling Alleys.
REQUIRED PARKING SPACE
Four (1 ) parking spaces for each alley.
USE
(15) Mortuaries or funeral homes.
REQUIRED PARKING SPACE
One (1) parking space for each fifty (50) square
feet of floor space in the slumber rooms, parlors
or individual funeral service rooms.
USE
(16) Establishments for sale and consumption on the
premises of alcoholic beverages, food or re-
freshments:
e-
freshments:
Where food or beverages are to be served and
consumed inside said establishments.
REQUIRED PARKING SPACE
One (1) parking space for each two (2) seating
spaces to be J,rovided within the proposed
establishment Ilus one (1) parking space for
each employee if food or beverages are to be
served inside the establishment.
Where food or beverages are not to be consumed
inside said establishment.
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REQUIRED PARKING SPACE
One (1) parking space for each one hundred (100)
square feet of floor area, plus one (1) parking
space for each employee.
USE
(17) Medical or Dental clinics.
REQUIRr,D PARKING SPACE
One (1) parking space for each seventy-five (75)
square feet of floor area, plus one (1) parking
space for each employee and professional person.
USE
(18) Furniture and appliance stores, personal service
shops, not including beauty parlor and barber
shops, household equipment or furniture repair
shops, clothi ng or shoe repair or service shops,
hardware stores, motor vehicle sales, wholesale
stores and machinery sales.
REQUIRED PARKING SPACE
One (1) parking space for each five hundred (500)
square feet of floor space.
USE
(19) Beauty parlors and barber shops.
REQUIRED PARKING SPACE
Two (2) paring spaces for each employee and/or
beauty operator.
USE
(20) All retail stores, except as ot'rerwise specified
herein.
REQUIRED PARKING SPACE
One (1) parking space for each one hundred fifty
(150) square feet of floor space.
USE
(21) Banks, business or professional offices.
REQUIRiD PARKING SPACE
One (1) parking space for each two hundred
(200) square feet of floor area.
USE
(22) Industrial establishments, including manufacturing,
research and testing laboratories, creameries, bottling
works, printing and engraving shops, warehouses and
storage buildings.
REQUIRED PARKING SPACE
Provide about each industrial buiLding, buildings
or use, an improved area, other than the front yard,
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which shall be sufficient in size to provide
adequate facilities for the parking of automobiles
and other motor vehicles used by the firm or
employees or persons doing business therein,
such space, shall not be less than one (1) parking
space for each four (4) employees computed on the
basis of the greatest number of persons to be
employed at any one period during the day or night..
Section 2. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are
hereby repealed only to the extent necessary to give this ordinance full force and
effect.
Section 3. Should any portion of ti-is ordinance be held invalid for any
reason, such holding shall not be construed as affecting the validity of the remain-
ing portion of this ordinance.
The foregoing Ordinance was placed on the table for consideration at the next
regular meeting of the Council.
By Councilman Daugherty, seconded by Councilman Salvador° and unanimously
adopted, it was
#55-61 RESOLVED that, having considered the report and recommendation of
the Police Department dated January 25, 1961, and the communication from
the Michigan Liquor Control Commissi3n dated October 13, 1960, the Council
does hereby approve of the request from Mary Roach, Estate, Donald J. Roach,
Executor and Partner, to add space to 1960 SDD and SDM license establishment
located at 33525 Five Mile Road, Livonia, Michigan.
By Councilman Daugherty, seconded by Councilman Grant and unanimously
adopted, it was
#5661 tESOLVED that, having considered the report and recommendation of
the Police Department dated January 20, 1961, and the communication from
the Michigan Liquor Control Commission dated November 8, 1960, the Council
does hereby approve of the request from Katherine L. Howle for a new SDM
license to be located at 13950 Merriman Road, Livonia, Michigan.
On motion of Councilman Grant, seconded by Councilman Ponder aid
unanimously adopted, this 58th special meeting of the Council of the City of
Livonia was duly adjourned at 9:45 P. M., January 30, 1961.
W. Clark, City Clerk