HomeMy WebLinkAboutPLANNING MINUTES 1997-05-20 15558
MINUTES OF THE 377th SPECIAL MEETING HELD BY
THE CITY PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF LIVONIA
y.. On Tuesday, May 20, 1997, the City Planning Commission of the City of Livonia held its
377th Special Meeting in the Livonia City Hall, 33000 Civic Center Drive, Livonia,
Michigan.
Mr. James C. McCann, Chairman, called the meeting to order at 7:30 p.m.
Members present: James C. McCann Robert Alanskas Daniel Piercecchi
Patricia Blomberg John Walsh Michael Hale
Elaine Koons
Members absent: None
Messrs. John J. Nagy, Planning Director; and Scott Miller, Planner II, were also present.
Mr. McCann informed the audience that if a petition on tonight's agenda involves a
rezoning request, this Commission only makes a recommendation to the City Council
who, in turn, will hold its own public hearing and decide the question. If a petition
involves a waiver of use request and the request is denied, the petitioner has ten days in
which to appeal the decision to the City Council; otherwise the petition is terminated. The
Planning Commission holds the only public hearing on a preliminary plat and/or a vacating
petition. Planning Commission resolutions become effective seven days after the
ti.. resolutions are adopted. The Planning Commission has reviewed the petitions upon their
filing and have been furnished by the staff with approving and denying resolutions. The
Commission may use them or not use them depending upon the outcome of the hearing
tonight.
Mr. Alanskas, Secretary, announced the item on the agenda is Petition 97-3-2-9 by Kmart
Corporation requesting waiver use approval to utilize an SDM license in
conjunction with an existing store located on the north side of Seven Mile Road
between Farmington Road and Norwich Avenue in the Southeast 1/4 of Section 4.
Mr. McCann: This item appeared on our agenda of May 13, 1997. Upon review of
the minutes of that meeting it appears that no action was taken that
would result in a report and recommendation being sent on to the City
Council. I will now ask for a motion on this item.
On a motion duly made by Mr. Alanskas and seconded by Mrs. Blomberg, it was
#5-88-97 RESOLVED that, pursuant to a Public Hearing having been held by the City
Planning Commission on May 13, 1997 on Petition 97-3-2-9 by Kmart
Corporation requesting waiver use approval to utilize an SDM license in
conjunction with an existing store located on the north side of Seven Mile
Road between Farmington Road and Norwich Avenue in the Southeast 1/4 of
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Section 4, the City Planning Commission does hereby recommend to the City
Council that Petition 97-3-2-9 be denied for the following reasons:
1) That the petitioner has failed to affirmatively show that the proposed use is
,,,.., in compliance with all of the special and general waiver use standards and
requirements as set forth in Sections 11.03 and 19.06 of the Zoning Ordinance
#543;
2) That the proposed use fails to comply with the Zoning Ordinance standards
set forth in Section 11.03 (1) with respect to the requirement that there be at
least a 500 foot separation between SDM licensed establishments.
3) That the proposed use is contrary to the spirit and intent of the Zoning
Ordinance which, among other things, is to promote and encourage a balanced
and appropriate mix of uses and not over saturate an area with similar type
uses as is being proposed; and
4) That the proposed use is incompatible to and not in harmony with the
surrounding uses in the area.
FURTHER RESOLVED that, notice of the above hearing was given in
accordance with the provisions of Section 19.05 of Zoning Ordinance #543,
as amended.
A roll call vote on the foregoing resolution resulted in the following:
AYES: Alanskas, Blomberg, Piercecchi, Hale
NAYS: Walsh, Koons, McCann
ABSENT: None
Mr. McCann, Chairman, declared the motion is carried and the foregoing resolution
adopted.
On a motion duly made, seconded and unanimously adopted, the 377th Special Meeting
held on May 20, 1997 was adjourned at 7:43 p.m.
CITY PLANNING COMMISSION
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