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Home My WebLink AboutAGENDA 2003-12-03 REGULAR AGENDA 1,502"d Regular Meeting of the Council of the City of Livonia Wednesday, December 3, 2003 8.00 p.m. - City Hall Auditorium 33000 Civic Center Drive Livonia, Michigan CALL TO ORDER: INVOCATION: ROLL CALL: PRESENTATION OF MINUTES: AUDIENCE COMMUNICATION: REPORTS FROM THE MAYOR AND OTHER CITY OFFICIALS CONSENT AGENDA 1 REQUEST TO PURCHASE CITY-OWNED PROPERTY Jim Cernuto, Construction Manager, on behalf of Saadie Atobaidi, Imam' Investments, re a parcel of land 47 acres in size located at 28580 Joy Road that 11110 would be incorporated into a proposed condominium development. 2 PROPOSED LOT SPLIT Department of Assessment, re requested by Kim Kostich of Anchor Homes LLC, on behalf of Thomas Moore, for Tax Item No 46-049-01-0053-000 located south of Six Mile and west of Inkster Roads, 16710 Harrison 3 AWARD OF BID Department of Parks & Recreation, re to typeset, print and deliver to the City and Post Office four (4) times per year "L" Magazine for a period of two (2) years (December 2003 through November 2005) 4 REQUEST TO APPROVE SUBLEASE AGREEMENT WITH THE LIVONIA PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM Department of Parks & Recreation, re for a gymnastic area at the Livonia Community Recreation Center for a period of three years, from June 1, 2003 through May 31, 2006 L Agenda for the Regular Meeting of December 3, 2003 2 CONSENT AGENDA 5 LANGUAGE PETITION. Planning Commission, re. Petition 2002-11-06- 05 submitted by the City Planning Commission, pursuant to Council Resolution 601-02, and pursuant to Section 23 01(a) of Ordinance No. 543, the Zoning Ordinance of the City of Livonia, to determine whether or not to amend Section 11 03(1)(1) of Article XI of Zoning Ordinance No. 543, as amended, with respect to Subsections a, b and c regarding open- air business uses. 6 WAIVER PETITION Planning Commission, re. Petition 2003-09-02-19 submitted by Jon Massa requesting approval to operate an automobile and light truck repair facility on property located on the south side of Eight Mile Road between Merriman Road and Milburn Avenue (30759 Eight Mile Road) in the Northwest 1/4 of Section 2 7 SITE PLAN PETITION. Planning Commission, re. Petition 2003-09-08-27 submitted by Rockford Construction, on behalf of Family Video, in connection with a proposal to renovate the exterior of the building located on the southwest corner of Newburgh and Ann Arbor Roads (37405 Ann Arbor Road) in the Northeast 1/4 of Section 31 UNFINISHED BUSINESS 4110 MEETINGS OF THE COMMITTEES 8 COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE — Meeting of November 10, 2003 Petition 2001-03-02-05 submitted by Haggerty Road Investments requesting waiver use approval to remodel and expand an existing building in connection with a proposal to operate a full service restaurant on property located on the east side of Haggerty Road between Seven Mile Road and Eight Mile Road in the Northwest 1/4 of Section 6, which property is zoned OS (CR 425-02 and CR 614-01) 9 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE — Meeting of November 18, 2003 a. The feasibility of building an all-season indoor sports complex to be paid for by user fees. (CR 402-96) b. The subject of the Civic Park Senior Center Renovation. (CR 893- 00) c. The subject of the Municipal Ice Arena Construction. (CR 917-00) Agenda for the Regular Meeting of December 3, 2003 3 UNFINISHED BUSINESS 10 PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO ZONING ORDINANCE NO. 543, AS AMENDED. Department of Law, re Petition 2003-07-01-13 submitted by Eric D Zylinski, on behalf of Apple Crest Dental P.L.C., requesting to rezone property located on the north side of Seven Mile Road between Bethany Road and Victor Parkway (37500 Seven Mile Road) in the Southeast 1/4 of Section 6 from RUFC to OS (Rural Urban Farm — % Acre Lots to Office Services). Public Hearing held on November 17, 2003 11 PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO ZONING ORDINANCE NO 543, AS AMENDEDDepartment of Law, re Petition 2003-06-06-04 submitted by the City Planning Commission, pursuant to CR 312-03 and pursuant to Section 23 01(a) of Zoning Ordinance No 543, as amended, to determine whether or not to amend Section 18 50 of Article XVIII of Zoning Ordinance No 543, as amended, in order to make various changes to the Sign Ordinance. Public Hearing held on November 17, 2003 12 PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO ZONING ORDINANCE NO 543, AS AMENDED. Department of Law re Petition 2003-07-06-05 submitted by the City Planning Commission, pursuant to CR 339-03 and pursuant to 41w Section 23 01(a) of Zoning Ordinance No 543, as amended, to determine whether or not to amend Section 18 06 of Article XVIII (Nonconforming Lots) of Zoning Ordinance No. 543, as amended, to define "Clear Majority" at a specific percentage as it relates to certain circumstances under which property owners can build on nonconforming lots without Zoning Board of Appeals or City Council approval Public Hearing held on November 17, 2003 13 PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO ZONING ORDINANCE NO 543, AS AMENDED. Department of Law, re Petition 2003-07-06-06 submitted by the City Planning Commission, pursuant to CR 340-03 and pursuant to Section 23 01(a) of Zoning Ordinance No 543, as amended, to determine whether or not to amend Sections 20 05(b) and (c) of Article XX of Zoning Ordinance No 543, as amended, to require that approval of the Master Deed must be obtained prior to the establishment of improvement bonds in connection with cluster housing projects Public Hearing held on November 17, 2003 — — — Agenda for the Regular Meeting of December 3, 2003 4 UNFINISHED BUSINESS 14 PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE LIVONIA CODE OF ORDINANCES, AS AMENDEDDepartment of Law, re. amendment to Section 010 of Title 12, Chapter 16 (Parks and Playgrounds) in order to rename Botsford Park to Harvey W Moelke Park, to update paragraph numbers 19, 40 and 41 to reflect current parcel numbers, to delete the reference to Whitman Junior High School (which has been demolished), to substitute "Devon- Aire Woods Park" in lieu of "Devonshire Park," to substitute "Edward H. McNamara Bicentennial Park" in lieu of"Livonia Bicentennial Park," and to rename "Kingsbury Park" to "Robert McCann Memorial Park" per CR 286- 01. 15 ROLL CALL. Request to repeal Vacating Ordinance Nos. 2576 and 2577 and to adopt new ordinances to comply with language requested by the Wayne County Register of Deeds, Department of Law, re: Petition 2002- 07-03-07 submitted by Jeff and Natalie Kwiecinski and Petition 2002-07- 03-08 submitted by Jeff and Julie Locklear, both of which requested to vacate the southerly five (5) feet of an existing 15 foot wide utility easement on their properties located at 37720 and 37676 Northfield Avenue, on the north side of Northfield Avenue between Newburgh Road and Stonehouse Avenue, in the Southeast IA of Section 31. First Readings given by Councilmember Brosnan on November 19, 2003. 16 REQUEST TO APPROVE PAYMENT OF MEMBERSHIP FEES TO ENABLE THE CITY TO JOIN THE TRAFFIC IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION (TIA): Office of the Mayor, re to enable the City to become more progressive in traffic management/planning, which will make Livonia a safer place to live in and travel through 17 REQUEST TO PURCHASE AN AMERICAN LA FRANCE SQURT AERIAL FIRE TRUCK. Livonia Fire & Rescue, re same 18 REZONING PETITION: Planning Commission, re. Petition 2003-08-01- 14 submitted by Narcisa and Emanuel Dan requesting to rezone property located on the north side of Schoolcraft Road between Farmington and Brookfield Roads in the Southwest 1/4 of Section 22 from RUF to R-1 (Rural Urban Farm — 1/2 Acre Lots to One Family Residential — 60' x 120' Lots). Public Hearing held on November 17, 2003 Agenda for the Regular Meeting of December 3, 2003 5 UNFINISHED BUSINESS 19 REQUEST TO AMEND COUNCIL RESOLUTION NO 451-03, ADOPTED AT THE REGULAR MEETING OF AUGUST 27, 2003 Office of the Council, re. in order to revise Condition No 6 that pertains to the Landscape Plan marked Sheet 1 of Petition 2003-05-08-12 submitted by Leo Soave, on behalf of Cavell Woods Site Condominiums, in regard to the construction of a site condominium development on the west side of Cavell Avenue between Five Mile Road and Western Golf Drive, in the N E 1/4 of Section 24 NEW BUSINESS 20 ACCEPTANCE OF DONATION Livonia Fire & Rescue, re of a cash donation made by Westborn Market to be used for the purposes as designated by the donor 21 ACCEPTANCE OF GRANT Division of Police, re of a $5,000 00 Risk Avoidance Program (RAP) Grant from the Michigan Municipal Risk Management Authority to be used as reimbursement for approximately six (6) of the forty-three (43) recently ordered X26E TASER®-less lethal weapons. 6 AUDIENCE COMMUNICATION DATED. November 25, 2003 JOAN McCOTTER, CITY CLERK In accordance with Title II of the American with Disabilities Act as it pertains to access to Public Meetings, the City Clerk's Office of the City of Livonia, upon adequate notice, will make reasonable accommodations for persons with special needs. Please call (734) 466-2224 if you need assistance. Council agendas are available on the City's website — www.ci.livonia.mi.us-under Government, City Council,Agendas. "X" Items (Regular Meeting of Wednesday, December 3, 2003) X1 LETTER OF RESIGNATION AS A MEMBER OF THE ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS Thomas J Hagan, Jr , re same X2 APPOINTMENT OF MATTHEW I HENZI TO THE ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS Councilmember Joe Laura, re to fill the unexpired term of Thomas J Hagan, Jr , which expires July 12, 2006