HomeMy WebLinkAboutPLANNING MINUTES 1961-04-11 3151
MINUTES OF THE 129th SPECIAL MEETING
OF THE CITY PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF
LIVONIA
On Tuesday, April 11, 1961 the City Planning Commission of the City of Livonia held
the Special Meeting at the Livonia City Hall, 33001 Five Mile Road, Livonia,
Michigan. Mr. Charles Walker, Chairman, called the 129th Special Meeting to order
at approximately 8:05 p.m.
Members Present; James Watson, Jr. , Leonard K. Kane, James Cameron, Robert
L. Greene, Robert M. Peacock and Charles W. Walker
Members Absent: W. E.Okerstrom, Robert L. Angevine and 'Dennis Anderson
Mr. David R. McCullough, City Planner was present along with approximately 11
interested persons in the audience.
Mr. Walker asked Mr. Kane to act as Secretary ro-tem in the absence of Mr. W.
E. Okerstrom.
Mr. McCullough: The first item on the agenda is the proposed College
Gardens Subdivision submitted by John T. Murphy and located
on the North side of Six Mile Road approximately 1350 feet
West of Farmington Road in the Southwest 1/4 of Section 9.
Public hearing 3/14/61, item taken under advisement, plat
to be revised.
At the public hearing the applicant requested permission to
reduce the lot frontage on the eyebrows and cul-de-sacs.
The plat before you tonight is a revised plat. All lots
are at least 9600 sq. ft. Mr. Murphy has dedicated the full
half of Laurel street.
Mr. Burns, the developer of the Evelyn Burns Subdivision
located west of the proposed College Gardens Subdivision
raised an objection at the time his subdivision was before
the Commission because he was asked to extend Vargo
westerly to break up the long length of one of the north/
south streets. He feels he shouldn't have been asked to
do this. To continue Vargo now in this new subdivision
would have it going through the center of a house already
built.
Mr. Burns, who was present, stated he would remove his objection.
There was a brief discussion as to whether or not the Council would approve the
half street shown on the plat. It was determined that this decision would have
to be made by the Council at the time the bond is set up for this subdivision,
the developer having been advised he might have to pave the full width of it.
Mr. Charles Forrest, Assistant Attorney arrived at approximately 8:15 p.m.
Upon a motion duly made by Mr. Kane, supported by Mr. Watson, it was
#4-66-61 RESOLVED that, pursuant to a Public Hearing having been held
on Tuesday, March 14, 1961 the City Planning Commission does
hereby give approval to the preliminary plat of the College
Gardens Subdivision located on the North side of Six Mile Road
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approximately 1350 feet West of Farmington Road in the Southwest
1/4 of Section 9, and
FURTHER RESOLVED, notice of the above hearing was sent to the
abutting property owners, proprietor, City Departments as
listed in the Proof of Service and copies of the plat together
with notice having been sent to the Building Department,
Superintendent of Schools, Fire Department, Police Department,
Parks & Recreation Department and Members of the Plat Committee.
A roll call vote on the foregoing resolution resulted in the following:
AYES: Peacock, Greene, Watson, Cameron, Kane and Walker
NAYS: None
Mr. Walker: The motion is carried and the foregoing resolution is adopted.
Mr. McCullough: The next item on the agenda is Petition Z-491 by Mike
Sinacola, et al, asking that the zoning classification of
property located approximately 300 ft. South of Seven Mile
Road and 175 ft. East of Middlebelt Road in the Northwest
1/4 of Section 12 be rezoned from C-2 and R-1B to R-3A
and/or PS. Public Hearing 2/21/61, item taken under
advisement; Special Meeting 3/28/61, item taken under
advisement at the request of petitioner.
There has been some discussion about developing the R-3
area in a retirees' village. Are you abandoning the idea
1[411of this type of building?
Mike Sinacola: No, not entirely.
Mr. Walker: We have been discussing among ourselves the possibility of
a senior citizens' development. Would you at this time
inform the commission of any pertinent information you have
in relation to the petition before us?
Mike Sinacola: Our main reason is for rezoning this property for apartments,
with the idea of maybe having apartments for retirees. With-
out the zoning we can not go into this type of building.
Mr. McCullough: For the benefit of the Planning Commission how much would
you say the medical building will cost?
Mike Sinacola: It will be around $500,00 or $600,000. If a retirees'
building will benefit the community, we will go along with
this. The professional building will work along with the
retirees' building.
Mr. McCullough: How much will the rents be?
Mike Sinacola: Between $85.00 and $100.00 per month.
Mr. Mc('.,llougb: How much acreage will it involve?
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Mike Sinacola About six acres. This property was developed for a sub-
division at one time. It is null and void at this time.
There were only approximately 19 homes in this subdivision
on 60 foot lots.
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Mr. Walker: How many apartment dwellings will there be?
Mr. McCullough: The present plan shows 56 but the Planning Commission
has the authority to approve the site plan and this can
be changed very easily.
Mk. Greene: Any letter from the schools on this?
Mr. Walker: Has Mr. Schmidt, Superintendent of Clarenceville Schools
submitted in writing that they have no objection to the
R-3?
Mr. McCullough: No, but we can ask him to do so.
A number of property owners belonging to the Northeast
Livonia Civic Association have submitted a petition objecting
to the R-3. Mr. Shoop, Vice-President is present.
Mr. Watson: Several apartment houses of this type are constructed in
other parts of the City. They have a considerable amount
of vacancies at the present time. I am not convinced that
wdre in need of this type of building.
Mr. Walker: In some areas we have designated R-3 zoning as long as 3
years ago and nothing has developed. It makes you wonder
what the demand for R-3 is in the City.
Mr. Watson: I would not like to hold this gentleman up unnecessarily
but I would like to have this taken under advisement just
1[10 a little longer.
Mr. Walker: Is there anything particular you would like to know about
to be able to make a decision?
Mr. Watson: I am not familiar with the retirees' building .that has
been discussed at our meetings - I would like to investigate
into this more thoroughly.
Mike Sinacola: FHA has suggested a convalescent home at one end and the
apartments at the other with a doctor in charge of the home.
If it was built for retirees only I would go along with it,
but we are not interested in building a convalescent home.
Mr. Greene: Aren't these retirees' buildings specially designed? Would
this effect the use of the apartments if they weren't used
for retiree apartments?
Mike Sinacola: Most of them are designed for one floor, and the corridors
are usually completely closed off so that they can go from
one apartment toanother without having to go outside.
Mr. Peacock: Are you planning on having a hospital type medical clinic?
Mike Sinacola: No, only a medical professional office building.
Mr. Walker: Have you any objection if we continue to take this under
advisement and in the meantime, Mr. McCullough and our
attorney will prepare a suitable resolution that will
clarify to the City Council that this rezoning is for a
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senior citizens development and at our next meeting it can
be discussed and gone over with the other commissioners.
Mr. Greene: Are you agreeable to this, Mr. Sinacola?
Mike Sinacola: Yes.
Mr. Walker asked Mr. Forrest to prepare such a resolution for the next meeting.
Mr. Shoop: Does this retirees' building have only one story?
Mike Sinacola: Have you seen the retirees'village at Beech and Six Mile
Road in Detroit? It would be on that order.
Mr. Shoop: No, I have not. We do not object to the PS on Seven Mile
Road. It was the fact that the apartment buildings would
be surrounded by R-1A. If this plan for a retirees' building
goes through, the adjacent property owners would notiloobject.
They do object to apartment houses.
Mr. Walker: Would you go and look at this village on Beech and Six Mile
Road? This is what we have in mind for this area. I would
appreciate you coming back to the next meeting and give us
a report of the feelings of yourself and the other property
owners on this type of construction.
Mr. Shoop: I think we would be willing to wait until the next meeting
and in the meantime go and see this other building.
Mr. Walker: We will notify you of the next meeting.
Mr. McCullough: The next item on the agenda is a determination of whether
or not to hold a public hearing to rezone certain commercial
property on the North side of Ann Arbor Trail between Parent
and Lawrence in the Southeast 1/4 of Section 32 as requested
by certain residents and pursuant to City Council's
Resolution #132-61, to RUF.
There was a brief discussion as to whether or not the City Council had intended to
have the Planning Commission make a motion to hold a public hearing on this item
or whether they only wanted the Commission to investigate the matter and determine
if a public hearing is necessary.
The question was raised as to whether or not the Planning Commission can rezone a
piece of property without the property owners knowing about it.
Mr. Walker asked Mr. Forrest for his advice on this. Mr. Forrest stated that if a
public hearing is held the property owner would be notified in accordance with the
zoning ordinance. And, as long as the owners have not made any improvements upon
his property based on the present zoning, the Planning Commission can rezone the
property. If the property owner objected, it would be a matter for the court to
decide.
Upon a motion duly made by Mr. Kane, supported by Mr. Cameron, it was
#4- -61 RESOLVED that, pursuant to Section 20.01 of the Zoning Ordinance of
the City of Livonia, the City Planning Commission does hereby
establish and order that a public hearing be held to determine
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whether or not to rezone the following described property:
Lots 728 and 729 of the Supervisor's
Livonia Plat #11 and Parcel V2 located
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on the North side of Ann Arbor Trail
between Parent and Lawrence in the Southeast
1/4 of Section 32,
from C-1 to RUF.
A roll call vote on the foregoing resolution resulted in the following:
AYES: Cameron, Kane and Walker
NAYS: Peacock, Greene and Watson
Mr. Walker: The motion is not carried, therefore this item will have to
be taken under advisement until the next meeting.
Upon a motion duly made by Mr. Kane, supported by Mr. Greene, it was
#4-67-61 RESOLVED that, pursuant to the provisions of Section 6, 7 and
8 of Act 285, Public Acts of Michigan of 1931, as amended, the
City Planning Commission of the City of Livonia, having duly
held a public hearing on January 17, 1961 for the purpose of
amending Part V of the Master Plan of the City of Livonia,
entitled, "Master School and Park Plan", the same is hereby
amended so as to delete for future public purposes the proposed
park site in Section 2 and designate the following described
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The Southeast quarter of the Southeast quarter
of the Southwest quarter of the Northeast quarter
of Section 2; the Northeast quarter of the Southeast
1/4 of the Southwest quarter of the Northeast 1/4
of Section 2; The South half of the Southeast
quarter of the Northeast one quarter of the Southwest
quarter of the Northeast quarter of Section 2,
RESOLVED further, that having given proper notice of such hearing
as required by said Act 285, as amended, the Planning Commission
does hereby adopt said amendment as a part of Part V of the Master
Plan of the City of Livonia and reference is expressly made to
the map containing descriptive and other matter intended by such
Commission to form a part of such Master Plan and said described
property is designated thereon; and
RESOLVED further, that said deletion and designation is in the
best interest of the City of Livonia; and this resolution shall
be recorded on the said map which describes Part V of the Master
Plan by the identifying signatures of the Chairman and the
Secretary of said Commission, and an attested copy of said amendment
to Part V shall be certified to the City Council, City Clerk and
the City Planning Commission; and to the Register of Deeds of the
County of Wayne and the following certification shall appear thereon:
"We certify that the foregoing resoluion was duly adopted at a meeting
of the City Planning Commission held on Tuesday, April 11, 1961 by the
following vote:
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AYES: Peacock, Greene, Cameron, Watson, Kane and Walker
NAYS: None
1[41; Mr. Walker: The motion is carried and the foregoing resolution is adopted.
Mr. McCullough: The next item on the agenda is a request dated March 29,
1961 from David Lewis for one year extension on Bai-Lynn
Park Subdivision 6, 7 and 8 located East of Merriman Road
and North of Schoolcraft Road in the Southwest 1/4 of
Section 23.
It was determined after a brief discussion that it appeared that some of the
lots were less than the 7200 sq. ft. required. Mr. McCullough was asked to verify
the lot size and to submit this information at the next meeting. This item was
taken under advisement until then.
Mr. McCullough informed the Commission that the next item in relation to Golfview
Meadows Subdivision was put on the agenda by mistake, that this subdivision will
require another public hearing instead of granting an extension on the preliminary
approval.
Mr. McCullough brought to the attention of the Planning Commission a proposed
subdivision called Newburgh Heights Subdivision to be located in the Southeast
1/4 of Section 18. The developers had requested a public hearing but it was
determined that the proposed plat was platted into 60 foot lots whereas the zoning
in that area required 80 ft. lots. It was felt that the plat could not be accepted
for a public hearing due to the zoning. Mr. Walker suggested that the developer
I[: be invited to the next meeting at which time this can be discussed with the
Commission and the developer. Mr. McCullough stated he would notify the developer.
Upon a motion duly made by Mr. Watson, supported by Mr. Cameron, it was
#4-68-61 RESOLVED that, the City Planning Commission does hereby approve
the minutes for meetings held on Tuesday, March 14 and March
28, 1961 except for that member who was not present, he abstain
from voting.
A roll call vote on the foregoing resolution resulted in the following:
AYES: Peacock, Greene, Cameron, Watson, and Walker
NAYS: None
NOT VOTING: Kane
Mr. Walker: The motion is carried and the foregoing resolution is adopted.
Mr. McCullough: The next item on the agenda is a request from a Mr. Abraham
for a determination of the commercial line along the North
side of Five Mile Road just east of Cavour in the Southwest
1/4 of Section 13.
Mr. McCullough explained the situation to the Commission. It was determined that
this item would be held up until the next meeting in order that Mr. McCullough
can find out how long this area had been zoned commercial for the present depth.
Upon a motion duly made by Mr. Watson, supported by Mr. Peacock and unanimously
adopted, it was
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#3-69-61 RESOLVED that, the City Planning Commission does hereby give
permission to the City Planner, D. R. McCullough, to attend
1[410 the ASPO Conference from April 30th through May 6, 1961 at
Denver, Colorado and for that purpose spend the full amount
of the balance in Account #157-29, Travel & Education.
Mr. Walker: The motion is carried and the foregoing resolution is
adopted.
Upon a motion duly made by Mr. Kane, supported by Mr. Greene and unanimously
adopted, the City Planning Commission does hereby adjourn the 129th Special
Meeting held on Tuesday, April 11, 1961 at approximately 9:25 p.m.
CITY PLANNING COMMISSION
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bnard K. Kane, Secretary pro tem
ATTESTED.
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Cha es W. Walker, Chairman