HomeMy WebLinkAboutPLANNING MINUTES 2018-07-31 MINUTES OF THE 1,127th PUBLIC HEARINGS AND REGULAR MEETING
HELD BY THE CITY PLANNING COMMISSION
OF THE CITY OF LIVONIA
On Tuesday, July 31, 2018, the City Planning Commission of the City of Livonia
held its 1,127th Public Hearings and Regular Meeting in the Livonia City Hall, 33000
Civic Center Drive, Livonia, Michigan.
Mr. Ian Wilshaw, Chairman, called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m.
Members present: Sam Caramagno Glen Long Betsy McCue
Carol Smiley Peter Ventura Ian Wilshaw
Members absent: Kevin Priddy
Mr. Mark Taormina, Planning Director, and Ms. Margie Watson, Program
Supervisor, were also present.
Chairman Wilshaw informed the audience that if a petition on tonight's agenda
involves a rezoning request, this Commission makes a recommendation to the City
Council who, in turn, will hold its own public hearing and make the final
determination as to whether a petition is approved or denied. The Planning
Commission holds the only public hearing on a request for preliminary plat and/or
vacating petition. The Commission's recommendation is forwarded to the City
Council for the final determination as to whether a plat is accepted or rejected. If a
petition requesting a waiver of use or site plan approval is denied tonight, the
petitioner has ten days in which to appeal the decision, in writing, to the City
Council. Resolutions adopted by the City Planning Commission become effective
seven (7) days after the date of adoption. The Planning Commission and the
professional staff have reviewed each of these petitions upon their filing. The staff
has furnished the Commission with both approving and denying resolutions, which
the Commission may, or may not, use depending on the outcome of the
proceedings tonight.
ITEM #1 PETITION 2018-06-02-14 CHINA HOUSE INN
Mr. Caramagno, Secretary, announced the first item on the agenda, Petition 2018-
06-02-14 submitted by Mike and Anna Chen, requesting waiver
use approval pursuant to Section 19.06 of the City of Livonia
Zoning Ordinance #543, as amended, to operate a full-service
restaurant (China House Inn) at 33602 Seven Mile Road, located
on the north side of Seven Mile Road between Farmington and
Norwich Roads in the Southeast 1/4 of Section 4.
Mr. Taormina: This is a required public hearing in connection with a request to
operate a full-service restaurant. This is property located on the
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north side of Seven Mile Road between Farmington and Norwich
Roads. The zoning of the site is C-1, Local Business. China
House Inn would occupy two interior units within this multi-tenant
shopping center. The two units combined represent about 2,800
square feet of area, a space that is 40 feet in width by 64 feet in
depth. In 2003, one of the subject units was approved for
Quizno's, a limited service restaurant that operated for couple of
years before vacating. It was replaced with another limited
service restaurant which was Taste of This World, but today both
units are vacant. The shopping center building overall is about
8,600 square feet in size. Other tenants include Tomii Chinese
Acupressure, Irish Rose Florist and Elite Catering. The C-1
zoning permits limited service restaurants subject to waiver use
approval. Limited service restaurants can have seating for up to
30 persons. This proposed restaurant would have a total of 44
seats, but Section 19.06 of the ordinance grants Council the
authority to waive or modify any of the special requirements of a
waiver use. Thus, Council can approve the seating capacity
beyond 30. The proposed restaurant would offer food items, both
for dine-in as well as carry-out service. The restaurant seating
would consist of tables and chairs with a total count of 44 seats.
No outdoor seating is proposed. No modifications to the exterior
of the building are planned. China Inn would be entitled to one
sign totaling 40 square feet. In terms of parking, in the case of
group commercial centers where more than 15 percent of the
floor area is devoted to restaurants, the ordinance requires
parking at a ratio of one space for every 125 square feet of
useable floor area. For this shopping center, where
approximately 32.5 percent of the floor area would be devoted to
the restaurant, it would require a total of 55 parking spaces. The
site plan presented has a total of 43 spaces resulting in a
deficiency of 12 parking spaces and will require a variance. It's
important to note, however, that the petitioner has indicated that
over 65 percent of her business is in the form of carry-out. With
that, Mr. Chairman, I can read out the departmental
correspondence.
Mr. Wilshaw: Yes, please.
Mr. Taormina: There are five items of correspondence. The first item is from the
Engineering Division, dated July 5, 2018, which reads as follows:
"In accordance with your request, the Engineering Division has
reviewed the above referenced petition. We have no objections
to the proposed waiver use at this time. The existing parcel is
assigned a range of addresses from #33600 to #33612 Seven
Mile Road, with the address of#33612 Seven Mile Road being
assigned to the overall parcel. The submitted legal description
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appears to be correct and should be used in conjunction with this
petition. The existing building is currently serviced by public water
main, sanitary sewer and storm sewer. Should renovations to the
building require alterations to the existing services, drawings will
need to be submitted to this department to determine if permits
will be required." The letter is signed by David W. Lear, P.E.,
Assistant City Engineer. The second letter is from the Livonia Fire
& Rescue Division, dated July 23, 2018, which reads as follows:
"This office has reviewed the site plan submitted in connection
with a request to a full-service restaurant on property located at
the above referenced address. We have no objections to this
proposal."The letter is signed by Keith Bo, Fire Marshal. The third
letter is from the Division of Police, dated July 23, 2018, which
reads as follows: I have reviewed the plans in connection with
the petition. I have no objections to the proposal." The letter is
signed by Brian Leigh, Sergeant, Traffic Bureau. The fourth letter
is from the Treasurer's Department, dated July 6, 2018, which
reads as follows: "In accordance with your request, the
Treasurer's Office has reviewed the address connected with the
above noted petition. At this time, there are no outstanding
amounts receivable for taxes. Therefore, I have no objections to
the proposal." The letter is signed by Lynda Scheel, Treasurer.
The fifth letter is from the Finance Department, dated July 5,
2018, which reads as follows: "I have reviewed the addresses
connected with the above noted petition. As there are no
outstanding amounts receivable, general or water and sewer, I
have no objections to the proposal."The letter is signed by Coline
Coleman, Chief Accountant. That is the extent of the
correspondence.
Mr. Wilshaw: Are there any questions of the Planning Director? Seeing none,
would the petitioner please come forward. We will need your
name and address for the record please.
Anna Chen, China House Inn, 47433 Glengarry Blvd., Canton, Michigan 48188.
Ted Constantine: I'm here as an agent for the Soave brothers.
Mr. Wilshaw: Okay. Which is the landlord.
Mr. Constantine:Yes.
Mr. Wilshaw: Is there any additional information you would like to present to us
on this petition?
Mr. Constantine:At the preliminary hearing, there was some stipulations that we
needed to do some work on the property. I presented a proposed
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print with those items designated for improvements and to have
performed such as parking lot striping and an enclosure for the
grease container and things like that. Those are all in the works
currently. But it's most important that we find out tonight that we
can get this approval for their application so we can move
forward.
Mr. Wilshaw: Is there anything else, Ms. Chen, that you'd like to add? Okay.
Are there any questions for our petitioner?
Ms. Smiley: I see your drawing here revised July 27. My question is about the
dumpster and the grease container. Could you give us a little
more detail? I can't tell much from your drawing what you're going
to do there.
Mr. Constantine:The container actually is probably about six feet long and
approximately three feet wide. It's on wheels. And that enclosure
would consist of maybe a gated area, something that is screened
so it's hidden behind that gate. It's not anything other than a post
and a gate that would enclosure it because it abuts to or is
adjacent to the back wall of the property, and/or the dumpster
enclosure that's currently there.
Ms. Smiley Before you go to Council, though, you're going to need a little
more detail.
Mr. Constantine: More detail, yes.
Ms. Smiley: Much more detail, and maybe an actual drawing with the actual
materials you're going to use.
Mr. Constantine:Yes.
Ms. Smiley: Okay. Thank you.
Ms. McCue: Are we saying then the grease container will be within the
enclosure?
Mr. Constantine: It would be outside to the northwest side of the dumpster
enclosure that's currently there. And all I'm adding to it is a gate
that will enclosure it.
Ms. McCue: Okay. Thank you.
Mr. Ventura: Mr. Constantine, in the spirit of the comments of Ms. Smiley
regarding the dumpster enclosure, can you tell us what you plan
to do to update the landscaping?
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Mr. Constantine:Well, I had some thoughts, but I have not put them on paper yet.
Maybe some bushes. There's currently some decorative grass
that's there. I know there's some older shrubs outdated, and our
plan was to update the facility or the area. I think there's three
locations that have planters. Again, there are yews that are
outgrown. Again, it's in need of updating. But we would add some
bushes, some ornamental trees and along with that, the mulch
with possibly flowers every year.
Mr. Ventura: Is there an operating irrigation system there?
Mr. Constantine:Yes.
Mr. Ventura: Great. Thank you. And this is another thing that when you go to
Council, you'll need detailed plans.
Mr. Constantine: I'll need what?
Mr. Ventura: Detailed plans with the plantings and what species you're putting
in and so forth.
Mr. Constantine:Okay.
Mr. Ventura: Thank you.
Mr. Long: At your current location, what's the seating capacity?
Ms. Chen: Forty.
Mr. Long: And are you ever really full at capacity for people dining in?
Ms. Chen: Once in a while it's a full house.
Mr. Long: The reason why I ask is for the parking variance. If you're going
to 44 here, you'll likely won't have 44 visitors during the middle of
the day when that parking lot may be its fullest. Would that be a
correct statement?
Mr. Constantine:Yes.
Mr. Long: Because obviously there's a parking deficiency, but because
most of your business is carry-out, I think that we'll be fine.
Mr. Constantine:And as we stated at our last preliminary hearing, the two other
businesses that occupy that building, their businesses are all
gone at 4:00, 5:00. They're done for the day basically.
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Mr. Long: Great. Thank you.
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Mr. Wilshaw: Is there anybody in the audience that wishes to speak for or
against this item?
Michael King: I work at the credit union next door, Community Financial, 34000
W. Seven Mile Road. I grew up in Livonia. I've lived here my entire
life. I'm a police reserve. I've been there for 23 years. My main
focus is just to see that some of the empty buildings are getting
filled and getting replaced with thriving businesses. We were
going to send in a written petition. We thought it would be better
to come in and actually speak on her behalf. I've been to her
restaurant many times. I know that she's going through a hard
time right now with the rent and everything's been changed. I
think it's a great chance for her to stay in Livonia and to move to
a location that is not really doing a whole lot of business at this
time. It seems very slow over there. Just from being at the credit
union, we can see that there's not a whole lot of business over
there, other than the catering business. That seems to be the only
thing that's going on. So I think it would be a really good thing to
see in Livonia, something like that to come about.
Mr. Wilshaw: Thank you, Mr. King. I appreciate that. Thank you for your service
to our community too. Is there anyone else in the audience
wishing to speak? Yes, sir.
Alex Hansen, 3513 Amber Oaks, Howell, Michigan. I'm actually the current branch
manager of the Community Financial branch, and Mike will
actually be taking over as branch manager here in the next six
months. I wanted to speak on behalf of my feeling positive in
regards to the petitioner moving in. I've been with Community
Financial for about 4.5 years, and throughout most of my time at
Community Financial, I've seen, I believe it is the World Café
location was empty. It would be extremely positive to get
additional traffic into the area to allow for this variance. Serving
on the Zoning Board of Appeals of Howell Township, I can
appreciate where you folks are coming from and need to take into
account the unique situation that they are asking, but the
positives, certainly in my opinion, outweigh any negatives.
Community Financial, like the current businesses that are in that
shopping plaza, obviously we've got banker hours. So it would
definitely be a positive to allow the variance and the petitioners to
be approved so they can move into the location, not only from a
standpoint that it would provide another lunch venue for my
employees. Thank you so much for your time. I appreciate you
considering it.
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Mr. Wilshaw: Excellent. Thank you for coming.
Ms. Smiley: What are your banker hours?
Mr. Hansen: Presently, the credit union is open 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday
through Thursday, on Friday we're open 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.,
and on Saturday we're open 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. So throughout
those hours, obviously, I'm not speaking on behalf of the credit
union, but it would be one of those situations where, as you can
see, we are actually immediately to the west of the petitioner's
location, and all those spots that we share a property line with, a
lot of times I don't see too many of our members that are utilizing
those spots, but that would be something that maybe speaking
out loud that the petitioner could seek approval from upper
management at our headquarters in Plymouth to possibly utilize
those locations off hours.
Ms. Smiley: Thank you very much. That's exactly where I was going.
Mr. Hansen: I could see that. Thank you so much for your time.
Mr. Wilshaw: Petitioners, is there anything else that you want to add?
Mr. Constantine: Not at this time.
Mr. Wilshaw: All right. With that, I will close the public hearing and ask for a
motion.
On a motion by Smiley, seconded by McCue, and unanimously adopted, it was
#07-53-2018 RESOLVED, that pursuant to a Public Hearing having been held
by the City Planning Commission on July 31, 2018, on Petition
2018-06-02-14 submitted by Mike and Anna Chen, requesting
waiver use approval pursuant to Section 19.06 of the City of
Livonia Zoning Ordinance #543, as amended, to operate a full-
service restaurant (China House Inn) at 33602 Seven Mile Road,
located on the north side of Seven Mile Road between
Farmington and Norwich Roads in the Southeast IA of Section 4,
which property is zoned C-1, the Planning Commission does
hereby recommend to the City Council that Petition 2018-06-02-
14 be approved subject to the following conditions:
1. That the site plan as received by the Planning Commission
on July 27, 2018, as revised, is hereby approved and shall
be adhered to;
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2. This approval is subject to City Council modifying the
requirement specified in the C-1 zoning waiver use
regulations that restricts the seating capacity of a restaurant;
3. That the maximum number of customer seats shall not
exceed a total of forty-four (44) seats;
4. That this approval is subject to the petitioner being granted
a variance from the Zoning Board of Appeals for deficient
parking and any conditions related thereto;
5. That the existing dumpster enclosure shall be repaired to the
satisfaction of the Inspection Department;
6. That this restaurant shall provide disposal of grease waste
in accordance with Section 13.20.380 of the City Code of
Ordinances, and any exterior containment shall be properly
enclosed within either the existing dumpster enclosure or a
new enclosure as approved by the Inspection Department;
7. That all site landscaping shall be restored in accordance
with the original approved plan under Petition 1978-11-08-
36 and Council Resolution #14-79, identified as Sheet P-1
as prepared by Lindhout Associates Architects dated
November 28, 1978, as revised;
8. That the parking lot shall be repaired, resealed and restriped
as necessary to the satisfaction of the Inspection
Department. Parking spaces shall be doubled striped at ten
feet (10') wide by twenty feet (20') in length;
9. That only conforming signage is approved with this petition,
and any additional signage shall be separately submitted for
review and approval by the Zoning Board of Appeals;
10. That no LED lightband or exposed neon shall be permitted
on the site including, but not limited to, the building or around
the windows;
11. That the plan referenced in this approving resolution shall
be submitted to the Inspection Department at the time of
application for the Certificate of Occupancy; and
12. Pursuant to Section 19.10 of Ordinance #543, the Zoning
Ordinance of the City of Livonia, this approval is valid for a
period of ONE YEAR ONLY from the date of approval by
City Council, and unless a building permit is obtained, this
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approval shall be null and void at the expiration of said
period.
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.
Mr. Wilshaw, Chairman, declared the motion is carried and the foregoing resolution
adopted. It will go on to City Council with an approving resolution.
Ms. Smiley: Could I add one thing? Before you go to Council, if you're in a
hurry, I would have a detailed landscape plan, a very detailed
landscape plan, as well as a detailed . . .
Mr. Constantine: Enclosure?
Ms. Smiley: Yes.
Mr. Wilshaw: That will certainly help you.
Ms. Smiley: Could we help him with a seven-day waiver?
Mr. Constantine:Will we get a copy of the approval?
Mr. Taormina: Yes.
Mr. Wilshaw: Mark, Ms. Smiley is asking if a seven -ay waiver would be helpful
to this petitioner in this case?
Mr. Taormina: It could be. If you want to approve it, then we can take a look at it
tomorrow morning to see if it benefits them at all.
Mr. Wilshaw: Okay. Would you like to offer the motion?
On a motion by Smiley, seconded by Ventura, and unanimously adopted, it was
#07-54-2018 RESOLVED, that the City Planning Commission does hereby
determine to waive the provisions of Section 10 of Article VI of
the Planning Commission Rules of Procedure, regarding the
effective date of a resolution after the seven-day period from the
date of adoption by the Planning Commission, in connection with
Petition 2018-06-02-14 submitted by Mike and Anna Chen,
requesting waiver use approval pursuant to Section 19.06 of the
City of Livonia Zoning Ordinance #543, as amended, to operate
a full-service restaurant (China House Inn) at 33602 Seven Mile
Road, located on the north side of Seven Mile Road between
Farmington and Norwich Roads in the Southeast 1/4 of Section 4.
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Mr. Wilshaw, Chairman, declared the motion is carried and the foregoing resolution
adopted. We are waiving the seven-day requirement for our
minutes to be approved so that you can go on Council. This will
helpfully speed you up a little bit in the process. Mr. Taormina will
look into this tomorrow and see if that will be helpful. We're just
trying to help move you along a little quicker.
Mr. Constantine:Thank you, because time is of the essence. But again, we thank
the Commission.
ITEM #2 PETITION 2018-07-02-15 BURGERIM
Mr. Caramagno, Secretary, announced the next item on the agenda, Petition 2018-
07-02-15 submitted by MA Designers Inc. requesting waiver use
approval pursuant to Section 11.03(c) of the City of Livonia
Zoning Ordinance #543, as amended, to operate a full-service
restaurant (Burgerim) at 30991 Five Mile Road within the Livonia
Plaza Shopping Center, located on the south side of Five Mile
Road between Merriman Road and Henry Ruff Road in the
Northwest 1/4 of Section 23.
Mr. Taormina: Tonight's second public hearing is also a proposal for a
restaurant. This would be at the Livonia Plaza Shopping Center,
which is on the south side of Five Mile Road. The major tenants
in this plaza include Kroger and TJ Maxx. The zoning is C-2,
General Business. The plaza is about 133,000 square feet in size,
and it is divided into approximately 20 tenant spaces. Waiver use
authorization to operate a full-service restaurant falls under
Section 11.03(c). Full service restaurants have a seating capacity
for more than 30 persons. This proposed restaurant would have
seating available for 41 people. Burgerim would occupy an
interior unit near the west end of the shopping complex, adjacent
to the Wild Bill's Tobacco. This space is about 20 feet by 92 feet
in depth, roughly 1,873 square feet. The seating area would be
located at the front of the unit consisting of tables and chairs as
well as counter stools. The proposed site plan does not show any
outdoor seating. No modifications to the building are proposed,
other than the interior space. The unit would be allowed one
exterior wall sign measuring 20 square feet and parking is more
than adequate for this use. With that, Mr. Chairman, I can read
out the departmental correspondence.
Mr. Wilshaw: Yes, please.
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Mr. Taormina: There are five items of correspondence. The first item is from the
Engineering Division, dated July 9, 2018, which reads as follows:
"In accordance with your request, the Engineering Division has
reviewed the above referenced petition. We have no objections
to the proposed waiver use at this time. The existing parcel is
assigned a range of addresses from #30935 to #30997 Five Mile
Road, with the address of#30905 Five Mile Road being assigned
to the overall parcel. The submitted legal description appears to
be correct and should be used in conjunction with this petition.
The existing building is currently serviced by public water main,
sanitary sewer and storm sewer. Should renovations to the
building require alterations to the existing services, drawings will
need to be submitted to this department to determine if permits
will be required. Also, should any work be required within the Five
Mile Road right-of-way, permits from Wayne County will need to
be obtained." The letter is signed by David W. Lear, P.E.,
Assistant City Engineer. The second letter is from the Livonia Fire
& Rescue Division, dated July 23, 2018, which reads as follows:
"This office has reviewed the site plan submitted in connection
with a request to a full-service restaurant on property located at
the above referenced address. We have no objections to this
proposal with the following stipulations: (1) Plans do not reflect
proper occupancy numbers. (2) Plans reflect two doors for
egress; only one door can be counted. (3) CO2 detection required
for beverage distribution systems and coolers if tank/tanks are
100 lbs. or greater. (Per 2015 IFC 5307.1)" The letter is signed
by Keith Bo, Fire Marshal. The third letter is from the Division of
Police, dated July 23, 2018, which reads as follows: "I have
reviewed the plans in connection with the petition. I have no
objections to the proposal." The letter is signed by Brian Leigh,
Sergeant, Traffic Bureau. The fourth letter is from the Treasurer's
Department, dated July 6, 2018, which reads as follows: "In
accordance with your request, the Treasurer's Office has
reviewed the address connected with the above noted petition. At
this time, there are no outstanding amounts receivable for taxes.
Therefore, I have no objections to the proposal." The letter is
signed by Lynda Scheel, Treasurer. The fifth letter is from the
Finance Department, dated July 6, 2018, which reads as follows:
"I have reviewed the addresses connected with the above noted
petition. As there are no outstanding amounts receivable, general
or water and sewer, I have no objections to the proposal." The
letter is signed by Coline Coleman, Chief Accountant. That is the
extent of the correspondence.
Mr. Wilshaw: Are there any questions of the Planning Director? Seeing none,
the petitioner is here. We will need your name and address for
the record please.
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Amad Berry, 5872 Rockland Court, Dearborn Heights, Michigan. Good evening.
It's a new franchise, and most of the business is carry-out. Always
had this site in mind. We had to go through a lot of stuff with
corporate to get this site approved because I like Livonia and I
was thinking to move into Livonia. I'm hoping that we get
approval.
Mr. Wilshaw: Are you the franchise operator?
Mr. Berry: Yes.
Mr. Wilshaw: Do we have any questions for our petitioner?
Mr. Ventura: What kind of beverages will you serve there? Will it strictly be soft
drinks?
Mr. Berry: I'm sorry. I didn't hear you.
Mr. Ventura: Will there be any alcoholic beverages served?
Mr. Berry: No. No alcohol.
Mr. Ventura: This may be a little bit off the topic, but I'm reading from your
website that you serve hamburgers, not sliders. What's the
difference between your burger and a slider?
Mr. Berry: Ours are just a little bit bigger. Just like I told you. It's a new
franchise. I'm not 100 percent sure exactly. It was something that
we did some homework on because we also have Little Caesar's.
I'm also a franchisee at Little Caesar's but it's in Boston.
Mr. Ventura: Are you operating another restaurant here in Detroit?
Mr. Berry: No.
Mr. Ventura: Thank you.
Mr. Caramagno: I've got a question. Maybe it's more for Mark than it is the
petitioner. Mark, I see there's only one bathroom, one unisex
toilet here for the customers that's accessible. Is that typical of
what we do in restaurants?
Mr. Taormina: There are two unisex bathrooms and one appears to only be
available for employees. I think given the occupancy load, he'll
probably have to provide two accessible restroom facilities. And
so that second one is going to have to be available for the public
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and not restricted to employees. They are going to have to work
those details out with the Inspection Department. My guess is,
based on the seating, they might have to have two restrooms.
Unfortunately, we didn't the Inspection Department's report in
time.
Mr. Berry: It's basically carry-out, and what we have seen in other places
that opened up, like in California and Texas, their business is like
80 percent carry-out, 20 percent dine-in.
Mr. Wilshaw: Are there any other questions for the petitioner? Seeing none,
there is no one else on in the audience to speak for or against
this item? Is there anything else, Mr. Berry, that you'd like to add
to this?
Mr. Berry: No. I just hope that you guys approve it.
Mr. Wilshaw: Thank you. With that, I will close the public hearing and ask for a
motion.
On a motion by Ventura, seconded by Long, and unanimously adopted, it was
#07-55-2018 RESOLVED, that pursuant to a Public Hearing having been held
by the City Planning Commission on July 31, 2018, on Petition
2018-07-02-15 submitted by MA Designers Inc. requesting
waiver use approval pursuant to Section 11.03(c) of the City of
Livonia Zoning Ordinance #543, as amended, to operate a full-
service restaurant (Burgerim) at 30991 Five Mile Road within the
Livonia Plaza Shopping Center, located on the south side of Five
Mile Road between Merriman Road and Henry Ruff Road in the
Northwest 1/4 of Section 23, which property is zoned C-2 and P,
the Planning Commission does hereby recommend to the City
Council that Petition 2018-07-02-15 be approved subject to the
following conditions:
1. That the maximum customer seating count for this
restaurant shall not exceed forty-one (41) seats;
2. That this restaurant shall provide disposal of grease waste
in accordance with Section 13.20.380 of the City Code of
Ordinances;
3. That only conforming signage is approved with this petition,
and any additional signage shall be separately submitted for
review and approval by the Zoning Board of Appeals;
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4. That proper men's and women's restroom facilities be
provided for public use as determined by the Inspection
Department; and
5. That no LED lightband or exposed neon shall be permitted
on the site including, but not limited to, the building or around
the windows.
Subject to the preceding conditions, this petition is approved for
the following reasons:
1. That the proposed use complies 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 subject site has the capacity to accommodate the
proposed use; and
3. That the proposed use is compatible to and 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.
Mr. Wilshaw: Is there any discussion?
Mr. Long: I wonder if the maker of the motion would entertain an addition to
make sure this conforms with any response that the Inspection
Department may provide?
Mr. Ventura: Agreed.
Mr. Wilshaw: Do you have that, Mr. Taormina?
Mr. Taormina: Yes.
Mr. Wilshaw, Chairman, declared the motion is carried and the foregoing resolution
adopted. It will go on to City Council with an approving resolution.
ITEM #3 APPROVAL OF MINUTES 409th Special
Regular Meeting
Mr. Caramagno, Secretary, announced the next item on the agenda, Approval of
the Minutes of the 410th Special Regular Meeting held on July 10,
2018.
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On a motion by Long, seconded by McCue, and unanimously adopted, it was
#07-56-2018 RESOLVED, that the Minutes of 410th Special Regular Meeting
held by the Planning Commission on July 10, 2018, are hereby
approved.
A roll call vote on the foregoing resolution resulted in the following:
AYES: Long, McCue, Smiley, Ventura, Caramagno,
Wilshaw
NAYS: None
ABSENT: Priddy
ABSTAIN: None
Mr. Wilshaw, Chairman, declared the motion is carried and the foregoing resolution
adopted.
ITEM #4 APPROVAL OF MINUTES 1,126TH Public Hearings and
Regular Meeting
Mr. Caramagno, Secretary, announced the next item on the agenda, Approval of
the Minutes of the 1,126th Public Hearings and Regular Meeting
held on July 31, 2018.
On a motion by Smiley, seconded by Long, and unanimously adopted, it was
#07-57-2018 RESOLVED, that the Minutes of 1,126th Public Hearings and
Regular Meeting held by the Planning Commission on July 17,
2018, are hereby approved.
A roll call vote on the foregoing resolution resulted in the following:
AYES: Smiley, Long, McCue, Ventura, Caramagno,
Wilshaw
NAYS: None
ABSENT: Priddy
ABSTAIN: None
Mr. Wilshaw, Chairman, declared the motion is carried and the foregoing resolution
adopted.
Mr. Wilshaw: I do want to mention that Mr. Priddy, who has served with us for
the last couple years, is moving on to some new ventures in his
career and will no longer be serving on the Planning Commission
as a result of that. He had served with me on Traffic Commission
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for many, many years prior to my coming to the Planning
Commission, and then rejoined us about two years ago on the
Planning Commission and has served the community very, very
well. We'll miss him and we wish him success with his future
endeavors.
On a motion duly made, seconded and unanimously adopted, the 1,127th Public
Hearings and Regular Meeting held on July 31, 201 , was adjourned at 7:35 p.m.
CITY PLANNING COMMISSION
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ATTEST:
Ian Wilshaw, Chairman