HomeMy WebLinkAbout1,220 - October 8, 2024 signedMINUTES OF THE 1,220th PUBLIC HEARINGS AND REGULAR MEETING
HELD BY THE CITY PLANNING COMMISSION
OF THE CITY OF LIVONIA
On Tuesday, October 8, 2024, the City Planning Commission of the City of Livonia
held its 1,220th Public Hearing and Regular Meetings in the Livonia City Hall, 33000
Civic Center Drive, Livonia, Michigan.
Mr. lan Wilshaw, Chairman, called the meeting to order at 7 p.m.
Members present: David Bongero
Sam Caramagno Glen Long
Peter Ventura Ian Wilshaw
Members absent: Wafa Dinaro Patrick Droze
Mr. Jacob Uhazie, Assistant Planning Director, and Stephanie Reece, 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 2024-09-02-14 Learning Tree
Mr. Caramagno, Secretary, announced the first item on the agenda, Petition 2024-
09-02-14 submitted by The Learning Tree requesting waiver use
approval pursuant to Section 6.13 of the Livonia Zoning
Ordinance, to operate a day care nursery at 37400 Seven Mile
Road, located on the northeast corner of Newburgh Road and
Seven Mile Road in the Southwest % of Section 05.
Mr. Wilshaw:
Mr. Uhazie:
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Thank you, Mr. Secretary. And before I go to our planning staff, I
did want to just make a quick note, if there is anyone in our
audience who is interested in the item number four, which is the
Sheetz item, the petitioner has requested the item be tabled. So
if you're here for that, there's not going to be any discussion
tonight on that item. So, I just want to let you know, so if you don't
want to sit through the whole meeting, you don't have to again.
Thank you. October 22 will be the date for that now. Thank you.
So, with that, I'm going to now move to our planning staff to give
background information on the Learning Tree. Thank you.
Thank you. This is a request from the Learning Tree to operate a
daycare nursery at 37400 Seven Mile Road. It is located on the
northeast corner of Newburgh Road and Seven Mile, which is
currently zoned C-1 (Local business). To the north is zoned C-1
and RUF. To the east is zoned C-1 and RUF, as well. Across
Seven Mile is zoned C-1 and across Newburgh road is zoned C-
2. The existing site conditions include a one-story commercial
building on 1.54 acres of land. The building footprint is 12,684
square feet in size. It was built in 1976 and last occupied by Brose
Electric. The petitioner also owns the site to the north. Under
Section 6.13 of the zoning ordinance requires day care centers
have a 5,000 square foot area of outdoor play. The site plan
shows two separate outdoor play areas. One off the east end and
one off the west end. Both play areas measure 40 by 72 feet, for
a total play area of 5,760 square feet. Both of the play areas
would be surrounded by a six-foot white vinyl fence. The Learning
Tree anticipates a max of 160 children and 22 staff. The age
range would be from six months old to 12 years and the floor plan
shows a vestibule, lobby, reception area, classroom, nine
classrooms, a kitchen and restrooms. for parking and access.
Daycares require one parking space per employee, plus enough
off-street parking for safe and convenient loading of students.
The site plan shows 43 spaces. To address a comment that will
be received later from the police department, we reviewed the
parking standards in the ITE parking manual, and it recommends
3.3 spaces per 1,000 square feet of gross floor area, which
comes to 34 spaces. There are two vehicular access points
provided. One off Newburgh Road, as well as one off of Seven
Mile. A dumpster enclosure with housing for one dumpster would
be located in the northeast corner of the site. Walls of the
dumpster enclosure would be six feet high and made of masonry
brick. There would be some elevation changes to the building. On
the north, there would be an addition of three exterior doors and
four aluminum storefront windows. To the east, three doors and
two window additions. To the south, one new door and three new
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windows. And to the west, the addition of four doors. For
landscaping, the zoning ordinance requires seven trees and three
ornamental and 56 shrubs along Seven Mile. The landscape plan
shows three evergreen and four deciduous trees, six ornamental
trees and 56 shrubs on long Seven Mile. On Newburgh, the
zoning ordinance requires four trees, two ornamental, 33 shrubs.
The landscaping plan shows three trees plus one existing, two
ornamental and 33 shrubs. One thing to note, one of the other
correspondences from the Fire Department was safety concerns
of the western playground, and the petitioner has submitted a
new site plan and landscape plan with the addition of boulders to
buffer that area. These would be three-foot landscaping boulders
in between the trees and the fencing. And lastly, they provided a
photometric plan that does comply with the zoning ordinance.
With that, Mr. Chairman, I can read out the departmental
correspondence.
Mr. Wilshaw: Yes, please.
Mr. Uhazie: The first item is from the Engineering Division, dated September
13, 2024, 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 subject parcel is assigned the
address of #37400 Seven Mile Road. The legal description
submitted with the petition appears to be correct for the subject
parcel. The existing parcel is currently served by public water
main, sanitary sewer and storm sewer. The submittal does not
indicate any changes to the existing utility Leads, so we do not
believe there will be any additional impacts to the public utilities
with this proposal. Should changes to the existing building leads
be needed, the owner shall submit proposed drawings to this
Department to determine if permits will be required. Also, should
any work be required within the Seven Mile Road right-of-way,
the owner will be required to obtains permits from the Wayne
County Department of Public Service." The letter is signed by
David W. Lear, P.E., Assistant City Engineer. The next letter is
from the Livonia Fire & Rescue Division, dated September 18,
2024, which reads as follows: " This office has reviewed the site
plan submitted in connection with a request to construct a
commercial building on property located at the above referenced
address. We have no objections to this proposal with the following
stipulations: A Life Safety Concern and please advise on an
official plan set: Due to a playground located on a major
intersection along Newburgh Rd., what safety measures can be
taken to further protect this area/playground if traffic/vehicle(s)
come off the roadway and penetrate this area putting human life
Mr. Wilshaw:
Mr. Bongero:
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in danger. A further detailed plan review will take place when this
division receives an official plan set."The letter is signed by Brian
Kukla, Fire Marshal. The next letter is from the Division of Police,
dated September 11, 2024, which reads as follows: `1 have
reviewed the plans in connection with the petition. I have two
areas of concern after reviewing the provided plans. The location
of the proposed playground on the west side of the building is
close proximity to Newburgh, a major roadway in our city.
Frequently in our city traffic crashes occur where vehicles leave
the roadway as a result of the crash, especially at intersections.
Due to the close proximity of the proposed playground to the
roadway I fear a vehicle could potentially enter the playground
after a crash and cause harm to the children. While a few trees
are planned in that area I believe more precautions should be
taken to prevent this. Secondly, this proposal lacks the required
parking according to city ordinance. It also appears two of the
proposed parking spaces maybe impeded by the placement of a
dumpster. While parking is generally short term at. a childcare
center for parents to drop off and pick up their children, there will
be peak periods of time when most parents will be doing so,
requiring a lot of parking to be available."The letter is signed by
Paul Walters, Sergeant, Traffic Bureau. The next letter is from the
Inspection Department, dated September 19, 2024, which reads
as follows: " Pursuant to your request, the above -referenced
Petition has been reviewed. 1. The petitioner will need to apply
for a Zoning Compliance permit and submit a detailed floor plan
for the proposed use. 2. If this project moves forward, permits and
inspections will be required for the fencing and the relocation of
the dumpster enclosure. This Department has no further
objections to this Petition. "The letter is signed by Jerome Hanna,
Director of Inspection. The next letter is from the Finance
Department, dated September 11, 2024, which reads as follows:
"1 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 Connie Kumpula, Chief Accountant. The next
letter is from the Treasurer's Department, dated September 30,
2024, which reads as follows: "All taxes and water payments are
current on this property at this time."The letter is signed by Susie
Nash, Treasurer That is the extent of the correspondence.
Are there any questions for the Planning staff?
Jacob, does the Planning Department feel there's enough parking
spaces?
Mr. Uhazie:
Mr. Bongero:
Mr. Uhazie:
Mr. Bongero:
Mr. Wilshaw:
Mr. Ventura:
Mr. Uhazie:
Mr. Ventura:
Mr. Uhazie:
Mr. Ventura:
Mr. Uhazie:
Mr. Ventura:
Mr. Uhazie:
Mr. Ventura:
Mr. Wilshaw:
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We feel that they do satisfy the requirements. We do typically
defer to the petitioner, and if they feel that it, meets their needs.
They are gonna have 22 employees, so they've got 43 spaces.
But do we have a need to even judge the need for, you know what
I mean? Because they're dropping off. How many people really
stick around?
That's why we went with the ITE parking generation manual,
because that looked at several studies looking at average times
and how long. So according to that study, they're about 10 spaces
above what they would recommend.
Okay, thank you.
Thank you. Mr. Bongero.
Are we going to lose two parking spaces to the dumpster?
I think that'll be a question to have cleared up by the petitioner.
Secondly, these three-foot boulders that they're proposing for the
west side, are these boulders that are going to be three feet high
or three feet in diameter, or...
The site plan just identifies three-foot landscaping boulders. But
that just came in, I think yesterday, we will have to refer to the
petitioner.
I noticed on the site plan that the depiction of the fence on the
east side and the west side are significantly different. But you're
saying that this is going to be a six -foot -high white vinyl fence on
both sides?
I believe so, that's my understanding.
Okay, we have to confirm that as well.
Yeah, the image on the screen has a six-foot tall, solid white vinyl
fence image.
I just don't understand why it looks so different. But okay, yeah,
great. Thank you.
Thank you, Mr. Ventura. Any other questions for planning staff?
Okay, those are good questions that we can ask our petitioner.
So, with that, I see our petitioner in the audience. Feel free to
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come forward to our podium up here, and you can start with your
name and address so we know who you are, and then you can
tell us about your plan.
Andrea Majeski, Regional Director and Managing Partner, The Learning Tree.
Karen Ballard, Regional Director, The Learning Tree.
Scott Peruski, Civil Engineer, PEA group.
Mr. Wilshaw:
Ms. Ballard:
Okay, wonderful. So, we have a good group of people here that
can answer all our questions. Let's start with your plan. You want
to put a Learning Tree there? What would you like to tell us about
your proposal?
So, we have been in the City of Livonia since 1982 when we
opened our first location in the Livonia public school, and we have
partnered with the community for years, and it's home to us, and
we currently have a location in a Livonia public school, but we are
losing our lease, and they are moving us to another location
farther away from where we're at right now. So, the desire to
purchase this building was to be able to still provide care to the
families who were located closer to our existing building.
Historically, families will only travel so far to a childcare center
and won't go far from the freeway or their house, and so this really
was the perfect location for us to put down roots and establish so
that families could still utilize us.
Mr. Wilshaw: Okay, very good. Anything else you'd like to let us know before
we ask questions?
Ms. Majeski: Of course, if I can add to that, the current location in the current
Livonia public school, it is licensed for 365 children a day, and it
currently has about probably 250 to 270 a day. So, this location,
with having about 160 to 175 children a day would be the perfect
amount for families to transition over there that live in closer
proximity to this location.
Mr. Wilshaw:
Mr. Bongero:
Okay, excellent, that's good information. I'm sure we're going to
have some questions for you. So, any of our commissioners have
any questions for the petitioner?
Kind of with Mr. Ventura, the boulder wall. I get it. That's a good
measure to take for safety. Can you talk a little bit about that?
Like, what is it?
Mr. Peruski:
Mr. Bongero:
Mr. Peruski:
Mr. Bongero:
Mr. Peruski:
Mr. Bongero:
Mr. Peruski:
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sure? So we were taking a look at some options for how we could
provide that security in that buffer on that West fence line. That
fence line is about 50 feet from the northbound closest travel lane.
So, the landscape plans, we have a couple large trees, and we
have these boulders clarifying the size. These would be like three
feet by three-foot diameter boulders. These, these weigh roughly
1,500 to 1,800 pounds. So, the installation for these...we will key
them into the ground, maybe about six inches and put no more
than maybe six foot spacing between to make sure that, you
know, motor vehicles or something could not actually fit through
and would be obstructed?
I see on the east side there's a guard post on the very corner,
which I get that for the cars if they're coming around that back
driveway. Would you be opposed to returning the corner on each
side of the West Side play structure with more boulders? So, you
know what I'm saying, not just across the front, but take it around
the sides too. I think it would be a good safety measure, so it's
protected all the way around.
Yeah, absolutely, we could take a look at that. Okay, there is,
yeah, there's a bollard selected in the northeast corner, like you
said, to protect that fence post.
Is there? I didn't see...
it's right around the curve there where the fence post in the
back...
In the back, yep. On the west side, there's no bollards. I just see
the boulders, yep. So, I'm just thinking that that north and south
side are kind of exposed, so maybe just take some boulders
around there.
We could consider wrapping them around. And another question
that did come up on the on the east playground, what's noted on
the drawings is there is a slight finished floor differential. There is
a pedestrian door on the east elevation that is higher than the
main finished floor. And in order to utilize that and incorporate that
into the playground, that area will be filled about a foot and a half
or two feet with earth, and there will be a constructed knee wall
that goes all the way around. That will be the basis for what the
six-foot fence will sit on. But so just to clarify that they are the
same shape playground on both sides with the same fencing.
One's going to have boulders on the exterior for protection. The
Mr. Wilshaw:
Mr. Peruski:
Mr. Wilshaw:
Mr. Ventura:
Mr. Peruski:
Mr. Ventura:
Mr. Peruski:
Mr. Ventura:
Ms. Majeski:
Mr. Ventura:
Ms. Majeski:
Mr. Ventura:
Mr. Wilshaw:
Mr. Caramagno:
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other one is going to just exist on a manufactured knee retaining
wall.
Thank you, Mr. Bongero. And yes, that door that's on the east
side, that is right now, like, almost like a loading dock door. Is that
correct?
There's an interior ramp, I believe that gets up to that higher door
elevation.
Okay, all right. Very good. Thank you. Any other questions for our
petitioner.
Do you have a cross -access agreement with the building to the
east for their parking lot?
I don't believe there's any cross access in place or connections
proposed. The shape of the lot, there is a flag piece in the
northeast corner, but there's no intentions of using that for
ingress/egress.
There is no agreement.
No because that strip was available. And you know, the lot is
already developed, we chose to put the dumpster and locate that
in sort of that northeast alley area.
Also, that lot to the north. What are you going to do with that?
We have no plans as of right now.
So, it's just going to sit there.
So, the property was the perfect location for us, and perfect
opportunity for what was happening with our center at LPS and
this sale was...they had several offers on it, but they had offers
that were one or the other, and we purchased both of them
because it was the perfect opportunity for us. So, we don't have
any plans for the empty lot right now.
Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
Thank you. Mr. Ventura. Any other questions for our petitioner?
A couple questions for you. What's the hours of operation, days
of operation for your school? Tell me about that.
Ms. Majeski:
Mr. Caramagno:
Ms. Majewski:
Mr. Caramagno:
Ms. Majewski:
Mr. Caramagno:
Mr. Uhazie:
Ms. Majewski:
Mr. Caramagno:
Mr. Uhazie:
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Monday through Friday, 7:30am to 530
No weekend activity?
No weekend activity.
Signage. What do you do for signage?
I'd like to do a monument sign and a building sign as well.
Jacob, what are they allowed? Sign, wise.
Offhand, I would have to double check on it.
There wouldn't be any electrical lighting in the building sign,
okay? It would just have some kind of lower or upper lighting
above it or below it.
Okay, so Jake, if they're allowed, what they're allowed and
anything over that's got to go to the Zoning Board of Appeals?
Yes.
Mr. Caramagno: Yeah, okay, all right, very good. The next question I've got is the
doors. I know each room looks like they have an exterior door to
get out, both from the hallway interior to the two of the outdoors.
If, in the event that you had to go outdoors for whatever reason,
the classrooms on the east and west side exit into the play area.
Is there a way to get out of that play area too?
Ms. Majewski: Yes, there'll be a gate.
Mr. Caramagno: There'll be a gate. It'II be locked, and ability to get out of there too.
Okay, that's the only questions I've got. Thank you.
Mr. Wilshaw: Thank you, Mr. Caramagno, any other questions for our
petitioner? I don't see any others. There was some...as I look
through the notes on this item, there was a little bit of or at least
a note that perhaps there would be a conditional agreement
limiting this waiver use to your location. I'm not sure if that was
discussed with you, but oftentimes, when we get a petitioner that
comes to us and would like to locate and get a waiver use for a
particular building, like this one for daycare center. What we like
to do is, if you are willing to enter into an agreement with the city,
we would limit the use of that to your business, so that if for some
chance down the road, 10, 20, 50, years down the road, you
decide to locate to a different building and another day care
Ms. Ballard:
Mr. Wilshaw:
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center came to us, they would have to get approval from the City
Council. They wouldn't just be automatically granted to go in
there. We know your background; we've been able to talk to you.
We wouldn't necessarily understand that of a new petitioner. Is
that something that you would be okay with entering into with the
city, limiting that the use to just your business?
Yes.
Okay, all right. I just wanted to explain that to you, if you weren't
familiar with it, and let you know kind of the process if you hear
that mentioned later tonight, so you're aware of it. Thank you. Is
there anyone in our audience wishing to speak for or against this
petition? I don't see anybody jumping up. So, is there anything
else you'd like to tell us before we make our decision?
Ms. Majewski: I think we're good.
Mr. Wilshaw:
Okay, well, we appreciate you coming tonight, and we will make
our decision. So, thank you. At this point, I'll close the public
hearing and a motion would be in order.
On a motion by Long, seconded by Bongero, and unanimously adopted, it was
#10-48-2024
RESOLVED, That pursuant to a Public Hearing having been held
by the City Planning Commission on October 8, 2024, on Petition
2024-09-02-14 submitted by The Learning Tree requesting
waiver use approval pursuant to Section 6.13 of the Livonia
Zoning Ordinance, to operate a day care nursery at 37400 Seven
Mile Road, located on the northeast corner of Newburgh Road
and Seven Mile Road in the Southwest ' of Section 05, be
approved subject to the following conditions:
1. That the Site Plan, labeled C-2.0 on plans dated October 7,
2024, is hereby approved and shall be adhered to.
2. That the boulder wall shall encompass the north, south and
west perimeters of the western playground to the
satisfaction of the Inspection Department.
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.
4. That no LED lightband or exposed neon shall be permitted
on this site, including but not limited to, the building or
around the windows.
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The tenant(s) of this building shall not engage in any form of
solicitation for business within the public rights -of -way of
Newburgh or Seven Mile Road.
6. That the entire outdoor play area shall be surrounded by six-
foot (6') high vinyl privacy fencing.
That the parking lot shall be repaired, resealed and restriped
to the satisfaction of the Inspection Department.
8. That the hours of operation for this childcare facility shall be
limited to 6:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., Monday through Friday.
9. That the Petitioner shall enter into a conditional agreement
limiting the waiver to this user only, with the provision to
extend this waiver use approval to a new user only upon
approval of the new user by the City Council.
10. That the specific plan referenced in this approving resolution
shall be submitted to the Inspection Department at the time
the building permits are applied for; and
11. Pursuant to Section 13.13 of the Livonia Zoning Ordinance,
as amended, this approval is valid for a period of one year
only from the date of approval by the City Council, and
unless a building permit is obtained, this 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 13.13 of
Livonia Zoning Ordinance, as amended.
Mr. Wilshaw: Is there any discussion?
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 #2 PETITION 2024-09-02-15 Papa Romano's
Mr. Caramagno, Secretary, announced the next item on the agenda, Petition 2024-
09-02-15 submitted by K Romaya Food Service, L.L.C., on behalf
of Papa Romano's, requesting waiver use approval under
Sections 6.03, 6.22 and 6.51 of the Livonia Zoning Ordinance, as
amended, to operate a full -service restaurant with a on -premises
Class C liquor license (sale of beer, wine and spirits for
Mr. Uhazie:
Mr. Wilshaw:
Mr. Uhazie:
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consumption on the premises) and an off -premises SDM liquor
license (sale of packaged beer and wine) at 36127 and 36131
Plymouth Road, located on the south side of Plymouth Road
between Yale Avenue and Levan Road in the Northeast '/4 of
Section 32.
The site is currently zoned C-2 (General business) and the
existing conditions for the site include that the restaurant would
be located in the LA Plaza retail center. The restaurant would
occupy two of these units in the western wing, close to the center
facing Plymouth Road. Identified on their site plan here, the site
is approximately 4.80 acres, with about 480 feet along Plymouth
Road and 380 feet deep. The building has a gross floor area of
about 36,350 square feet, and under the 6.51 of the zoning
ordinance, there's a requirement for waiver approval for full
service restaurants. A full service restaurant is defined as having
over 30 seats. The Floor Plan identifies seating for 33. The two
units would occupy a total floor area of 2,800 square feet. The
floor plan shows a large kitchen, walk in cooler, restrooms, dining
area and bar counter. The dining area would have six, four top
tables with seating for 24 and nine bar seats with seating for nine.
Under Section 6.22 of the zoning ordinance Class C liquor
licenses are regulated and are required to be 1,000 feet of
distance between the closest points of the building. And SDM
licenses are regulated by section 6.03 of the zoning ordinance
and requires a 500-foot distance. The Livonia Police Department
have noted that the Levian Wine Shop is less than 500 feet and
has its own SDM license, as well as Punjab Sweet and Time Out
Bar both have Class C licenses and are within 1,000 feet
separation. These separations would need to be waived by City
Council. SDM and Class C requirements both also require 400-
foot separation from any churches or schools, and neither are
located within the 400 feet of this site. Parking is based on the
overall site parking. The existing parking is sufficient to
accommodate the use, and no exterior modifications are planned
for the building. With that, Mr. Chairman, I can read out the
departmental correspondence.
Yes, please.
The first item is from the Engineering Division, dated September
13, 2024, 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 subject parcel is assigned the range
of addresses of #36083 thru #36175 Plymouth Road, with the
address of #36163 Plymouth Road being assigned to the overall
Mr. Wilshaw:
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parcel. The legal description submitted with the petition appears
to be correct for the overall parcel, not the individual units
requesting the waiver use. The existing parcel is currently served
by public water main, sanitary sewer and storm sewer. The
submittal does not indicate any changes to the existing utility
leads, so we do not believe there will be any additional impacts
to the public utilities with this proposal. Should changes to the
existing building leads be needed, the owner shall submit
proposed drawings to this Department to determine if permits will
be required. Also, should any work be required within the
Plymouth Road right-of-way, the owner may be required to
obtains permits from the Michigan Department of Transportation."
The letter is signed by David W. Lear, P.E., Assistant City
Engineer. The next letter is from the Livonia Fire & Rescue
Division, dated September 18, 2024, which reads as follows: "
This office has reviewed the site plan submitted in connection
with a request to modify a commercial building on property
located at the above referenced address. We have no objections
to this proposal. Follow the appropriate procedures with the State
and/or City to obtain the Class C liquor license. A further detailed
plan review will take place when this division receives an official
plan set." The letter is signed by Brian Kukla, Fire Marshal. The
next letter is from the Division of Police, dated September 10,
2024, which reads as follows: W have reviewed the plans in
connection with the petition. I have no objections to the proposal."
The letter is signed by Paul Walters, Sergeant, Traffic Bureau.
The next letter is from the Inspection Department, dated October
1, 2024, which reads as follows: "Pursuant to your request, the
above -referenced petition has been reviewed. This Department
has no objections to this petition." The letter is signed by Jerome
Hanna, Director of Inspection. The next letter is from the Finance
Department, dated Septermber12, 2024, 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 Connie Kumpula, Chief Accountant. The next
letter is from the Treasurer's Department, dated September 30,
2024, which reads as follows: "The tax address is for the whole
plaza 36136 Plymouth and the have an outstanding tax bill of
$40,637.36"The letter is signed by Susie Nash, Treasurer. That
is the extent of the correspondence.
Thank you, Mr. Uhazie. Is there any questions for our planning
staff? I will see our petitioners in the audience. If you would like
to come forward to our podium. Good evening, sir. We'II ask that
you start with your name and address.
Kevin Romaya,
Mr. Wilshaw:
Mr. Romaya:
Mr. Wilshaw:
Mr. Romaya:
Mr. Wilshaw:
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owner of Papa Romanos, 36131, or 36127 Plymouth Road.
Thank you, Mr. Romaya, is there anything you'd like to tell us
about your proposal?
The restaurant is going to be a carry out and dine in. We're hoping
to get the beer and wine and liquor license. Our main focus is
going to be on the food, you know, along with the beer and wine
there.
Okay, and is there...what is your experience in this business?
I've been with Papa Romano since 1996 I sold the store in 2004.
I was with them for about close to between eight and nine years,
but I've been in the pizza business since I was 25 years old, the
last 28 years.
Okay, all right, very good.
Alex Shalal, 255 South Old Woodward, Suite 304, Birmingham, MI. If I may add,
Commissioner, I am Mr. Romaya's attorney handling his liquor
license application to the city and to the State of Michigan. He's
also had a gas station which had beer, wine and liquor, so SDD
and SDM. I was his attorney that entire time. He never so much
has had a violation, a sale to a minor, anything. His record was
impeccable. So, great MLCC licensor, which is going great right
now. Our application process, paired with his experience as a
Papa Romanos franchisee, they thought it would be a great fit for
him, you know, to try this new concept out. You know, if anybody
was going to spearhead to see if that concept was going to work,
it was going to be Mr. Romaya.
Mr. Wilshaw: All right. Thank you, Mr. Shalal. That way we can attribute your
comments to you sure, instead of just putting Mr. Romaya's
attorney. Let's see if we have any questions for either of you. Any
questions for our petitioner?
Mr. Long: Mr. Romaya,. I know it's not your liability, but the tax bill
notification that we received here for the landlord. That's
something that you're going to want to bring to the landlord's
attention immediately.
Mr. Romaya:
The taxes were paid, and I think we have a copy of the paid taxes.
They were paid probably about two weeks ago by the landlord.
Maybe hasn't been reflected in the record yet.
Mr. Long: It's possible. Our memo is dated September 30.
Mr. Shalal:
Mr. Long:
Mr. Wilshaw:
Mr. Ventura:
Mr. Romaya:
Mr. Ventura:
Mr. Romaya:
Mr. Shalal:
Mr. Ventura:
Mr. Romaya:
Mr. Shalal:
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I do have a photocopy of the tax bill. I could submit that. I could...
I'm almost positive we submitted receipt of the tax bill to the
Planning Commission via email. If not, I can have that resent
tomorrow morning.
If you could resend it, I think that that'd be best for all involved,
you know, whereas you may still, you know, get your approval
here. I'm sure City Council isn't going to move it without seeing
that. So that's all I have. Thank you, Mr. Chair,
Thank you, Mr. Long. Any other questions for our petitioner?
Thank you. You're going to have a liquor license there, class C
license. Why do you need an SDM license?
For delivery. A lot of times, people want to order pizza, and they
want instead of going out to pick up a 12 pack or a six pack of
beer, they can just order the pizza and have it delivered with it.
How do you verify that the recipient of the liquor when your
deliverer...
Our drivers will be trained. They're all going to take the Serve
program, which they'll be trained on how to handle situations,
All his, including the applicant himself, all the employees there
will have the Tips and Tams training for the you know, to make
sure they card everybody. When the driver arrives at the house,
he'll ask for identification, you know, for to make sure the person's
21 years of age or older, they have 100% policy, even if the
person's got a beard like me, they're going to ask for, you know,
age verification.
Thank you. What percentage of your business do you anticipate
will be takeout?
It's really hard to say. This is a new concept for Papa Romanos.
I mean, this is going to be the first store with, really, we really
don't know, like, what percentage of alcohol sales are going to
be.
We're expecting it to be incidental to the, you know, vastly more
of this will be catering, pizza and pasta and, you know, and you
know, all the like-minded things because they wanted us to try
out a concept that had a restaurant. You know, we had to pursue
getting a Class C and the SDM. We don't anticipate, you know,
Mr. Ventura:
Mr. Wilshaw:
Mr. Bongero:
Mr. Romaya:
Mr. Bongero:
Mr. Romaya:
Mr. Bongero:
Mr. Wilshaw:
Mr. Caramagno:
Mr. Romaya:
Mr. Shalal:
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an overabundance of alcoholic sales. But obviously, you know,
for a restaurant it's important to have.
Thank you very much.
Mr. Bongero.
Just a couple easy questions. Hours of operation.
We're looking at maybe like 10 to 10, maybe 10 to 11 on
weekends.
Okay, and then how many employees do you anticipate hiring?
It all depends on business we probably have, we're overall, it's
probably going to be about maybe 15 to 20 people.
That's it. Thank you.
Thank you. Any other questions? Petitioner, Mr.
Something we talked about at the study session was the big
dining area that is on your drawing here, it shows up as really
nothing. What's the plan for that big area? Is that going to be a
party room? Is it going to be? What is that going to be? It's a big
area.
Yeah, we're going to have a few seats for when people walk in
and order their pizza, and maybe a cooler for, like the pop in the
front, depending on how the business goes, we're maybe looking
to do maybe like a buffet for lunch, or something like that, instead
of like the buffet tables.
I think largely a flex space.
Mr. Caramagno: I'm sorry say that again.
Mr. Shalal:
Largely a flex space. So, like people waiting for their food, there'll
be tables and chairs there. If they decide to do a buffet for pizza,
ribs, stuff like that, they can also use that area.
Mr. Caramagno: Okay. Then I'm gonna go back to something Pete asked earlier
about the delivering of beer/wine. Will you deliver just beer and
wine, if someone orders that, or does it always come with a
pizza?
Mr. Romaya: Always with pizza.
Mr. Caramagno:
Mr. Romaya:
Mr. Caramagno:
Mr. Romaya:
Mr. Caramagno:
Mr. Romaya:
Mr. Shalal:
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It won't be just alcohol sales delivered to a home?
No.
And then, if someone's catering a party, say someone's got a
party, they need 40 pizzas, and they want 16 cases of beer.
That's all within your wheelhouse there?
Hopefully we're going to try to cater to our, you know, to our
customers. I mean, I don't think 16 cases of beer, you know, we're
not going to have too many people, you know, people that are
going to order that, you know, a large quantity like that but if
somebody wants, yeah, we can, you know, provide for, you know,
a party that big.
Same rules apply, even though there's gonna be more than a
person ordering pizza, you're gonna have...say you delivered
again, 40 pizzas and 16 cases of beer. You know, you're feeding
not just one or two or five people. You're gonna feed 70 people.
That's... how do you control who's getting their hands on that
beer? Or is that not your responsibility once the person pays the
bill?
We're hoping the person who, the person who buys the pizza and
the beer, is over 21 and we're hoping they're responsible enough
to, you know, take care of that part.
Commissioner. So, a lot of times, you know, so, if somebody were
to have a catering license, or if you were to cater and make
delivery with beer/ wine, you know, obviously, as for that person's
age, the person that's hosting the party would have to, would
have to, obviously, pass age verification. But a lot of times, if you,
you know, go to these catering events, the people passing out a
beer or wine that received it from a place, you know, it's up to
them to card to make sure that people are of the right age.
Obviously, we would do everything in our power to make sure that
the host or hostess is over the legal limit and that there, if we
could have policies that if the driver notices it's just a bunch of
kids and a random 20 year old, 21 year old ordered, you know,
he'd say, Hey, this is, this doesn't look right. You know, they'll
have policies like that. Again, they're going to go through the Tips
and Tams training, and all his employees and drivers will be
certified.
Mr. Caramagno: Yeah, I guess so. I don't think you can control or control every
party that's out there, but I could envision a 21-year-old kid
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supplying his friends here, and as long as you think your delivery
person has the mental capacity to control whether or not they
deliver four cases of beer somewhere. If that's what your training
consists of. Maybe that's how it works, but you certainly can't
control every situation. I'm just concerned with the possibilities
that's all.
Mr. Shalal: Sure.
Mr. Wilshaw: Thank you. Mr. Caramagno, any other questions for our
petitioner? Mr. Shalal, maybe ifs appropriate to ask you, since
you're more of an expert probably in this field, the delivery of beer
and wine, is that, I believe that's a new thing that started during
covid. Is that correct?
Mr. Shalal: Correct.
Mr. Wilshaw: Okay, so that wasn't allowed prior to So, prior to that, there were
certain licenses they were, MLCC (Michigan Liquor Control
Commission) exploring. There were companies actually before
COVID that was going...their whole purpose was going to be
taking beer, wine, liquor, from a regular liquor store and having
the ability to give it to its customers. That's still in a gray area.
Right now, with the MLCC, they don't outright prohibit it, but
there's not something that outright also gives you a license to do
it, per se. In our situation, the reason we are going for the SDM
on top of the class C is so that if a patron were to come into the
store and ask for a six pack of beer with their pizza, we have that
available to them, or if we have it with our drivers, we would do
that, but we're not. We are not going to be an alcoholic delivery
company where we come when somebody calls and says I just
need a six pack of beer. Every single alcohol deliver also have to
be accompanied by a food item.
Mr. Wilshaw:
Okay, all right. Thank you for that information. I appreciate that.
There's no other questions from any of the commissioners. I'll
look to see if there's anyone in the audience wishing to speak for
or against this item. There's one person in the audience is
welcome to come forward, gentlemen, if you want to just sit down
for a moment, we'll give the residents a chance to speak. Don't
go too far, though. Good evening, sir.
Van Salem, owner of Levan Wine Shop. I have nothing against anybody trying to
do any kind of business. We've been there for over 15 years.
We've spent over $600,000 in the past three years in the store
with renovations. We're a big toll to the community. You know, we
donate, we're to churches, schools, whatever we could provide.
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But, you know, it just seemed that we have liquor, beer, wine, and
we have a full kitchen with the pizzas, ribs, chicken, everything. I
just don't feel like this is the right thing for us to do within 300 feet
next to us. I feel like it's not necessary. It's already cluttered with
a multiple business having liquor, beer and wine. You know, gas
stations, luckily, they don't have no beer and wine. We have Time
Out across the street. That's a bar right there. This is pretty much
the same thing. So, I just feel like all the hard work that's actually
put in, all the stuff we do in in the City of Livonia, I should have
some kind of respect, and not trying to approve the liquor sales.
Mr. Wilshaw: Okay, we appreciate your comments. Thank you, Mr. Salem,
thank you. Thank you for coming. Anyone else wishing to speak
for or against this petition. I don't see anyone else coming
forward. Is there anything else that you gentlemen wanted to say
before we made our decision? I see head shaking, no. Okay. I.
Right? There's no other questions for our petitioner., I'll close the
public hearing, and a motion would be in order.
On a motion by Long, seconded by Ventura, and unanimously adopted, it was
#10-49-2024
RESOLVED, That pursuant to a Public Hearing having been held
by the City Planning Commission on October 8, 2024, on Petition
2024-09-02-15 submitted by K Romaya Food Service, L.L.C., on
behalf of Papa Romano's, requesting waiver use approval under
Sections 6.03, 6.22 and 6.51 of the Livonia Zoning Ordinance, as
amended, to operate a full -service restaurant with a on -premises
Class C liquor license (sale of beer, wine and spirits for
consumption on the premises) and an off -premises SDM liquor
license (sale of packaged beer and wine) at 36127 and 36131
Plymouth Road, located on the south side of Plymouth Road
between Yale Avenue and Levan Road in the Northeast ' of
Section 32, be approved subject to the following conditions:
1. That this approval is subject to City Council waiving the 500-
foot separation requirement between SDM-licensed
establishments and the 1,000-foot separation requirement
between Class C-licensed establishments.
2. That the maximum customer seating count shall not exceed
a total of thirty-three (33) interior seats.
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 no LED lightband or exposed neon shall be permitted
on this site including, but not limited to, the building or
around the windows.
5. That unless approved by the proper local authority, any type
of exterior advertising, such as promotional flags, streamers
or sponsor vehicles designed to attract the attention of
passing motorists, shall be prohibited and
6. Pursuant to Section 13.13 of the Livonia Zoning Ordinance,
as amended, this approval is valid for a period of one year
only from the date of approval by the City Council, and
unless a building permit is obtained, this 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 13.13 of
Livonia Zoning Ordinance, as amended.
Mr. Wilshaw: Is there any discussion?
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 PETITION 2024-09-08-06 WaI-Mart
Mr. Caramagno, Secretary, announced the next item on the agenda, Petition 2024-
08-08-06 submitted by CESO, on behalf of Wal-Mart, requesting
approval of all plans required by Sections 3.11 and 13.13 of the
Livonia Zoning Ordinance, as amended, in connection with a
proposal to construct a 1,272 square foot addition for grocery
pickup to the west end of the existing Walmart Supercenter at
29555 Plymouth Road, located on the south side of Plymouth
Road between Middle Belt Road and Milburn Street in the
Northeast % of Section 35.
Mr. Uhazie:
Thank you. The site is comprised of 22 acres with 217 feet of
frontage on Plymouth Road. The property is currently zoned C-2
(General business). The existing building is 217,561 square feet,
and the addition would be 1,272 square feet. The area is currently
occupied by a portion of the existing outdoor goods storage area.
The new floor area total would be 218,833 square feet to be used
for storage of additional online sales pickup operations. And the
setbacks for the site on C-2 are 15 feet, and the addition would
comply with that. Parking is largely unchanged with the existing
drive lane to the west of the building and shelving units would be
Mr. Wilshaw:
Mr. Uhazie:
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replaced with 13 parking spaces, and the pedestrian walkway
would provide access from the addition to online grocery store,
pickup parking area. The parking reconfiguration would result in
a net gain of 12 spaces. They do have an agreement with
Inspection for seasonal truck storage on the site, and that would
be in these parking spaces along the western border that does
not interfere with the proposed parking changes. With that, Mr.
Chairman, I can read out the departmental correspondence.
Yes, please.
The first item is from the Engineering Division, dated September
20, 2024, 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
project at this time but would like to note the following items: 1.
The subject parcel is assigned the address of #29555 Plymouth
Road. Should additional addresses be needed, the Owner will
need to contact this Department once permitting has been
completed. 2. The existing parcel is currently serviced by public
sanitary sewer and water main, and storm sewer. The submitted
drawings do not indicate any proposed utility alterations, so we
do not believe there will be any impacts to the existing systems
with the proposed project. 3. Any disturbances with the Plymouth
Road right-of-way will require permits through the Michigan
Department of Transportation. Any work within the Middlebelt
Road right -of- way will require permitting through the Wayne
County Department of Public Service." The letter is signed by
David W. Lear, P.E., Assistant City Engineer. The next letter is
from the Livonia Fire & Rescue Division, dated September 30,
2024, which reads as follows: "This office has reviewed the site
plan submitted in connection with a request to construct a
commercial building on property located at the above referenced
address. We have no objections to this proposal with the following
stipulations: - Construction of structures and/or roadways cannot
create an obstruction for emergency vehicles access around the
existing building. - Fire hydrants and FDC's must be accessible
at all times. A further detailed plan review will take place when
this division receives an official plan set." The letter is signed by
Brian Kukla, Fire Marshal. The next letter is from the Division of
Police, dated September 20, 2024, which reads as follows: `1
have reviewed the plans in connection with the petition. l have no
objections to the proposal." The letter is signed by Paul Walters,
Sergeant, Traffic Bureau. The next letter is from the Inspection
Department, dated October 1, 2024, which reads as follows:
"Pursuant to your request, the above -referenced Petition has
been reviewed. 1. The proposed plan does not address the
Mr. Wilshaw:
Ben Daryano,
Mr. Wilshaw:
Mr.Daryano:
Mr. Wilshaw:
Mr. Daryano:
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seasonal storage containers that occupy the parking spaces on
the southwest side of the parking lot. This item needs to be
addressed as it conflicts with the proposed plan. I have attached
the site plan and email regarding seasonal storage to this letter
for reference. This Department has no further objections to this
Petition." The letter is signed by Jerome Hanna, Director of
Inspection. The next letter is from the Finance Department, dated
September 19, 2024, which reads as follows: "1 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 Connie Kumpula, Chief Accountant. That is the extent of the
correspondence.
All right. Thank you. Mr. Uhazie for the correspondence. Is there
any questions for our planning staff? Seeing no questions our
petitioners in the audience, feel free to come forward. Good
evening, sir.
WD partners, 7007, Discovery Boulevard, Columbus, Ohio, 43015.
Thank you for coming to our meeting tonight. And what would you
like to tell us about your petition?
It's good to see you again. Walmart is proposing a expansion a
little bit under 1,300 square feet of the building. The space with
also renovating part of the interior will be about 3,000 square feet
totally dedicated to their online pickup ordering. And as Jacob
noted, we are going to expand the parking for the services. This
program normally operates 8am to 8pm is hours of operation. We
are working with the photometrics to get them to Jacob to make
them fully compliant for the site. It looks like we're gonna need to
upgrade the light poles and add a wallpack for customer and
employee safety on the site. We will be parking compliant. Part
of this program is that customers will not enter that space. That
space is for employees only. Customers will pull into their spot,
call the number, provide their order number to the Walmart
employees, and then the employees will load their vehicles for
them.
Okay, and will there be a sign for them to know what number to
call?
Yes, there is stall signage on each stall. It shows a party stall
number. If you're here for the online ordering, call this number
and provide your order information.
Mr. Wilshaw:
Mr. Daryano:
Mr. Wilshaw:
Mr. Caramagno:
Mr. Daryano:
Mr. Caramagno:
Mr. Daryano:
Mr. Caramagno:
Mr. Uhazie:
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I see, it makes sense now. All right, anything else you'd like to tell
us about your petition?
No.
All right. Is there any questions for our petitioner?
Tell us a little bit about the lighting. Te new lighting going in on
that side as it compares to the rest of the lighting on your property.
How does that compare?
So, it will be a little bit brighter due to having to meet the
photometrics. We received the photometrics late last week. I do
believe Jake got those from the engineer recently, and I have a
copy also. So due to having to add a little bit more lighting for the
operations, just to keep everyone safer. It will be upgrading the
lights onto the light poles back there, and then adding a wallpack
floodlight unit back there.
Is that lighting to be shielded, not to leave that property?
Yes.
Okay, how's it compared to our, to our...what's allowed? I'M
looking at numbers here that are 5, 6, 7 foot. Is that candle power
at the ground?
Yeah, I believe so, but the.photometrics we received was just this
portion of the site. The ordinance refers to the entire site, so that
average is a little bit higher than what would be shown when
taking the entire site into a consideration.
Mr. Caramagno: This is more intense than what the rest of the site will be?
Mr. Uhazie:
Yeah, this would be more intense for this area, but considering
the overall site, it should be compliant.
Mr. Caramagno: You don't think it's going to be a daylight situation?
Mr. Uhazie:
No, I don't believe so.
Mr. Caramagno: And these lights, they run from dark to dark, or...?
Mr. Daryano:
They are typically dark to dark.
Mr. Caramagno: Is this a 24 hour operation?
Mr. Daryano:
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No, the operation is 8am to 8pm, but typically, Walmart's parking
lots are lit 24 hours a day in the evenings, just for safety of anyone
out there. It would not be noticeably brighter than what's existing
out there right now.
Mr. Caramagno: It would be noticeably brighter?
Mr. Daryano: It would not.
Mr. Uhazie:
And the only light, it's my understanding, that would be added is
a light that faces, basically the addition facing the auto center. It
would not face towards the edge of the property. It's facing
internally between the two ends of the building.
Mr. Caramagno: Good enough. Thank you.
Mr. Wilshaw:
Thank you, Mr. Caramagno, any other questions? There's no one
in our audience wishing to speak on this item, I believe. Okay.
Anything else you'd like to let us know before we make a
decision?
Mr. Daryano: Thank you. Thank you for having me tonight.
Mr. Wilshaw: Thank you for coming and I will go to our commission to make a
motion.
On a motion by Bongero, seconded by Ventura, and unanimously adopted, it was
#10-50-2024
RESOLVED, That the City Planning Commission does hereby
recommend to the City Council that Petition 2024-08-08-06
submitted by CESO, on behalf of Wal-Mart, requesting approval
of all plans required by Sections 3.11 and 13.13 of the Livonia
Zoning Ordinance, as amended, in connection with a proposal to
construct a 1,272 square foot addition for grocery pickup to the
west end of the existing Walmart Supercenter at 29555 Plymouth
Road, located on the south side of Plymouth Road between
Middle Belt Road and Milburn Street in the Northeast'/ of Section
35., be approved subject to the following conditions:
1. The Site Plan identified as OGP-2.0, dated September 05,
2024, as amended, prepared by CESO, is hereby approved
and shall be adhered to.
2. All parking spaces, except the required handicapped
spaces, shall be doubled striped at ten feet (10') wide by
twenty feet (20') in length as required.
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3. The Elevations Plan, identified as A2, dated June 03, 2024,
as amended, prepared by WD Partners, is hereby approved
and shall be adhered to.
4. All seasonal truck parking shall conform to the Storage
Container Exhibit, as referenced and attached in the
correspondence from the Inspection Department, which
designates the area, maximum number and time period
seasonal storage containers can be parked on site.
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.
6. No unshielded LED light band or neon shall be permitted on
this site, including the building or around the windows.
7. Unless approved by the proper local authority, any type of
exterior advertising, such as promotional flags, streamers,
or sponsor vehicles designed to attract the attention of
passing motorists, shall be prohibited.
The specific plans referenced in this approving resolution
shall be submitted to the Inspection Department at the time
the building permits are applied for, and
9. Pursuant to Section 13.13 of the Livonia Zoning Ordinance,
as amended, 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 approval shall be null and
void at the expiration of said period.
Mr. Wilshaw: Is there any discussion?
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 #5 Petition 2024-08-01-04 Sheetz
Mr. Caramagno, Secretary, announced the next item on the agenda, Petition 2024-
08-01-04 submitted by Skilken Gold under Section 13.15 of the
Livonia Zoning Ordinance, as amended, requesting to rezone the
property at 37355 Eight Mile Road, located on the southeast
corner of Eight Mile Road and Newburgh Road in the Northwest
'/ of Section 5, from C-1 (Local Business District) to C-2 (General
Business District).
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Mr. Wilshaw: Alright, this item was tabled at our previous meeting. Is there a
motion to remove this item from the table?
On a motion by Caramagno, seconded by Bongero, and unanimously adopted, it
was
#10-51-2024
RESOLVED, that the City Planning commission on October 8,
2024, on Petition 2024-08-01-04 submitted by Skilken Gold under
Section 13.15 of the Livonia Zoning Ordinance, as amended,
requesting to rezone the property at 37355 Eight Mile Road,
located on the southeast corner of Eight Mile Road and
Newburgh Road in the Northwest'/4 of Section 5, from C-1 (Local
Business District) to C-2 (General Business District), does hereby
remove the item from the table
Mr. Wilshaw, Chairman, declared the motion is carried and the foregoing resolution
adopted.
Mr. Wilshaw:
Mr. Uhazie:
Mr. Wilshaw:
The petitioner has sent us a letter requesting that this item be
postponed or tabled to the October 22, 2024 meeting. Is that
correct?
Correct.
All right, so with that, we're going to respect, as we always do,
the request of the petitioner to move this item to that date. Is
someone willing to make a motion to table this item again?
On a motion by Caramagno, seconded by Bongero, and unanimously adopted, it
was
#07-52-2018
RESOLVED, that the City Planning Commission does hereby
recommend that Petition 2024-08-01-04 submitted by Skilken
Gold under Section 13.15 of the Livonia Zoning Ordinance, as
amended, requesting to rezone the property at 37355 Eight Mile
Road, located on the southeast corner of Eight Mile Road and
Newburgh Road in the Northwest'% of Section 5, from C-1 (Local
Business District) to C-2 (General Business District), be tabled to
October 22, 2024, as requested by the Petitioner in an email
dated September 30, 2024.
Mr. Wilshaw, Chairman, declared the motion is carried and the foregoing resolution
adopted.
ITEM #6
APPROVAL OF MINUTES 1,219th Public Hearings and
Regular Meeting
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Mr. Caramagno, Secretary, announced the next item on the agenda, Approval of
the Minutes of the 1,219th Public Hearing and Regular Meeting
held on September 10, 2024.
On a motion by Ventura, seconded by Long, and unanimously adopted, it was
#10-53-2024 RESOLVED, That the Minutes of 1,219th Public Hearings and
Regular Meeting held by the Planning Commission on September
10, 2024, are hereby approved.
A roll call vote on the foregoing resolution resulted in the following:
AYES: Bongero, Long, Ventura, Caramagno, Wilshaw
NAYS: None
ABSENT: Dinaro, Droze
ABSTAIN: None
Mr. Wilshaw, Chairman, declared the motion is carried and the foregoing resolution
adopted.
On a motion duly made, seconded and unanimously adopted, the 1,220th Public
Hearings and Regular Meeting held on October 8, 2024, was adjourned at 8:07
p.m.
ATTEST:
Ian Wilshaw, Chairman
CITY : LANNING COMMISSION
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Caramagno, Secretary