Good evening. Welcome to the City of Warren Planning Commission meeting,
March 23rd. Please stand for the Pledge of Allegiance.
I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of
America, and to the Republic for which it stands, one
nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice
for all.
Roll call, Mr. Secretary.
Thank you, Mr. Chair. Ansar?
Yes, present.
Commissioner Holowaty?
Present.
Commissioner Hope? Present. Commissioner Douzy, present.
Commissioner Morey?
Commissioner Bonacki?
Present.
And Commissioner Smith?
Present. Need a motion to excuse Commissioner Morey.
Support.
Chair?
Yeah.
I make a motion to excuse Commissioner Morey.
Support by Commissioner Ansar.
There's a motion by Commissioner Holowaty, support by Commissioner Ansar.
All in favor?
Aye.
Any opposed?
Item number four,
approval of the agenda.
Mr. Chairman, I'll make a motion to approve the agenda.
Chair, I second that motion.
There's a motion by Commissioner Douzy, supported by Commissioner Holowaty.
All in favor?
Aye.
Any opposed?
Approval of the minutes of March 9th, 2026.
Mr. Chairman, I'll make a motion that we approve the minutes as written.
Mr. Chair, I support it.
There's a motion by Commissioner Douzy, support Commissioner Hope. All in favor?
Aye.
Any opposed?
Okay.
Item number 6A.
6A, site plan for gas station with convenience store
located at the northeast corner of Mound and 13 Mile Road,
31104 Mound Road, Section 4,
Michael Wiegand, Gazebo Real Estate, Josh
Bratton, Agree Convenience #1 LLC,
PSP-250050.
Postponed from December 15th, 2025,
January 12th, 2026, January 26th,
2026, February 9th, 2026, and
February 23rd, 2026.
Thank you, Mr. Secretary. The petitioner here? Good evening, sir.
Good evening.
You all know me now. My name's Pat Lennon. I'm an attorney with the Hodding & Firm.
I represent the applicant.
As we recently learned that one of the planning commissioners is not
here tonight, and the entire reason that we're here for this particular
planning commission meeting is to have the
decision with respect to our project reconsidered.
Because we received a 4-3 vote to approve
at the last time this was heard,
which means we had to come back to another meeting to potentially
get a reconsideration and a possible fifth
vote.
We're here tonight to ask for a postponement
to the next meeting simply because
we're missing a planning commissioner,
and we don't think it gives our client a fair opportunity
to present the new information that they have and receive full
consideration from this planning commission.
We've obviously been working on this a long time, so we understand
that
it's been ongoing, but we believe given the efforts that our clients have made
throughout the process that they should be entitled to present their
full
proposal and receive a full consideration,
particularly with respect to this last opportunity.
Thank you, sir.
And we would like that considered before we
put forth our
information tonight because we do have three speakers.
But we think we should save everyone some time and
come back in two weeks, if that's acceptable.
All right. Thank you, sir. It'll be a little longer than two weeks because you got
Easter.
Fair enough.
So it'll be the week after Easter, so.
Whenever it's convenient for the planning commission.
Thank you, sir.
Thank you.
I need a motion to postpone this to April 13th.
Mr. Chair, I bring motion to postpone the site
plan to next meeting.
Item 6A.
Support, Mr. Chairman.
There's a motion by Commissioner Hope, supported by Commissioner Douzy.
Roll call.
Commissioner Hope?
Yes. Commissioner Douzy? Yes. Commissioner
Ansar?
Yes.
Commissioner Holowaty?
Yes.
Commissioner Bonacki?
Yes.
And Chairman Smith?
Yes to postpone till April 13th, 2026.
Thank you.
Thank you, sir. Have a good evening.
The motion passes,
six to zero to postpone.
Item number 6B.
Site plan for new maintenance building, addition of gravel
area with
bin blocks, outdoor storage, new
driveway to side street, and six-foot tall screen fence.
Located on the east side of Dequindre Road, approximately
354.86 feet north of Stevens
Road, 24200 Dequindre Road, Section 30,
Raw Nag Shaba Green Patio, LLC,
Matthew J. Caruso, MC-8
Enterprises, PSP-26001
Thanks, Mr. Secretary. Mr. Petitioner, good evening, sir.
Good evening.
Do you want to tell us a little bit about your project?
Certainly, and thank you for your time. My name is Matt Caruso.
I'm the applicant and hope to be the future
owner/operator of the property at 24200
Dequindre Road.
Little bit about my company,
so MC8 would own the property. DecorScape is who would be the operator out of the
property, which is my business.
We've been in business since 1990 and have operated out
of our current location since 1996.
We've been recognized as the business of the year, and we've even received a
beautification award from the city of Sterling Heights.
We're not just looking to operate in Warren, we want to be a part of the community
and take pride in the property itself.
So we appreciate the review for recommendation for approval for what we're looking
to do, and we've worked through the majority of the comments that we received on
the plan.
It's an owner-occupied operation, so everything we're proposing is
directly related to how the business will function day
to day,
and especially from the outdoor storage component.
So that's primarily what we're looking for, which is critical for the
intended use of the property.
Thank you, sir. Correspondent?
Correspondents.
Taxes current. Building construction of new
maintenance building and screen fence will require a building permit
plan review application to be submitted to the building department.
Engineering. Preliminary review of this site yielded the following
comments from the engineering division.
Number one, show and identify the location of all underground
utilities in the vicinity of the project, including their
sizes and connections. Two, show how you intend to
drain the parcel. Three, site shall comply with the
current City of Warren Stormwater Ordinance.
Detention and pre-treatment shall be
required.
Four, proposed drive approach shall meet the current City of Warren
standards. Five, the outside perimeter of all paved
parking spaces shall be minimum six-inch concrete curb
and gutter. Six, the proposed outdoor storage and
gravel area shall require variances.
Seven, any construction within the Dequindre right of way
shall require a permit from Macomb County Department of Roads prior
to construction.
Police. The Warren Police Department has reviewed the submitted site plan and
does not foresee any issues at this time.
AT&T. AT&T does not object to this
proposal. We do have facilities on the property, but we
do not expect them to be affected. Please ask the petitioner to
contact me if any conflicts arise.
That's the amount of correspondence, Mr. Chair.
Thank you, sir. Planning department's recommendation.
Sorry about that.
That's all right.
Yeah, no problem.
Thank you.
Thank you, Mr. Chair. The recommendation is as follows.
It is recommended that the site plan for new maintenance building,
addition
of the gravel area with bin blocks,
outdoor storage, new driveway to the side street, and a six-foot
or tall screen fence be
approved with the standard conditions of the planning commission.
And more specifically,
number one, five copies of revised site plans shall be submitted
indicating the following. A, the
site plan
data chart shall have the following changes.
Number one,
A, change to
use,
medium light industrial and storage.
Number two,
B, change zoning district
from M-2 medium light industrial
to
that.
Excuse me.
Three, D, remove S from structures.
Four, E, change to area of
proposed structure equaling
7,500 square feet.
Five, F, change to gross structure
area, 11,560 square
feet.
Six, H,
change the total requested
open storage from
6,979 square feet to
include the truck and trailer storage, which planning
staff calculated as
2,190 square feet for a
total of
9,169 square feet.
Seven, J,
change parking requirements to one space
per 1,200 square feet and change 30
spots to 10 spaces required.
Change 70 spots to 70
spaces.
Eight, K, remove.
Nine, L,
remove.
One, B,
remove the note stating open storage of materials shall
not be permitted on the site. The proposed project includes
open storage. One, C-
Provide the dimensions for the trucks and trailers and total square
footage of the storage in this area.
1D,
provide the total square footage for the open storage behind the
building under the canopy.
1E, indicate the type of materials
proposed for the 10 bins located
east of the proposed building.
Indicate the height of the bins
stacked three bins high. Dimension this
storage area.
1F, that's the 26 spaces located
set back five feet from the south property line, that's
along Centerwood Drive, shall be removed,
and the asphalt removed to the 20-foot
setback line.
Removal of these spaces would reduce the amount of
existing parking spaces to 44
spaces, still well above the required 10
spaces for the site.
1G, the proposed driveway to Centerwood Drive
shall be relocated 50 feet west, that's the
center of the proposed driveway, to the center
of the existing driveway on the south
side of Centerwood Drive.
The driveway then creates an intersection with the other driveway.
The new driveway may be 30 feet in width.
If approved by the City of Warren Engineering Division,
the radii for the driveway should be enlarged from
20 feet to 25 feet, and that's
industrial, not residential radii.
1H, the existing center
of the driveway to Dequindre Road should be
relocated at least 15 feet north.
The change allows for an increased distance from Centerwood Drive
and the positions of the new driveway
across from the driveway to the retail center
across the road in Hazel Park.
The new driveway may be 30 feet in width
if approved by the Macomb County Department of Roads.
The radii for the driveway should be changed from 20
to 25 feet, and that's industrial, not a
retail-type radii.
1I, provide three
canopy trees within the 50-foot
grass area. That's the front grass area along Dequindre
Road, spaced 50 feet apart. Recommended
tree species are pin oak, bald cypress,
or silver linden, or similar from the recommended
tree species list.
1J, provide nine canopy trees within
the new 20-foot wide setback area
after the pavement is removed along the south property
line, and again, that's Centerwood Drive.
Recommended tree species are the same as the
front setback along Dequindre Road.
1K, indicate the type of screening proposed on
the chain link fence. Plastic slats or a
privacy fence are preferred.
Fabric screening is not recommended as it is easily
torn and becomes unsightly.
1L, the fencing with screening
shall be provided
along the 20-foot setback parallel and along
the south property line. That's Centerwood Drive.
Condition number two, two copies of floor
plans for the maintenance building shall be provided.
Condition number three, two copies of revised
elevation plans shall be submitted indicating the
following.
A,
correct the directional information.
North and south
need to be switched, and east and west need to be switched.
3B, update the elevation plans to include a minimum
four-foot high brick or
steel-sided panel wainscot along
the lower portion of the
exterior wall of the proposed building.
And excuse me, I'll have to take off the...
It's supposed to be a masonry type of thing.
So it's four-foot high brick or block, but
remove the steel siding panels.
Okay.
I'll continue, and that's along the exterior wall of the proposed building.
The wainscot protects the lower wall section from impact
from vehicles and machinery.
Condition number four,
the site plan indicates a future
15,000-square foot
building
expansion,
and I think...
Excuse me, that's 15 or 7,500?
15,000.
Okay.
Just double-checking. Excuse me.
Per a phone call from the petitioner,
it is not proposed to be constructed within two years and
shall be removed from the site planCondition number
five. According to city engineering records, Centerwood
Drive is noted as a private drive.
However, in reviewing assessing data, it was
discovered that Centerwood Drive was deeded to the city of Warren
from the Macomb County Treasurer in 2018,
per recorded quitclaim deed,
Liber
25488, page
883.
Since that time, the city has owned this
1.17 acres of paved
roadway, and that's
13-30-151-016,
which contains city utilities as
indicated on the survey provided.
The city attorney's office shall work with the engineering division to
determine the next steps in dedicating Centerwood
Drive as a city right of way.
Condition number six, the following variances may need to be
obtained from the Zoning Board of Appeals prior to the
release of the site plan to the building division.
And they are,
A, to allow a gravel area equaling approximately
35,180 square feet.
And B,
allow a 3,339
square feet in excess of the amount of
open storage permitted. Maximum allowed
5,830 square feet for a total of
9,169 square feet of open
storage proposed.
And
if approved, the variances shall be added to the revised site
plan. And finally, condition number seven, the performance
bond in the amount of $15,000 shall be posted
according to the estimated cost of $500,000
by the petitioner. So with that,
Mr. Chair, the recommendation is submitted. Thank you.
Thank you, Mr. Wirth. This is a public hearing.
If there's anyone who'd like to come up and speak on this item, come up and you'll
have three minutes to speak, and state your name and address for the record.
Seeing none, we'll turn it over to the commission.
Chair, make a motion to approve with discussion.
I support it.
There's a motion by Commissioner Holowaty, supported by Mr. Hawk.
Go ahead with the discussion.
Okay. Can the petitioner step forward, please?
Good evening, gentlemen.
Good evening.
Sounds like a good plan here. But I just have a couple of quick questions.
Sure.
Did you have any problems with any of these recommendations that our planning
directors gave forward? Because I know there were quite a few.
Yeah. So most, I would have to say that over 80% of them have already been
corrected, and I just had
a couple of questions regarding three of the issues-
Which?
... that were stated.
Which would those be?
You know what? I don't know the letters, but the-
Oh, okay.
Thank you.
It's the first one for me, was the parking spaces, the 26 spaces along
Centerwood Drive.
Hmm.
What would be the problem with that?
Well, as I understand it, and maybe I took the measurement from the wrong spot, but
the current condition, to me, was closer to a 17 foot.
But I did take my measurement from the curb to the back of the parking lot.
So if it's from the property, it may be, in fact, shorter.
But anyways, there's 17 feet between the curb and the back of the
existing parking lot, and then these spaces have been in place and
functioning for quite some time.
So the recommendation would remove those spaces, which would be a meaningful
impact on the site for us as an
owner/user thinking about long-term operations and growth.
One of the things that enticed me about the property was the ability to grow my
business, and I will need those spaces per our
2028 plan, and I would like to keep
them. So we'd just like to better understand
whether there's flexibility there, or if there's a way to address the
intent of the requirement without losing those spaces.
Okay. And then you said there was something else, or was that-
I had... Yeah.
So the second would be the Dequindre Road entrance,
which is H.
Right.
That access point has been in its current location for decades and
has functioned without issue, I would imagine.
Relocating it introduces cost and disruption.
So we'd like to understand what concern is being addressed there, and whether
there's flexibility to keep it as is.
Okay.
And then the only other one was for the
entryway off of Centerwood Drive,
which is also in, I think, G.
Mm-hmm.
The proposed shift impacts how we would move our trucks and
materials through the yard, which is important for both the
efficiency and the safety in our operation.
So similar to the other requests, we'd just like to talk it through before
committing to a change.
Okay.
Thank you.
Mr. Wirth, can you step forward? Maybe give it a little bit
more background. Can any of these be addressed tonight, or would they have to make
changes?
Okay.
All right. We'll start with the parking spaces.
Minimum.
Their requirement is really
lowAccording to the city, like 10
spaces.
Those parking spaces are located
in the 20-foot setback along the south
property line, and that's along center line.
So if they want to keep those spaces,
then they're going to have to go get a variance to do so.
We would prefer that they remove them.
I'm not so sure about... I'd like to
understand how... This is a landscape company, is it?
Is it not? A land-
Landscape
... landscape company?
Yeah, Landscape Design Build.
Okay. So
with that type of
use,
I'm not understanding what the use, why there's
that much use for
that many parking spaces. Seventy altogether.
Mm-hmm.
That's an immense amount. The reason that it was 70 before is
because it was a bar and grill
and required more parking at that time.
This is an industrial type of use,
typically not requiring that much parking.
So that's the reason that I suggested they be removed.
Put the
grass in, put the trees in,
and get some landscaping along there.
That was
that particular thought. And
one thing I
didn't understand when now talking about the landscaping,
there was a tree that was on
Centerwood
that for some reason was removed, and then trees
and shrubs all along the north property line,
and those were all removed. And I couldn't understand why
a landscape company
would remove all the landscaping off the site.
I did not remove it.
Well, I don't know.
I don't own the property yet.
Huh?
I do not own the property yet.
Oh, you don't? So the-
No. I'm in the due diligence period looking to purchase the property.
Okay.
So can I comment?
That might mean that you wouldn't have removed those trees.
Yeah. I just-
All right. I couldn't understand it-
No
... in many cases.
That's okay.
All right.
And can I make a comment in regards to the spaces, the parking spaces, the-
Well, I was going to move-
The 60. Yeah
... if you want to do each one, go ahead.
If that's okay. I just wanted to make...
So the spaces is for proposed growth.
So most of our administrative staff can work within those 10
spaces or 12 spaces, but we do employ people to build
our projects. We do both commercial and residential construction projects.
We currently employ over 30 people, and by 2028, we're
planning to have 60 to 70 employees, so we
need those spaces. That's one of the things that has attracted me to this property.
All right.
Okay. Then what that will be is we can change our...
Well-
And we'll have to-
You'll have to-
... clear it up
... you'll have to go to the Board of Appeals to get a
variance to retain those in that setback,
because they shouldn't have been there in the
past, but they're there. And so, that's what you'll have to do. Okay?
Along with those other two variances that have been
listed.
Right.
All right. Okay? Sorry about talking to them
and not talking on the mic. So that's
how that can be handled
in that particular case. I'll go to the driveway
over on Centerwood.
We've always worked
with
the engineering department
with traffic in traffic and safety issues.
They always try to line up
these
driveways if they're out there and put them across from
each other, just as was explained
in the recommendation to create a safer area,
a intersection, so to speak. That's what
commonly goes on, and
that's-
Go sideways.
Yeah. Look toward the other end of it,
David. Not that one.
Where he proposes one-
Go east
... move it-
Yeah. There
... over to the... Keep going.
Move it. Move
the image right.
Or you probably can't do it. Okay. That's all right.
Anyway, so that's the reason for that.
We didn't think that 50 feet had a big impact on it.
Yeah. So that's the one on-
Center
... Centerwood Drive, right? Yeah.
So,
yeah, we were just wondering if there would be any
flexibility, and we understand that.
The challenge for us is the proposed shift impacts just the
maneuverability and the flexibility of operations in the yard, so we
do path of motion and those types of things to assess how to utilize the
yard. So having it there for us is most efficient and most safe.
So we were just trying to understand if it was like a safety issue.
For us, it's just maneuverability and-
No, it's a safety issue.
Okay.
That's why I would ask for it to be moved.
Otherwise, I would've left it alone.
That's what we commonly do, but
I guess I'll leave that up to
the planning commission to make a decision on that.
But-
May I ask, what's the specific safety concern, if you
don't mind? I don't do this so I-
I don't mind. Well, making an-
Mr. Worth, can you come up to the mic, please?
Making a... All right. Making a driveway across from
another driveway creates an intersectionTwo cars
coming, passing each other. One wants to turn one way, one wants to
turn the other way at the same time.
And when they're offset like that, then it creates a
problem.
Yeah.
When they're straight across from each other, then the problem isn't there.
People can observe how they operate
at any intersection, for that matter.
The same argument was for the front.
With that one,
I will
see it here.
Okay. I used-
It could be
... I used the keyword, should be.
That doesn't mean they have to do that.
It's kind of tight. It should be done
to, again, create the same intersection out onto Quinder.
The farther away from Centerwood Drive you
are, the better.
As people want to turn into your facility, and they're
slowing down and people are behind, and then someone's coming
out off of Centerline, just like that vehicle is right there,
and
it creates an issue. The farther away from a
street like that, the better. And then the other one moves up and gets
across from the retail strip, a crossroad of...
It's a little complicated,
but for safety's sake, it works. But like I said,
it should be. That doesn't mean-
No, I appreciate that
... one needs to be, and I want to make that clear to the
planning commission. That's what that means.
So,
okay.
Anything else?
Chair, I
have no other questions.
Thank you, sir. Anyone else like to speak on this matter?
Mr. Chairman, if I may.
Thank you, Mr. Wirth.
What are your hours of operation?
So the typically 7:00 to 5:00.
Okay.
So
the residents that live near there aren't going to have to
put up with stuff at 10:00 or 12 o'clock at night.
No.
Thank you.
No, sir.
That was my only question. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you, sir. Anyone else?
To the petitioner, good evening, sir.
Thank you.
I had a little problem with the drawing
because there's not enough dimensions on it.
The maintenance building has no dimensions on it.
Where you're locating the bins on the end of it, they have no dimensions, and
that's in the recommendation that you give us some sort of drawing that shows
recommendations.
And then the bins that you're showing on the end, you're showing how big they are.
You're not saying what's stored in each of the bin, what kind of materials or
whatever are going to be in there. All that should be on the site plan.
We've made those adjustments. Those are all there now, correct?
Yeah, those are all on the revised drawings.
So we did do all of that and have corrected it.
The big reason behind most of it was we were ultimately looking for
the open storage. This purchase for me would be dead in the
water if I can't get the open storage.
So if that's disapproved, I wasn't going to invest all the
money into plans and floor plans and all those things if you
said no to the open storage that I need.
That would kill the deal for me.
Okay. I understand that, but it's kind of hard to look at a drawing and make a
determination when you don't have all the facts.
Yeah, and we do have that now.
So.
So we've got it covered, and I appreciate that.
All right. Thank you, sir.
Thank you.
There was a motion by
Commissioner Holowaty,
supported by Commissioner Hawk?
Yes.
Roll call.
Hold one second.
One second.
Mr. Wirth.
You should... All right.
Pardon me?
I asked... Okay. I just want you to consider what the
petitioner said, and you probably should make a
decision on what you want to do with the driveway
on Centerwood. If you want to leave it where it's at, fine, or move it.
Or leave it where it's at or move it the way I suggested,
and I'm not... I just want you to make a decision on
that and what your thoughts are on the
parking
spaces. And the driveway out front is just a
suggestion, okay? So you don't have to worry about that, but
I don't know what you think about it.
Okay. To the petitioner, can you come up again a minute, please?
Now, you said you wanted to keep the extra parking spaces because you're planning
on increasing your staff.
Correct.
The reason we had them eliminated in the first place is because they're in the
setback.
That's as I understand it, yes.
So
you're talking about, with the other driveway, circulation
in the... See, another problem, too, when you have a project like this
and you're going to have trucks circulating in there, and you talk about you may
not have room to maneuver, whatever, a lot of times, if you show how the
movement's going to go on inside the drawing,
then we can get a better idea as far as driveways and stuff like that.
So the drawing didn't really show any circulation of vehicles.
So where he put the driveway to be
across from the other one down on Centerwood,
he's moving it up. That would be closer to, in line with the other
driveway. Do you have a problem with that?
Don't necessarily have a problem with it.
It would be more ideal for us if it was to remain that way.
The things that I don't understand or don't know how to measure or manage is, I
don't know how much traffic you get down that road, and how much of a
safety issue it really is if
you only have a couple of cars here and there. It's not like it's an all-day thing.
So that I don't understand, and I don't know how to measure or if it was measured.
So that would be the only question I asked, is how grave of a
safety concern really is it if there's not a great deal of
traffic?
Mr. Wirth, you want to come up and address that?
Good point.
No, I don't believe there's a great deal of traffic
on Centerwood. I think it's a rather
quiet,
nice cul-de-sac. Industrial
use.
Yeah.
But-
You have to make it over here.
We talked about it.
Yeah.
I indicated what I thought. But-
I think this is good. Right where that is
... he's talking about growth, and he's talking about
a lot of employees. So
if he wants to keep that, we'll
leave this in the
recommendation, but we'll also put it in that he
wants to go for a variance,
and
retain
those parking spaces.
All right?
Okay. Thank you, sir.
So,
whatever you decide on the driveway.
One last question for the petitioner on the driveway.
I noticed the new driveway is down by where the bins are going to be.
Is that going to be too close
for you to be able to move materials in and out of those bins?
No. Not safely, no.
There would be no issue with movement while
the bins are being accessed.
Okay. So where it's at, where it shows it on the drawing, that's good for you?
Yes, sir.
And I would like to add, if it's okay, that as far as I call it, we're in the
beautification business.
Mm-hmm.
So I have all the intents of beautifying the property.
So I have no problem with the landscape.
There will be brick pavers and plantings, and the property will be
beautified.
Okay.
Because that'll be our showpiece.
We will have clients come in occasionally.
We do high-end residential luxury construction,
and we want them to come to a presentable place of business.
So we will do that as well.
Okay. Thank you, sir.
To the commissioners,
on the
parking spaces,
he's going to try to get a variance to keep them for
further expansion.
Right.
So is that okay with everybody?
I think it's okay.
I have no problem.
Okay. And as far as where the driveway is on Centerwood, this doesn't
line up with the one directly across.
But if there's not that much traffic, and it's not...
How often would that driveway be in use?
Pretty much the team comes in in the morning, and they'll move their trucks
off-site, and that's pretty much it.
Occasionally, we'll have some bin materials that'll
be filled, but that's not a daily thing.
It might be-
Right
... a monthly thing. So it's not going to be something
that's trafficked that
excessively.
All right.
Thank you, sir.
Mr. Chairman, I think if we leave the driveway where it is on
the drawing,
I can't imagine there's a lot of traffic down that street to begin
with.
And I dare not talk about a traffic study,
especially on that one.
Thank you.
But I think
leaving the driveway where it is,
I don't see that as being a problem.
Okay.
Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Very good. So we're going to leave the driveway where it shows on the drawing,
and he's going to go for a variance for the 26 spaces to allow for
expansion. And then the other driveway on Dequindre, where it's offset,
it may not be necessary to move that driveway.
Yes.
Okay.
He might want to get a variance on that driveway also to see what zoning
says about that.
Okay?
There's a motion by Commissioner Holowaty, supported by Mr. Hawk. Roll call.
Commissioner Holowaty?
Yes.
Commissioner Hope?
Yes.
Commissioner Ansara?
Yes.
Commissioner Bonecki? Yes. Commissioner Dużej?
Yes. Commissioner Smith?
Yes to approve. Good luck with your project, sir.
Awesome. Thank you very much.
You're welcome. Don't worry.
Appreciate it.
Have a good day now.
Good luck.
Item number 6C.
6C, site plan for new parking lot and open storage
for repair vehicles located on the south side of Nine
Mile Road, approximately 280.84 feet west
of Hoover Road,
11510 and 11514 Nine
Mile Road, and
13-34-226-015,
Section 34, David Dawoud,
PSP 260004.
Good evening, sir.
Hello, and good evening.
Good evening. Tell us a little bit about your project.
My name is David Dawoud. This is Larry Morogi.
He's my civil engineering.
And we've been taking time to redesign the site plan based on your
feedback about space and vehicle flow.
So back in January 13, 2025, we had our site plan
denied due to not having enough space in the propertyFew months
after that, we did ended up buying the next door land ending
parcel of 015, which now gives us plenty of room for
smooth circulation, organized parking, safe entry and exit.
The layout includes clearly marked parking spaces,
dedicated ADA space, landscaping, and
dumpster enclosure.
Everything is designed to be easy to navigate to keep the traffic moving
efficiently with the site.
We will be operating during standard business hours, overall, keeping the
property clean, organized, professional at all times.
My goal is to run a clean, professional auto repair business that
fit well with the area and does not impact surrounding properties.
Thank you for your time. I respectfully ask for the approval.
I'm also happy to answer any questions you may have.
Thank you, sir. Correspondence?
On correspondence, taxes are current.
Building has no issues. Engineering,
preliminary review of this site indicates that planning commission
approval should be contingent upon the petitioner's compliance with
the following conditions. One, make the drive approach
width at property line to be 30 feet
back of curb to back of curb. Two, drive
radii must be minimum 20 feet. Three,
damaged existing sidewalk must be removed and replaced with
new concrete sidewalk. Number four, lot
combination conforming to the site plan must be done.
AT&T. AT&T does not object to this proposal.
We do have facilities in the area, but they should not be affected.
Comcast, we have aerial facilities in the area, but we
have no conflicts with the proposal.
Macomb County Public Works office has reviewed the
site plan for the project referenced above and has determined
the proposed site disturbance is less than one acre
and will not require a stormwater review from this office.
Prior to construction, a soil erosion permit may be
required from this office. Contact our Soil Erosion
Department at
586-469-5327
for more information regarding same.
If a no objection letter is required, please forward your request
to wesley.janik@macombgov.org.
That concludes the correspondence, Mr. Chairman.
Thank you, Mr. Secretary. Planning department's recommendation.
It is recommended that the site plan for new parking lot and open storage for
repair vehicles be approved with the standard conditions of the planning
commission, and more specifically, number one, five copies of revised site
plans shall be submitted indicating the following.
1A, the property boundary dimensions shall be provided on the site plan.
1B, the existing building shall be indicated as abutting the existing
building to the west and shall be indicated on the plan.
1C, a note shall be provided stating all outdoor retail sales of
items shall be prohibited on the site.
1D, the site plan indicates an open storage area
measuring 28 feet by 72.72
feet and containing 2,000 square feet.
However, the plan shows a smaller area measuring approximately 28 feet by
52.5 square feet and containing
1,470 square feet, 13 stacked
vehicles. Provide the dimensions of the open storage area, and if additional
storage is to be provided beyond the 13 vehicles, label this
on the site plan.
1E, the center driveway shall be removed and replaced with straight
concrete street curbing that connects the east and west driveways and
creates a right of way area. The following elements shall be provided and
noted on the plan.
E1, brick pavers shall be provided at the same width as the connecting
driveways. E2, grass shall be provided between the two
driveways. E3, a tree shall be planted in the grass
area halfway between the two driveways.
1F, per the engineering division's comment, revise the proposed
driveway approach from 26 feet in width to 30 feet in
width at the property line, measured back of curb to back of curb.
1G, a note shall be provided stating all landscape areas shall be
automatically irrigated. 1H, no greenbelt or wall would
be required. However, with the storage of vehicles proposed to be
parked
up to the south property line abutting the public alley,
screening in the form of plastic slat shall be provided on the existing fence.
I, note the existing fencing and height on the site plan.
J, the trash enclosure note and graphic depict a
concrete block structure wall that is not permitted.
Planning staff recommends that the enclosure area be joined with the six-foot high
poured concrete wall along the south property line and in the
southeast corner area of the site.
The wall and enclosure both will have a 45-degree angle
cap the base of the enclosure with an eight-foot
front concrete apron and screen gates.
Remove the note and graphic on the plan.
Design the southeast corner trash enclosure.
Number two, the three parcels identified as
13-34-226-013,
that's 11510 Nine Mile,
and then
13-34-226-014,
that's 11514 Nine Mile Road, and
13-34226-105, and this
does not have an address, shall be combined into one parent parcel.
An application has been submitted to the planning department requesting the
approval of the combination, and it's currently in process.
Number three, a performance bond in the amount of $840 shall be
posted according to the estimated cost of $28,000 by the
petitionerAnd one thing we want to add that a minimum bond in the
amount of $1,000 shall be posted.
And this ends the recommendation.
Thank you.
Thank you, Ms. Michelle.
Thank you.
This is a public hearing. If there's anyone that would like to speak on this item,
please come forth, state your name and address for the record, and you'll have
three minutes to speak.
Seeing none, we'll turn it over to the commission.
Chair, I make a motion to approve with discussion.
Support by Commissioner Ansir.
There's a motion by Commissioner Holloway, supported by Commissioner Ansir.
A discussion?
To the petitioner.
Good evening, gentlemen.
I'm happy that I do remember that you did come in front of us before,
and unfortunately... But I'm happy to hear that you were able to
negotiate and purchase a property next to you.
I live right here on the corner from you.
Yeah.
So that does make me happy and that you were able to
meet with him and come up and buy that property.
That probably does definitely help you.
But do you have any problems with any of these newer recommendations, and
especially the raising of the bond?
So
when the first time I had the denial, I had 2,000 square
feet. So, by me purchasing the land next door, which now gives
me approximately about 10,000 square feet-
Yeah
...
everything will be organized with a storage area, with a dumpster enclosure,
and customer parking. We'll make the business more professional.
And then,
everything will just be organized and clean that way, once we have the
big space. So, it helps with the business a lot and helps with the
customers. And then,
we worked over it, we thought it over, and
I thought-
Happy to hear that
... this was the best thing to do, so.
Okay.
I yield the floor.
Thank you, sir. Anyone else like to speak on this item?
Me?
Okay. Thank you.
Petitioner, you had a chance to review all the
recommendation?
I'm sorry?
You had a chance to review all the recommendation?
Yes. I did that, and actually, I corrected
everything as you wanted, except the dumpster.
And I can do the work on it
probably this week.
So you agree with all the recommendation?
Yeah, all of them. I did the 30 feet, and I did the
20-feet curb, and I put the brick,
everything. I'm good with that except the dumpster.
I did not understand it, how. I need an explanation, but I
took a picture now for this, and I'll follow the story.
Okay.
Yes.
So what is your hours of operation?
Sorry?
Hours of operation.
I think it is 7:00 to 7:00. How long is the operation?
Well, it's standard hours, so it's probably from around 8:30 to
5:30, 6:00 o'clock.
It's seven days?
Six days.
Six.
Monday through Saturday, but I don't know the Saturdays.
They might be a little earlier. Sometimes it's from 8:30 to 3:00 o'clock.
So this additional parking space also,
customers going to use for park their own parking, or only just for the
repair vehicle-
So with-
... you're going to use there?
Yeah. So
on the right side, we do have the customer parking, but it's collision shop, so
mostly everything's done by appointments.
You don't really get a lot of walk-in customers.
A lot of the times, it's normally appointments only,
and then, we try not to fill up the
side of the building with the storage area.
We try to keep it minimized, less cars there.
And, most of the
jobs will be done indoors because like I said, I do have a property
on also 8 Mile. We always keep it clean, and then it's always
never filled up with cars like some of the other shops.
They fill up cars right next to each other.
We like to keep everything clean and organized the way it is on the plan.
Okay. So as you mentioned that there will be no walk-in customer, only
a collision customer, like appointed.
Yeah. A lot of the times with the collision shops, it's
always appointments, but you always get one or two walk-in
customers to get quotes, but-
Yeah
... well, most of the time it's only by appointments.
And with the social media and stuff, it's always by appointments, so.
All right. Thank you.
I think it's a great move buying this property.
Thank you.
It will look nice, and it will serve your purpose. Thank you.
I yield the floors.
Thank you. Anyone else like to speak on this?
Mr. Chairman.
Go ahead.
One question.
The 20-foot alley, who's
south of the alley? Those are homes back there, correct?
Residential. Yes.
The reason I'm asking is I'm
not in favor of having the trash enclosure close to
the
residential south of the alley.
Is it possible to move it
north of that
tree or bush or whatever that is?
Go north from there.
You mean the storage?
The trash enclosure, yes.
Oh, the trash.
Dumpster.
The dumpster.
Dumpster. Yeah, usually
the dumpster is at the end. Nobody let me
before to put the dumpster in the front. Nobody let me.
Well, I don't want it in the front. I want-
Like where the-
Yeah.
Okay. If you go north from where the dumpster is, you have that cutout.
Yes.
on the north side of the cutout instead of where it is.
So you want me to put the green area at
the very end, and then the dumpster?
That might even work better. I don't want the neighbors south of
you complaining about smells or odors or anything else.
I agree with you.
This dumpster is trash dumpster. It is not garbage dumpster.
So there will be no
food, no-
Yeah, but sometimes you end up with oil or and a freezer or whatever the heck it
is.
Yes.
Um...
And also, one of the recommendations that I got
from the...
is to move this green
area in the middle of the parking spaces.
One of the notes, we just read it here.
Okay.
So I moved it there. Now, if you want me, I can put it in the very end,
and then I'll put my
dumpster there. Will be good for me. It's okay.
Would that be a problem with the staff?
I just don't want to have the neighbors
complaining about odors or anything else.
And putting a dumpster-
Whatever you decide, we'll do.
Sorry.
That's fine if you would want them to move it.
The way we discussed the trash enclosure, though, was giving him the
option to use some of that
concrete wall
for the enclosure. But, so that was
one of
Jay about the
graphic and depiction-
Right
... because there is that concrete wall along the back-
Right
... as well. But,
so they do have
the concrete wall proposed, then there's the alley, then
the residential. But,
I can see the reasoning for putting the
green area in the corner as well. So-
Yeah. If we could flip the two-
Mm-hmm
... and move the-
Yeah
... trash enclosure just a little bit away,
every little bit helps, let's put it that way.
Yeah.
And I'm thrilled that you were able to buy the lot next door to
you. That solved a whole bunch of it.
Thank you very much, Michelle. If the
maker of the motion accepts that, then we can
move on from there.
Thanks. So does the maker, Commissioner Holowaty, accept
flipping that green space with the dumpster?
Rechange-
Yeah, flipping them.
Flipping them.
Yes. I agree. So that
would be helpful that way he could get along better with his neighbors in behind
also.
Okay.
So I agree with that change.
Mr. Ansari, you support that?
Yes, I do support that.
Okay.
So we're in agreement that if you flip where the tree is
at and the trash dumpster, change positions of them, then that'd make a little bit
better toward the wall.
Okay.
So you still got to have a six-foot high concrete wall at that point to the
corner.
We'll do that.
Okay. I'm glad that you got it
resolved because I went by there the other day, and I looked, and there were no
cars out there. I said, "Oh, what happened?"
Yeah.
Did he move?
I got a new tenant.
Did he move? I said, "Oh."
Yeah.
But I'm glad that you got the extra lot-
Yeah
... because it's going to help you out.
Thank you.
Because I know you're trying to be there and trying to do what you have to do.
So
that being said,
that was a motion by Commissioner Holowaty, supported by Commissioner Ansari.
Roll call.
Commissioner Holowaty?
Yes.
Commissioner Ansari?
Yes.
Commissioner Hoeg?
Yes.
Commissioner Bonecki?
Yes.
Commissioner Douger, yes. Commissioner Smith?
Yes to approve, and good luck with your project, sir.
Thank you guys so much.
Have a good evening.
Thank you. Thank you.
Item number 6D.
6D, site plan for modification of existing site
to accommodate truck docks, detached storage
building, and exterior doors located on the northwest
corner of Sherwood Avenue and Eight Mile Road,
6565 Eight Mile Road, Section
33, William Turner, FNLR Straight
6 LLC, Johannes P. Palm, Albert
Kahn Associates Inc.,
PSP260012.
Thank you, Mr. Secretary.
Ron wants to come up and comment on this item.
Excuse me?
I said, do you want to come up and comment on this item?
Yes, I want to comment on this item.
There's a letter in your packet. It's a letter from
myself to the Planning Commission, and I'm requesting
that the item be postponed for
some reasons here. There are five reasons.
I'll read them
so that everyone understands. Number one, the Planning Department
does not accept site plans with lines
drawn and superimposed over an aerial
view image of the property in question.
That's number one. Number two, the scale of the overall site
plan is one inch equal 200
feet.
It is impossible to review this
vague example of a site plan. The planning
staff attended two meetings,
umWhere many details were discussed
and none were addressed on the site plan.
Number three,
the required parking areas for the site are located
across Sherwood Avenue to the east.
There are no property descriptions for the
parking
lots one through three. The
amount of parking spaces
are only close estimates of what their true counts
are.
The parking lot properties shall be
identified on the site plan with individual
property descriptions. The submitted site plan
cannot be used to determine their locations.
Number four, the buildings, the truck trailer parking
areas, open storage areas,
driveways, et cetera, cannot be
reviewed because of the hazy background
image. And finally, number five,
specific discussions focused on the crosswalks
from the parking areas to the
facility. Safety issues were
identified. These locations on Sherwood Avenue
are not able to be identified.
So
with that, these issues stand out as serious ones
that cannot be overlooked.
The site should be postponed to a
date in which the petitioner can provide appropriate
plans for the public presentation before the planning
commission.
I did speak to
Ms. Valerie Noel, who
is a
representative
for this group, including the others on here in the CC
who are also representatives. But she
seems to be the main contact person.
And
we talked about this and she agreed, should be
postponed to the April 13th
meeting. And,
there will be a meeting on Thursday.
Again, this will be the third meeting with their
representatives and our full staff to
discuss these issues. But,
we don't accept these types of drawings, aerial photos
with superimposed dimensions
and things like that on the drawings anymore.
It's not a good method of
providing a site plan that you can't
understand. And as you can see right there,
David has it
presented, it's rather difficult to see any kind of detail on that
site plan.
So that's why I'm asking for it to be postponed.
Thank you, Mr. Wirth.
Thank you.
I need a motion to postpone till April 13th.
Mr. Chairman, I'll make a motion to postpone.
Support by Commissioner Ansir.
Was that Commissioner Ansir, the support?
Yes.
You got to talk a little louder.
Thank you.
That was a motion by Commissioner Duza, supported by Commissioner Ansir, to
postpone this item till April 13th.
Is that enough time?
Well, it's about three weeks.
Yeah, but-
Because Easter is going to be in two weeks, so it gives them an extra week.
If they submitted this,
then are they going to need more time?
It's just a straight question of Mr. Wirth.
I think they can certainly do it.
Elvert Kern and PEA are both
reputable
design outfits, architects. There's no
reason why they couldn't have provided
the type of design that we usually look for.
I mean-
Well, these are the people that came up with this nonsense to begin with.
They are the... That's right.
So-
And they now know that that is not what we require.
There's no way that planning commissioners can read this other
than what they
said there. This is vague, and
she understands that, and they're
more than happy to
work toward that time.
Very good.
They
are also into this, if they get it done sooner,
they may ask for a special meeting.
But that's going to be totally up to the planning
commission, whether they care to do
something like that or have them go to the 13th and
just be done with it.
If you're comfortable with the 13th, then I've got no problems with that.
It's the 13th that her and I agreed to.
Fair enough.
All right. Thank you.
All
right, that was a motion by Commissioner Duza, supported by Commissioner Ansir,
to postpone this to April 13th, which should give them enough time.
Of course, if they don't have enough time, they can always ask for a little more
time.
Fair enough. Yes, sir.
Roll call.
Okay. Duza, yes to
postpone.
Commissioner Ansir?
Yes, to postponed.
Commissioner Holowaty?
Yes, to postpone.
Commissioner Hoog?
Yes, to postpone.
Commissioner Bonecki?
Yes, to postpone.
And Chairman Smith?
Yes, to postpone till April 13th, 2022.
Okay.
Um,
I was notified is our ex officio,
Councilman Noonan here? Good evening, sir.
Welcome.
Item number seven.
Seven.
Correspondence.
Correspondence that the City of Detroit is proposing an
amendment to the Detroit Master Plan of
policies.
A resolution to amend the Detroit Master Plan of
policies for the two areas
generally bounded by Warren Avenue, McGraw
Steel, 30th Street, the I94
Expressway, and vacated Parkdale Terrace
to accommodate light industrial development uses and support
future retail. Master plan change number 32.
Thank you, Mr. Secretary. I need a motion to receive and file.
Motion to receive and file. Okay, I second.
Motion to receive and file, Ansara. Commissioner Ansara.
Very good.
And support by-
Support by Mr. Holowaty.
Yeah.
Should we read this letter into the record?
I don't really think we need to.
Okay, fair enough.
Um.
I appreciate it.
Yeah.
All right. We have a motion to receive and file,
motion by Ansara, support by Holowaty.
Um-
All in favor?
Yes.
Aye. Any opposed?
No.
All right.
Okay.
Item number eight, old business.
Number eight, old business. Minor amendment for parking lot and
landscaping modifications to existing gas station
located on the northeast corner of Nine Mile Road and Dequindre
Roads, 23006 Dequindre Road,
Section 30, Hassan Mohammed, Telco Investment,
PMA260002.
Good evening, sir.
You finally made it.
Hey. How are you?
Good. You want to tell us a little bit about your project?
My name is Hassan Mohammed. I own the 23008 Dequindre
location. And
I got that place like that, but right now I have to
fix something of it.
In the side, between the pump and the sidewalk,
there is no safety for the public.
Yeah.
So I have to put two feet cement and
six inch high. In the other side,
I have to take the cement off and put the grass back.
Yeah, this side.
Okay. Anything else?
That's it.
Okay. Correspondence?
Correspondence.
Taxes current. Building has no issues
providing scope of work is limited to parking lot and
landscaping modifications. Engineering.
Preliminary review of this site yielded the following comments from the engineering
division. One, show and identify the location of all
City of Warren underground utilities in the vicinity
of the project. Two, all text must be
legible. Use the proper text size.
Three, properly dimension the two-foot concrete slab.
Four, any construction within the, excuse me, Dequindre
right of way shall require a permit from the Macomb County Department of
Roads.
Fire. With regard to the project
PMA260002, the fire department
doesn't see any issues that may affect our operations.
AT&T does not object to the proposal.
Comcast, we have no conflicts with this proposal, but we have
aerial and underground facilities in the area.
DTE Electric company has reviewed the site plan for minor
amendment for parking lot and landscaping modifications to
existing gas station. DTE has no objection to this
request impacting 23008 Dequindre Road,
Section 30, per the site plan provided.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me
at
586-783-1978.
Macomb County Department of Roads has received and
reviewed the enclosed preliminary plan for the above-mentioned
site.
MCDR has no objections to proposed development at the
above-mentioned site. If you have any questions, please feel
free to contact me at
586-463-8671.
Macomb County Public Works office has reviewed the site plan for
the project referenced above and has determined the
proposed site disturbance is less than one acre and
will not require a stormwater review from this office.
Prior to construction, a soil erosion permit may be
required from this office. Contact our Soil Erosion
Department at
586-469-5327 for
more information regarding same.
If a no objection letter is required, please forward your request to
WesleyJanik@macombgov.org. That concludes
the correspondence, Mr. Chairman.
Thank you, Mr. Secretary.
Planning department's recommendation.
It is recommended that the site plan for minor amendment for parking
lot and landscaping modifications to the existing gas
station be approved with the standard conditions of the planning commission, and
more specifically, number one, five copies of revised site plan shall
be submitted indicating the following1A, all the
elements on the site plan that are existing shall be indicated as
existing, such as the canopy and the gas pumps.
The driveway as shown widened shall be indicated that the plan
is reflecting the current conditions, which differs from the originally
approved site plan from 1989. And there are no plans to further
expand the driveway approach. 1B, the site plan shows the
concrete slab measuring five feet in width.
However, the notes on the plan indicate the slab would be two feet in width.
This shall be clarified and updated on the site plan.
I just want to note that whether it's two or five, it'll still need a variance,
but that comes later. Okay. 1C, the new curbing on
the property shall align with the curbing of the driveway approach.
1D, the concrete curbing shall be provided along the front property
line of the petitioner's property to separate the new concrete curbing
island and the new landscaped island from the public sidewalk.
1E, a note shall be provided stating, "Open storage of materials shall
not be permitted on the site."
1F, dimension the parking spaces on the site plan.
Update the number of parking spaces provided in the site data chart.
1G, update the parking calculation to one parking space
per 300 square feet. The outdoor retail sales areas
would also use this calculation. 1H, per a field
check on the site, it appears that a vehicle also parks in the northeast
corner of the property in front of an Amazon Locker kiosk.
Update the site plan to include all parking spaces.
1I, change the HC to accessible parking space.
The parking space shall be updated to ADA standards for a van
accessible space and access aisle and shall be
dimensioned on the site plan.
1J, although the past site plan included three parallel parking
spaces measuring 10 feet by 21 feet,
each three feet from the front, which is the south elevation of the convenience
store, planning staff in reviewing this plan by current standards
recommends the middle parking space directly in front of the entrance of the
building be removed. There needs to be a clear accessible access
to the front entrance to the building.
K, per a field check of the site, outdoor retail sales is
located along the front three-foot wide walkway.
This is immediately in front of the building.
The propane area and ice area completely obstruct the walkway from the
location of the accessible parking space to the ramp provided on the
walkway to access the building. Outdoor retail sales, including the
Amazon Locker kiosk, shall be indicated on the site plan, and the square
footage shall be included in the site data chart.
L, indicate the location of the SMART Bus stop on the
site plan. M, a note shall be provided stating, "All lighting on the
site shall be shielded and not encroach upon abutting properties.
The light fixtures, pole, and base shall be no higher than 20
feet as measured from the top of the light fixture to the bottom of the base at
ground level. All glare
shall be eliminated from all light fixtures.
Upward directed lighting shall not be permitted."
N, planning staff recommend shrubs such as shrubby cinquefoil
and meadowsweet, in addition to perennial ground cover like butterfly
weed or smooth blue aster, be planted in the southeast corner of the
property and between the sidewalk and the street curb on Nine Mile Road.
And O, a note shall be provided stating, "All landscaped areas shall be
automatically irrigated." And number 2, the following variances may
need to be obtained from the Zoning Board of Appeals prior to the release of the
site plan to the building division.
And 2A is to construct the proposed two or
five-foot wide concrete curb along
Nine Mile Road when an eight-foot wide landscape setback is required.
2B, to construct the proposed five foot seven inch wide landscaped
area along Dequindre Road when an eight-foot wide area
is required. If approved, the variances shall be added to the
revised site plan.
And number 3, a performance bond in the amount of $540 shall be
posted according to the estimated cost of $18,000 by the
petitioner. And then we have a note, the planning staff believes that the proposed
bond is too low given the fact that additional concrete curbing and
landscaping are part of the improvements, resulting in a bond in the amount of
$1,000. And this ends the recommendation.
Thank you, Ms. Michelle.
Thank you.
This is a minor amendment, so I need a motion to recognize it as a minor amendment.
Chair, I make a motion to recognize this as a minor
amendment.
I support it, Chair.
There's a motion by Commissioner Holowaty, supported by Commissioner Hoke, to
recognize as a minor amendment. Roll call.
Commissioner Holowaty?
Yes.
Commissioner Hoke?
Yes.
Commissioner Ansara?
Yes.
Commissioner Bonecki?
Yes.
Commissioner Duza? Yes. Commissioner Smith?
Yes, to recognize as a minor amendment.
Now I need a motion for the
approval of the item.
Mr. Chairman, I'll make a motion that we approve
this item as a
minor amendment.
I support it.
There's a motion by Commissioner Duza, supported by Mr. Hoke. Any discussion?
Chair?
Go ahead.
Just a couple of quick questions again, sorry.
To the petitioner, do you have any problems with
these recommendations that our planning department gave forward tonight?
No.
Do I have any, like, what were you saying, sir?
Any problems
making these changes to your plans?
No. No, I don't.
Thank you.
Okay.
All right.
Thank you.
Anyone else?Okay.
All right.
I don't know
if there's a time limit, how much time you're going to need to make these changes.
But normally, once we approve something, you got, I believe, up to two years to-
Right
... to make the changes. So-
Like, how long I need to start with the
work?
Right.
So
I have to pick the time, or you're going to give me-
No, no. You've got up to two years to do it.
Well, I'm going to start-
But don't wait till
one year and
12 months.
Oh, no, no, I'm not going to wait. I'm going to start right away-
All right
... when the weather change.
Good enough.
Thank you, sir. That was a motion by Commissioner Dusek, supported by Commissioner
Hulk.
Yes.
Roll call.
Chair, one quick thing, sorry.
The question we had, the two or the five feet.
So two is fine. I know the petitioner said two feet, it's just the plan,
that's something will have to be changed, because it shows a measurement of five
foot the concrete, but two feet would be enough for them to do
along Nine Mile,
to be the barrier between their property and the
sidewalk.
Right.
So I just wanted to point that out because we'll update this, but it's
just the dimension showed five, and it measures five
on their plan, but they'll have to update that.
And just a clarification, once they
don't get working on it right away, so they have to get the revised
plans will have to come to us, the bond, and then once the
plan and any
variances get approved, then the
petitioner will have a approved plan and building to get a permit.
Right.
So just want to make sure he doesn't start working tomorrow.
Okay.
No, no. No weather.
Yes, you have to be done with all this by Easter.
Yeah.
I'll do that. So I'm
all set?
But he still has to go to zoning for the variances, so.
All right. That was-
I made the motion and-
Motion by Commissioner Dusek, supported by Mr. Hulk. Roll call.
Dusek, yes.
Commissioner Hulk?
Yes.
Commissioner Ansara? Yes. Commissioner Holowaty?
Yes.
Commissioner Bonacki?
Yes.
Commissioner Smith?
Yes to approve. Good luck with your project, sir.
Thank you.
All right. Item number 9, bond release,
9A.
A site plan for outdoor storage of trucks and
trailers,
located on the southeast corner of the Otis Avenue and Dequindre
Road, 22626 Dequindre Road, Section 31,
Donald Kinchloe,
Firas Elia,
PSP240010,
approved on May 20th, 2024, cash bond posted in an amount of
$500, project complete, release the bond.
Need a motion to release the bond.
Mr. Chair, I bring motion to release the bond of
$500.
I second that motion.
There's a motion by Commissioner Hulk, supported by Commissioner Holowaty
to release the bond for $500. All in favor?
Aye. Aye.
Any opposed?
Item number 9B.
Site plan for Ukrainian Boy Scout Youth Center and gravel
parking lot located on the south side of Chicago Road, approximately
768 feet west of Ryan Road,
3440 Chicago Road, Section 6, Karen M.
Berti, Mike Sawicki, approved on February 10th,
2020, cash bond in the amount of $100, project complete,
release the bond.
Motion to release the bond.
I'll make a motion to release the bond. I support it.
Was that Ansara or-
Yes.
Commissioner Hulk, okay. There's a motion by Commissioner Dusek, supported by
Commissioner Hulk. All in favor?
Aye. Aye.
Any opposed?
Item number 10, new business. Seeing none.
Item number 11, citizen participation.
Any members of the audience who'd like to come up and speak?
State your name and address for the record, and you'll have three minutes to speak.
I'm all at once.
Seeing none. Item number 12, planning commission business.
12A, planning director's report.
Thank you, Mr. Chair. Just a few things here.
Meetings mostly that I attended
during this time period, a couple of DDA meetings, and they continue
to do lots of business, needless to say, but not
necessarily planning business. But, I attend anyway.
Attended a city council meeting with
Commissioner Holowaty.
And, so that
they made a decision to hold off on the
vote, but they confirmed that he should be in his
position. So that's sort of how that
went for now. So
I think that'll happen in the future here shortly.
Attended...
Not attended, we
continue our meetings with the zoning ordinance.
Attended a meeting with a group, RTA Baseline
Transportation
Group, to look at the smart sites, the
bus drop-off sites. That's
the second conversation, and they're interested
in our opinion about how these should be
improved or moved or something of that sort.
So lots of discussion
there.Had a virtual
meeting with Speedway.
The discussion was on their other
two sites.
Let me see. Groesbeck and Frazeo,
and 14-mile and Ryan, those two. And they
seemed to have trouble trying to
get their site plans completed and
the way
they were approved with conditions.
So got that straightened out. As a matter of fact, I signed off on
those two plans today. So they'll
be working toward reconstruction
on those two sites.
And let me see here. And
myself and the staff had a
meeting with the mayor,
first
part of the budget hearing
process. And
so
I
guess there's nothing to comment on.
It was a quick meeting, so to speak.
I'll just put it that way. And
we'll be
there in April in front of city council
on a Saturday afternoon, usually that's when it is, and
present our budget there.
And that's about it. Any questions?
Anybody have any questions for Mr. Ward?
Glad to answer.
Item number 12B, planning commission discussion and concerns.
Anything?
I want to congratulate Commissioner Holowaty from
going through being approved-
Thank you
... by the city council.
Thank you, Chair. Yeah, I look forward to continuing to serve.
I just put to the council meeting just to make sure I would get approved as much as
I could make my comments.
So I take it from there and see what's down the
road. Thank you.
Glad to have you, sir.
I'd like to thank you for the officer in the back who are attending our meeting
tonight. I know he doesn't get recognition, but I see him back there.
Bravo.
Anybody else have anything?
Nothing.
Okay.
Mr. Chairman, I'd like to make a motion-
No. Uh-uh.
No?
Don't you dare do that.
Had it timed to do that.
Okay. Item number 13, calendar pending matters.
Back in the hole.
Seeing none at this time, item number 14, motion to adjourn.
I'd still like to make a motion that we adjourn.
And wish everybody a happy Easter.
And celebrate it.
Thank you.
That was a motion by Commissioner Dusek, supported by Commissioner Holowaty.
All in favor?
Aye.
Any opposed? Happy Easter, everyone.
Thank you