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Ten Mile and Meadowbrook Commercial Rehabilitation Area Plan
Four Corners Study Area
Site Plan and Development Manual
City of Novi wins award for 2011 Non-Motorized Master Plan
Planned Suburban Low-Rise (PSLR)
Retail Service Overlay in the Office Service Technology District and Office District Changes

 

Ten Mile and Meadowbrook Commercial Rehabilitation Area Plan

Ten Mile and Meadowbrook Commercial Area Rehabilitation Plan (30 MB) - DRAFT 5/1/12

Planning staff, with assistance from the City’s architectural consultant, recently completed a draft of an Area Plan for the sixteen commercial properties on all corners of the intersection of Ten Mile and Meadowbrook Roads. The “Ten Mile and Meadowbrook Commercial Rehabilitation Area Plan” was developed as part of the City Council’s Tax Abatement Policy for the Area. The Policy was approved by the City Council in the fall of 2011 in an effort to create an incentive for the owners of commercial properties within the Ten Mile and Meadowbrook Commercial Rehabilitation Area to make significant improvements to their properties, or to assemble and redevelop smaller properties. The Area Plan is intended to create a vision for the overall Area, such that when property owners apply for the tax abatement the Policy offers, the improvements proposed can be guided by the overall vision of the Area Plan. The improvements proposed will be considered by the City Council relative to the requirements of the Tax Abatement Policy and their consistency with the Area Plan to determine their eligibility.

The Area Plan was presented to the affected commercial property owners during an open house held on March 28th, and was presented to the Planning Commission’s Master Plan and Zoning Committee on April 4th. The Planning Commission held a public hearing to discuss the Area Plan on April 25, 2012, and recommended approval to the City Council. The Plan will be considered for adoption by the Novi City Council during their meeting on May 21, 2012.

 

The Four Corners Study Area

Four Corners Study Area (10.8 MB)

Planning staff recently prepared The Four Corners Study Area report to provide a framework for staff, the Planning Commission and the City Council to consider the overall area surrounding the intersection of Grand River Avenue and Novi Road as proposals for both private development projects and public infrastructure improvements come forward.

Properties have been highlighted in each quadrant of the intersection and informational maps and tables include the following data:

• Zoning
• Future Land Use
• Natural Features
• Property statistics including acreage, occupancy and tax value data (2011 and 2006)
• Potential and actual projects

 

Site Plan and Development Manual

The City Council recently adopted an updated City of Novi Site Plan and Development Manual. This document is written for and provided to the development community to provide an overview of Novi’s development review standards, provide requirements for site plan and application submittals, and answer frequently asked questions. Planning Staff prepared the manual to provide easy electronic reference to the City’s Site Plan Review procedures and to reduce the number of paper copies that are currently distributed. The new electronic version will allow for reduced costs in duplicating paper copies (since many times the entire document is not needed), and will reduce the impact of unneeded papers being added to the waste stream.

Among the updates to the manual include hyperlinks to allow applicants to directly link to required forms or relevant information provided elsewhere on the webpage. Other changes include details of the Planned Rezoning Overlay Review process; combined sections for similar topics (i.e. Woodland and Wetland Permit requirements are discussed in a Natural Features Chapter); updated standards for Traffic Impact Studies to reflect the most current trip generation manual; and updated and refreshed application forms.

Click here to download the Site Plan and Development Manual.

 

City of Novi 2011 Non-Motorized Master Plan

The City of Novi wins Michigan Association of Planning (MAP) Planning Excellence for Best Practice Award
City of Novi 2011 Non-Motorized Master Plan
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Planned Suburban Low-Rise (PSLR)

Zoning Ordinance text amendment 18.253
Zoning Map Amendment 18.700, and
Sign Ordinance text amendment 11.100.41

Recent Event History

• October 5, 2011 - Public hearing held before Planning Commission. Planning Commission recommended approval to City Council.
• October 17, 2011 – City Council approved First Reading.
• October 24, 2011 –City Council approved Second Reading, with amendments.

Click for links to the Planning Commission and City Council packet materials:

October 24, 2001 Council Meeting

Matter 2. Approval of the establishment of the Suburban Low Rise Overlay District and related regulations, including....  Click here for more.

Matter 3. Approval of Sign Ordinance Text Amendment 11.100.41 to amend the City of Novi Code of Ordinances at Chapter 28, to add regulations concerning the placing of signs in the PSLR, Planned Suburban Low-Rise Overlay Zoning District.... Click here for more.

The approved PSLR text amendment establishes a new overlay zoning district that property owners may elect to use as an alternative to the existing underlying zoning. This district fulfills the City’s 2010 Master Plan for Land Use’s implementation strategies to create a “form-based” zoning district that permits attached single family and low-density multiple family residential, community service, human care, civic, educational, public recreation and office facilities. The optional overlay district does not permit the development of new detached one-family residential homes, retail businesses and personal service uses.

The map amendment establishes the boundaries of the PSLR Overlay district. The areas now approved for the PSLR Overlay district are located north of Eleven Mile Road between Wixom and Beck Roads
PSLR Overlay District Boundary Map
These areas are generally separated from detached one-family uses by section line roads and areas planned for public parks.

The proposed Sign Ordinance text amendment will establish sign standards for the proposed PSLR district that promote a residential character to the streetscape by setting size, setback and lighting standards that lessen the impact future signs could have on neighboring residential properties.

 

Retail Service Overlay in the Office Service Technology District and Office District Changes
Zoning Ordinance text amendment 18.254

Event history

• December 14, 2011 – Public hearing before Planning Commission. Planning Commission recommended approval to City Council.
• January 23, 2012 - City Council approved First Reading.
• February 6, 2012 - City Council approved Second Reading, with amendments.

This text amendment furthers the implementation of the adopted 2010 Master Plan for Land Use by permitting a select set of retail service uses in the OST, Planned Office Service Technology District as principal permitted uses subject to special conditions for those areas designated in the adopted Master Plan’s Future Land Use Map as Office, Research, Development and Technology with Retail Service Overlay.

The additional uses permitted subject to special conditions in this district include restaurants (not including drive-through or drive-in restaurants) and a limited amount of general retail and personal services. All of the other uses identified as principal permitted uses in the OST District continue to be allowed. These additional uses were recommended in the 2010 Master Plan for Land Use for the areas identified, since allowing for a limited amount of retail services to serve the employees and visitors of the nearby areas may make the prospect of developing new businesses in the area more attractive and thus create greater potential for additional development and redevelopment in the nearby OST District.

Also, as recommended in the 2010 Master Plan for Land Use, this Zoning Ordinance text amendment eliminates the unused OS-2, Planned Office Service District, removes reference to the OS-2 District in other sections of the Zoning Ordinance, and adds the OS-2 uses referenced as permitted uses in the OSC and OST Districts to each of these Districts.

February 6, 2012 Council Meeting
Approval of Zoning Ordinance Text Amendment 18.254, to amend Ordinance No.97-18 as amended, the City of Novi Zoning Ordinance...

Click here to see Retail Overlay Area Map