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A Memphis property owner contends that the developer's requested zoning variances are self-created and non-compliant, estimating over 200 daily vehicle trips impacting neighbors, and urges public participation.
- A public hearing concerning Statewide Management's multifamily project for Memphis Meadows will take place on September 11, 2025, at the Memphis Lions Club, overseen by the city's zoning appeals board.
- The developer rezoned the property from single-family residential to multiple-family in 2023 and has since presented a non-compliant plan requiring variances they refuse to avoid.
- The requested variances include reducing paved road widths from the required 56-foot standard, which poses safety and congestion concerns for neighboring properties receiving over 200 vehicular trips daily.
- Relevant laws like the Michigan Zoning Enabling Act and Memphis codes assert zoning changes or self-created financial difficulties cannot justify granting variances, and the plan fails preliminary review standards.
- The hearing encourages resident participation to address violations and potential negative impacts on neighborhood character, transparency, and representation resulting from the ongoing contentious development process.
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Letters to the Editor: Sept. 12, 2025
Prop 50 The Herald’s Sunday editorial , a reprint of an L.A. Daily News editorial, which urges a no vote on Proposition 50, fails to address the elephant in the room. Proposition 50 has been placed on California’s November ballot to provide voters with a choice to temporarily suspend California’s independent redistricting commission and approve new, temporary congressional district lines. Why did Governor Newsom and the California Legislature a…
Letter to the editor: Sept. 10
Zoning variances are only part of the problem This letter to the editor is in response to the letter titled “Zoning variances needed for project” that was published in the Sept. 3, 2025, edition of The Voice. I am the property owner and assessed taxpayer of Parcel Number: 04-03-02-125-004 located at 80263 Belle River Road in Memphis, which is part of Memphis Meadows. My very active participation in this development and municipal process began in…
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