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- 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 - Thursday, Sept. 11
The county has moved the yard waste site from the central site at the Broadview Enviroservice Station, to the northeast end of Sherwood Park, by Greenland Garden Centre. It’s a poor location with the construction happening in the area as well as the distance from the recycling center/ecostation to the yard waste site. With the two locations on opposite ends of Sherwood Park, it will be a lot more driving for residents using both of the services.…
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…
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