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Community advocates cited environmental and health concerns as reasons to overturn the proposal.
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Future strip malls may not have a place in much of Detroit's Midtown district.The Detroit News reports proposed new zoning rules aim to discourage new…
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The U.S. Department of Justice is suing a suburban Michigan township for denying a zoning permit for an Islamic school. Pittsfield Charter Township denied…
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Michigan's zoning law bars counties and townships from regulating the drilling and operation of oil and gas wells, meaning oil can be drilled as close as…
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Zoning laws.Those two words alone might not grab your interest.But watch residents pour into city commission and council chambers when there is some…
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Just what do you want your city, your community, to look like? Crowded bustling streets? Quiet, residential homes only? Zoning laws determine these…
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A meeting of the Detroit Board of Zoning Appeals yesterday resulted in some verbal firework, some confusion, and much scrutiny.That's because the hearing…
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Grand Rapids will appoint a task force to take a deeper look at how it should regulate people who want to rent out rooms in their homes on popular…
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Update 11/20/13: This week Grand Rapids City Commission voted to create a task force to study this issue deeper. See this new post for updated…
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It now appears even less likely Enbridge Energy will meet a federal deadline to dredge oil from the bottom of the Kalamazoo River. The cleanup is related…