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Resolution Directing the City Administrator to Negotiate a Revised Consent Judgment in Support of Development for 2857 Packard Road
Memorandum
Currently, the City of Ann Arbor and Robert Weber are parties to a consent judgement that resolved a zoning lawsuit filed against the City in 2018. This consent judgement has the effect of approving the referenced site plan and development agreement, as well as prescribing additional obligations for the parties. This judgement is recorded with the court and is the governing document that prescribes and limits how the site may be developed.
Prior to this consent judgement, the following actions occurred relative to the consideration of development at this site:
* December 19, 2016 - City Council approved a rezoning of the site from R1C to R1E with Conditions (Maximum 52 homes of varying sizes and architectural styles, a minimum of five ranch homes along the perimeter, garages shall not project further than 12 feet from the front of house, and a 15 foot landscape buffer is provided around the perimeter of the site), and a corresponding Area Plan.
* September 19, 2017 - City Council defeated a submitted site plan. This action was consistent with the Planning Commission recommendation and City staff recommendation that the proposed plan did not limit the disturbance of natural features to the minimum necessary to allow a reasonable use of the land, and the failure to meet criteria set forth in the UDC for consideration of the petitioner's statement of natural features impacts.
* August 2, 2018 - Peters Building Co. and Robert Weber v. City of Ann Arbor (Case No. 18-822-NZ) lawsuit filed.
* February 19, 2019 - City Council directed the City Attorney to stay proceedings in the lawsuit, to enable the petitioner time to submit a PUD zoning request and site plan, and for the City to fully consider such application.
* October 7, 2019 - City Council defeated a PUD zoning request and PUD site plan for the site.
* Novem...
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