Title
Resolution to Initiate Zoning Amendments Near Downtown and Central Campus
Staff
Reviewed by: Brett Lenart, Planning Manager
Derek Delacourt, Community Services Area Administrator
Milton Dohoney Jr., City Administrator
Body
Whereas, The Comprehensive Land Use Plan 2050 identifies ending Ann Arbor's housing shortage as one of its central goals;
Whereas, Implementing the Plan's zoning recommendations through the Unified Development Code rewrite will take several years;
Whereas, Ann Arbor's housing shortage is an urgent problem that requires prompt action, including zoning measures while the rewrite proceeds;
Whereas, The Hub and Transition areas extending south and east from downtown and the University of Michigan's Central Campus offer that potential because their proximity to the University and Michigan Medicine creates particularly strong demand from students and employees;
Whereas, The Plan recommends permitting a mix of uses throughout this area, and high-density development in Hub portions and in Transition portions far from Residentially zoned areas; and
Whereas, City Council has approved 4 project-specific rezonings in this area in the past five years, yielding over 1000 new units of housing, and an area-wide Zoning Map amendment would be more equitable and efficient than continued one-off rezonings;
RESOLVED, That City Council requests the City Planning Commission to undertake zoning amendment recommendations for the Hub and Transition areas extending south and east from downtown and the University of Michigan’s Central Campus, together with privately owned parcels in the Plan’s University of Michigan category, within the study area shown in Attachment A, with such boundary adjustments as the Commission may recommend;
RESOLVED, That the recommended amendments use existing zoning districts to permit a mix of uses and a range of building heights up to the following limits:
In Hub areas, high-rise development; and
In Transition areas and...
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