Wednesday, March 27, 2013
The Birmingham Planning Board will meet at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at City Hall.
Wednesday will be a busy night for the Birmingham Planning Board because while they don't have any hard-and-fast decisions to make, there's a lot on the docket to be discussed. The Planning Board will meet at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at City Hall. Stay tuned to Birmingham Patch all week to hear what happened, or watch the meeting live either on Public Access Channel 15 or at the city's website. What's on the agenda? During a study session, site plan, design review and Special Land Use Permit reviews will not be made. Each member of the public will be allowed to speak once at the end of the session. Little San Francisco Neighborhood Study/Transitional Zones Earlier this month, the Birmingham City Commission commissioned LSL Planning to study 404…
Wednesday, March 13, 2013
The Birmingham Planning Board will meet at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at City Hall.
The fate of the former Bordine's on Woodward location is back before city officials Wednesday night, as developers move forward on plans to bring a new restaurant and barber shop to Woodward Avenue. The Planning Board will meet at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at City Hall. Stay tuned to Birmingham Patch all week to hear what happened, or watch the meeting live either on Public Access Channel 15 or at the city's website. What's on the agenda? The group looking to re-develop the former Bordine's on Woodward location comes back to the Birmingham Planning Board Wednesday, and this time, they have plans for a new barber shop and sandwich restaurant. Last year, developers first came before the city looking to build a Dunkin Donuts at the now-vacant …
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Wednesday, February 27, 2013
The Birmingham Planning Board will meet at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at City Hall.
Curious about The Stand? And should Townhouse have a bigger outdoor dining platform? Both issues come to the Planning Board Wednesday evening. The Planning Board will meet at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at City Hall. Stayed tuned to Birmingham Patch all week to hear what happened, or watch the meeting live either on Public Access Channel 15 or at the city's website. What's on the agenda? The Planning Board will hold a public hearing for The Stand, a new restaurant looking to move into the space now occupied by Zazios, in the Greenleaf Trust building at the corner of Woodward and Maple. Zazios announced that it would be closing at the end of January however developers say the restaurant has instead scaled back its operations and will close this …
Wednesday, January 30, 2013
The final site plans for a dental office at the east end of Lincoln was approved by the Planning Board last week.
The large vacant lot at the far end of Lincoln may soon see some development, after the Planning Board gave their approval for a project some call "very important" for the Rail District. Last week, the Planning Board approved the final plans for an 8,260 square-foot dental office to be built at the far eastern end of Lincoln Road in Birmingham's Rail District. The six acre lot on Lincoln — near the Birmingham Ice Sports Arena, the Goldfish Swim School and Kenning Park — is the former site of the Stanley Door industrial complex. Plans to build condos and a baseball complex for Brother Rice fell through in 2005 and 2010, respectively. According to plans initially presented in September 2012, the proposed one-story dental office and …
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Monday, November 19, 2012
The Planning Board delayed a decision on whether to rezone a property at 404 Park St. from residential to general business.
Wednesday was the second time plans for a new apartment building on Park Street came before the city, and for the second time, Birmingham residents made it very clear: they're not happy. Plans for a multi-family development at 404 Park St. were again delayed during Wednesday night's Planning Board meeting, with the city asking for more details and more compromises in light of loud criticism from neighbors. On Wednesday, LPR Properties, owner of the vacant double lot at 404 Park St. — which borders Park Street, Oakland Avenue and Woodward Avenue — asked the Planning Board to consider rezoning the lot from R2 (single family residential) to B2C, or general business. According to the plans, rezoning the property would free the developer from …
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Thursday, September 27, 2012
A group of dentists and oral surgeons are looking to build a dental office on the vacant lot at the east end of Lincoln.
The empty lot at the far end of Lincoln may see some new development, after plans for a dental office received preliminary approval from the Birmingham Planning Board. Last Wednesday, the planning board passed along plans for an 8,260 square-foot dental office, to be located on the vacant lot at 2400 E. Lincoln. The six-acre lot at the east end of Lincoln — near the Birmingham Ice Sports Arena, Kenning Park and the Goldfish Swim School — is the former site of the Stanley Door industrial complex. Plans to build condos and a baseball complex for Brother Rice fell through in 2005 and 2010, respectively. According to Planning Director Jana Ecker, the proposed one-story dental office and surrounding parking lot is designed by Victor Saroki, of …
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Friday, July 20, 2012
The Birmingham Planning Board postponed the preliminary site plan review for Dunkin Donuts, which wants to move into the former Bordines spot on Woodward.
Is Birmingham ready for a Dunkin Donuts and Baskin Robbins with a drive-thru? Based on plans presented to the city last week, the Birmingham Planning Board says: not yet. The planning board postponed the preliminary site plan review and Special Land Use Permit application for Dunkin Donuts, which is looking to move into 33779 and 33757 Woodward Ave., between Humphrey Avenue and Bennaville Avenue. The new doughnut shop and Baskin Robbins ice cream parlor would be moving into the former location of Bordine's on Woodward, which closed last winter. The current site is comprised of a greenhouse structure, a parking lot in the rear and a brick building on the corner of Humphrey and Woodward. According to plans, Dunkin Donuts would demolish the …
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Thursday, January 26, 2012
The Birmingham Planning Board voted to postpone discussion of the bistro license transfer request from Mario Gojcaj, who hopes to open a new bistro on Hamilton Row.
The chef and owner behind the now-defunct Cole Street Kitchen project is looking for another chance to open a restaurant in Birmingham. Mario Gojcaj has outlined plans to open the bistro MI Kitchen at 327 Hamilton Row. To do so, Gojcaj and his new partner, Bujar Mamuslari, is seeking approval from the Birmingham City Commission to transfer the bistro license he received in 2010 for Cole Street Kitchen to his new establishment. Those plans will have to wait a bit longer, though: during its Wednesday night meeting, the Birmingham Planning Board voted to postpone its discussion on the issue to Feb. 15, citing the need for more time to review the application with the city attorney. “We want to make sure things are in order,” Planning Board …
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Wednesday, October 19, 2011
The Birmingham Planning Department suggested improving the pedestrian crossing at Lincoln and Woodward at the joint meeting Monday of the City Commission and Planning Board.
Have you tried crossing Woodward Avenue at Lincoln lately? According to several city commissioners and planning board members, it's dangerous and hard to cross in one trip — and it should be fixed. At the joint meeting of the Birmingham City Commission and Planning Board on Monday, Planning Director Jana Ecker updated the group on work done by the Woodward Avenue Action Association (WA3) to improve the intersections at Lincoln, Bowers, Brown and Maple. Ecker said WA3 hired consultants to evaluate the intersections to find ways to increase access and safety for pedestrians, bicyclists and the disabled. These crossing improvements were identified as a top priority by the City Commission and Planning Board at the last joint meeting in June, …
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Tuesday, October 18, 2011
City representatives agree that evaluating Birmingham's liquor license policy is more complicated than expected.
Where is the city moving with its liquor license policy? That was the question city commissioners and planning board members strove to answer Monday night at a joint meeting with the two boards. "We are at a critical point in our history where we have to make decisions going forward," commissioner Scott Moore said, noting that evaluating how restaurants contribute to a healthy city should be on all city leaders' minds. During the meeting, city manager Bob Bruner presented a history of the city's liquor license policies, stretching back to when Birmingham first began issuing the first 16 Class C liquor license in the 1970s. That history includes: At the last joint meeting of the planning board and city commission, members of the combined …
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11:47 am on Tuesday, November 20, 2012
If residents of the "San Francisco" area are interested in pursuing a pocket park in this location, they should contact the Parks and Recreation Board, attend meetings, and make their thoughts known. The City could take control of this important access point to Woodward Avenue. Birmingham voters have previously approved issuence of bonds for Park acquisition and improvement, for example, the … more ›