Wednesday, March 20, 2013
On Monday night, city commissioners approved a plan to study what kind of developments are appropriate in Birmingham's Little San Francisco neighborhood after residents fought a rezoning request last month.
If a vacant lot in Birmingham's Little San Francisco neighborhood isn't right for apartments, then what kind of development should happen there? And how should Birmingham treat development projects for properties that aren't quite residential, but they're not quite right for business, either? Those are the questions the city is looking to answer as part of a new study approved by the Birmingham City Commission. On Monday night, commissioners voted to amend Birmingham's current contract with LSL Planning, the firm that's currently working to create a South Woodward Corridor Master Plan. For an additional $5,500, LSL will now study the neighborhood known to residents as "Little San Francisco," the area wedged between Woodward and Old …
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Tuesday, February 26, 2013
Meanwhile, city commissioners directed city staff and the Planning Board to discuss conditional rezoning and what it means for Birmingham.
A controversial apartment project in Birmingham's Little San Francisco neighborhood won't be moving forward after all — at least for now. On Monday night, the Birmingham City Commission denied a request to rezone the empty lot at 404 Park St., located at the corner of Oakland and Woodward, from single family residential to general business. However, city commissioners were clear: this isn't the last time we'll be discussing either this neighborhood, this lot or rezoning. Plans for the empty lot at 404 Park St. called for the construction of an apartment complex led by the development firm Burton-Katzman. Original plans first introduced to the Planning Board in September 2012 featured 14 rental units. On Monday night, the final plans called…
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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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Hartland Smith
11:39 am on Wednesday, March 20, 2013
It is interesting that I keep seeing references to 404 Park St. as a single lot. I grew up in that area and know that the lots on the west side of Park are 50 feet wide and those on the east side are 40 feet wide. The narrower width was due to the fact that the lots were very deep because they ran back to the Grand Trunk right of way. For many years a house was situated on the NE corner of Park … more ›