Comments on: AHP Zoning Revisions Go to City Council

By: Mary Morgan

Mary Morgan — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 18:17:04 +0000

Re. #3: The fifth issue: Kroger needs to submit an Ann Arbor Geodetic Reference System (AAGRS) Coordinate Transformation Worksheet. [.pdf file of the worksheet]

By: Rod Johnson

Rod Johnson — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 15:28:04 +0000

Re Kroger: you have “five outstanding issues to address”, numbered 1 through 4. Was there a fifth of any significance?

Very happy to see the smaller setback requirements going into effect.

By: Vivienne Armentrout

Vivienne Armentrout — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 13:59:45 +0000

I have not reviewed these changes carefully in comparison to my notes from last year, but it appears to me that the staff changes faithfully respond to much of the public comment from last year.

I’m particularly glad that they eliminated the maximum setback from R2A/R2B. It seemed possible that this could affect the ability of people to grow food in their front yards. Even a small raised bed, as now being seen in many front yards, can be an important addition of fresh food to a household’s diet.

Also, limiting the R1E house size to 2,000 SF was, in my opinion, an appropriate and prudent step to make these potential small infill projects, as they say, “affordable and diverse”.

Another welcome feature was the additional commercial height limitations adjacent to residential areas. That was something many of us expressed concern about, since many of our small commercial areas abut residential neighborhoods.

By: cosmonıcan

cosmonıcan — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 13:50:42 +0000

Regarding the Kroger drive thru, I can say from experience getting a handicapped person to the store, those spots on the south side are invaluable because of the relentless traffic in the front. When that parking is removed, I won’t go there anymore, it’s too frustrating and unsafe to cross. They could double the handicap spaces in front, it still won’t open the bottleneck forcing so many cars to cross in front of the store. The same holds true for most of Westgate, but Kroger is worse.