Action Postponed on Plymouth Road Retail

The site plan and rezoning request for a new retail development – The Shoppes at 3600 – was postponed by the Ann Arbor planning commission at its Nov. 7, 2012 meeting. Commission discussion raised questions about the location of the building in the site plan, and about whether, if the site plan were not approved, the site should be rezoned. No date for reconsideration was set. The project would be located on the south side of Plymouth Road, west of US-12 US-23 and east of Green Road.

The plan calls for separating a 1.15-acre parcel off of an existing 10.85-acre hotel site, where the Holiday Inn North is now located. The smaller parcel would be rezoned from R5 (motel-hotel district) to C3 (fringe commercial). A 9,490-square foot, one-story retail building would be constructed in what’s now the parking lot and front yard for the hotel, at an estimated construction cost of $1 million.

The building would include a restaurant with a one-lane drive-through window and outdoor seating. A shared driveway off of Plymouth Road would be used to access the site. The project includes 33 parking spots and four covered bike parking spots near the entrance.

The owner is listed as Ann Arbor Farms Hotel Corp., with property being developed by Diverse Development in Holland, Ohio.

The project was originally on the agenda for the commission’s Oct. 16, 2012 meeting, but that meeting was canceled due to the lack of a quorum of commissioners.

This brief was filed from the second floor council chambers at city hall, 301 E. Huron, where the planning commission meets. A more detailed report will follow: [link]