Land Use Buffer Changes Delayed
At its March 5, 2012 meeting, the Ann Arbor city council postponed a vote on changes in landscaping and land use buffer requirements in the city code. The postponement is until the council’s March 19 meeting.
The first change would restrict some requirements that have been added recently just to those plans that require city planning commission or city council approval: (1) providing landscaped islands for every 15 parking spaces; and (2) providing bioretention areas in 50% of the interior landscaping areas. Administrative amendments to existing plans would not trigger the requirements.
The second change involves requirements to provide buffers between parcels with conflicting land uses. Recent amendments added requirements that properties in R3 (townhouse dwelling) and R4 (multiple-family dwelling) districts include … [Full Story]