Germain Motors Project Gets Council OK
A proposed expansion for Germain Motors – an auto dealership on South State Street, formerly Howard Cooper Imports – has received approval from the Ann Arbor city council. Action by the council came at its Feb. 3, 2014 meeting.
The site plan had been recommended for approval by Ann Arbor planning commissioners at their Dec. 17, 2013 meeting. The item had previously been postponed by commissioners on Nov. 19, 2013.
The planning commission’s recommendation of approval of the project’s site plan was subject to variances for modifications related to parking lot and landscaping requirements. Those variances were considered and approved by the city’s zoning board of appeals on Jan. 22.
Planning commissioners also approved landscape modifications that would reduce the … [Full Story]