https://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/2022/05/public-invited-to-voice-opinions-on-proposed-plymouth-road-development.html
From https://www.a2gov.org/departments/planning/Pages/default.aspx
"A public meeting will be held on May 26, 2022 at 7:00 PM for a project at 2929 Plymouth Road, Ann Arbor.
The proposed development includes demolition of an existing building and construction of a new building for use as a financial institution. The proposed single story building is approximately 4,750 square feet."
https://www.a2gov.org/departments/planning/Documents/Planning/UMCU%202929%20Plymouth%20Road%20-%20CPM%20Postcard%20-%20Final.pdf
UDC 5.29.5D gives criteria for approval of special use. Eh.... I don't think that really gives so much wiggle room.
Letter to planning commission:
I just saw the proposal for a new bank at 2929 Plymouth Road with a 3-lane drive through. That's a few minutes walk from where I live, so it really brings home the fact that we're still getting a lot of car-dependent development.
I hope you'll set a high bar for new drive-through: perhaps there's some real use for them, but yet another drive-through bank doesn't sound like one.
But more importantly, I wish I understood better what the bottlenecks are preventing us from updating our zoning more quickly. For example, currently it's going to take a couple more years to rezone Plymouth road to TC1. Why can't we rezone larger areas at once, and on a faster schedule?