2/11/14 - At the Brighton Township Planning Commission meeting Monday night, commissioners approved the rezoning of a proposed development on Woodland Lake that is adamantly opposed by its nearest neighbors. Opponents â most of whom live on Woodland Shore Drive - say the proposal is not in harmony with the natural features of the area and would cause a big increase in traffic congestion. The area is currently zoned R-2, but Boss requested that it be changed to a planned unit development. Township planner Kelly Matthews says that making the development a PUD â although allowing for greater housing density â would preserve more of the property as a forested natural area with considerable wildlife. Boss would be developing the area, on the northeast side of Woodland Lake, in conjunction with the NorthRidge Church of Plymouth, which is seeking to expand in the Brighton area. If given final approval by the township board, it would be the sixth development by Dan Boss in the township. Boss tells WHMI his proposed development would involve 33 single-family homes â some of them with lake frontage â and 16 detached condominiums being proposed by the church. All of those in the over 50-person audience spoke out against the project. Now that the township planning commission has approved the proposed development conceptually as a PUD, it goes on to the Livingston County Planning Commission next month for consideration and then to the township board for final approval, as early as April. (TT)
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