Middle Belt Road conditional use permit
Denied 7-0Not forecast
freeDenied 7-0moved by Brandon McCullough
Livonia Meetings
2044th City Council Regular Meeting, July 13, 2026
Approves Resolution directing law department status report on outstanding resolutions, 7-0
1h 37m12,017 words
13 mentionsapprovedmotion to approvepublic hearingdeniedLivonia, MI
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How this board votes
The City Council approved 92% of 100 recorded land-use decisions this period. Most frequent dissent: Eileen McDonnell (8 of 128 recorded votes).
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See the full board record, member by memberWhat happened
This Livonia City Council meeting contained limited land-use business. The Council denied a request (petition 2019-04-02-07) to transfer waiver-use approval for a massage establishment at 16345 Middle Belt Road to new owner Jingyu Chen on a 7-0 vote, after learning the new owner…
Meeting key facts
- Jurisdiction
- Livonia, MI
- Governing body
- Final authority
- Date
- July 13, 2026
- Decisions
- 11 zoning decisions
- Outcome
- Approved, 7-0
Free sample: decision 1 of 11
Waiver use transfer for massage establishment at 16345 Middle Belt Road
Request to extend waiver use approval to new owner Jingyu Chen (current owner Haiyan Pai) to operate a massage establishment at 16345 Middle Belt Road, west side of Middle Belt Road between Puritan Avenue and Six Mile Road, in the northeast quarter of section 14. Motion to approve was withdrawn after disclosure that Ms. Chen was sanctioned by the Washington State Department of Health in July 2022 (license MA60115256); a denial motion carried 7-0.
The other decisions are listed below by title. The full write-up, verbatim conditions, and the audio at each vote are in Pro.
Meeting Summary
This Livonia City Council meeting contained limited land-use business. The Council denied a request (petition 2019-04-02-07) to transfer waiver-use approval for a massage establishment at 16345 Middle Belt Road to new owner Jingyu Chen on a 7-0 vote, after learning the new owner…
Key Decisions (11)
Denied
Waiver use transfer for massage establishment at 16345 Middle Belt Road
Vote: 7-0
Other
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Approved
Vacation of water main and scenic easements at 33500 Seven Mile Road
Vote: 7-0
Approved
Storm sewer easement acceptance from A&R Packing Co. (section 28)
Vote: 7-0
Approved
Storm sewer easement acceptance from A&R Packing Co. (section 28, second)
Vote: 7-0
Approved
Storm sewer easement acceptance from Techno Sports LLC (section 28)
Vote: 7-0
Approved
Block party on Flamingo Boulevard
Vote: 7-0
Approved
Closed committee of the whole for pending litigation
Vote: 7-0
Approved
Resolution on council procedures study
Vote: 5-2
Approved
Resolution on city facility rental fee waivers report
Vote: 7-0
Approved
Resolution directing law department status report on outstanding resolutions
Vote: 7-0
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Who Spoke (20)
ChairCouncilmember · 5ClerkApplicant's RepWitnessPublic · 10
On the record: the chair, 5 councilmembers, the clerk, the applicant's representative, a witness, and 10 members of the public.
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