City Council Study Meeting of 07/27/26, July 27, 2026
Votes on Stormwater maintenance agreement — Penske Automotive at 27777 Schoolcraft Road
How this board votes
The City Council approved 92% of 106 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 was a Livonia City Council study session (agenda-setting for the August 17, 2026 voting meeting); no final votes were cast, but several land-use items were reviewed. The most consequential item is waiver petition 2026-06-02-16 by J.B.
- Jurisdiction
- Livonia, MI
- Governing body
- Final authority
- Date
- July 27, 2026
- Decisions
- 11 zoning decisions
- Outcome
- Voted
Free sample: decision 1 of 11
Sidewalk requirement waiver at 37633 Scone Court
Request by Gaspar Campo of TCM Development LLC to waive the sidewalk requirement for property at 37633 Scone Court; Engineering (Zielinski) had no issue with the waiver. West side of street has no existing sidewalk. Routed to consent agenda for August 17, 2026.
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 was a Livonia City Council study session (agenda-setting for the August 17, 2026 voting meeting); no final votes were cast, but several land-use items were reviewed. The most consequential item is waiver petition 2026-06-02-16 by J.B.
Key Decisions (11)
Sidewalk requirement waiver at 37633 Scone Court
Sidewalk requirement waiver at 27416 Sunnydale
Sidewalk requirement waiver at 18252 Lathers
New classification: Capital Planning and Budget Manager
Waiver use for adult medium group home at 38525 Eight Mile Road
Waiver use for Culver's drive-through restaurant at 29155 Seven Mile Road
Boiler system replacement bid — Bennett Civic Center Library
Stormwater maintenance agreement — Emerson Oaks
Stormwater maintenance agreement — Bill Brown Ford at 32400 Plymouth Road
Stormwater maintenance agreement — Penske Automotive at 27777 Schoolcraft Road
ADA restroom renovation contract — Bennett Civic Center Library
Development Activity (2)
Adult medium group home at 38525 Eight Mile Road (Joshua Simmons house)
Residential
Culver's drive-through restaurant and multi-tenant retail building at 29155 Seven Mile Road
Commercial
Market Signals (3)
Commercial Demand
A Culver's operator is investing in a new drive-through restaurant…
Housing Demand
Livonia is seeing its first licensed adult foster care medium…
Infrastructure
Rising construction/equipment costs are evident: a rebid of a library…
Who Spoke (20)
On the record: the chair, 5 councilmembers, 3 staff members, 2 applicants, the applicant's representative, and 7 members of the public.
Agenda scorecard
Our pre-meeting forecast, graded against the recorded vote29155 Seven Mile Road conditional use permit
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