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Wednesday, January 27, 2021

Houghton City Council to meet Jan. 27 via Zoom

HOUGHTON -- The Houghton City Council will hold a regular meeting at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 27, by remote participation in accordance with Public Act 254 of 2020. The meeting will include setting two public hearings -- one for Proposed Ordinance 2020-315 and one for Proposed Ordinance 2020-314.

According to Houghton City Clerk Ann Vollrath, these public hearings require a 15-day notice. Although the agenda for this City Council meeting has indicated a public hearing on 314 as "possibly" being set at this Council meeting, it will be set as a separate public hearing now that the Planning Commission has recommended it to the Council, Vollrath explained.

That recommendation followed a lengthy Planning Commission public hearing on Proposed Ordinance 314 on Tuesday, Jan. 26. After hearing from members of the public on both sides of the issue of rezoning an area along Canal Road and bordering on the Portage Canal from R-1 (single-family residential) to B-2 (community business), the Planning Commission voted to send Ordinance 314 to the City Council for their decision. The area proposed to be rezoned is on the Torch Lake Superfund former Michigan Smelter site.*

Proposed Ordinance 315 is intended to re-zone another parcel on Canal Road, near the UPPCO building, from R-1 to B-2 for the Isle Royale Seaplane Service.

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Click here for the Agenda. 

Click here for the Council Packet, which includes maps of the areas that would be rezoned under Ordinance 315 and 314.

* Watch for an article on the Jan. 26 Houghton Planning Commission public hearing.

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