ST. CLAIR SHORES SENTINEL • APRIL 5, 2023
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David Maynard, who lives on Ridgeway, said he thinks the parcel of land allotted for the building is not big enough, among other things. “A lot of other reasons are the products that are being put on the building are not monument-type buildings. This is a building that will be in disrepair within 10 to 15 years,” Maynard said. “I know that the association is supposed to take care of all this, the condo association, who knows how well they’ll do that.” Steve Tafflinger, a resident of Winwood Pointe, said he has some issues accepting what the business assumptions of the applicant were. “At the quoted price of $450K for an 1,180-square-foot condo, that’s over $375 a square foot,” Tafflinger said. “Now, if I was in New York in a high rise and I had 48 concierges, maybe I’d pay that amount, but we’re not in that locale.” He went on to say other condominiums in the area go for around $220 a square foot with better amenities and features. Other concerns stated at the council
meeting include whether or not contamination from the gas station that was previously there had been removed, and a possible invasion of privacy from the residents in the building. Caron said even when they’re supposed to consider the special land use, the St. Clair Shores ordinance requires there to be a buffer between the building and other residents. “Our own ordinance gives us guidance that we look at areas, like, by the lake or by an expressway, which means areas that have buffers,” Caron said. “The properties that do go above three to four stories, you know, Shore Club, Leisure Manor, golf course, there’s large buffers in those areas. That doesn’t exist here.” Rusie brought up that the traffic study put online for the residents said it was done at Schoenherr Road and 26 Mile Road rather than Jefferson Avenue. Rani Sheena, who was representing the applicant, said that was a typo from another traffic study, but the numbers were accurate to the traffic study that was done on Jefferson. Councilman and Mayor Pro Tem Chris Vitale said he was probably going to be in favor of the building but was put back by the typos in the document. “Not willing to really accept the idea
that that was a typo,” Vitale said. “This is a pretty important project. I mean, I’d be inclined to just table this and come back. Because for a multi-million-dollar development, that’s pretty poor.” Sheena said the numbers in the traffic study are accurate. “I’ve seen many traffic studies and I understand about the typo and the only thing, the only thing I was looking at, I was concentrating on, is how this would affect the traffic on Jefferson versus another type of development,” Sheena said. “And if you look at
that, that’s basically the whole traffic study. He did the traffic counts, you know. Those are accurate.” When it was decided to table the project, a few residents voiced their displeasure of the decision while they left the meeting. Mayor Kip Walby answered a few of those residents. “We didn’t vote for it, sir, we tabled it,” Walby said. “We tabled it. The body wants to evaluate it.” Call Staff Writer Alyssa Ochss at (586) 498-1103.
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