Planning Services
Jump to STREAM plan and permit system | upcoming participation opportunities | activity reports
Planning Services works to guide land use development, policy and preservation that best meets the City of Ann Arbor's goals. This work is steered by the Comprehensive Plan, initiatives put forth by the City Planning Commission, community efforts, and/or by changes in state and local legislature. To support this work, Planning Services is responsible for the following:
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Boards and Commissions: Planning Services supports the
City Planning Commission, the
Design Review Board, the
Zoning Board of Appeals, and the
Historic District Commission.
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Zoning Administration: Staff is responsible for administering, preparing amendments for, and maintaining the City's zoning ordinance and development standards, known as the
Unified Development Code.
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Development Review: Planning Services accepts and coordinates review and approval of development activities including site plans, rezoning petitions, special exception uses, and land divisions. See the Development Review webpage for more information and applications as well as submitting an application.
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Long Range Planning: Planning Services is responsible for implementing and updating long-term land use goals outlined in documents that make up the City's
Comprehensive Plan.
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Current Planning Initiatives: Visit the
Current Planning Initiatives webpage to check out our current and recently completed projects.
STREAM Online Plan and Permitting System Services
Planning and Development Services is now using a new plan and permitting system called EnerGov, with an entirely online customer service web page called STREAM. You can now apply for all of these types of plans and projects, and more, completely online including payment:
- Site Plan applications
- Special Exception Use, Rezoning, and other planning petitions
- Historic District Commission applications
- Zoning Board of Appeals applications
- Zoning information reports and analysis reports
- Land division and land transfer applications
- Building and trade permits
Use and bookmark this link for easy access to
STREAM. Please contact staff with any questions.
Upcoming Citizen Participation Notices and Meetings
1329 Jones Drive - The potential development of 1329 Jones Drive and 1333 Jones Drive (also known as 1440 Plymouth Road). The proposal explores transforming the former Arbor Springs Water Company site and the adjoining vacant property into a single development of multifamily residences. The development would require demolishing current structures on the Arbor Springs Water Company parcel and rezoning the site from its current PUD for water bottling facilities to R4E Multiple-Family Dwellings.
841 Broadway Street - The project is revising its existing site plan approval for the site to include 22 units of affordable housing. The existing site plan approval was granted in September of 2020. The new four story apartment building will be on the footprint of the previously approved one story commercial building. No other changes to the plan are proposed.
Click 841 Broadway Street to view a PDF version of the postcard.
1655 Plymouth Road - The proposed redevelopment project will include an interior and exterior remodel of the existing vacant building to a Taco Bell quick-service restaurant with drive-thru. The project will include asphalt repaving, concrete replacement, construction of an ADA compliant accessible route from the public sidewalk on Plymouth Road, and installation of an underground stormwater detention device.
Click
1655 Plymouth Road to view the postcard.
2900 South Main Street - The owner of the property has proposed to build a new apartment building on 3-stories of approximately 46 residential units above 1-story of parking at grade.
Click 2900 South Main Street to view the postcard.
Report of Activities
2019 Planning Services Activities Report - This report notes our accomplishments, partnerships and initiatives as well as provides a summary of development within the city in the 2019 calendar year (this report is best viewed in Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Apple Safari or Microsoft Edge browsers).
Map of Planning Petitions
a2gov.org/publicplanmap - this interactive webmap shows recent plans and petitions submitted for review to Planning and Development Services. View all petitions, or filter by Site Plan, Rezoning, Zoning Board of Appeals applications, and more. Click on each dot for a link to see further documents in our permitting system, STREAM.
