Northville City Council
Northville Commissioners cave on street closure after sign campaign
Apr. 6, 2023 PLYMOUTH VOICE. Plymouth Michigan News OPINION Northville’s City Council has had it with signs. Once again frustrated and creative Northville residents have sought to bring about change by peppering the town with lawn signs. This time it’s about how the temporary downtown streets closure that evolved
Northville purchases property for Farmers Market
Mar. 20, 2023 PLYMOUTH EAGLE Plymouth Michigan News Plans for the relocation of the Northville Farmers Market are moving forward with the purchase of the former McDonald Ford site and approval of a due-diligence contract. Northville City Council members approved the $1 million purchase agreement for the property at
Northville bets on consulting aid as they transition downtown to contemporary urbanism
Oct. 24, 2022 PLYMOUTH VOICE. Plymouth Michigan News Northville city leaders recently announced the commission of a consulting firm to help transition the main part of the downtown area to a year-round pedestrian-only zone, sans cars. Master planners and site design firm Grissim Metz Andriese Associates of Plymouth was
Sidewalks should be for transportation-not auxiliary restaurant space
Aug. 13, 2022 PLYMOUTH VOICE. Plymouth Michigan News OPINION Watch Video A battle is building over how downtown streets are envisioned and designed in Plymouth and Northville as many of the pandemic driven street changes are now being made permanent. In the past two-years bars and restaurants
New construction site rules in Northville
Aug, 2, 2021 PLYMOUTH EAGLE. Plymouth Michigan News New ordinance provisions regulating procedures at construction sites in Northville could be adopted by members of the city council Aug. 2. The new provisions include aspects such as tree protection, temporary fencing, sidewalk access and maintenance. The standards would make a
Council hears plan to widen Beck Road
Jun. 13, 2021 PLYMOUTH VOICE. Plymouth Michigan News Plans to widen Beck Road beginning at Pontiac Trail in Wixom’s business corridor, between I-96 and M-14, were recently presented to Northville City Council members. The presentation made by Wixom Mayor Steve Brown on behalf of the Beck Road Task Force
Northville planners’ OK language for F.A.R. Ordinance amendment
Mar. 28, 2021 PLYMOUTH EAGLE. Plymouth Michigan News “Council members to also consider a change to the current regulations regarding historic preservation” Members of the city planning commission presented five ordinances to the Northville City Council last week. Each of the ordinance revisions was presented for first readings
Dispute with Northville Downs over oil spill is settled
Dec. 29, 2020 PLYMOUTH VOICE. Plymouth Michigan News Northville officials last week approved a settlement agreement with Northville Downs racetrack regarding a hazardous materials accident that occurred over six-years-ago. According to synopses of the Dec. 21, Northville City Council Meeting, the dispute was over an unpaid invoice issued by
Northville City Council Meeting Summary
Dec. 11, 2020 PLYMOUTH VOICE. Plymouth Michigan News Meeting Summary Dec. 7, 2020: Mutual aid response team aims to formalize agreement – City Council approved a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the Western Wayne Mobile Field Force Consortium and the City of Northville. The consortium brings together specialty-trained members
City adopts new rules for “bigfoot” homes
Aug. 6, 2020 PLYMOUTH VOICE. Plymouth Michigan News UPDATED Don Howard Staff Writer After years of complaints and protests about the invasion of monstrous new houses and radical remodeling, a zoning ordinance amendment to limit the size of homes by a ratio of square footage to lot