Williams disagreed, and she and Longcore both suggested the school find a different location that isn’t in a residential zone. “I think the traffic impact of a school will be less than 52 condos or a residential development - it is well-documented,” Payne said. He also pointed out that the planning commission always relied on traffic studies in the past and questioned why it's now disregarding two studies. Payne said he lives near a school and understands the traffic concerns, but said the increase would be minimal. Tarek Nahlawi (left) at Thursday night's meeting. They said the traffic studies have shown residential development would actually cause more traffic than a school. Harris and Payne both stated that the land will eventually be developed and there will be increased traffic no matter what is built. Commissioners Chris Wall and George Ralph weren’t present. Commissioners Michael Payne and Ann Harris voted against the recommendation. The biggest issue has been traffic concerns, but officials involved with the school say two separate traffic studies have found there would be little impact on traffic.Ĭommissioners Amy Longcore, Deborah Williams and Michael Yi voted to recommend against rezoning. The Board of Trustees has final authority and will vote on the issue at an upcoming meeting. In a 3-2 vote, the board voted to approve a motion to recommend that the Pittsfield Township Board of Trustees reject the zoning request by the Michigan Islamic Academy. A split Pittsfield Township Planning Commission rejected a rezoning request by a group hoping to build an Islamic school in the township.
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