By By JOHN EBY / Dowagiac Daily News
Dowagiac Planning Commission has four public hearings and a site plan review on its 7 p.m. agenda Monday, April 7, at City Hall, 241 S. Front St.
The meeting will offer the first public look at the proposed rental housing ordinance.
There will also be: a public hearing on a rezoning change to property at Dowagiac Commercial Center submitted by the City of Dowagiac; a public hearing for a rezoning change to property at Dowagiac Commercial Center by Peter M. Jobson, Shaker Heights, Ohio; and a public hearing for a site plan review of a planned unit development (PUD) submitted by Jobson.
Jobson last April proposed Eagle's Wood Apartments, a $4 million residential development behind Pizza Hut, but encountered instant opposition before the Planning Commission from neighbors in Burmax Park.
City Manager William H. Nelson Jr. said Jobson reworked his proposal to include 17 units of senior citizen housing along with family units.
If approved, the PUD would be constructed on the south side of Pokagon Street on an extension of Amerihost Drive.
Nelson said last week that city officials visited Van Buren County to see Jobson's development at Exit 20, Phoenix Road and I-196, in South Haven Township.
Planners April 7 will also be reviewing a limited site plan for an addition submitted by AutoCam, 201 Percy St.