Description
A proposed rezone from multi-dwelling (RM-15) and single-dwelling (RS-5) residential to Community Commercial (CC) on land next to Asylum Lake Preserve; the Commission scheduled the public hearing for January 26 at City Hall.
Impact summary
The City Commission denied it on Jan 26, 2026.
The denial keeps the parcel residential, preserving the wooded buffer next to Asylum Lake Preserve and blocking any commercial development there for now — though the owner could try again or pursue residential plans.
Applicant
- Address
- 4301 Stadium Drive, Kalamazoo, MISee this on the map
At a glance
- Hearings
- 2
- Public comments
- 16
- Total mentions
- 2
Last vote · City Commission
Last discussed Jan 26, 2026.
Meeting timeline (2)
City Commission - Jan 26, 2026
A request to rezone the 18.8-acre wooded parcel at Drake Road and Stadium Drive from residential to Community Commercial, near Asylum Lake Preserve. After a hearing with about 115 speakers — nearly all opposed — the Commission denied it 7-0.
City Commission - Jan 5, 2026
A proposed rezone from multi-dwelling (RM-15) and single-dwelling (RS-5) residential to Community Commercial (CC) on land next to Asylum Lake Preserve; the Commission scheduled the public hearing for January 26 at City Hall.
Related issues (1)
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