Proposal would allow over 22,000 homes in Ann Arbor to add accessory apartments
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ANN ARBOR, MI Ann Arbor officials say the city’s restrictions on adding accessory apartments to homes are keeping homeowners from building them, but new rules could allow them on over 22,000 properties.
About a couple dozen Ann Arbor homeowners have applied to add accessory dwelling units known as ADUs to their properties since the city adopted an ADU ordinance in 2016.
In some cases, ADUs can be in detached structures such as a carriage house or an apartment above a garage, or a separate rental unit within a home or home addition.
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Ann Arbor councilman stripped of committee assignments for homophobic slur
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Ann Arbor City Council Member Jeff Hayner, D-1st Ward, issues a public apology April 19, 2021, for using a quote on social media attacking journalists with a homophobic slur.CTN
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ANN ARBOR, MI Ann Arbor City Council Member Jeff Hayner has been removed from several city boards, commissions and committees for using a quote on social media attacking journalists with a homophobic slur.
“Such derogatory language is harmful to the LGBTQ community,” council stated in a resolution Tuesday morning, April 20, condemning Hayner’s remarks and recommending he attend anti-discrimination, diversity and sensitivity training.
Resolution would remove Ann Arbor City Council member from board and commission seats
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From left, Council Members Anne Bannister and Jeff Hayner, both 1st Ward Democrats, at the Ann Arbor City Council meeting on March 2, 2020.Ryan Stanton | The Ann Arbor News
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ANN ARBOR, MI - The Ann Arbor City Council will take up a resolution to remove Council Member Jeff Hayner from his board and commission seats until December for his use of a quote on social media that attacked journalists and contained a homophobic slur.
The City of Ann Arbor’s Council Administration Committee approved the resolution, which also requests that Hayner engage in sensitivity training, by a 4-1 vote Tuesday, April 13. Committee member Kathy Griswold dissented. The proposed resolution also includes that Hayner would be removed from the city’s audit committee for the same period of time by Mayor Christopher Taylor.
Ann Arbor mayor urges council to cut losses on short-term rentals and move on
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A short-term rental house in an Ann Arbor residential neighborhood on March 3, 2021.Ryan Stanton | The Ann Arbor News
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ANN ARBOR, MI Ann Arbor officials are still divided on whether to allow dedicated short-term rental properties such as Airbnb houses in residential neighborhoods.
City Council gave initial approval to allow existing ones to continue while maintaining a ban on new ones in a pair of 7-4 votes Monday night, April 5.
The regulations await final approval May 3 and they could grant “legal non-conforming status” to 120 or more short-term rental properties in residential areas.