Situated a stone s throw from a modest-sized chapel owned by NorthRidge Church and a short walk from the sprawling megachurch, 27 acres of foliage-covered Plymouth Township property is the epicenter of an ungodly amount of discord between a group of residents and a residential housing developer.
Owned by nearby Northridge Church, the property is zoned R-1-E, which would allow up to 19 single-family lots a housing density residents of nearby subdivisions can accept, based on an informal survey and comments delivered during a recent public hearing.
Developer Leo Soave Development is asking the Plymouth Township planning commissioners to recommend to the Plymouth Township Board of Trustees that the land be rezoned to R-1-H status, a change that could lead to 42 residential homes being built on the property.