The holidays are over, the snow has melted and Orco Investments is returning to the Clarkston High School auditorium on Jan. 19 for a special meeting of the Independence Township Planning Commission.
Orco’s request to rezone approximately 70 acres from single family residential to planned shopping center and highway commercial is the topic of a 7:30 p.m. public hearing. The parcel of land being considered is located in the southwest corner of the intersection of I-75 and Sashabaw Road, north of Waldon Road.
Orco was originally scheduled for the public hearing on Dec. 15; however, the session was cancelled due to weather.
Also on the agenda is a public hearing for a rezoning of the same parcel initiated by the planning commission itself. After reviewing Township Planner Dick Carlisle’s recommendations in the Sashabaw Corridor Study, the commission began the process to rezone the property from single family residential to local commercial, planned shopping center, office service one, office service two and multiple family.
For background information on Orco’s rezoning request, please go online to www.clarkstonnews.com. Use the search engine to browse The Clarkston News archives.