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e 24, 1999<br />
sse Pointe News<br />
News<br />
oods council approves revised Cook and Mack office building<br />
Jim Stlck<strong>for</strong>d<br />
It Writer<br />
ust a few months after<br />
mng down a request <strong>for</strong><br />
nances that would have<br />
owed an office bUlld10g to be<br />
structed on <strong>the</strong> Site of a <strong>for</strong>r<br />
gas statlOn at Cook and<br />
ack. <strong>the</strong> Woods city council<br />
proved revised plans that<br />
ore carefully considered <strong>the</strong><br />
ncerns of residents<br />
The new plan requires a<br />
nance <strong>for</strong> <strong>the</strong> off-street parkg<br />
lot's front yard setback<br />
Ity rules require 30 feet, <strong>the</strong><br />
te plan has only five feet<br />
tween <strong>the</strong> front yard and <strong>the</strong><br />
dewalk<br />
The site plan also has parkg<br />
space 33 In <strong>the</strong> lot as a<br />
From page 15A<br />
store m <strong>the</strong> 17400 block of<br />
ack<br />
The thieves Jumped over a<br />
all on Grosse Pomte Court,<br />
stole <strong>the</strong> bike and rode away on<br />
westbound Mack<br />
They left beh10d ano<strong>the</strong>r<br />
bike pohce beheve had been<br />
stolen 10 an earher mCldent<br />
Later that evenmg a woman<br />
reported that a bicycle had<br />
been stolen recently from <strong>the</strong><br />
Village<br />
Birthday boy<br />
doesn't act age<br />
A 39-year-old birthday boy<br />
compounded hiS problems by<br />
vandahzIng mumclpal property<br />
after beIng arrested <strong>for</strong><br />
drunken dnvIng m <strong>the</strong> City of<br />
Grosse Pointe.<br />
On Thursday, June 17, at<br />
11 13 pm, <strong>the</strong> Sterhng<br />
Heights reSIdent was arrested<br />
on Mack near Manor <strong>for</strong> dnvmg<br />
With a blood alcohol content<br />
of 158 percent<br />
While beIng led into <strong>the</strong><br />
pohce station, somethIng set<br />
!urn off and he kicked a 4. by-<br />
5-inch hole In <strong>the</strong> lobby door.<br />
After sobenng up <strong>the</strong> next<br />
mornIng, <strong>the</strong> suspect was<br />
gIven a court date and<br />
released<br />
Dangerous<br />
Two teenagers seen placmg<br />
sharp. objects 10 <strong>the</strong> street and<br />
waItmg around to Bee what<br />
happened"{ere reported In <strong>the</strong><br />
City of Grosse Po1Ote at 11 37<br />
pm on Thursday, June 17<br />
Report\ mdlcated that <strong>the</strong><br />
youths, approximately 15yearS-Old,<br />
were hld10g In<br />
bushes on R1vard near Goe<strong>the</strong><br />
• Graphic Design<br />
from<br />
Conc~pt to Completion<br />
• Printing<br />
Black & Whit~<br />
to Full Co<strong>for</strong><br />
• Silk Screening<br />
• Vinyl Lett~ring<br />
space <strong>for</strong> compact cars only,<br />
which requires a vanance The<br />
size of <strong>the</strong> office buIld10g would<br />
be 6,600 square feet<br />
Mike Blanek, architect <strong>for</strong><br />
land owner Robert Rahalm,<br />
spoke about <strong>the</strong> changes In <strong>the</strong><br />
new site plan He said that <strong>the</strong><br />
plan now calls <strong>for</strong> a screen10g<br />
wall that would be placed<br />
between <strong>the</strong> parkmg lot and<br />
homes adjacent to <strong>the</strong> project<br />
The plan also calls <strong>for</strong> land-<br />
'\eapmg to make <strong>the</strong> plOJeald that <strong>the</strong> corner<br />
had been an eyesore <strong>for</strong> years<br />
and thiS project ,",ould clean Up<br />
<strong>the</strong> area mcely<br />
Counulwoman Vicki<br />
Granger !>ald that gwen <strong>the</strong><br />
fact that <strong>the</strong> reSidential lot<br />
that would become part of <strong>the</strong><br />
parking lot \.as too small to<br />
bUIld a hoube on, It made sense<br />
to support <strong>the</strong> project now that<br />
protectIOn of reSidential nghts<br />
and concerns were bUIlt Into<br />
<strong>the</strong> plan<br />
The councIl voted unammously<br />
to approve <strong>the</strong> van.<br />
ance<br />
You keep him<br />
A 50-year-old man of<br />
unknown address was<br />
detamed by pohce from Grosse<br />
POInte Shores after he had<br />
been standIng outSide village<br />
offices yelhng at passmg cars<br />
on Thesday, June 16, at 11'45<br />
pm<br />
The man was wanted on an<br />
outstand1Og $50 warrant from<br />
DetrOIt <strong>for</strong> disorderly conduct,<br />
but when DetrOIt pohce said<br />
<strong>the</strong>y wouldn't pick him up,<br />
Shores police complied With<br />
<strong>the</strong> suspect's request to be<br />
taken to a bus stop at Mack<br />
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