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ST. CLAIR SHORES — Last month, the City Council approved an amendment to its animal and fowl ordinance prohibiting retail pet stores from selling dogs, cats, rabbits or ferrets in order to reduce the demand for puppy mills and other commercial pet breeding.

ST. CLAIR SHORES — City Council voted Feb. 22 to approve language for a three-year renewal of the police and fire millage for the Aug. 2 ballot.

ST. CLAIR SHORES — Citing concerns about traffic on a neighborhood street and a lack of proper space, City Council has voted to deny a site plan for a car wash at the former Pizza Hut property on Harper Avenue.

Photo by Patricia O’Blenes Purchase agreement approved for Jefferson property Advertisement ST. CLAIR SHORES — A parcel of land along Lake St. Clair is closer to being developed after members of City Council approved a purchase agreement from MMD Acquisitions LLC. The 1.89 acres of land was given to the city by the Holzhauer Trust in December 2016. The approximately 100-foot-wide by 550-foot-deep piece of property was signed over to the city at that time with an agreement that the city coul...

Company to help bridge gap due to retirement of IT director in St. Clair Shores File photo Advertisement ST. CLAIR SHORES — The retirement of Information Systems Director Greg Corless in November has prompted St. Clair Shores to investigate the best way to provide information technology to city staff, and services to residents. In a memo to City Council, City Manager Matthew Coppler explained that he wanted to take the time to re-imagine “this important internal service (that) has a major i...

St. Clair Shores to review ‘outdated’ ordinance Advertisement ST. CLAIR SHORES — After declaring it was “old fashioned” and “unenforceable,” members of City Council directed City Attorney Robert Ihrie to look into amending or removing an ordinance which put prohibitions on where tattoo parlors could be located in the city. The issue came to the attention of City Council in November because two business owners had been denied certificates of occupancy for their spas, which offered ...

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