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April 28, 2021 By Jessica Mathews / news@whmi.com The Howell City Council has renewed some changes to its civic event policy that helps reduce red tape involved with putting on different types of events. Last June, the City modified policy to allow the manager to approve pop-up events, expansions to outdoor seating at restaurants and other small activities to promote downtown Howell and local businesses though October. That included waiving the time frame to submit civic event applications and the requirement that Council approve all such events. The approval...

April 27, 2021 The City of Howell’s Community Development Director is departing. At Monday night’s Council virtual meeting, City Manager Paul DeBuff announced that Tim Schmitt is moving on and has put in his notice. Schmitt has been with the City for roughly 6-and-a-half years. The City website states the department facilitates and promotes high-quality growth and development. It’s responsible for coordinating long-range planning, current planning and zoning, code enforcement, building inspections, economic development, neighborhood development, and bro...

April 26, 2021 By Jessica Mathews / news@whmi.com There is a mix of familiar and new names seeking seats on the Howell City Council as well as the Mayor’s seat. The deadline to file for the August primary was last Tuesday, with a total of eight candidates filing for three open seats. The six top vote-getters in the August primary will move on to the November general election. Among those seeking election are two incumbents; Jeannette Ambrose, who was appointed in 2018 and is seeking election to a second term; and Jan Lobur who was first appointed to Coun...

April 26, 2021 By Jessica Mathews / news@whmi.com After months of work, updates to the City of Howell’s sign ordinance are up for final approval. The council earlier introduced an ordinance to update sign standards throughout the City in zoning ordinance. Carlisle Wortman & Associates worked to completely overhaul the ordinance during the pandemic in order to bring it into compliance with recent Supreme Court cases. The Planning Commission has been reviewing the proposed changes for several months and after final revisions to the proposed language, has ...

April 13, 2021 By Jessica Mathews / news@whmi.com The City of Howell is the latest community to explore the possibility of creating a social district. Council met virtually Monday night, where City Manager Paul DeBuff stated staff has been discussing the possibility of creating a social district, sometimes called a refreshment district, which expands the legally allowed area for alcohol consumption within boundaries usually defined by signs. Under a new permit law through the state, a municipality can set up a social district where alcohol can be sold by lic...