LIVONIA — A new Sheetz store has city council’s approval, but the deal may not be done: eight homeowners living near the site have taken the city to court and calling on the mayor to stop the project until a judge rules.
The dispute began when residents filed a claim of appeal Aug. 26 in Wayne County Circuit Court, challenging a Zoning Board of Appeals decision to grant a use variance allowing a 24-hour Sheetz gas station and restaurant at 37355 Eight Mile Road.
On Nov. 14, nine days after city council reversed its earlier denial and voted to let the project move forward, those residents sent an open letter to Mayor Maureen Brosnan asking her to “step in and correct the misdeeds” they believe occurred during the project’s review, and to pause all permits tied to the development – including demolition and site-prep work – until the court rules on the appeal…