Kimberly Hill Knott

Served as policy director of Detroiters Working for Environmental Justice and project director of the Detroit Climate Action Collaborative, the coalition she convened in 2011 that led development of the city of Detroit's first comprehensive Climate Action Plan, and directed the collaborative's push for green infrastructure to address flooding and extreme heat in Detroit neighborhoods.

January 5, 2017For

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Voted in the affirmative on the Detroit Board of Zoning Appeals to grant dimensional variances for construction of a nine-story, 69-unit mixed-use building along Michigan Avenue in Detroit's Corktown neighborhood, permitting a building height of 101 feet 7 inches and a zero rear setback.

September 29, 2025For

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Voted in the affirmative on the Detroit Board of Zoning Appeals to approve a hardship relief petition permitting re-establishment of a motor vehicle fueling station under the city's denial-of-all-reasonable-economic-use standard.

February 23, 2026

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Voted in the affirmative on the Detroit Board of Zoning Appeals to grant dimensional variances for demolition of existing structures and construction of a 2,640-square-foot principal building at a fueling site, replacing six gas pump islands with four in a B4 general business district.

February 16, 2026

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Voted with the three-member minority on the Detroit Board of Zoning Appeals to retain the board's existing Rules of Procedure language governing decisions; the motion failed 4-3 and the proposed replacement language was adopted instead.

January 26, 2026

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As an appointed member of the Detroit Board of Zoning Appeals representing Council District 2, voted in the affirmative to grant a dimensional parking variance allowing a rental hall in an existing 5,396-square-foot building in a B4 general business district; the variance was granted with no negative votes.

September 15, 2025

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Founded and operated Future Insight Consulting LLC, a Detroit advocacy and coalition-building firm, after more than a decade working for U.S. Rep. John Conyers Jr.; she also chaired the Detroit Green Task Force Climate Action Committee, served on the External Advisory Board of the University of Michigan Erb Institute, and co-produced the documentary short From the Bottom Up: Climate Action in Detroit.

July 9, 2020

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