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The city received an email from the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality on July 19 that indicated the agency could not issue a permit based on the proposed plans submitted for the marina.

"They (the city) chose to withdraw the application and we will continue working towards a permittable project," Roxanne Ramirez of the MDEQ said.

City manager, Michael Cain, said Monday that the agency had a number of issues with the plans. One was the marina's overall size and another was whether the floating breakwater system would be efficient at its proposed location.

"By withdrawing the application we have a 180-day period to work through the issues and don't have to go through the application process again," Cain said.

The application asked for approximately 99 slips, up from the current 42. The breakdown shows almost 70 percent of the slips would be sized for boats in the 38- to 45-foot range. Twenty-two slips are sized for 30-foot boats and nine slips provide for 60- and 70-foot boats.

More than 300-feet of broadside dockage for large vessels was listed on the application to the MDEQ.

Shoppers' docks are included as well as a 10-foot wide structure with four fishing and seating nodes. Two gazebo locations are planned. The docks are floating docks.

The Abonmarche Group which has been working with the city on the marina will revise the plans.