GROSSE POINTE WOODS — Grosse Pointe Woods is going to be getting a Tapper’s — but not the kind that sells fine jewelry.

A Tapper’s Gold Rush is slated to be coming to 21115 Mack Ave., south of Brys Drive and east of Helen Avenue. The business evaluates and purchases coins, bullion and other precious metal items. The business won’t be selling anything at the Woods location.

The Grosse Pointe Woods City Council — sitting as the Zoning Board of Appeals — was tasked during a meeting Nov. 17 with evaluating whether to grant the business a use variance for the building, as the city’s planners at McKenna felt that the business would fall under the category of a pawnshop, which would not be permissible. City Planner Laura Haw said the property is zoned for commercial use.

“The operation will pr

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