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Zoning board approves 18‑inch KeyBank wall with planted bed; requires 30–36 inch plant height

5920810 · July 18, 2025
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Summary

The Clawson Zoning Board of Appeals granted a variance allowing KeyBank to install an 18‑inch masonry parking-lot obscuring wall at 330 West 14 Mile Road with a planted bed intended to provide visual height of 30–36 inches and maintenance conditions to ensure ongoing screening.

The Clawson Zoning Board of Appeals on July 17 approved a variance permitting KeyBank to install an 18‑inch masonry parking-lot obscuring wall with a planted bed at 330 West 14 Mile Road, subject to conditions requiring the plantings be maintained to provide between 30 and 36 inches of visual height (with the understanding that seasonal trimming will occur in spring).

The variance was requested because KeyBank removed an earlier wall while renovating the site and now proposes a lower masonry wall that would serve as a planter for grasses and hydrangeas. City ordinance Section 5.14(e) requires a parking-lot obscuring wall between 30 and 36 inches in height; the bank asked for an…

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