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Board allows replacement of riverfront parking at 1440 Front Ave NW; finds environmental limits make landscaping infeasible
Summary
The Board of Zoning Appeals granted variances allowing reconstruction of parking at 1440 Front Avenue NW to remain within the front yard, to exceed the parking maximum, and to remove screening requirements; staff and the applicant cited contaminated soil and an agreement to keep the riverfront area covered as a reason limiting landscaping.
The Board of Zoning Appeals approved dimensional variances to permit reconstruction of a parking area at 1440 Front Avenue Northwest that fronts the Grand River, including permission to place parking within the defined front yard, to exceed the ordinance maximum number of spaces, and to eliminate required landscape screening along the riverfront.
Planner Rowan told the board the hatched portion of the parking area was the only section proposed for replacement and that, because reconstruction would affect more than 25% of the lot, the work triggers loss of nonconformity protections and required BZA review. Rowan said the applicant proposes to reconstruct parking in ‘‘a very similar…
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