Red Oak zoning board hears variance request for 105 South Main; outcome unclear in transcript

The Red Oak Zoning Board of Adjustments on Aug. 14 held a public hearing on a request by property owner Gene Bond to allow multiple variances for 105 South Main Street, a building Bond described as a 1969 Red Oak State Bank that predates the city’s zoning rules.

Bond said the building’s age and footprint create a hardship under current C‑1 Commercial District development standards and asked the board to approve reductions to front and rear setbacks, lot width and depth, parking and landscaping requirements and to allow increased lot coverage. “We’re here to decide, do I have a hardship for this? And the answer is yes. I do,” Bond said.

The planning staff presentation, given by Roderick Palmer, the city’s planning and zoning manager, explained that the property currently lacks legal on‑site parking as defined by the ordinance and…