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La Porte zoning board approves variances allowing credit union rebuild at 1304 Jefferson St.
Summary
The La Porte City Board of Zoning Appeals approved a use variance and three development variances to legalize and allow reconstruction of the La Porte Community Federal Credit Union at 1304 Jefferson Street, including a reduced front setback, elimination of a landscape buffer, and a reduced separation for a refuse enclosure.
La Porte City’s Board of Zoning Appeals on Sept. 9 approved a combined use variance and variance of development standards allowing La Porte Community Federal Credit Union to demolish and rebuild its branch at 1304 Jefferson Street and retain drive‑through and ATM operations.
The vote approved use variance 25-02 to legalize the credit union’s existing nonconforming commercial use in an R1C single‑family residential district and variance 25-08 to reduce a front setback, waive a required buffer and allow a refuse enclosure closer than code normally permits. James Suss of the DVG team, representing the petitioner, told the board the variances would keep “the same operations, drive thru access, [and] ATM access…
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