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Fraser ZBA approves cut to parking at 16945 Masonic Blvd.; driveway-width request withdrawn
Summary
The Fraser Zoning Board of Appeals on March 6 approved a variance reducing the minimum required parking at 16945 Masonic Boulevard from 26 spaces to 20 and acknowledged the applicant’s withdrawal of a separate driveway‑width variance request.
The Fraser Zoning Board of Appeals on March 6 approved a variance reducing the minimum required parking at 16945 Masonic Boulevard from 26 spaces to 20 and acknowledged the applicant’s withdrawal of a separate request to reduce a driveway width from 30 feet to 22 feet.
The board’s approval of the parking variance followed a planning staff recommendation and a lengthy discussion about truck access, safety, and the property’s legal status. Lauren Sayre, Fraser city planner, told the board that planning reviewed the packet and "recommend[ed] approving the variance to reduce the parking from 26 to 20 spaces due to the spatial limitations of the site's legal industrial use in the CN District," while recommending denial of the driveway-width reduction because the applicant had not demonstrated the required hardship.
Why it matters: The property is a long‑standing industrial use within a Commercial Neighborhood (CN) zoning district and planning staff and the city attorney flagged two separate issues the board must weigh: (1) whether allowing…
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