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BZA approves variance allowing recycled‑asphalt millings as permanent surface for landscaping company site
Summary
The Lawrence BZA unanimously approved a variance allowing compacted recycled‑asphalt millings to serve as a permanent surface for equipment storage at a landscaping company site on Macy Court. City staff said the area is industrial and that porous aggregate will reduce impervious area.
The Lawrence Board of Zoning Appeals unanimously approved a variance on Feb. 18 to allow compacted recycled‑asphalt millings (recycled aggregate) as a permanent surface at a BGP Development LTD site on Macy Court (case 24LSV1010345). The petitioner said the existing millings will remain where equipment is stored and that employee parking and visitor areas will be paved.
Applicant representative Chris Sears said the millings are an aggregate base already in place and that keeping the compacted base will aid drainage and reduce puddling for a landscaping company that will operate from the site. City staff supported the request, noting a recent similar approval for another landscaping business and describing the parcel as existing industrial use with no nearby residential well field or neighborhood that would be affected.
There were no remonstrators. The board approved the variance without recorded opposition. The approval lets the site retain a porous, less‑impervious surface option for storage and equipment parking while requiring paved areas where customers or employees need regular parking access.
The board’s action was recorded as unanimous approval; no additional conditions were announced at the hearing.
