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Board denies permanent gravel-parking variance for Ouro Empire LLC at Broadway/Bratton

3047084 · March 26, 2025
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Summary

The Waterloo Board of Adjustment unanimously denied a request from Ouro Empire LLC to permanently allow a gravel vehicular use area adjacent to 400 Broadway Street, citing neighborhood character, the comprehensive plan’s commercial classification, and absence of a development plan.

The Waterloo Board of Adjustment on March 25 denied Ouro Empire LLC’s request for a permanent variance to allow a gravel vehicle-use area in the C-2 (commercial) district adjacent to 400 Broadway Street.

Planning staff and the city engineer said the property lies in an area where neighboring commercial lots meet the hard-surfacing requirement and that the city’s comprehensive plan designates the…

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