Board approves conditional use for 3.08-acre city lot at 14th Avenue SE with sidewalk, sewer conditions

The Watertown Board of Adjustments on Oct. 12 approved a conditional use allowing contractor shops and storage yards on a 3.08-acre, city-owned parcel at the southeast corner of 14th Street and 14th Avenue Southeast. The board approved the request after the City Council declared the property surplus and conveyed it to the Watertown Development Company to facilitate a sale to an interested developer.

The condition of approval requires the developer to install sidewalk on the property’s west frontage and for the city to record a waiver of the right to protest sidewalks for the east–west frontage along 14th Avenue SE. “That would be an appropriate amendment to the motion or a part of the motion would be a waiver of right to protest sidewalks if required,” a board member said during discussion. The motion carried…