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ZBA allows bumper blocks along steep Macomb Drain embankment at Lutheran High North
Summary
The Macomb Township Zoning Board of Appeals granted a variance allowing parking bumper blocks along the far east edge of Lutheran High North’s parking lot adjacent to the Macomb Drain, citing existing sheet drainage and a steep embankment as the practical difficulty.
The Macomb Township Zoning Board of Appeals approved a variance for Lutheran High North to retain and use parking bumper blocks along the far east side of its paved parking lot adjacent to the Macomb Drain.
Planning staff said the parking area drains as sheet flow toward the drain and that a conventional curb installation would require substantial storm-sewer work. The record shows 33 bumper blocks already exist in a single row at the site; staff and engineering advised that the bumper blocks provide a protective barrier where the parking lot meets a steep embankment and that requiring a curb as part of a…
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