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Board clears Fairway Ford plan for up to 240 apartments, approves reduced parking variance
Summary
The Kokomo City Board of Zoning Appeals approved a special exception to allow up to 240 apartments on a 10.161-acre site at West Boulevard and South Berkeley Road and granted a parking-variance reducing required spaces to about 1.5 per unit (an advertised variance of 136 spaces later clarified to 118).
The Kokomo City Board of Zoning Appeals voted to allow Fairway Ford Development LLC to pursue a 240-unit apartment project at the northwest corner of West Boulevard and South Berkeley Road, approving a special exception and a parking variance that reduces the city's standard parking requirement.
Chris Wilkes, representing Fairway Ford Development LLC, told the board the site comprises 10.161 acres and that the developer seeks a special exception under section 3.21 to allow up to 240 dwelling units. Wilkes said the development would be professionally managed and built to current building codes and that the developer would comply with other development standards.
City staff recommended approval, stating the apartments would be constructed to meet building codes, have dedicated parking and would not…
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