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BZA allows outdoor sales behind and on roof at Factory at Franklin building on Franklin Road
Summary
Despite staff recommending disapproval, the Board approved variances permitting outdoor sales behind Building 1 and on its roof, and lifting the half‑facade limit, to support a retail conversion at 230 Franklin Road (the Factory at Franklin). Applicant cited building layout, historic features and existing patios.
The Franklin City Board of Zoning Appeals on May 1 approved two variances that allow outdoor sales associated with a commercial tenant to be located behind the building and on the roof of Building 1 at 230 Franklin Road (the Factory at Franklin), and to waive the ordinance limit that outdoor sales be restricted to no more than half the length of the front building facade.
Staff told the board the site is in a PD Plan District and within both the Historic Preservation Overlay and the Central Franklin Overlay; Building 1 is a two‑story structure dating to 1929 that historically hosted restaurants and a covered front patio. Staff’s analysis found the existing front patio could accommodate…
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