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Board approves variance to put loading area on side of 490 Downs Boulevard warehouse
Summary
Franklin City Board of Zoning Appeals approved a variance allowing a loading area to be located on the side of a proposed warehouse at 490 Downs Boulevard after staff found lot shape made a rear loading dock impractical. Neighbors raised concerns about noise, security and stormwater runoff.
The Franklin City Board of Zoning Appeals on May 1 approved a variance allowing a loading area to be located to the side of a proposed warehouse at 490 Downs Boulevard because staff concluded the lot’s shape prevents practical rear loading access for semi‑trailers.
Staff said the property is zoned Light Industrial District and is currently vacant; the applicant proposes a warehouse for excess inventory and requested the side loading area after engineering exhibits showed a rear loading dock would require an impractically shaped building. "Staff recommends that the board of zoning appeals move to approve the variance request to allow a loading…
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