ZBA recommends county board approve variance so Compton Fire Protection District can build new station

The Lee County Zoning Board of Appeals voted to recommend that the full county board approve a variance requested by the Compton Community Fire Protection District that would allow the district to locate a new fire station essentially on the northern boundary of its south parcel, citing an irregular lot shape and practical hardship that would prevent the project under strict setback rules.

Colin Barry, attorney for the Compton Community Fire Protection District, presented the petition (25-P-1645) and materials showing the district owns two adjacent parcels (together about 2.56 acres) but cannot legally combine them because they lie in different taxing districts. Barry said the district had tried to combine the parcels but ‘‘unfortunately, they lie in 2 separate taxing districts’’ and that the northern strip had been purchased to serve as the needed setback…