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Board approves landscape/screening variance for Midtown solar parking canopies despite neighbor protest
Summary
A variance allowing removal of some tree‑within‑75‑feet and screening requirements for solar parking canopies at 1140 North Robinson Avenue (case 15861) was approved; opponents argued the application did not show statutory hardship while proponents said screening would reduce solar output.
The Board of Adjustment approved a variance for landscaping and screening requirements at 1140 North Robinson Avenue to allow solar canopies over parking and to modify tree‑placement rules that otherwise require a tree within every 75 feet of parking spaces (case 15861).
Brett Wall, the project’s landscape architect, said the proposal uses solar canopies for…
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