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Board approves hardship variance allowing Project Renewal to rebuild at 510 Warren Street
Summary
Project Renewal received a hardship variance to rebuild at 510 Warren Street with a reduced corner setback and a plan that will provide nine total parking spaces (five on site plus four on-street). The board found hardship criteria met and approved HV 25‑01.
The Davenport Zoning Board of Adjustment on Jan. 23 approved Hardship Variance HV 25‑01, allowing Project Renewal to tear down and rebuild a community facility at 510 Warren Street with a reduced corner side‑yard setback and a parking arrangement that will provide a total of nine spaces.
Planning staff summarized the request: the applicant asked the board to reduce the 15‑foot setback along Warren Street to allow a rebuilt footprint that aligns with the existing building location. The project site will retain five off‑street parking spaces and the plan counts four on‑street spaces to reach a total of nine required spaces. Staff said the petition met the variance findings and recommended approval to encourage reinvestment in a neighborhood facing disinvestment.
Anne Schwickerrath (Project Renewal) told the board that Project Renewal is a local nonprofit that has operated youth programs for five decades and uses the site for services and staff activities. She said structural engineering assessments recommended demolition and rebuilding to address compromised framing and foundation conditions; the nonprofit’s board approved demolition and reconstruction to continue operating the program. The architect, Joshua Arguello, joined the meeting online and was available to address technical questions.
Board members noted that the rebuilt structure would sit essentially in the same location as the previous building and that the new construction would be safer and longer lasting. The board moved to approve the hardship variance; roll call votes recorded: John Clafman — yes; Mike Galliard — yes; Bridget Boyd Carlson — yes; Dan Darling — yes. The motion passed and staff will process permits allowing Project Renewal to proceed with demolition and rebuilding under the approved setback and parking configuration.
The board record includes a small number of written support items: a signed petition and a letter from BECOM Medical Housing. Notices were mailed to property owners within 200 feet and one resident attended the meeting to discuss the proposal; no formal written objections were entered into the record.
