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Alton ZBA denies request to formalize contractor's yard at Swan Lake Trail
Summary
The Alton Board of Adjustment on Oct. 2 denied a special-exception request by the operator of a landscaping business to formalize a contractor's yard on Swan Lake Trail after extensive public comment and a board finding that the site conflicted with deed restrictions and created an undue nuisance.
The Alton Board of Adjustment denied a special-exception request Oct. 2 for a contractor’s yard at Map 11, Lot 2813 (Swan Lake Trail), concluding the use is not appropriate for the subdivision and presents nuisance and covenant concerns. The vote followed about two hours of testimony from the applicant, neighbors and board members.
The application asked the board to allow a contractor’s yard in the Rural Residential zoning district under Article 400 §401(d)(17). The site — a roughly 16-acre residual lot accessed from Swan Lake Trail — already contains a 42-by-95-foot metal building used to store lawn-care equipment, several pickup trucks and multiple snowplows. The applicant said five employees typically meet at the site in the morning and then leave for jobs; the building currently has no electric service and there is no septic on the parcel. The applicant said materials are not sold from the site and that a compost pile of leaves…
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