Board approves reduced front setback for Sheet Metal Workers training center on Slava Creek Parkway
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Summary
The Board of Adjustment approved a front-yard setback reduction to allow the Sheet Metal Workers union to build a training center on Slava Creek Parkway; applicant cited a sanitary sewer easement as creating a practical hardship.
The Board of Adjustment approved a variance reducing the front-yard setback to 10 feet for a proposed training center associated with the Sheet Metal Workers union on property at 2449–2453 Slava Creek Parkway.
George Coles, representing the applicant, said the site is constrained by a sanitary sewer easement along the south side of the property and that the reduced setback would allow an adequately sized facility to be built and to connect to existing adjacent facilities: “The sheet metal workers union wants to build a new training center…they've had some hardship imposed by a sanitary sewer easement on the south side of the property that really limits the space for that building to go,” Coles said.
Staff reported no public comments and no speakers appeared in opposition. The board discussed sidewalks and staff noted a sidewalk waiver application had been submitted to the planning commission. A motion to approve the setback reduction passed.
Why it matters: The variance enables construction of a training center tied to a labor union's operations and addresses site constraints caused by existing easements.
What happens next: The applicant will pursue construction permitting and a separate sidewalk waiver through the planning commission.