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Zoning board approves temporary parking lot at 209–219 W. Cedar with five-year limit
Summary
The Kalamazoo Zoning Board of Appeals granted a use variance to let developer American Village Builders use two parcels on West Cedar as a stand-alone commercial parking lot for up to five years, with staff-required conditions including removal of improvements at the end of the period.
The Kalamazoo Zoning Board of Appeals on Sept. 24 approved a use variance allowing a stand-alone commercial parking lot on two parcels at 209 and 219 West Cedar Street, subject to two staff conditions including a five-year sunset and required removal of parking improvements if the site is not redeveloped. The board voted to approve the variance after hearing the applicant describe the parking as a short-term measure to consolidate spaces while housing development proceeds nearby.
Kurt Artema, presenting for the applicant, said his development team planned to move parking off primary street corners into the middle of the block…
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