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BZA approves storage expansion and a small front-yard fence at 206 South Shoop Street, conditioned on rezone and parcel combination
Summary
The Angola Board of Zoning Appeals approved variances to allow 69 and 20 LLC to expand a Shoop Street self-storage business to seven primary structures and to install a short section of front-yard fencing, contingent on rezoning and parcel consolidation.
On Sept. 22 the Angola City Board of Zoning Appeals approved two variances enabling an expansion of a self-storage business at 206 South Shoop Street and allowing a short section of fence to be placed in what is defined as the front yard.
Staff presented case 2025 BZA 09004 and said the owner, 69 and 20 LLC, recently purchased the south storage parcel and the adjacent north parcel, and is seeking a pending rezone so the parcels can be combined and zoned I-1 (low-intensity industrial). Once combined, the applicant requests permission to construct additional storage buildings so the site would have seven primary structures total (the district limit is four) and to install fencing that for a small portion will run in the front-yard area for operational reasons.
Applicant Jack Hilliard described plans to clear overgrowth, preserve selected trees, repaint and reroof existing buildings, add landscaping along Shoop Street, install a coated security gate at the entrance, and add climate-controlled units in new buildings. He said the north entrance will be removed so all traffic will use the southern entrance, and he explained that a short fence projection into the front yard is needed to manage vehicle movement and to create space for snow removal.
Staff and the applicant said the proposed fence will be a 6-foot chain-link without slats; staff recommended approval and said the improvements will help secure the property and improve its appearance at a gateway into town. The board read the required findings for both the maximum-structures variance and the fence-location variance, concluding that the additional buildings and the small front-yard fence would not injure public health or safety and that strict application of the ordinance would create practical difficulties for site layout and snow removal. The board approved both variances by voice vote, conditioned on the rezone and parcel combination being completed before implementation.
