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Board grants setback variance to Mitchell Telecom for equipment shed at 1524 Commerce Street
Summary
A board approved a front-yard setback variance allowing Mitchell Telecom to place an electronics shed 25 feet from the front property line instead of the 30-foot requirement after staff said site conditions were wetter than anticipated.
A planning board voted to recommend approval of a variance that reduces the front-yard setback from 30 feet to 25 feet for an electronics shed Mitchell Telecom intends to site at 1524 Commerce Street.
Staff member described the project as a shed containing electronics for Mitchell Telecom and said the company previously sought plan approval. "When they got out there, they found that it was a little wetter to the east than what they were expecting it to be. So they wanted to come forward to be at 25 feet instead of the 30 feet to stay out of that drainage area there," the staff member said. Notices were mailed, published and posted; staff reported receiving no comments back.
Board members questioned whether the structure was already built on the property; one board member asked if this was a "forgiveness" variance because measurements may have been taken from the curb rather than the property line. The staff member said the discrepancy—about nine to ten feet—could explain the difference between plan dimensions and actual placement.
A motion to approve the variance was moved and seconded and passed by voice vote; no named roll-call tally appears in the transcript. The staff record notes that the item had prior plan approval for a roughly 12-by-28-foot shed and that the variance applies to an accessory structure on property zoned HB Highway Oriented Business.
No members of the public addressed the board during the item.
