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Zoning board approves temporary gravel/millings surfacing, taller fence and reduced landscaping for city streets storage site
Summary
The Rapid City Zoning Board of Adjustment approved variance 25 VA 16 allowing gravel or asphalt millings in lieu of hard surfacing, a 6‑foot front fence, and a reduction in required landscaping points for a city Streets Department storage lot on East Saint Charles Street, with stipulations for dust control and stormwater treatment.
The Rapid City Zoning Board of Adjustment on Sept. 25 approved variance 25 VA 16 to allow gravel or asphalt millings instead of hard surfacing, increase the front yard fence height from 4 feet to 6 feet, and reduce required landscaping points at a property used by the city Streets Department on East Saint Charles Street.
Planning staff told the board the property is nearly entirely within the 100‑year flood plain with a portion of floodway in the northeast corner, and the site is currently used for municipal storage of equipment and snow removal. The city plans grading and drainage improvements that include extending a 60‑inch storm sewer to convey runoff to a drainage channel leading to Rapid Creek; work also includes raising site grades, perimeter fencing, a concrete driveway…
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