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Board approves contractor-storage variance allowing asphalt millings and 80% lot coverage near East Chicago and Riley
Summary
The Zoning Board of Adjustment approved a variance to allow asphalt millings and up to 80% lot coverage for a contractor storage yard northwest of East Chicago Street and Riley Avenue, citing the lot's legal nonconforming size and the heavy equipment use that would damage hard surfacing.
The Zoning Board of Adjustment approved a variance on July 24 permitting asphalt millings in place of standard hard surfacing and allowing 80% lot coverage where the Light Industrial District limits coverage to 75% for a property northwest of East Chicago Street and Riley Avenue.
City staff told the board the applicant proposes a contractor storage yard (a permitted use in Light Industrial) that would store heavy construction equipment and a shipping container on a lot that was platted in 1870 and is legal nonconforming for minimum lot size. Staff…
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