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Board requires opaque screening for Old Beach Road motorcycle shop; setback variances approved
Summary
The Kent County Board of Adjustment on Aug. 21 denied a request to treat an existing chain‑link fence as meeting the county's 6‑foot opaque screening requirement for a proposed motorcycle sales and repair business at Old Beach Road, and approved variances for building and operational setbacks.
The Kent County Board of Adjustment on Aug. 21 denied a variance that would have allowed a chain‑link fence with barbed wire to satisfy the county's required 6‑foot opaque screen at a former Webb's Produce site on Old Beach Road, and approved variances to allow the existing building and parking/drive aisles to remain closer than the zoning rules normally permit.
James Burke, the property owner, told the board he bought the former Webb's Produce building and intends to lease it to Blue Collar Cycles for motorcycle sales and service. Burke said he had purchased an opaque fence screen that, in his view, would render the new chain‑link fence visually solid. "It's the 100 series fence blocked 98%. So it knocks 98% of the view," he said. The board and…
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