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Board approves convenience store at 1415 Sycamore with code inspections and display restrictions
Summary
A long-vacant Sycamore Street property will reopen as a convenience store after the Zoning Hearing Board granted a variance and special exception, subject to building inspection, compliance with convenience-store operational standards, and limits on outside displays.
The Zoning Hearing Board granted a variance and special exception permitting a convenience store at 1415 Sycamore Street, approving relief from the permitted use and from off-street parking requirements because the building occupies the entire site.
Planning Director Jeffrey Knight told the board the building has a commercial history and has been essentially vacant for years. Knight said county tax-parcel records show a storefront use in the past and that the property's long-term vacancy and deterioration created a hardship supporting the variance. The planning bureau also recommended that the applicant conform to the requirements in Section…
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