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Board approves parking and setback variances for mixed-use site on East Virginia Street with fence condition
Summary
The Evansville Board of Zoning Appeals approved variances April 17 allowing a liquor store and full-service bar at 6136 East Virginia Street to proceed with fewer parking spaces and with improvements into the thoroughfare setback, conditioned on a decorative fence along the east property line.
The Evansville Board of Zoning Appeals on April 17 approved variances allowing construction of a mixed-use commercial building with a liquor store and full-service bar at 6136 East Virginia Street, granting relief from the required number of parking spaces and permitting improvements within the 60-foot thoroughfare setback, subject to a condition that the developer install a black, wrought-iron–style fence along the east property line.
The board voted 6-0 to approve variance VAR-2025-016 after extended testimony from the petitioner’s consultant and the property owner, and discussion among board members about parking demand, potential impacts to the adjacent parcel and the effect of future road widening.
The board’s approval includes a condition requested by an adjacent property owner and incorporated into the motion: the petitioner will install a decorative, black fence (described in the motion as a ‘‘wrought-iron style’’) along the shared…
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