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Board approves gravel driveway variance for 101 Lakes Liquidation expansion in ETJ
Summary
The Board of Zoning Appeals approved a development-standard variance allowing porous crushed-asphalt/gravel material for a delivery drive at 520 S. 100 E., permitting 101 Lakes Liquidation to add a delivery area and turnaround while aiming to limit additional impervious surface in an area with known drainage issues.
The Angola Board of Zoning Appeals on July 28 approved a development-standard variance permitting porous crushed-asphalt/gravel material for a delivery driveway at 520 South 100 East, a property in the city’s extraterritorial jurisdiction, to support an expansion by 101 Lakes Liquidation.
Planning staff reported the owners, Shane and Beth Groves of Pigeon Lake Holdings LLC, plan to expand retail and add warehouse/delivery space; the proposed driveway and turnaround are intended for semi-trailer deliveries and will not serve customer parking. Staff said surrounding properties have had drainage issues and recommended allowing a porous material rather than additional hard surface to avoid worsening runoff. The requested variance was described as relief from the driveway materials requirement (cited by staff as section 18-160-120).
Beth Groves (418 S. 200 E.), owner and applicant, told the board the plan is to use crushed asphalt—similar in appearance to pavement but porous—so the surface will remain permeable and reduce additional runoff onto adjacent low-lying farmland and residential lots. Groves said the site will be combined with an adjacent lot after a pending rezone to C-1 is finalized at the common council’s third reading scheduled for Aug. 18. She added the proposal anticipates roughly two semi-trailer deliveries per week and that the final driveway tail had been shortened from earlier drawings to limit its length.
Resident and nearby property owner Brad Even (208 Clyde Ave.) spoke during the public portion to ask about truck movement and whether semis would have to back onto the road during busy school-period traffic. Groves and staff explained trucks will pull into the widened approach, unload with forklifts, then exit forward onto 100 East; the driveway is not intended for customer parking, and the design includes a tail area to avoid truck backing onto the public road.
Board members found that permitting porous crushed-asphalt material is appropriate given the property’s location in the extraterritorial jurisdiction and historical drainage concerns. The board approved case 2025BZA07003; staff said the Steuben County Highway Department still must approve the driveway approach and that a development plan approval before the planning commission is required for building elevations and site details.
Staff told the applicants the city will issue a final determination letter and coordinate any county-level approvals needed for the driveway approach. Planning staff also noted the applicants will appear before the planning commission in September for the development plan review after lot combination and rezone matters are complete.
