Norton BZA approves variance for lot split at 1760 Wadsworth Road with 73-foot access requirement

The City of Norton Board of Zoning and Building Appeals on Dec. 17 approved BZA application A16-2024, filed by Ion State Station Properties Inc., permitting a lot split at 1760 Wadsworth Road and attaching a requirement that the western lot maintain a 73-foot perpetual opening for access.

The variance, requested to permit frontage narrower than the I-1 district minimum, clears the way for the applicant to purchase the adjacent building sometimes referred to in the record as the Trinity Broadcasting property and to reserve acreage for future warehouse expansion, the applicant said. A board vote recorded five yeses and no negatives; the board moved to approve the variance with the 73-foot condition and to require that the 73-foot opening be maintained if the land changes hands.

The request was presented by William Blake Gibbs, who identified himself as the applicant and as the owner/operator of businesses…