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Board approves parking variance for excavation contractor at 2200 N. Fifth Ave. amid neighborhood concerns about gravel and fence
Summary
The Board of Zoning Appeals approved reducing required parking from eight spaces to zero for an excavation contractor at 2200 North Fifth Avenue, 6-0, after testimony from the applicant, neighbors and the school corporation raised concerns about gravel, dust and barbed-wire fencing.
The Board of Zoning Appeals on Feb. 20 voted 6-0 to approve a variance reducing the minimum required parking from eight spaces to zero for a business at 2200 North Fifth Avenue that the applicant described as an excavation contractor shop. The decision allows the current use to remain without the number of formal parking spaces the zoning code would normally require.
Steven Harris, who identified himself as the applicant and operator of the excavation business, told the board that the company parks two or three passenger vehicles on site and that crews are often on different shifts. "We employ about 25 people in this area," Harris said, emphasizing the potential business impact if the company…
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