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Board tables decision on window-film variance at Fuller Avenue storefront after privacy, transparency debate
Summary
An applicant at 465 Fuller Ave NE requested a variance to allow window film that reduces visible light transmission to 30 percent. The Board of Zoning Appeals tabled the matter for one month so the applicant can work with staff on alternatives that may meet the city’s ground-floor transparency rules.
The Board of Zoning Appeals on a split discussion elected to table a request from BioFuse Wellness at 465 Fuller Avenue NE for a dimensional variance to permit window film reducing visible light transmission (VLT) to 30 percent. The board directed the applicant to work with planning staff and return at the next monthly meeting.
Staff explained that city zoning requires 70 percent visible light transmission for ground-floor façade transparency and that the director had previously interpreted 68 percent as effectively meeting that standard based on industry glass manufacturing. Rowan and planner…
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