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Planning Commission grants variance to allow 100% steel exterior at XL Westcott site
Summary
The commission unanimously approved a variance to allow steel to cover the full exterior of a new 6,728-square-foot warehouse at the XL Westcott facility, finding the structure would not be visible from public rights-of-way; the item goes to city council July 14.
The Inver Grove Heights Planning Commission voted 7-0 on July 1 to grant a variance allowing steel to be used on 100% of the exterior walls of a proposed 6,728-square-foot warehouse at the XL Westcott natural gas facility, exceeding the standard city code limit of 33% steel on exterior building surfaces in the I-2 (General Industrial) zoning district.
Planning staff told the commission the 139-acre industrial site is heavily wooded and the proposed warehouse would sit roughly 289 feet from the nearest property line and about 850 feet from the closest…
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