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Warren board approves fencing and building setbacks for iDrive Auto Parts, defers parking waivers
Summary
The Zoning Board approved variances allowing iDrive Auto Parts to retain 8‑foot corrugated fencing, expand outdoor recycling operations and permit a closer building setback while separating and postponing disputed parking waivers for later review.
The Warren City Zoning Board of Appeals on Nov. 12 approved major parts of a variance request from iDrive Auto Parts at 21311 Groesbeck Highway but sent the parking‑related waivers back for rework and re‑notice.
Attorney Karen Berdy, representing owner Calvin Hermez, told the board the business operates as an automotive recycler — not a wrecking or towing yard — and that much of its sales are online. "We are a true recycling yard," Berdy said, describing twice‑yearly audits by industry associations and inspections by state environmental agencies to support safe…
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