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Board of Zoning Appeals approves reduced side-yard setback for proposed Plain City public works garage
Summary
The Plain City Board of Zoning Appeals approved an area variance (25-7) to reduce the side-yard setback from 20 feet to 5 feet at 225 Central Avenue, allowing a proposed roughly 40-by-80-foot public works garage after a public hearing and findings of fact.
Plain City’s Board of Zoning Appeals voted to approve an area variance for 225 Central Avenue on November 12, permitting the village to place an accessory public works building 5 feet from the side property line instead of the 20-foot setback required in the RU zoning district.
During a public hearing, planning staff explained the applicant is the Village of Plain City and that the site is zoned RU (rural), an anomaly in that section of town that was never rezoned when the sewer plant and related facilities were established. Speaker 2 told the board the administration is requesting a reduction from a 20-foot side-yard setback to 5 feet so the village can locate a new garage on…
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