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Birmingham BZA grants Daxton Hotel variance to repurpose loading area for laundry and trash compactor with conditions
Summary
The board granted a dimensional variance for 298 South Old Woodward (Daxton Hotel) to modify an approved off-street loading space for a trash compactor and on-site laundry, subject to conditions that the area remain convertible back to a loading function and that the compactor installation follow the approved planning-commission plan.
The Birmingham Board of Zoning Appeals granted a dimensional variance allowing the Daxton Hotel at 298 South Old Woodward to install a trash compactor in its off-street loading area and to convert a former trash room to on-site laundry, subject to conditions tying the change to the planning commission approval and requiring the compactor to be removable so the loading space can be restored if needed.
Planning Director Nick Depuy said the hotel’s original site plan located trash and loading in the southwest corner and that the facility now handles frequent off-site laundry deliveries that load on Old Woodward.…
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