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Fenton Board of Adjustment continues variance request for 1920 Bowles Ave to Jan. 21
Summary
The Board of Adjustment continued a variance petition by Woodcock Investments for 1920 Bowles Avenue after lengthy questioning about stormwater detention, buffer encroachments and parking; staff asked for revised plans by Jan. 13 for the Jan. 21 hearing.
The City of Fenton Board of Adjustment on Dec. 17 continued a petition from Woodcock Investments seeking a variance to place off‑street parking within required landscape buffers at 1920 Bowles Avenue, allowing the applicant additional time to revise site plans to address stormwater and circulation concerns.
Engineer Chris Wolf of Wunderlich Survey & Engineering, speaking for the petitioner, said the parcel was complicated by existing streets that fall inside the property lines, elevation differences with retaining walls, and a required detention basin imposed by MSD. "MSD is requiring that we put in detention for the entire development," Wolf said, and added that the district will not give redevelopment credit for the existing impervious area represented by streets, forcing an oversized basin that pushes development into buffer…
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