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Board denies request to waive 300-foot buffer for proposed impound yard after residents raise environmental, property-value concerns
Summary
The Board of Adjustments denied a request by Metro Towing/ Velo Development LLC to waive a 300-foot separation requirement for an impound yard at 1218 N. Irving St., following extended public testimony citing contamination risks, traffic and neighborhood decline; applicant said state DEQ and stormwater permits would mitigate risks.
The Board of Adjustments voted to deny a request to waive the city’s 300-foot separation requirement for an auto impound yard at 1218 North Irving Street.
Bert Woodring, speaking for Metro Towing and Recovery and potential buyers of the site, asked the board to forgive the 300-foot requirement so the company could operate an impound yard, store vehicles for police and highway patrol to retrieve and eventually auction unclaimed cars. Woodring said the company would install an 8-foot to 10-foot perimeter fence, site security and low lighting and that the operation would hold a state Department of Environmental Quality permit and a city stormwater permit. “We’re gonna put a good fence around it. We’re gonna have low lighting on the property. It’ll be maintained 24 hours a day,” he said.
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