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Board OKs landscaping relief for Oak Road contractor yard despite staff objection on north/west buffer
Summary
The St. Joseph County Area Board of Zoning Appeals granted two variances for a contractor yard at Oak Road and State Road 2, approving relief from a parking-area screening requirement and, controversially, from a Type 2 landscaping buffer along north and west lot lines despite staff recommending denial of that second variance.
The St. Joseph County Area Board of Zoning Appeals voted Sept. 11, 2024, to grant variances sought by Jeb Properties LLC for a roughly 5-acre contractor yard at the corner of Oak Road and State Road 2.
Area Plan staff recommended approving relief from required parking-area screening along frontages but recommended denying a second request to waive the Type 2 landscaping buffer (a double staggered row of evergreens) along the property’s north and west lot lines because those buffers protect adjacent residential uses. Staff noted the parcel was rezoned in 2022 for commercial contractor use on the understanding that required landscaping…
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