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Zoning board denies variance for Mitchell Family Foods at 3605 Douglas; applicant withdraws conditional‑use request
Summary
The Des Moines Zoning Board of Adjustment voted against a variance to allow limited retail wine and beer sales at 3605 Douglas Avenue because the site is within the ordinance’s 150‑foot separation from a place of worship. The applicant subsequently withdrew the conditional‑use request to preserve the option to return later.
The Des Moines Zoning Board of Adjustment on a split vote declined to grant a variance that would have allowed Mitchell Family Foods to sell wine and beer at 3605 Douglas Avenue, a tenant bay in a Lower Beaver strip mall. The variance failed after only two board members voted in favor; four affirmative votes were required.
Staff presented the case as a combined conditional‑use and variance request: the applicant seeks a conditional use to permit limited retail sales of wine and beer in an RX‑1 district and a variance to waive the ordinance’s 150‑foot separation requirement from certain sensitive uses. Planner Frank Dunn Young told the board the tenant bay is roughly 60 feet from the property line of a nearby…
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