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Crown Point board defers variance request to split 9611 N. Washington after traffic, process concerns
Summary
The Crown Point board voted to defer petition 25-45, a request by SLB Brothers Properties LLC to subdivide 9611 North Washington Street and allow a 0-foot side-yard setback for a shared drive; residents and church leaders urged a traffic study and raised safety concerns at the Broadway/96th intersection.
Crown Point City board members on Dec. 22 deferred a requested zoning variance from SLB Brothers Properties LLC that would allow a 0-foot side-yard setback between two future commercial lots at 9611 North Washington Street.
The petitioner, represented by Russ Posen, asked the board to approve a shared-drive setback reduction from the AB-3 business-zone standard of 10 feet to 0 feet so the existing parcel could be split into two lots. Posen said the east lot is being marketed for a convenience store with gas pumps while the west lot has no identified user yet. "We're here before you for a side yard development variance," Posen told the board, and said site-development engineering would follow if the variance were approved.
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