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Elyria planning panel approves setback and parking variances for South Abbey Road property

Elyria Planning Commission · January 13, 2026
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The Elyria Planning Commission on Jan. 13 approved variances for South Abbey Road Plaza LLC to allow a 5-foot side-yard setback and to recognize 25 existing parking spaces where the code requires 48. Staff recommended approval and no opponents appeared.

Elyria — The Elyria Planning Commission on Tuesday approved a variance permitting South Abbey Road Plaza LLC to keep an existing building five feet from the property line and to recognize 25 on-site parking spaces for several properties on South Abbey Road, despite a zoning code requirement for 48 spaces.

Planning staff described the request as tied to a recently approved lot consolidation and split. "These variances are for two deviations from the zoning code," planning staff…

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