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Board grants landscaping relief, denies requested parking‑screening variance for State Road 933 lot plan

St. Joseph County Area Board of Zoning Appeals · January 15, 2026
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Summary

For a proposed parking lot at 50860 State Road 933, the board approved variances to reduce front‑line shade trees and to waive type‑2 landscaping along some lot lines but denied the requested omission of parking‑area screening; the board said fencing and shrub hedges could be required as conditions.

The Area Board of Zoning Appeals on Jan. 14 granted two variances and denied a third for a proposed parking lot at 50860 State Road 933.

APC staff said the narrow (~75‑ft) lot, existing building violations and lack of public sewer made full redevelopment difficult; the petitioner proposed demolishing existing buildings and creating a parking lot, asking for relief from tree spacing (providing one shade tree instead of the ordinance spacing),…

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