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Board approves limited contractor‑yard and storage for Lakefront Brewery, sets screening and time limits
Summary
The board approved a three‑year conditional variance for use and heavy‑vehicle storage at 1890 North Commerce Street to accommodate brewery equipment and temporary bridge‑construction staging, requiring arborvitae screening and a schedule to remove construction staging by a target date.
The Milwaukee Board of Zoning Appeals on Jan. 15 approved a three‑year conditional use and dimensional variance for storage and contractor‑yard activities at 1890 North Commerce Street, the lot adjacent to Lakefront Brewery. The decision balances neighborhood concerns about visual blight and traffic with the brewery’s storage needs and a nearby bridge‑rehabilitation project that briefly staged heavy construction equipment on the site.
Russ Klitsch of Lakefront Brewery described uses that will include a limited number of trailers, one brewing tank, a food truck, and…
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