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Board approves fence-height and barbed-wire variances for Haines International amid neighborhood objections
Summary
The Kokomo Board of Zoning Appeals granted variances allowing Haines International to erect higher chain-link fencing with barbed wire around a portion of its site; staff said the fence improves safety in a longstanding heavy-industrial area while neighbors said it will 'look like a prison.'
The board heard case P01B26 on Feb. 3 from petitioner representatives seeking variances to allow increased fence heights and barbed wire at a Haines International site. Eric Jansen, representing Haines International, said the fence will be identical to fencing already around the operation and will enclose an area previously used as a soccer field to prevent unauthorized access during construction and operations.
Jansen argued…
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