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BZA grants Scientia parking‑island and sidewalk variances, citing site constraints and greenway adjacency

Monroe County Board of Zoning Appeals · February 5, 2026
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Summary

Monroe County BZA approved variances allowing adjusted interior parking‑island layout and a sidewalk waiver for a commercial expansion, citing narrow site geometry, truck turning and proximity to the Karst Farm Greenway as practical difficulties.

The Monroe County Board of Zoning Appeals granted two variances to a commercial petitioner seeking to expand a facility and its parking lot: relief from interior parking‑island size/spacing and a waiver from a sidewalk requirement along Loosch Road.

Planning staff recommended denial, noting standards require landscaped islands and a five‑foot…

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