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Zoning board approves 1‑foot variance for Wood Trust Bank parking lot despite staff recommendation to deny
Summary
The Wisconsin Rapids Zoning Board of Appeals granted a one‑foot variance allowing Wood Trust Bank to repave an existing downtown parking lot with a 23‑foot drive aisle instead of the 24 feet required by Chapter 11; community development staff had recommended denial after finding no unique hardship. The vote was 4–1.
The Wisconsin Rapids Zoning Board of Appeals voted 4–1 to grant Wood Trust Bank a one‑foot variance to repave an existing parking lot at 181 2nd Street South, allowing a 23‑foot drive aisle where Chapter 11 zoning requires 24 feet.
Elizabeth, a community development staff member, told the board the lot is already in place and measures about 24,000 square feet with 57 stalls, and that repaving and reconstruction must meet the zoning dimensional standards. "Staff are recommending denial," she said, explaining staff did not identify unique property characteristics or a hardship that would make meeting the standards unnecessarily burdensome.
Board members and the applicant…
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