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Opelika board approves Executive Park Drive setback variance despite business-owner complaints about chronic drainage
Summary
The Zoning Board granted a 20-foot rear-yard setback variance at 2821 Executive Park Drive over extended objections from nearby property owner Chris Tomlinson, who presented years of photos and said city drainage failures flood his parking lot.
The Opelika Zoning Board of Adjustment approved a 20-foot rear-yard variance on a commercial lot at 2821 Executive Park Drive even as a neighboring commercial owner described long-standing drainage problems and urged the board to delay action until the city engineer reviewed stormwater capacity.
Matt, planning staff, told the board the lot is in a C-2 zone but was originally developed under a mid-1980s M-1 standard that lacked side and rear setbacks. The applicant proposes a new office building with a 30-foot front setback, 10-foot side setbacks and a 10-foot rear setback — a 20-foot variance from the…
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