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Board approves use variance for boutique with limited food sales at 212 1st Ave SW
Summary
The Decatur City Board of Zoning Adjustment voted 4-0 (with one recusal) to approve a use variance allowing petitioner Sonia Ayers to operate a women's boutique that will also sell prepared foods at 212 1st Avenue Southwest; planning staff recommended approval but said rezoning to commercial would be a better long-term fit.
The Decatur City Board of Zoning Adjustment voted to approve a use variance for 212 1st Avenue Southwest, allowing petitioner Sonia Ayers to open a women's boutique that will also sell prepared food items.
Planning staff told the board that the parcel was formerly zoned General Industry under the city’s earlier zoning ordinance and is now classified in an industrial district where consumer-goods retail is not permitted. Staff recommended approval of a use variance but said rezoning the lot to a commercial neighborhood classification would be a stronger long-term solution.
Ayers, who identified herself to the board as the…
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