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Zoning board recommends variance to forego interior shade trees for Urbana Public Works parking expansion
Summary
The Urbana Zoning Board of Appeals voted to recommend approval of a major variance allowing the City of Urbana Public Works to omit interior shade trees for a 73-space parking expansion at 706 South Glover Avenue, but required perimeter landscaping where feasible and administrative review of final tree placement.
The Urbana Zoning Board of Appeals voted April 15 to recommend that the City Council approve a major variance allowing the elimination of interior shade trees for a planned expansion of the City of Urbana Public Works parking lot at 706 South Glover Avenue.
The planner for Community Development Services opened the hearing by describing the project and its constraints, saying the expansion will increase parking from 77 to 150 spaces and that large municipal vehicles require unobstructed paved areas for safe turning and storage. "Vehicles with large wheel bases require large turning radii," the planner said, and staff…
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