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Developers receive setback variance with fencing contingency for 415 West Park Street
Summary
Investors seeking to build eight studio units at 415 West Park Street secured a setback variance; the board conditioned approval on rezoning and discussed adding a six‑foot privacy fence and tree removal coordination with neighbors.
Troy Klein, speaking for the applicants, asked the Sheldon City Board of Adjustment for a roughly 12‑foot setback variance to allow redevelopment of 415 West Park Street into a roughly 138‑foot building with eight studio units aimed at students and local workers. He described units as approximately 16 by 32 feet, "a little over 500 square feet" each.
Klein said the project would provide simplified monthly billing for tenants and hoped to meet local housing demand. The packet included multiple written letters of support from adjacent property owners; those letters requested a six‑foot privacy fence along the south lot line and encouraged tree trimming or removal where necessary. One commenter, Brandon Katz, wrote that Sheldon needs more housing and suggested the board should work with developers to create exceptions when appropriate.
Board members discussed that approval should be contingent on rezoning and the ultimate sale of the lot by SCDC, and they debated whether to add a stipulation requiring the privacy fence and neighbor tree work. The applicants indicated they were willing to install a fence after construction and that tree removal could be coordinated but not paid for by them if the trees were on adjacent property.
A member moved to grant the variance contingent on rezoning and sale by SCDC; the motion carried on a roll call, with the board noting the fence stipulation should be included in the motion language.
