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Board clears three West Ohio salvage yards subject to landscape buffering and 10‑year paving variance
Summary
After years of review the board approved three linked outdoor salvage operations on West Ohio Avenue with a required landscape plan to fill fence gaps and a 10‑year paving variance tied to a Standards & Appeals decision; Alderman and staff said the conditions address neighbor concerns.
The Board of Zoning Appeals approved three related applications to occupy parcels on West Ohio Avenue as outdoor salvage operations, subject to a landscaping plan to fill gaps in fence buffering and the conditions set out in the hearing summary. DCD and Neighborhood Services reported a submitted landscape plan that staff judged adequate to protect adjacent residential areas; Standards & Appeals had already granted a 10‑year variance from paving requirements for the site approach.
Alderman Russell Stamper and local officials said the added plantings and fence work close visible gaps and will better screen salvage activity from nearby neighbors. The board approved special uses and variances to run concurrent with the Standards & Appeals timeline (ten years from the date of that decision) and required installation of the agreed landscaping by the date specified in the staff recommendation.
The board attached conditions described in the hearing summary, including monitoring and potential remediation if adjacent right‑of‑way or future paving changes require site improvements.
