Salvage company ready to tussle with Board of Adjustment; salvage-yard blues may be returning for KZIA radio

KZIA Z102.9 radio may need to rev up anew.

The local radio station took to the airwaves last December to make the case against a salvage company that wanted to open a salvage operation at 2525 12th St. SW next to the radio station's studio.

The radio station's position prevailed. The Cedar Rapids Board of Adjustment turned down the request of A-Line Iron & Metals Inc. of Waterloo, concluding that the salvage company's plans were incompatible with the neighborhood.

The salvage company went to court, challenging the Board of Adjustment's ruling, and now a trial is slated for July 30, according to court documents.

The Board of Adjustment is meeting this week, likely in closed session, to discuss the litigation.

Prior to the board's December decision to deny A-Line Iron's request for a conditional use permit to site a salvage yard on 12th Street SW, the city's City Planning Commission, which is a recommending body, had approved the plan.

The board, though, has final say on conditional use permits.