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Saddle and Cycle Club Plans Fence Around Sheridan Road Lot

 Saddle and Cycle Club bought an empty lot in October 2013 next door to the future Mariano's on Sheridan Road.
Saddle and Cycle Club bought an empty lot in October 2013 next door to the future Mariano's on Sheridan Road.
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DNAinfo/Benjamin Woodard

EDGEWATER — The secretive, members-only Saddle and Cycle Club wants to fence off the vacant Sheridan Road lot it bought in October and uses as a parking lot, according to the alderman's office.

But it'll need a zoning variance to build the 8-foot-tall wooden fence, said Dan Luna, chief of staff for Ald. Harry Osterman. All zoning variances must be approved by the city's Zoning Board of Appeals.

The grassy land — previously owned by Dominick's Finer Foods LLC, which had a store directly south at Sheridan Road and Foster Avenue — had been for sale for about five years and was bought from the grocer in October for $3.95 million, according to property records.

The club approached the alderman's office, Luna said, to float the idea of adding fences and shrubbery to the property's Sheridan Road border, at 5231-41 N. Sheridan Road.

Luna said a public meeting would be held at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at the club, 900 W. Foster Ave., to gather input from residents about the plan.

Club officials, who didn't respond to a request for comment, would also be at the meeting to present the plans, Luna said.