Notice is hereby given of a meeting of Board of Zoning Appeals Division II (October 13, 2026) of the Board of Zoning Appeals.
Business:
Adoption of Meeting Minutes
Special Requests
PETITIONS REQUESTING TO BE CONTINUED:
Decatur Township, Council District #21, zoned C-S (Airspace)
Indy’s Finest Fence, by Rocky Morton
Variance of Development Standards to allow for a lot with asphalt millings (asphalt pavement required), an 8-foot privacy fence (maximum 3 ½ foot required), 0-foot transitional yard (15-foot required), exceeding the maximum outdoor storage (limited to 25% of outdoor building area), no landscaping (landscaping and trees required).
**Staff to request continuance to November 17, 2026.
Pike Township, Council District #1, zoned I-2 (FF) (FW)
Henry Hernandez by Brian Burtch
Variance of Development Standards of the Consolidated Zoning and Subdivision Ordinance to permit a 6-foot-tall fence in front yard (3.5-foot-tall permitted).
**This petition has been automatically continued to the November 17, 2026 hearing.
Center Township, Council District #8, zoned I-3
Dhaliwal LLC, by Thomas Pottschmidt
Variance of Development Standards of the Consolidated Zoning and Subdivision Ordinance to allow for a gravel surface parking lot (not permitted unless for agricultural, animal-related, or food-production uses in the D-A district), to allow for a 0-foot rear transitional yard (40-foot rear transitional yard required), and to allow for the omission of required screening/buffering (industrial districts abutting parks districts are required to provide a landscape buffer).
**This petition has been automatically continued to the November 17, 2026 hearing.
Center Township, Council District #13, zoned C-3
Sheref Nessem, by Justin Kingen
Variance of Use of the Consolidated Zoning and Subdivision Ordinance to legally establish an auto repair use (tire sales and installation business), which is not permitted in C-3.
**Petitioner to request continuance to November 17, 2026.
Pike Township, Council District #6, zoned I-2
Sandra Oatts
Variance of use and development standards of the Consolidated Zoning and Subdivision Ordinance to provide for the operation and installation of a kitchen, to prepare and deliver lunches to surrounding warehouses via personal vans (not permitted).
**This petition has been automatically continued to November 17, 2026.
Petitions for Public Hearing
PETITIONS TO BE EXPEDITED:
Center Township, Council District #13, zoned D-8
Stephens Holdings LLC, by Jeremy Stephens
Variance of Development Standards of the Consolidated Zoning and Subdivision Ordinance to provide for a front-loaded garage (not permitted) when a side-loaded, rear-loaded or detached garage would be required.
Center Township, Council District #13, zoned D-8
Stephens Holdings LLC, by Jeremy Stephens
Variance of Development Standards of the Consolidated Zoning and Subdivision Ordinance to provide for a front-loaded garage (not permitted) when a side-loaded, rear-loaded or detached garage would be required.
Center Township, Council District #18, zoned MU-2 (FF)
JO & CE Real Estate LLC, by Alicia Downs
Variance of Development Standards of the Dwelling Districts Zoning Ordinance to provide for 0% first floor facade transparency in an existing building (60-90 percent required).
Washington Township, Council District #7, zoned D-5 (TOD) (W-5)
STR Landholdings LLC, by Josh Smith
Variance of Development Standards of the Consolidated Zoning and Subdivision Ordinance to provide for construction of a detached garage with a 0-foot northern side setback (7 feet required) and a 0-foot western rear setback (5 feet required).
Center Township, Council District #8, zoned D-8
City of Indianapolis, DMD by Chris Barnett
Variance of Development Standards of the Consolidated Zoning and Subdivision Ordinance to allow for an open front porch to encroach into the required clear-sight triangular area from the intersection of 20th and Ralston (not permitted).
Center Township, Council District #18, zoned D-8 (RC)
Neu Eckert Development LLC-S, by Kevin Eckert
Variance of Development Standards of the Consolidated Zoning and Subdivision Ordinance to allow for the development of three total 2-unit homes that are 3 stories in height (limited to the lesser of 2.5 stories or 35 feet) and to allow for the development of these 2-unit homes on lots that are 33 feet wide (35 feet required).
Pike Township, Council District #15, zoned I-2
Kyle Davis, J.B. Hunt
Variance of Use of the Consolidated Zoning and Subdivision Ordinance to provide for the operation of a maintenance shop with associated office space and secure parking, supporting internal company operations with truck and trailing equipment (not permitted).
Washington Township, Council District #7, zoned D-5
Steven Savoie
Variance of use of the Consolidated Zoning and Subdivision Ordinance to provide for the use of an existing single-family residence to create a small-scale mixed-use development that serves a coffee shop on the ground floor while occupying a single-family residential rental unit on the upper level (mixed-use development not permitted).
PETITIONS FOR PUBLIC HEARING (Transferred Petitions):
PETITIONS FOR PUBLIC HEARING (Continued Petitions):
PETITIONS FOR PUBLIC HEARING (New Petitions):
Additional Business: