Notice is hereby given of a meeting of Board of Zoning Appeals Division II (November 17, 2026) of the Board of Zoning Appeals.
Business:
Adoption of Meeting Minutes
Special Requests
2026-DV2-027 | 7009 West Thompson Road
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).
**This petition will be withdrawn.
PETITIONS REQUESTING TO BE CONTINUED:
Center Township, Council District #19, zoned D-5
Homes Constructions RMP LLC, by Jorge Gonzales
Variance of Development Standards of the Consolidated Zoning and Subdivision Ordinance to allow for a corner side yard setback of 3 feet (8-foot required) for the construction of a residential dwelling.
**This petition will be continued to the December 8, 2026 hearing.
Center Township, Council District #12, zoned C-4, HD-1, MU-1 (TOD) (RC)
Wardney Snarr
Variance of Development Standards of the Consolidated Zoning and Subdivision Ordinance to permit an enclosed dumpster / service area in the front yard of 21st Street (Service area not permitted in front yards).
**This petition will be continued to the December 8, 2026 hearing.
Center Township, Council District #13, zoned D-5
Julia Kellams
Variance of Development Standards of the Consolidated Zoning and Subdivision Ordinance to legally establish porch entrances to a multi-unit house with deficient side yard setbacks (3-feet required).
**This petition has been automatically continued to the December 8, 2026 hearing.
Petitions for Public Hearing
PETITIONS TO BE EXPEDITED:
Washington Township, Council District #7, zoned D-5
Jason Burk
Variance of Development Standards of the Consolidated Zoning and Subdivision Ordinance to allow for the construction of an accessory structure in the front yard of Byram Avenue (accessory structures located closer to any front yard lot line not allowed).
Washington Township, Council District #2, zoned D-S
Glenn Riley
Variance of Development Standards of the Consolidated Zoning and Subdivision Ordinance to allow for a 5-foot side yard setback (15 feet required) and a 50-foot front yard setback (110 feet required) for the expansion of an attached garage.
Washington Township, Council District #2, zoned D-1
Andrea Merz
Variance of Development Standards of the Consolidated Zoning and Subdivision Ordinance to permit the building of a minor residential structure with a 12.11-foot rear setback (23-feet required).
Washington Township, Council District #4, zoned C-4
KATC Property LLC, by J.R. Knight
Variance of Development Standards of the Consolidated Zoning and Subdivision Ordinance to provide for the installation of a sixth skyline sign on a façade, being the seventh on a building (one skyline sign per elevation, maximum of four permitted per building).
Center Township, Council District #13, zoned C-1
Truth in Christ Church, by Lohman & Lohman Properties, LLC
Variance of Use of the Consolidated Zoning and Subdivision Ordinance to provide for a consumer services use (recording studio) in an existing building (consumer services not permitted in C-1).
Washington Township, Council District #7, zoned D-9 (FF) (TOD)
Dearing Law Firm, by David Dearing
Variance of use of the Consolidated Zoning and Subdivision Ordinance to provide for the operation of a medical office (not permitted).
PETITIONS FOR PUBLIC HEARING (Transferred Petitions):
PETITIONS FOR PUBLIC HEARING (Continued Petitions):
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).
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).
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.
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).
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 (New Petitions):
Washington Township, Council District #2, zoned D-4 (TOD)
Paul Mackowiak, by Giles Law Group LLC
Variance of Development Standards of the Consolidated Zoning and Subdivision Ordinance to legally establish a 6-foot-tall fence with an opacity of less than 30% in a front yard (4-foot maximum height permitted when 30% or less opacity).
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