Notice is hereby given of a meeting of Board of Zoning Appeals Division II (November 18, 2025) of the Board of Zoning Appeals.
Business:
Adoption of Meeting Minutes
Special Requests
PETITIONS REQUESTING TO BE CONTINUED:
Washington Township, Council District #2, zoned D-7 (TOD) (FF)
Nalja Osman Inc., by Nicole Anderson
Special Exception of the Consolidated Zoning and Subdivision Ordinance to provide for the operation of a daycare center, subject to the filed plan of operation.
Variance of Use to provide for a daycare center within the Floodway Fringe (not permitted).
Variance of Development Standards of the Consolidated Zoning and Subdivision Ordinance to provide for a five-space parking area (minimum nine spaces required).
**Petitioner and Staff to request a mutual continuance to the December 9, 2025 hearing of Divison II
Washington Township, Council District #7, zoned C-3 (TOD)
52 College LLC, by Samuel Lewis
Special Exception of the Consolidated Zoning and Subdivision Ordinance to provide for a tattoo parlor (special exception required).
Variance of development standards of the Consolidated Zoning and Subdivision Ordinance to provide for a tattoo parlor within 40 feet of a protected district (500 feet required).
**Automatic Continuance filed by registered neighborhood organization, continuing this to the December 9, 2025 hearing of Divison II
Washington Township, Council District #2, zoned D-S (FW) (FF)
John & Jane Murphy, by Justin and David Kingen
Variance of Development Standards of the Consolidated Zoning and Subdivision Ordinance to provide for the construction of a single-family dwelling on a lot with 50 feet of street frontage (75 feet required) and a driveway with a front yard setback of 12 feet from Roland Drive, with an accessory structure within the front yard of Roland Drive (accessory structures may not be within front yards).
**Petitioner to request a continuance to the December 9, 2025 hearing of Divison II
Washington Township, Council District #6, zoned D-2
Tomasa Torres and Minerva Gomez, by Arnoldo Gonzales
Variance of Development Standards of the Consolidated Zoning and Subdivision Ordinance to provide for a six-foot tall fence and wall within the front yards of Sylvan Road and Kessler Boulevard, encroaching within the right-of-way of Sylvan Road and the clear sight triangle of each driveway along Sylvan Road (maximum 3.5-foot tall fence permitted, encroachment of rights-of-way and clear sight triangles prohibited).
**Petitioner to request a continuance to the December 9, 2025 hearing of Divison II
Washington Township, Council District #7, zoned C-4
Martin Petroleum Inc., by Jamilah Mintze
Variance of use and development standards of the Consolidated Zoning and Subdivision Ordinance to provide for the operation of an automobile fueling station within 1,555 feet of a transit station (1/2-mile separation required) and a convenience store with a one and a half-foot eastern transitional yard and a service area with a zero-foot eastern transitional yard (eight-foot transitional yard required) with deficient frontage and transitional yard landscaping.
**Automatic Continuance filed by petitioner, continuing this to the December 9, 2025 hearing of Divison II
Center Township, Council District #18, zoned D-5
Shannon Moody, by David E. Dearing
Variance of use of the Consolidated Zoning and Subdivision Ordinance to provide for the use of a shipping container as a detached garage (commercial vehicles not permitted).
**Petitioner to request a continuance to the December 9, 2025 hearing of Divison II
Center Township, Council District #8, zoned D-5
Hector Esparza, by Arnoldo Gonzales
Variance of use of the Consolidated Zoning and Subdivision Ordinance to provide for the operation of automobile repair facility, with outdoor storage of vehicles awaiting repair (not permitted).
**Petitioner to request a continuance to the December 9, 2025 hearing of Divison II
Petitions for Public Hearing
PETITIONS TO BE EXPEDITED:
Center Township, Council District #18, zoned CBD-2 (TOD) (RC)
Convention Headquarters Hotels LLC, by Linas Yurkus
Variance of Development Standards of the Consolidated Zoning and Subdivision Ordinance to provide for the installation of an 11-foot tall, 121-square-foot pylon sign, with a five-foot setback from West Street (maximum height of eight-feet tall, 36 square feet permitted and 10 foot setback required).
Washington Township, Council District #2, zoned D-1
Jay & Karen Wirts, by Adam Mears
Variance of development standards of the Consolidated Zoning and Subdivision Ordinance to provide for the construction of an attached garage with a 1.5-foot west side yard setback (15 feet required).
Center Township, Council District #13, zoned MU-1
Francisco Nanez Jr and Romina Gabriela Belez, by Arnoldo Gonzales
Variance of use and development standards of the Consolidated Zoning and Subdivision Ordinance to provide for an existing duplex (not permitted), including a front porch and building addition with a 2.7-foot front yard setback (12 feet required).
PETITIONS FOR PUBLIC HEARING (Transferred Petitions):
Pike Township, Council District #1, zoned I-3
KR 100 LP, by Joseph D. Calderon
Variance of Development Standards of the Consolidated Zoning and Subdivision Ordinance to provide for a parking and building expansion resulting in two double-loaded rows of parking in front of a building (only one double-loaded row of parking permitted in industrial districts) and a non-compliant green factor score (compliance required).
PETITIONS FOR PUBLIC HEARING (Continued Petitions):
Center Township, Council District #13, zoned D-5
Yuri Guzman, by Josh Smith
Variance of Development Standards of the Consolidated Zoning and Subdivision Ordinance to provide for a building addition with a 3.5-foot north side yard setback and a 4.5-foot south side setback, (five feet side setbacks required).
PETITIONS FOR PUBLIC HEARING (New Petitions):
Center Township, Council District #18, zoned D-5
AJAMAGIR LLC, by Elliot Gibson
Variance of Development Standards of the Consolidated Zoning and Subdivision Ordinance to provide for enclosure of an existing front porch, resulting in the lack of a primary entry feature along the front façade (required).
Additional Business: