Notice is hereby given of a meeting of Board of Zoning Appeals Division I (October 7, 2025) of the Board of Zoning Appeals.
Business:
Adoption of Meeting Minutes
Special Requests
2025-DV1-038 | 954 Traub Avenue
Center Township, Council District #12, zoned D-5 (W-1)
Curtis Smith, by Vince Braun
Variance of Development Standards of the Consolidated Zoning and Subdivision Ordinance to provide for the construction of a 672-square foot detached garage, being larger than the 660-square foot primary building (accessory structures are not permitted to be larger than the primary building).
**Petitioner to withdraw
2025-UV1-018 | 7526 Southeastern Avenue
Franklin Township, Council District #20, zoned D-A / D-5
Kevin Powell, by Thomas R. Steele
Variance of use and development standards of the Consolidated Zoning and Subdivision Ordinance to provide for the operation of a U-Haul truck rental facility (not permitted) with a gravel parking area with a zero-foot east side yard setback (hard surfaced parking area, 30-foot side yard setback required).
**Petition to be withdrawn
PETITIONS REQUESTING TO BE CONTINUED:
Wayne Township, Council District #17, zoned I-1
Greg and Seth Dotson
Variance of Development Standards of the Consolidated Zoning and Subdivision Ordinance to provide for the construction of two industrial buildings resulting in a 40-foot eastern transitional yard and a 20-foot west side yard setback (50-foot side transitional yard, 30-foot side yard setbacks required).
**Automatic Continuance filed by a remonstrator
Wayne Township, Council District #17, zoned D-5 (TOD)
Kandy Salazar & Leonor Medina, by Kandy Salazar
Variance of use and development standards of the Consolidated Zoning and Subdivision Ordinance to provide for the conversion of an entire garage and proposed addition to a secondary dwelling with a three-foot rear yard setback, 16.75-foot tall building height and without the property owner living on-site (secondary dwelling required to be connected to an accessory building and the owner must live on-site, five-foot rear yard setback required, accessory buildings cannot be taller than the primary building).
**Staff requesting a continuance to the November 4, 2025 hearing of Division I in order to provide an amendment require new notice
Franklin Township, Council District #20, zoned D-5
Harry Hicks Jr.
Variance of use and development standards of the Consolidated Zoning and Subdivision Ordinance to provide for the location of a shipping container (prohibited) within the front yard, with a zero-foot north side yard setback (accessory structures not permitted within the front yard, seven-foot side yard setbacks required).
Petitions for Public Hearing
PETITIONS TO BE EXPEDITED:
Washington Township, Council District #2, zoned SU-1 (TOD)
First Baptist Church of Indianapolis, by Brent Bennett
Variance of Development Standards of the Consolidated Zoning and Subdivision Ordinance to provide for the installation of two monument signs and a pylon sign, bringing the total number of freestanding signs to five (maximum of two per frontage), with the pylon sign being located within 400 feet of a protected district (600-foot separation required) and the monument signs possessing heights of 7-foot tall and 5.5-foot tall (maximum height of five feet permitted).
Wayne Township, Council District #11, zoned D-5
Maria Del Rocio Cortez-Garcia, by Josh Smith
Variance of Development Standards of the Consolidated Zoning and Subdivision Ordinance to provide for a building addition resulting in a five-foot rear yard setback, and to legally establish an existing detached garage and the two accessory structures within the front yard of Rochester Avenue (20-foot rear yard setback required, accessory buildings within front yards not permitted).
Wayne Township, Council District #17, zoned D-A
Pamela & Mark Farley
Variance of Development Standards of the Consolidated Zoning and Subdivision Ordinance to provide for the construction of a detached garage and to legally establish detached accessory structures with a five-foot west side yard setback and a three-foot south rear yard setback (15-foot setbacks required) resulting in an open space of 84% (85% required).
Washington Township, Council District #7, zoned D-4
Robert & Christine Broughton, by Randall Green
Variance of Development Standards of the Consolidated Zoning and Subdivision Ordinance to provide for a building addition, including an attached garage, resulting in a 9.5-foot rear yard setback (20-foot rear setback required).
Washington Township, Council District #2, zoned C-7 (W-5)
DAST 2 LLC, by Joseph Lese
Variance of Development Standards of the Consolidated Zoning and Subdivision Ordinance to provide for the renovation of an existing commercial building resulting in zero percent transparency along the north elevation, 19 percent transparency along the south elevation, a .08 Green Factor, an alternative interior parking landscape plan and 19 parking spaces (30 percent transparency required for areas of each façade within 50 feet of the right-of-way, 0.22 Green Factor and compliant landscaping required, 36 parking spaces required).
Franklin Township, Council District #25, zoned D-3
Diana Allen-Johnson
Variance of Development Standards of the Consolidated Zoning and Subdivision Ordinance to provide for a building addition resulting in an open space of 67 percent (70 percent open space required).
PETITIONS FOR PUBLIC HEARING (Transferred Petitions):
PETITIONS FOR PUBLIC HEARING (Continued Petitions):
Wayne Township, Council District #17, zoned C-3 (TOD)
Adriano Montas, by Arnoldo Gonzalez Vasquez
Variance of use and development standards of the Consolidated Zoning and Subdivision Ordinance to provide for the operation of an Automobile, Motorcycle, and Light Vehicle Service or Repair facility, with outdoor storage of vehicles awaiting repair (not permitted), with eight parking spaces and zero bicycle parking spaces provided.
Wayne Township, Council District #16, zoned D-2
Margarito Mendoza Galindo, by Tasha Roberts
Variance of use and development standards of the Consolidated Zoning and Subdivision Ordinance to provide for outdoor and indoor storage of lawn care equipment, machinery and materials (not permitted) and the installation of a six-foot tall fence and electric gate within the front yard of Eleanor Street (maximum 42-inch fence height permitted).
Franklin Township, Council District #25, zoned D-A
David & Margaret Sisk, by David A. Retherford
Variance of use and development standards of the Consolidated Zoning and Subdivision Ordinance to provide for the operation of a lawnmower repair business with accessory outdoor storage and operations (not permitted), accessory structures with a two-foot western side yard setback and a two-foot rear yard setback (15-foot side and rear yard setbacks required), and a rear deck resulting in an open space of 82.5% (minimum 85% required), and one portable sign with an area of 6 square feet (not permitted), per filed plan of operation.
Franklin Township, Council District #20, zoned D-A
Hanna Haunted Acres Inc., by David A. Retherford
Variance of use of the Consolidated Zoning and Subdivision Ordinance to provide for the operation of a seasonal indoor and outdoor commercial recreational use, including the sale of alcoholic beverages, subject to the filed plan of operation (not permitted).
PETITIONS FOR PUBLIC HEARING (New Petitions):
Center Township, Council District #8, zoned D-8
RE Development Group Inc., by John Cross
Variance of Development Standards of the Consolidated Zoning and Subdivision Ordinance to provide for the construction of a four-car detached garage, on each lot, with three-foot side yard setbacks (five-foot setbacks required).
Center Township, Council District #18, zoned I-3
Progress House Inc., by James Lingenfelter
Variance of Development Standards of the Consolidated Zoning and Subdivision Ordinance to provide for installation of a six-foot-tall chain link fence within the front yard of Bates Street (maximum height of 3.5 feet permitted in front transitional yards.
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