Notice is hereby given of a meeting of Board of Zoning Appeals Division I (January 6, 2026) of the Board of Zoning Appeals.
Business:
Adoption of Meeting Minutes
Special Requests
2025-DV1-059 | 5217 Broadway Street (approximate address)
Washington Township, Council District #7, Zoned D-5 (TOD) (W-5)
John Rising-Moore
Variance of development standards of the Consolidated Zoning and Subdivision Ordinance to provide for the addition to a single-family dwelling with a four-foot north side setback and a 3.5-foot south side setback (five-foot side setbacks required).
**Automatic continuance filed by a registered neighborhood organization, continuing this petition to the February 3, 2026 hearing of Division I
2025-UV1-019 | 3040 South Kercheval Drive (approximate address)
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).
**Petitioner has requested that this petition be withdrawn
2025-UV1-026 | 1860 Sugar Grove Avenue (approximate address)
Center Township, Council District #12, Zoned C-1 (W-1)
Full Circle Development, by Jason Wolfe
Variance of Use of the Consolidated Zoning and Subdivision Ordinance to provide for construction of a two-story single-family residence with a detached 2-car garage (not permitted), per the site plan.
**Petitioner has requested to withdraw to allow for the filing of a rezoning petition
PETITIONS REQUESTING TO BE CONTINUED:
Pike Township, Council District #1, Zoned I-2, MU-1
V 465 LLC, by John B. Gregg
Variance of Development Standards of the Consolidated Zoning and Subdivision Ordinance to provide for the development of a warehouse with its proposed parking areas and access drive to be within the stream protection corridor of a proposed rerouting of Payne Branch Creek and the removal of heritage trees without prior authorization (not permitted).
Washington Township, Council District #2, Zoned D-2
Joseph Pinnell
Variance of Development Standards of the Consolidated Zoning and Subdivision Ordinance to allow for a 6-foot tall fence within a front yard (maximum 3.5-foot height permitted).
**An automatic continuance has been filed by a registered neighborhood organization, continuing this to the February 3, 2026 hearing of Division I
Wayne Township, Council District #16, Zoned D-2
Ramon Ibanez
Variance of Development Standards of the Consolidated Zoning and Subdivision Ordinance to provide for a six-foot tall fence with posts exceeding the height of the fence by more than a foot, within the front yard of Bauman Street, and encroaching within right-of-way, the clear-sight triangle of a driveway, and an easement (maximum 3.5-foot tall fence permitted, posts maximum one foot taller than fence, encroachment of rights-of-way, clear-sight triangles and easements prohibited).
** Petition to be continued to the February 3, 2026 hearing of Division I, in order to allow for amended notice
Franklin Township, Council District #25, Zoned C-S
Faithful Companions Cremation Services, LLC, by Jacob S. Brattain
Variance of Use of the Consolidated Zoning and Subdivision Ordinance to provide for a crematory (not permitted).
Washington Township, Council District #2, Zoned D-S (FW)
Molly A. Wright, by David Stevens
Variance of use and development standards of the Consolidated Zoning and Subdivision Ordinance to provide for and legally establish an accessory structure in the front yard of 75th Street (not permitted), to provide for the expansion of a detached garage with a two-foot side setback (15-foot side setback required) and for the garage to have a footprint larger than the primary building (accessory structures cannot be larger than the primary building).
**This petition will need to be continued to the February 3, 2026 hearing of Division I, in order to allow for amended notice
Franklin Township, Council District #20, Zoned D-A
Neat Investments, by Edward Neat
Variance of Use of the Consolidated Zoning and Subdivision Ordinance to provide for outdoor and indoor storage of commercial vehicles, with limited truck or heavy vehicle repair (not permitted), and to legally establish the existing 4,000-square foot building as the primary structure (single-family dwellings or barns associated with an agricultural use only permitted as primary structures).
**This petition will need to be continued to the February 3, 2026 hearing of Division I, in order to allow for revised notice
Petitions for Public Hearing
PETITIONS TO BE EXPEDITED:
Perry Township, Council District #22, Zoned SU-7
Otis James & Tonya Haimes, by David Gilman
Variance of use of the Consolidated Zoning and Subdivision Ordinance to provide for a three-unit apartment (not permitted).
PETITIONS FOR PUBLIC HEARING (Transferred Petitions):
PETITIONS FOR PUBLIC HEARING (Continued Petitions):
Pike Township, Council District #1, Zoned C-4
Seven 7 Venture, Inc., by Timothy Ochs and Jennifer Milliken
Variance of Development Standards of the Consolidated Zoning and Subdivision Ordinance to provide for the construction of an eating establishment with a drive-through without two stacking spaces after the final service unit (required).
PETITIONS FOR PUBLIC HEARING (New Petitions):
Pike Township, Council District #1, Zoned D-A
Rebecca Bolton and David Padrick, by David Gilman
Variance of Development Standards of the Consolidated Zoning and Subdivision Ordinance to provide for the construction of an accessory residential structure on a lot that is not developed with a primary building and lacks street frontage (accessory structures on lots without primary buildings not permitted; minimum 125-foot street frontage required).
Perry Township, Council District #22, Zoned D-4 (FF)
Jose Moreno, by Samuel Salazar
Variance of Development Standards of the Consolidated Zoning and Subdivision Ordinance to allow for a detached accessory garage within the front yard of Arbor Street (accessory structures must be behind primary buildings), and for a 72-foot wide parking area within the front yard of Arbor Street (maximum 30-foot wide parking area permitted).
Franklin Township, Council District #24, Zoned C-4
BT Indianapolis, LLC, by Joseph Calderon
Variance of Development Standards of the Consolidated Zoning and Subdivision Ordinance to provide for the erection of three freestanding pylon signs, with one sign being the third freestanding sign along the South Emerson Avenue frontage, and two signs being within 210 feet and 284 feet of another freestanding sign (maximum of two freestanding signs per frontage, 300-foot separation between signs required).
Additional Business: