Board of Zoning Appeals - Regular Meeting

Fishers like to call to order the Fischer Board of Zoning Appeals meeting for Wednesday, November 19th, 2025. Like to wish everyone a happy Thanksgiving. Would you please rise if you're able and join me in the pledge of allegiance? Pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. I guess our deacto secretary, would you please call the role? Absolutely. Mr. Fui here. Mr. Glinslade here. Mr. Sylvie here. Mr. Stevenson

here. Mr. Lannon here. We have We have a quorum to conduct conduct tonight's business. Our first order of business is approval of our previous minutes. Any modifications, revisions, additions to the minutes? Seeing none, all in favor of the minutes being adopted? I

minutes are approved. Our first public hearing is the Looney imperous surface coverage with an address of 10234 Windward Pass case VA-25-17. It's a request for consideration of a development standards variance from sections 3.2.4B5B 4B5B of the city's unified development ordinance to increase the maximum allowable impervious surface from 40% to 54% for a garage addition and pool with surrounding pool deck in an R3 district. Our petitioner is Greg Looney. Mr. Looney, could you raise your hand? Please approach the podium. Mr. Looney,

good evening. Good evening. Hi, I'm Greg and can you press the button on the microphone to make sure it's on? Yes. Thank you. Go ahead, sir.

Great. Again, here tonight at my personal residence addition to the as well. 54% cover service at the res. So, I've got some images here. You can see the layout of the backyard. And then I included some of the initial plans that put together the existing on as the existing setbacks in the performance. Here is the proposed layout with the garage. There are two existing structures that property

elevations of this edition house. one day garage into the garage pretty of the intention of being able to store all off. All the finishes on that house window.

Thank you, Mr. Looney. We'll hear from the staff and if we have questions, we'll bring you back up. Okay.

Thank you. Good evening. increase. And already construction.

Thank you. Members of the board, do we have any questions for the petitioner or for staff at this time? Seeing no questions, I'm going to open the public hearing. If anyone is here from the public to speak to this petition, please [clears throat] raise your hand. Seeing no one from the public, I'll close the public hearing. Any further questions for petitioner or staff before we entertain a motion? Does anyone have a motion for this petition? I'll make a motion.

Go ahead. I'll make a motion that we approve VA25-17 on the condition that the impervious surface area is reduced from 40% to 50% not 54. Okay. So, we have an amendment. [clears throat] Uh we have a motion. Do we have a second on that? Second. We have a second. Go ahead and call the role, please. Mr. Ginslade, yes. Mr. Sylvie, yes. Mr. Stevenson, yes. Mr. Lannon, I Mr. Fuji,

uh, no. Motion passes. Sir, your uh your petition has been approved, but not 54% at 50%. Okay, sir. Thank you. Our next order of business is case number VA25-9, the address of 10714 and 10712 Cynthiana Road, consideration of a development standards variance from sections 6.2.2 of the city's unified development ordinance to allow a secondary dwelling unit in an accessory structure on a residential property. Our petitioner is Scott Barnes. Mr. Barnes, please approach the podium, sir, and proceed with your petition. structure house 2472 which is the new There's a separate story.

The three longing structures more than three and a half acres of property. about the area of existing building rental properties will improve the appearance condition of building the property right all generations fully deployed building requirements remains exactly the same or changes joins to the south which I purchased about 10 years ago in maintain responsib

thank you Mr. Mr. Barnes, we're going to hear from staff and if we have other questions, we'll bring you back up. Okay, sir. Thank you. [clears throat] question. essential. essential. Don't

Thank you. Members of the board, do you have any questions for petitioner or staff? Mr. Barnes, I I do have a question for you, sir. The existing the structure. Yeah, I'll let you come back.

The structure that you plan to renovate to turn into an accessory dwelling structure, what is it used for now? Property four months ago. And it's got three single door garage. So garage floor.

Okay. It's a garage. And are you going to need to do other improvements to if you're taking away a garage, you're going to add a garage later in time? No. So, so the 1714 existing house has a twocar garage as part of that. Um, and so this would there may It's all here. And are you planning on residing at 10 one of these locations? 10714.

Okay. Thank you, sir. Appreciate your time. At this time, I'd like to open the public hearing. Is anyone here from the public to speak to this petition? Please approach the podium. Seeing no one from the public, I'm going to close the public hearing and entertain a motion from our board. I'll make a motion. I'll make a motion we approve VA- 25-9 on the conditions that the approval letter and relative documents be recorded on the property with the Hamilton County Requarders Office. The accessory dwelling unit shall not be rented out for any reason. The accessory dwelling unit shall be only used by the property owner or guests of the property owner.

We have a motion. Do we have a second? A second. We have a second for Mr. Sylvie. Please call the role. Mr. Ginslade, yes. Mr. Sylvie, yes. Mr. Stevenson, yes. Mr. Lannon, I. Mr. Fuji? Yes. Motion passes. Good luck to you, sir. Thank you. Uh, any old business? No old business. Any new business? No, sir. Any staff communication other than the dates of our uh 2026 meetings as shown in the agenda? Um, just that we do plan to have a meeting in December on December 17th.

December 17th. Very good. Thank you. At this time then, I'll go ahead and adjourn the Board of Zoning Appeals meeting for Wednesday, November 11th, excuse me, November 19th, 2025.