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USE VARIANCE APPLICATION
FEE: $1,737 plus $138 per acre
DOCKET NO. __________________________________ DATE RECEIVED:________________________________
1) Applicant: ______________________________________________________________________________
Address: _______________________________________________________________________________
2) Project Name: _________________________________________ Phone: ____________________________
Engineer/Architect: _____________________________________ Phone: ____________________________
Attorney: _____________________________________________ Phone: ____________________________
Contact Person:_________________________________________Phone:____________________________
Email:_________________________________________________Fax:______________________________
3) Applicant's Status (check the appropriate response): ______(a) The applicant's name is on the deed to the
property; ______(b) The applicant is the contract purchaser of the property; ______(c) Other: ________
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4) If Item 3) (c) is checked, please complete the following:
Owner of the property involved: ____________________________________________________________
Owner's address: __________________________________________ Phone:________________________
5) Record of Ownership -- Deed Book No./Instrument No.____________________________________________
Page: _____________ Purchase date: ______________________________________________________
6) Common address of the subject property: ____________________________________________________
Legal description: ________________________________________________________________________
Tax ID Parcel No.: _____________________________________________________________________
7) State explanation of requested Use Variance: (State what you want to do and cite the section number(s) of the
Carmel Zoning Ordinance that applies and/or creates the need for this appeal).
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8) State reasons supporting the Use Variance: (Additionally, complete the attached question sheet entitled
"Findings of Fact-Use Variance").
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Page 1 – filename: use variance application 2017 rev. 12/20/2016
CITY OF CARMEL - BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS
APPLICATION FOR DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS VARIANCE
FILING FEES: Single Family (Primary Residence) $333.00 for the first variance, plus $101.00 for each additional
section of the ordinance being varied. All Other $1,324.00 for the first variance, plus $625.00 for each
additional section of the ordinance being varied. Or, see Hearing Officer Option & Fees.
DOCKET NO. ________________________________ DATE RECEIVED:_______________________________
1) Applicant: _____________________________________________________________________________
Address: _____________________________________________________________________________
2) Project Name: __________________________________________ Phone: ________________________
Engineer/Architect:______________________________________ Phone: _________________________
Attorney:_______________________________________________ Phone: ________________________
Contact Person:__________________________________________Phone:________________________
Email:_______________________________________________________________________________
3) Applicant's Status: (Check the appropriate response)
______ (a) The applicant's name is on the deed to the property ______ (b) The applicant is the contract
purchaser of the property. (c) Other: __________________________________________________
4) If Item 3) (c) is checked, please complete the following:
Owner of the property involved: __________________________________________________________
Owner's address: __________________________________________ Phone:_____________________
5) Record of Ownership: Deed Book No./Instrument No.___________________________________________
Page: ______________________ Purchase date: _____________________________________________
6) Common address of the property involved: ___________________________________________________
Legal description: ______________________________________________________________________
Tax Parcel ID No.:__________________________________________________________________
7) State explanation of requested Development Standards Variance: (State what you want to do and cite the
section number(s) of the Carmel/Clay Zoning Ordinance that applies and/or creates the need for this
request).
_____________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________
8) State reasons supporting the Development Standards Variance: (Additionally, complete the attached
question sheet entitled "Findings of Fact-Development Standards Variance").
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Page 1 of 12 Filename: Development Standards Variance 2017 Revised 12/20/2016
Exhibit A
Supplemental Information for Financial Plans –College AveVariance Application
Use Variance:
8) State reasons supporting the Development Standards Variance: (Additionally, complete the
attached question sheet entitled “Findings of Fact-Development Standards Variance”).
Ch 7.01.01& Appendix A: Schedule of Uses:
st
Street to the north, a
o The property is zoned R-1 Residential, but is bound by 101
SFR to the east, I-465 to the south, and College Ave to the West.
st
o North of 101Street and east of the adjacent SFR lies the College Hills
subdivision which dates back to the 1950s.
o South of I-465 lies Parkwood Crossing Office Park and other office/business
uses.
o West of College Ave lies the Meridian Corporate Plaza Office Park.
o The Future Land Use Map designates the site and immediate area as Employment
Node.
o The Financial Plans & Services office will have minimal impact on the neighbors
as it will generate little traffic.
o The firm currently operates in Greenwood, but has many clients in Carmel and
wishes to invest into a local community to serve those clients.
Findings of Fact Sheets will be submitted with BZA Packet
Development StandardsVariance:
7) State explanation of requested Development Standards Variance: (State what you want to do
and cite the section number(s) of the Carmel/Clay Zoning Ordinance that applies and/or creates
the need for this request).
In conjunction with the applicant's requested variance of use to allow the general office
uses on property zoned R-1 Residential, the applicant respectfully requests a variance
from the following standards:
o(Ch 27.03.02) to not provide required curbing around the perimeter of the
parking lot.
o(Ch 33.05(A)) to reduce the required buffer yards as follows:
North Buffer Yard
Required: Type D
Requested: Type A
East Buffer Yard
Required: Type D
Requested: No Buffer (no improvements being made east of the
existing structure; existing fence vegetation shall remain)
South Buffer Yard
Required: C
Requested: No Buffer (Interstate abuts project site and is
elevated; no need to buffer)
West Buffer
Required: Type C
Requested: No reduction (Type C proposed)
8) State reasons supporting the Development Standards Variance: (Additionally, complete the
attached question sheet entitled “Findings of Fact-Development Standards Variance”).
Ch 27.03.02:
o The parking lot is designed to sheet drain, instead of being collected within a
drainage system.
o Perimeter parking lot plantings and existing landscaping will help mitigate the
minimal impact of the relocated impervious surface.
Ch 33.05(A):
o The proposed use will maintain the existing structure and will have minimal
impact on the adjacent properties. Reduced buffers will still provide screening.
Findings of Fact Sheets will be submitted with BZA Packet
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