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Carmel Board of Zoning Appeals
Hearing Officer
Monday, February 25, 2019 Meeting Minutes
Location: Carmel City Hall Caucus Rooms,2"d Floor, 1 Civic Square, Carmel, IN 46032
Hearing Officer: Mr.James Hawkins
Staff Present: Angie Conn,Planning Administrator
Joe Shestak,Administrative Assistant
Legal Counsel: John Molitor
Time: 5:30 p.m.
Public Hearings
(V) 651 1st Ave NE-Murray Residence,Lot Cover.
The applicant seeks the following development standards variance approval:
1. Docket No. 19010005 V UDO Section 3.64.C.3 Maximum 45% lot coverage allowed,50% requested.
The site is located at 651 First Ave NE. It is zoned R3/Residence and Old Town Overlay District Character
Subarea.Filed by Paul Owen of Wedgewood Building Co.,on behalf of Tony&Susan Murray,owners.
Petitioner:Paul Owen
• The plan is to build a single family home with the same architectural style of the neighboring homes
• This is a smaller lot and we are trying to fit everything in to make it architecturally significant for the City
• We only need 5%additional lot coverage
Public Comments:
Ryan Garret,645 First Ave NE: I have no objections. I just wanted to raise concern with the City about the drainage.
When our house was built,there was no alleyway,and we were required to adhere to the swell that is north east of the
property. Since the alleyway was constructed, it created a barrier and there's now a ponding effect that occurs in the north
east corner of my lot. Our lot dips in the north east corner. Refers to map to show where the water meter and drain are.
Rebuttal to Public Comments: Paul Owen:
• I did meet with Mr.Garret and his wife to address his concerns about the storm water drainage
• The alleyway sits higher than his property,so it creates a natural area for water to sit
• One option we could grade the area up, so everything flows from Mr.Garret's yard to the beehive drain that's on
the north side of the Murray's property
Department Report: Angie Conn:
• We will communicate this drainage concern to the City Engineering Dept. so they can address it
• The Petitioner has been working with the Engineering Dept. and has paid into the stormwater fee
• We recommend positive consideration of this variance
Board Comments: James Hawkins
• I would ask Staff to forward Mr. Garret's drainage concern to the City Engineering Department
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BZA Hearing Officer Minutes 02-25-19