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Board of Zoning Appeals Minutes 1-25-21
TABLED TO FEB. 22 - (A) Appeal, 130 1st Ave NW Demolition Request.
The applicant seeks to appeal the Director’s denial of a demolition request:
2. Docket No. PZ-2020-00169 A UDO Section 3.61.B No Character Building, or any part of it, may
be demolished in the Old Town Overlay District without the consent of the Director of Community
Services. The site is located at 130 1st Ave NW. It is zoned R4/Residence and Old Town Overlay, Character
Subarea. Filed by John Hefton of Old Town Design Group.
(UV) Griggs In -Home Daycare.
The applicant seeks the following use variance approval:
3. Docket No. PZ -2020-00187 UV UDO Section 2.11 Permitted Uses, Use Variance requested for a
Day Care / Day Nursery. The site is located at 10416 Cornell Ave. (Lot 54 Home Place Subdivision.) It is
zoned R3/Residence. Filed by Ms. Peyton Griggs, owner.
Petitioner: Peyton Griggs:
• I am the owner of Playful Minds Daycare and we are trying to relocate this in-home daycare and my family’s
residence at the subject site – 10416 Cornell Ave
• I’ve operated this daycare for 3 years in the Indianapolis area
• Maximum of 12 children, and 2 employees, counting myself
• We have received positive feedback from our neighbors
• There’s plenty of room in the driveway for parents to park during drop-off and pick-up
• We have planned for smooth and quick drop-off and pick-up
• We have advised all parents that Cornell Ave is a one-way street and to use the driveway for parking
• We had discussions with the adjacent neighbor to the south and they said we can use their driveway if needed.
Public Comments: None
Department Report: Angie Conn:
• The Petitioner is requesting a UV because they cannot meet one standard of the home occupation standards of
the UDO, which requires a maximum of 15% of the floor area can be used for the home occupation
• The Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) did review this petition
• We ask the Petitioner to plant one shade tree in the front yard as a recommendation from the City Forester
• Staff recommends positive consideration of the UV request with the condition the Petitioner plants one tree
Board Comments:
Alan: Did the petitioner recently move to the subject site? Peyton Griggs: Yes. Alan: Does the Petitioner currently
use the subject site for a daycare? Peyton Griggs: No. Alan: How many children are currently enrolled in the
daycare? Peyton Griggs: Currently we have 10 children, including my son, and we are looking to have 2 more
children enrolled at our new location. Alan: Is there a U-turn for the parents to use for drop-off and pickup? Will the
parents have to backout of your driveway to leave the premises? Does stacking in the driveway occur? Peyton
Griggs: Parents do have backout of the driveway, just like anyone else who is leaving their home on Cornell Ave. We
stagger our drop-off and pick-up schedules. No stacking of the cars will occur. We have not experienced any
congestion at our current daycare site since we have scheduled our drop-offs and pick-ups. Alan: Is there a fence in
the backyard? Peyton Griggs: The children are only allowed to play in the backyard, and it is fenced in. We have not
received any noise complaints at our current location.
Jim: Do you own the house? Is this your primary residence? Peyton Griggs: Yes, we own the house on Cornell Ave.
It will be our primary house once we get the approval from the BZA.
A Motion by Hawkins and seconded by Dierckman to approve PZ-2020-00187 UV with the Condition that the
Petitioner plants one shade tree in the front yard.
Approved 5-0.