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Setback Variance Request – 20’ to 10’
Two Car Attached Garage Addition
PZ-2023-00111V
11393 Royal Circle, Carmel, IN
Dennis A. Wichern & Patricia A. McGarry
312-859-2430
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Dennis Wichern & Patricia McGarry
Residential Expansion – Two Car Attached Garage
11393 Royal Circle
Carmel Board of Zoning Appeals Hearing Officer
Docket No. PZ-2023-00111V
INFORMATION BOOKLET
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. Table of Contents page 2
2. Variance Request Memorandum page 3
3. Statement of Variance Request page 4
4. Statement in Support of Variance page 5
5. Aerial Photograph Site Locatfon Map page 6
6. Site Plan & Building Graphics page 9
7. Findings of Fact Ballot Sheet – Rear Yard Setback page 11
8. HOA Approval page 12
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DATE: June 1, 2023
TO: City of Carmel Planning & Zoning
Board of Zoning Appeals Hearing Officer
FROM: Dennis Wichern & Patricia McGarry
11393 Royal Circle, Carmel, IN 46032
SUBJECT: Variance Request for Garage Additfon: Rear Yard Setback (20’ required;
10’ requested)
This memorandum respectiully requests a property line setback variance from 20
feet to 10 feet to allow for the constructfon of an attached two car garage to our
existfng single-family residence. If approved, the exterior building materials and
color will match the existfng residence. The Huntfngton Chase HOA has approved
the proposed additfon.
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Statement of Variance Request
We are respectiully requestfng a property line setback variance
from 20 feet to 10 feet to allow for the constructfon of an
attached two car garage to our existfng single-family residence.
If approved, the exterior building materials and color will match
the existfng residence.
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Statement of Support
Building the attached two car garage will add value to our
residence which will increase the value of the property. There
have been two other homes in the subdivision which have
previously been approved by the HOA for similar two car
attached garage constructfon except for a needed setback
variance. These other two residences were not corner lots and
therefore only needed 10’ side yard setbacks. Because my
home is on a corner lot, my required setback is 20’ since my
side yard is classified as rear yard per the UDO.
My HOA guidelines however, specifically define my corner lot
side yard as a side yard as detailed by the image below:
My subdivision HOA approved the proposed garage additfon on
June 1, 2023. If approved, the exterior building materials and
color will match the existfng residence.
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Location Map
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Proposed Two Car Attached Garage in Orange with
10-foot Minimum Rear Yard Setback.
10’ setback distance
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Proposed attached 26’ wide by 24’ two car garage in blue colored dashed line with 10 foot
minimum setback in red colored line.
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Existing Home Image
Home with Proposed Garage Addition & Elevation
(Exterior building materials and colors to match existing residence)
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Drainage & Site Plan
No change to existing swale and drainage along shared property line
marked in red dashed line.
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FINDINGS OF FACT SHEET – DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS VARIANCE
CARMEL ADVISORY BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS
Docket No: PZ-2023-00111V
Petitioner: Dennis Wichern & Patricia McGarry
1. The approval of this variance will not be injurious to the public health, safety, morals
and the general welfare of the community because:
the proposed garage additfon will be attached to the current residence and
perpendicular to the existfng two car garage. Finished exterior building materials and
colors will match the existfng dwelling and the general neighborhood.
2. The use and value of the area adjacent to the property included in the variance will
not be affected in a substantially adverse manner because:
the garage additfon, a common residentfal feature, will be constructed with matching
exterior building materials and architecture that is compatfble with the existfng dwelling
and neighboring houses and represents added value of the investment in the dwelling,
which, in turn, has a positfve effect for the neighborhood.
3. The strict application of the terms of the Unified Development to the property will
result in practical difficulties in the use of the property because:
The parcels shallow front-to-rear depth and the classificatfon of the side yard as a “rear”
yard due to the parcel being a corner lot on a cul-de-sac present practfcal difficulty to
making the garage additfon, which is a common home feature and could not be
constructed without the required minimal rear yard setback.
DECISION
IT IS THEREFORE the decision of the Carmel Board of Zoning Appeals that Development
Standards Variance Docket No. ___________________________ is granted, subject to any
conditfons stated in the minutes of this Board, which are incorporated herein by reference and
made a part hereof.
Adopted this _______________ day of ___________________________, 20 _______.
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HEARING OFFICER, Carmel Board of Zoning Appeals
__________________ _____________________________________________
SECRETARY, Carmel Board of Zoning Appeals
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