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DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS VARIANCE APPLICATION
FILING FEES:Single Family (Primary Residence) $392 for the first variance, plus $116 for each additional section of the
ordinance being varied. All Other $1,564 for the first variance, plus $736 for each additional section of the
ordinance being varied.
DOCKET NO. ________________________________ DATE RECEIVED:_______________________________
1) Applicant: _____________________________________________________________________________
Address: _____________________________________________________________________________
2) Project Name: __________________________________________ Phone: ________________________
Engineer/Architect:______________________________________ Phone: _________________________
Attorney:_______________________________________________ Phone: ________________________
Contact Person:__________________________________________Phone:________________________
Email:_______________________________________________________________________________
ProjectDox Uploader:______________________________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) Explanation of requested Development Standards Variance: (State what you want to do and cite the section
number(s) of the Unified Development Ordinance that applies and/or creates the need for this request.)
8) Reasons supporting why the BZA should grant the Development Standards Variance: (Additionally, complete the
attached question sheet entitled "Findings of Fact-Development Standards Variance").
Lawrence K. Hughes
10402 North College Avenue, Carmel, IN 46280
Rosie's Gardens 317.418.4918
Eric Carter 317.846.6611
Kathleen Boaz 317.773.2190
Andrew Wert 317.776.5262
awert@cchalaw.com
Andrew Wert 317.776.5262
awert@cchalaw.com
see attached parcel summary
10402 North College Avenue, Carmel, IN 46280
see attached legal description
see attached parcel summary
UDO Section 3.01.: Outdoor storage consisting of sales displays exists now and is planned to continue with the proposed expansion.
UDO Section 3.14.A.1.: Parking within the front yard setback exists now and is planned to continue with the proposed expansion.
Additional right-of-way along College Avenue is being dedicated.
UDO Section 5.39.H.2.a.: One sign per street frontage is the standard. Two suspended signs have been removed from the site. A new
monument sign is proposed at the new entrance. Variance is being requested to allow the existing monument sign, which is built into an
existing stone wall, to remain.
Outdoor displays are essential to the business model and have existed since the inception of the retail use of the property in the 1990s.
Continuing to allow parking in the front setbackwill allow expansion to occur with no disturbance of existing green houses. The existing sign is
part of a stone wall that is proposed to remain. The proposed sign is tastefully designed and better identifies the business.