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CARMEL BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS HEARING OFFICER
DEPARTMENT REPORT
MONDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2023
(V) Inman Guest House Variances.
The applicant seeks the following development standards variance approvals:
2. Docket No. PZ-2023-00213 V UDO Section 2.04 Maximum 18-ft accessory building
height allowed, 24.6-ft requested.
3. Docket No. PZ-2023-00214 V UDO Section 5.02 (B)(1) Minimum 25-ft front setback behind
front line of principal building required, 54-ft in front of principal building requested.
The 6.8-acre site is located at 12020 Towne Rd. (not in any subdivision) and is zoned S1/Residence. Filed
by Phil Gettum of Gettum Associates Inc, on behalf of Eric & Ashley Inman, owners.
General Info:
• The Petitioner seeks approval for a new guest house with 3-car garage that will take the place of a recently
demolished existing barn.
• Variances area requested for accessory building height and for front setback.
• The site is not located in any residential subdivision, so there is no HOA (Homeowners’ Association).
• Surrounding this site are single family residential homes.
• The pending building permit (for foundation only) is B-2023-00972.
• Please see the Petitioner’s info packet for more detail on the variance requests.
Variances Requested:
Height -
• A maximum 18-ft building height is allowed for accessory buildings, and 24.6 feet is requested.
• This is a variance of 6.6 feet, or a 37% change/increase.
• Building Height is defined as the vertical distance from the lot ground level to the highest point of the roof
for a flat roof, to the deck line of a mansard roof and to the mean height between eaves and ridges for gable,
hip, and gambrel roofs.
• The prior existing barn was closer to 22 feet tall, when measured to the roof peak.
• The guest house will have side and rear yard building setbacks of 71 feet and 239 feet.
Front Setback -
• The UDO requires accessory buildings and uses to be setback at least 25-ft from the main house front façade.
The Guest House is proposed to be located around 54-ft in front of the main house’s front facade. This is a
variance of 79 feet.
• The prior, existing barn had a 344.2-ft front setback from the street. A 385.94-ft setback from the street is
proposed for the Guest House. And, the main primary house is setback approximately 440-ft from the street.
(For reference, a football field is around 360 feet long.)
Review Comments:
• The Petitioner addressed all planning/zoning review comments.
Final Comments:
• The Planning Dept. supports the variance request, since the original torn down barn was in generally the
same location, and since the site is 6.8 acres in size providing for a lot of buffer.
Findings of Fact:
• Please refer to the Petitioner’s Findings of Facts included in their BZA Info Packet.
Recommendation:
• The Dept. of Community Services (DOCS) recommends positive consideration of this variance request, and
with adoption of the Findings of Fact submitted by the Petitioner.