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Shestak, Joe
From:Shestak, Joe
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Subject:Docket No. Assignment: Ricker Garage Addition Variance (PZ-2025-00119 V)
Attachments:Hearing Officer Development Standards Variance Handout 2025.docx
Follow Up Flag:Follow up
Flag Status:Completed
The Board of Zoning Appeals (BZA) Hearing Officer Docket Number issued for this item is the following:
(V) Ricker Garage Addition Variance.
The applicant seeks the following development standards variance approval for an attached 2-car garage:
Docket No. PZ-2025-00119 V UDO Section 2.08 Minimum 35-ft minimum front yard setback
required; 24-ft requested. (There is also a 30-ft platted front yard setback for Cool Creek North Subdivision.)
The 0.78-acre site is located at 4 Cool Creek Court (Cool Creek North, Lot 77). It is zoned R-1/Residence. Filed by
Jackson Vaught of Carpenter’s Crew on behalf of Tim & Wendy Ricker, owners.
Applicant/ePlan Contact: Jackson can be contacted at 317-752-6503 and jackson@carpenters-crew.net
Filing Fees:
Ini?al Hearing Officer Variance, Residen?al $215.50
Total Due: $215.50
Filing Dates & Deadlines - Petitioner, please note the following:
1. This item does not need to be on any meeting agenda of the Technical Advisory Committee (TAC).
2. All Mailed, Posted, and Published Public Notice needs to occur by Friday, July 18 (but may occur earlier).
Due to the site’s area zip code (46033), the published notice (legal ad) is required within The Current in Carmel*; Use
the template provided on page 6 of the attachment. Please contact them at least 14 days prior to that (by NOON, Fri.,
July 4) in order for them to publish it on time – Tues., July 15 (317-489-4444 or legals@youarecurrent.com).
The mailing of letters to adjoining property owners & placement of public hearing sign on the subject property is
also required by the BZA Rules of Procedure, Article VI, Section 6 (see Handout/Application and see BZA website).
Make sure the public notice meeting time in the newspaper, on the sign, and in letters to neighbors reads 5:15 PM
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and that the location on the legal ad and mailings read: Carmel City Hall, 2 Floor Council Chambers Room, 1 Civic
Sq, Carmel, IN 46032. The location on the sign can just read Carmel City Hall. (Please refer to page 6 of the attached
Handout for a template of wording to use for the legal ad and the mailings. Please refer to page 5 for the Public
Hearing Sign specs.)
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3. The Filing Fee, as well as a digital copy of the BZA Info Packet, must be delivered to BZA Meeting Coordinator Bric
Butler no later than Noon, Fri., July 18. A check can be mailed or hand-delivered to Bric, (please make check out to
City of Carmel) or the fee can be paid online here via credit card (with a small processing fee). Failure to submit the
Fee and Informational Packets by this time will result in the automatic tabling of the petition.
Please include the following in your BZA Info Packet:
a) Short memo/letter introducing the project
b) Statement of Variance request (short paragraph explaining what you are asking for)
c) Statement of Support (short paragraph explaining reasons supporting the requests, including analysis and
comparison of what is allowed vs. what is proposed)
d) Location Map
e) Reductions of all plans (site plan, aerial photo of site, garage elevations, renderings, floor plans, etc. on
8.5”x11” or 11”x17” size).
f) Page 8 of handout/application – Findings of Fact sheet (question sheet filled out for the variance request,
statements completed)
g) Any other pertinent information for the Board to explain this request (intended use of garage space, adjacent
neighbor letters/emails of support, HOA approval letter, photos of site.).
4. The Proof of Notice needs to be received by this Dept. no later than 8am, Wed., July 23. (Your public notices must
be executed no later than Friday, July 18) Failure to submit your Proof of Notice by this time will result in the tabling
of the petition.
5. This item will appear on the Monday, July 28 meeting agenda of the Board of Zoning Appeals, Hearing Officer
under Public Hearings, at 5:15 PM. (This will be an in-person meeting.)
6. Either the Petitioner or someone representing the Petitioner must attend the meeting to present the item to be
heard. If no one appears, it will be tabled.
7. Please refer to your Handout’s instruction sheet for more detail.
Preliminary Review Comments - Petitioner, please respond in writing to the following by Noon, Friday, July 18:
a) Please make checks payable to City of Carmel if you are paying via check.
b) Provide a copy of the Official List of Adjacent Property Owners from the Hamilton County Auditor’s Office. (Make
sure to check ‘Carmel BZA’ on their form.)
c) *The Current in Carmel only prints on Tuesdays, and their filing deadline is usually 14 days prior to their printing
date. Please submit your Microsoft Word file of the legal ad to them before Noon, Fri., July 4 so that it prints on time
- Tues., July 15. Their contact info is 317-489-4444 or legals@youarecurrent.com. (Please refer to page 6 of the
attached Handout for a template of wording to use for the legal ad and the mailings – the Notice of Public Hearing.)
d) The mailings/notices to the adjacent property owners should be done by first class mail with Certificate of Mailing
(not Certified Mail). (Please provide us with the stamped receipts of the certificate of mailings for the file no later
than 8am, Wed., July 23)
e) Please provide the filled out & notarized Placement of Public Notice Sign Placement Affidavit form (found in
Handout) once the sign is placed.
f) Please provide the filled out & notarized Petitioner’s Affidavit of Notice of Public Hearing form (found in Handout).
g) Please provide the filled out Notice of the Public Hearing form/template (found in Handout).
h) Please provide proof of notice, such as Publisher’s Affidavit from the newspaper, once you receive them.
i) Please make sure to list out the true practical difficulties and hardships associated with having to comply with the
zoning ordinance.
j) Please note that a Replat application will need to be filed to remove the platted front setback line. Please apply for a
Replat through the online portal.
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k) Please have your Findings of Fact written out the variance request and please write them so that they address the
specific topic of the variances requested, with more details as to why you need that specific variance approved, etc.
l) Additional review comments (if any) will be issued through ProjectDox, our online plan review software.
If you have any questions, please contact me, or Bric Butler (BZA Meeting Coordinator), or Angie Conn (Planning
Administrator).
Joe Shestak
Planner II
City of Carmel
Department of Community Services
Division of Planning & Zoning
One Civic Square, Carmel, IN 46032
(317) 571-2419 | jshestak@carmel.in.gov
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