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HomeMy WebLinkAboutPacket CARMEUCLAY ADVISORY BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS BALLOT SHEET: FINDINGS OF FACT, DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS VARIANCE - 7 Carmel,Indiana RECEIVES Docket No 13110004 V Petitioner: Richard J and Tamara E Hall 000$ • 1. • 2. 3. DATED THIS DAY OF , 20 Board Member Page 9 - filename:development standards variance 2013.docx rev.1/2/2013 CARMEL/CLAY ADVISORY BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS FINDINGS OF FACT-DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS VARIANCE Docket No.: 13110004 V Petitioner: Richard and Tamara Hall 1. The approval of this variance will not be injurious to the public health, safety, morals and general welfare of the community because: The addition will not be near any or within the sight of any neighboring residence. It will be in keeping with the current architecture of the home and will fit into the existing landscaping. No adjoining property owner will be adversely affected in any way by allowing the variance of the rear set back. 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: Addition will be done with materials in keeping with the current materials of the residence, No one will lose any use,enjoyment,or value of their property. The value of the neighborhood will be increased as this increases the value of the residence. Additionally,the addition will be obstructed from view en the rear of the property with existing tree line. 3. The strict application of the terms of the Zoning Ordinance to the property will result in practical difficulties in the use of the property because: The addition will allow for a remodel of the kitchen to bring it up to standards expected in a home in this neighborhood. Not allowing the the setback to accomodate the sunroom will greatly restrict the ability to properly remodel the existing kitchen and preserve a breakfast nook. DECISION IT IS THEREFORE the decision of the Carmel/Clay Board of Zoning Appeals that Development Standards Variance Docket No. 13110004 V is granted, subject to any conditions stated in the minutes of this Board, which are incorporated herein by reference and made a part hereof. Adopted this day of , 20 CHAIRPERSON, Carmel/Clay Board of Zoning Appeals SECRETARY, Carmel/Clay Board of Zoning Appeals Conditions of the Board are listed on back. Petitioner or representative to sign. Page 10 - filename:development standards variance 2013.docx rev.1/2/2013 Statement of Variance Docket# 131100004 V Petitioners: Richard and Tamara Hall We are requesting a variance of the rear setback requirement to accommodate The addition of a sunroom/breakfast nook on the back of our home. The rear setback by code is 20 feet. The neighborhood covenants require a 25 foot setback. The addition will protrude less than 5 feet into the 20' setback in the Carmel City code. The neighborhood association has approved the addition and waived the setback requirement. (See attached email from the HOA president). Tami Hall From: greg.w.gilmore @cummins.com Sent: Thursday,August 08, 2013 4:22 PM To: tamihalli@icloud.com Subject: Fw:Addition to home-CSHA Approval Flag Status: Flagged Tami, Thank you for the formal notice and detailed information. The Building Committee has approved you addition. Please keep me advised of any changes that may surface. Sincerely, Greg —Forwarded by Greg W Gilmore/Distributors/Cummins on 08/08/2013 04:19 PM— From: Tami Hall [mailto:tamihalll @ icloud.com] Sent: Monday, July 29, 2013 10:20 AM To: Schuman, Brian K- I NDI ANAPOL IN; gwgmores @sbcglobal.net; area.w,gilmore@cummins.com Subject: Addition to home I mportance: High Brian and Greg: I'm attaching the architects drawings for the new addition. It does infringe into the building line..BUT at the point it does, it is far greater than 25'from the back. The side of the addition is just past the corner of our lot (corner closest to the house). If you go diagonally from the back corner of the addition to the property line, it is less than 25 ft. If you go straight out from the back corner, then it is not within 25 ft of the property line..but is outside the building line. Note that the building line in our back yard is about 150' in from the property line. The addition will be built on an existing retaining wall that was constructed when the house was built. It is set on footings below the frost line, is reinforced with rebar, and is tied into the foundation of the house. So the retaining wall as constructed was within the building covenants(building lines and easements). Kent Shaffer Builders will be doing the work. They are an original builder in the Village of West Clay, and built our house there. When we purchased the Prestwick property, we again hired Kent to do the interior remodel. His work is high quality and in keeping with the neighborhood standards. The addition will add a great deal of value to this house as the existing kitchen is quite small. The views afforded from the wrap around windows of the sunroom will be incredible in every season. The landscaping will be addressed by 6d Arkenau, of Arkenau Landscaping. Ed has done all the restoration and other small projects to date on the property (which was a mess when we purchased it). This will be done as weather permitting. Our only option for an addition is the rear of the house. This house was built as a replicate of Gunston Hall, in Virginia. Gunton Hall was built by George Mason, a signer of the Declaration of Independence. Dr. Noble, the original owner of our home, was very meticulous in every detail of the front of the house to match the original colonial home. The front porch and even the garden gazebo are exact replicates. Thus, you can understand why it isn't an option to mess with the original design as viewed from the front. 1 Statement of Support We are in need of a variance of the rear setback to accommodate the addition of a sunroom/breakfast nook onto the rear of our house. We have a very large lot (over 2.25 acres) at the end of a cul-de-sac. The adjoining neighbors also have very large lots. Three of the adjoining properties will not be able to see the addition: One other adjoining property would be able to see the addition during the winter months when the woods are bare. Finally, we back up to Crooked Stick golf course. There is a thick tree line obstructing the view of the addition. Our house sits at the very rear of the property, which is causing the difficulty with the setback. The angle of the house and the unusual shape of the property cause the one logical location of the addition to be where the setback is closet to any portion of the house. The home has a very beautiful English style garden to the other side of the kitchen. This garden has been here over 30 years and it just is not practical or desirable to tear it out for an addition. In addition, given the location of the kitchen,the requested location is the most logical. The addition is needed to accommodate the current plans to remodel our outdated kitchen. Many of the neighboring properties have remodeled the kitchens and we desire to bring our kitchen up to the expected standards of our wonderful neighborhood. One side of the addition will be build onto an existing concrete retaining wall. This retaining wall does go past the rear set back line. The retaining wall is tied in to the house foundation and has been there over 35 years (since the house was built). We are not building beyond the end of the retaining wall. Not allowing us to build past the building setback will adversely affect the ability to remodel the kitchen properly.