Converted from paper version of the Broad Ripple Gazette (v02n11)
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
by Alan Hague
posted: May 27, 2005
Recent Zoning
2005-VAR-811 5401-5425 NORTH COLLEGE AVENUE, 720 EAST 54TH STREET, AND 705-707 BUNGALOW COURT (Approximate Addresses), INDIANAPOLIS, WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP, COUNCILMANIC DISTRICT # 3, ZONED C-3 (W-5) (PENDING). requests a VARIANCE OF DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS of the Commercial Zoning Ordinance to provide for the construction of a 22,400-square foot grocery store with a zero-foot front setback along College Avenue (minimum 70-foot setback from the center line required), a zero-foot front setback along East 54th Street (minimum ten-foot front setback required), and a zero-foot front setback along Bungalow Court (minimum twenty-foot front transitional yard required), with a two-foot east transitional yard setback without landscaping (minimum ten-foot side transitional yard with landscaping required), with parking and dumpsters located within the required transitional yard (not permitted), with 90 parking spaces (minimum 150 parking spaces required), with four parking spaces for the disabled (minimum five parking spaces for the disabled required), and with an unscreened off-street loading area with maneuvering space in the right-of-way of Bungalow Court (all off-street loading spaces abutting a protected district shall be screened and landscaped; maneuvering space in right-of-way not permitted). The details of this petition are on file.
2005-DV2-018 6434 NORTH COLLEGE AVENUE (Approximate Address), INDIANAPOLIS, WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP, COUNCILMANIC DISTRICT # 3 ZONED C-3 (FF) requests a VARIANCE OF DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS of the SIGN REGULATIONS to provide for two, 6.25-foot tall, 57.17-square foot, pylon signs located zero feet from the right-of-way of North College Avenue (minimum fifteen-foot setback from the right-of-way required), and located zero feet apart from each other (minimum 300-foot separation required between freestanding identification signs on the same lot). The details of this petition are on file.
2005-UV1-009 6523 CARROLLTON AVENUE (Approximate Address), INDIANAPOLIS, WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP, COUNCILMANIC DISTRICT # 3 ZONED D-4 (FF). requests a VARIANCE OF USE of the Dwelling Districts Zoning Ordinance to provide for office uses (not permitted) within an existing 1,073.38-square foot single-family dwelling, with a 104.34-square foot porch, with a proposed 518.2-square foot addition, and with a 566-square foot detached garage providing two off-street parking spaces. The details of this petition are on file.
2005-DV1-014 918 EAST 57TH STREET (Approximate Address), INDIANAPOLIS, WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP, COUNCILMANIC DISTRICT # 3, ZONED D-4. requests a VARIANCE OF DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS of the Dwelling Districts Zoning Ordinance to provide for a 1,545-square foot addition to connect the existing 1,918-square foot single-family dwelling to the existing detached garage, resulting in a three-foot rear yard setback for the primary dwelling (minimum twenty-foot rear yard setback required). The details of this petition are on file.
NOTE: descriptions in parenthesis such as, "not permitted" and "minimum ... required", are describing the current zoning for the property. The variance is being sought to deviate from those limitations.
Recent Alcoholic Beverage Permits
none at this time
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