Converted from paper version of the Broad Ripple Gazette (v04n20)
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
by Alan Hague
posted: Oct. 05, 2007
Recent Zoning and Development
INDECISIVE PETITION:
2007-DV2-028 6019 Guilford Avenue (Approximate Address), Petitioner/Agent: Spencer Fields Request(s): VARIANCE OF DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS of the Dwelling Districts Zoning Ordinance to provide for a 522-square foot attached garage addition with a 0.5 -foot south side setback (minimum fourfoot side setback required), resulting in a 4.8-foot aggregate side yard setback (minimum ten-foot aggregate side yard setback required), and a fourteen-foot rear setback (minimum twenty-foot rear setback required).
CONTINUED PETITION:
2007-DV3-028 5902 and 5916 North College Avenue (Approximate Addresses), (Amended) Petitioner/Agent: College Avenue Building LLC, by Mary E. Solada Request(s): VARIA NCE OF DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS of the Sign Regulations and the Commercial Zoning Ordinance to: a) legally establish a 14- by 70-foot semi-permanent partially enclosed, 56-seat, outdoor seating area structure encroaching into the right-of-way of College Avenue (minimum ten-foot front setback required; variance petition 2004-VAR-810 permitted a 14- by 70-foot open, 54-seat, outdoor seating area), b) legally establish a 70-foot long awning/canopy sign, with a horizontal projection of 14 feet from the building facade (maximum four-foot horizontal awning projection permitted; maximum ten-foot canopy width permitted), c) provide for the location of a 4.5-foot tall, 9.75 square foot A-Frame sign (portable signs not permitted), within the right-of-way of North College Avenue (not permitted), and d) provide for the outdoor display of two, five -foot tall mannequins (outdoor display not permitted), within the right-of-way of North College Avenue (not permitted).
NEW PETITIONS:
2007-UV2-031 6053 North College Avenue (Approximate Address), Petitioner/Agent: Broad Ripple Veterinary Management Services, Inc., by Stephen D. Mears Request(s): VARIANCE OF USE of the Dwelling Districts Zoning Ordinance to provide for a dog daycare and training facility (not permitted), in an existing commercial building with an existing off-street parking lot with a 3.4 foot south side setback.
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.
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