Zionsville BZA denies variance to waive public water, sewer for proposed duplexes at 7615 Fayette Road

The Town of Zionsville Board of Zoning Appeals on an October evening denied a request to waive the zoning requirement for public water and sewer for a proposed duplex development at 7615 Fayette Road.

The petition sought a development standards variance that would allow up to five two-family dwelling buildings (ten dwelling units) on the roughly 8.5-acre site without connecting to public water and sewer. A board member moved to deny the variance and another member seconded; the board voted to deny the petition as presented.

Staff described the request as a development standards variance, not a rezoning, and said the petitioner would still need health-department permits for wells and septic even if the variance were granted. "This is not a rezoning," the staff member told the board, and added that the Boone County Health Department issues permits for wells and septic and that any well/septic work must meet that agency's standards.

Staff told the…