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Zionsville BZA denies variance request to increase village lot coverage to 40.45%
Summary
The Board of Zoning Appeals denied a request to increase maximum lot coverage from the village standard to 40.45% for a proposed 3,700-square-foot house and 400-square-foot pool at 210 W. Hawthorne St., citing lack of demonstrated unnecessary hardship.
The Board of Zoning Appeals on Sept. 15 denied a development standards variance that would have raised the village lot coverage limit from the applicable standard to 40.45% to allow construction of a 3,700-square-foot single-family home and a roughly 400-square-foot in-ground pool at 210 West Hawthorne Street. Staff told the board the property is subject to village lot-coverage rules and said “strict application of the terms of the zoning ordinance, in our opinion, do not result in unnecessary hardship in the use of the property.” The staff report noted the site could be…
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