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Carmel hearing officer approves four zoning petitions, denies detached garage variance
Summary
At the March 24 Board of Zoning Appeals hearing, the hearing officer approved four variance or renewal requests — including a sign variance for Perma Pools, a year-long short-term rental renewal, a pool setback variance and a multi-tenant signage variance — and denied a petition for an oversized detached garage in the Village of Mount Carmel.
The Carmel Board of Zoning Appeals hearing officer granted four petitions and denied one during the Monday, March 24, 2025 hearing, adopting findings of fact for each approved item and specifying outstanding review comments where appropriate.
The hearing officer approved a sign variance (docket PZ202300114V) allowing Perma Pools to install a second sign on its Michigan Road building to help patrons identify the building, with planning staff support. "Planning staff is in support of this variance request," Angie of planning staff said during the hearing.
The hearing officer denied a request (docket PZ202400219V) from Nathan and Kristen Dingus for a detached garage larger than the Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) limits. Attorney Rick Lawrence, representing the petitioners, described the proposed structure and said it would match the house exterior. Planning staff told the hearing officer the UDO allows a maximum detached garage footprint of 24 by 30 feet but the Dinguses requested 28 by 36 feet and that the combined accessory-building ground-floor area would exceed the UDO cap: current accessory coverage was about 43% of the principal…
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