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Board grants variance allowing second accessory structure on pair of Thunderbird Drive lots in New Carlisle

5490881 · May 16, 2025
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Summary

The Area Board of Zoning Appeals voted to allow William and Julie Bartmoss to place a second detached accessory structure on adjoining lots in New Carlisle, finding the combined lots function as a single zoning lot and that setbacks and size limits were met.

The St. Joseph County Area Board of Zoning Appeals on May 14 granted a variance allowing William and Julie Bartmoss to place a second detached accessory building on combined lots at 709 and 711 Thunderbird Drive in the town of New Carlisle, where a town ordinance generally limits most lots to a single detached accessory structure.

Area Planning Commission staff member Fariel Sharif told the board that the two adjacent lots are in common ownership and can be treated as one zoning lot; staff found the petition…

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