Trust representative seeks variance to preserve residential use of 2-acre parcel rezoned B-3 near I-69 interchange

John Larrison of Holloway Engineering appeared for the Bonnie Innis Living Trust and requested approval to continue residential use of a two-acre parcel that would be split from a larger 15-acre property near the Henderson Ford interchange with I-69. "We are seeking approval for the continued residential use of a 2 acre parcel that is part of a 15 acre larger ... this property has been in the Innis family for generations," Larrison said.

Larrison told the panel the larger parcel was rezoned to B-3 in 2019 in anticipation of commercial development at the interchange; the rezoning grandfathered existing residential uses at the time. He said the trust now plans to deed the two-acre parcel to the family members living there and that splitting the parcel triggers the need for a variance or other formal approval because the residential use would otherwise lose its grandfathered status. "As the staff's background history says, when the property was rezoned to B3, the existing uses were grandfathered," he said.

Larrison described the two-acre tract as a historic Innis homestead location and said the family owns more than 100 acres around the interchange. He said the current house on the two-acre parcel dates to the 1990s and that there is no plan to demolish it; the request is to allow continued residential occupancy after the proposed deed. The transcript excerpts do not show a final determination by the hearing panel on the application in the provided material.

The petition raises standard zoning questions about how prior rezoning and split parcels affect nonconforming or grandfathered residential uses on land designated for business zoning.