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Board of Zoning Appeals approves lot-size variance to give 3 East Pleasant on-site parking
Summary
On May 7, 2025, the Mount Vernon Board of Zoning Appeals approved a variance allowing a small parcel of land to be subdivided from 500 North Main Street and transferred to 3 East Pleasant Street so the latter has an on-site parking area; the lot split will be processed administratively and include a deed restriction limiting future transfer.
MOUNT VERNON, May 7, 2025 — The Mount Vernon Board of Zoning Appeals on Wednesday approved a variance to allow a small, substandard parcel to be subdivided from 500 North Main Street and transferred to the adjacent property at 3 East Pleasant Street to create a legal on-site parking area.
The variance, for departures from the city’s minimum lot-size rules under Mount Vernon City Code section 1103.09(e), permits the creation of a roughly 0.016-acre piece measuring about 34 feet by 20.94 feet from the northeast corner of 500 North Main Street to be attached to 3 East Pleasant Street. A staff report said the change will square up both parcels and provide legal parking where 3 East Pleasant currently has none.
Rebecca Mullins, the applicant and a Mount Vernon resident, told the board the rear "tail" of land historically has been used by residents of 3 East Pleasant for parking and that without the transfer the smaller property would be effectively landlocked. "So it becomes just one nice little rectangle for East Pleasant so they have a parking space," Mullins said. Planning staff said the proposal would "undoubtedly provide some relief to 3 East Pleasant Street and [is] not likely [to] adversely affect" 500 North Main or surrounding properties.
The Board approved the variance after a brief public presentation and staff report. A planning staff member confirmed the actual lot split will be completed administratively: "The lot split is done administratively, and I've already approved, should this body approve the variance, the language for the new deed to attach the little tail to the 3 East Pleasant Street," the staff member said. The staff report noted the subject property is in the R-2 single- and two-family district and referenced the original platting of the Northern Addition of the Town of Mount Vernon in 1826.
Board members recorded unanimous affirmative votes on the motion. The recorded yes votes were Mister Percy, Missus Ramshire, Mister Smith, Mister Adams and Missus Gant. With the variance approved, staff will finalize the administrative subdivision and record deed language restricting the new parcel’s transfer to an adjacent property owner because the parcel is substandard for building.
The Board had no additional business and adjourned the meeting after approving the March 5, 2025 meeting minutes earlier in the session.
