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Votes at a glance: Tippecanoe ABZA approves several variances and guest‑house special exceptions; denies Rainbow Trout Solar
Summary
On Aug. 27 the ABZA approved variances and special exceptions on several smaller items (sheds, cooperatives, transient guest houses) but denied the large Rainbow Trout Solar special exception. This summary lists motions and voting outcomes recorded during the meeting.
The Tippecanoe County Area Board of Zoning Appeals recorded the following formal actions during its Aug. 27 meeting.
Votes at a glance
- BZA2203 (Paul Luttrell) — Variance to reduce front (south) setback for a shed at 200 Cedar Hollow Court (R1 zoning). Motion to hear and vote was made and seconded. Ballots: 7 cast; 6 yes, 1 no. Outcome: variance granted.
- BZA2205 (A Company LLC / Stewart Cooperative Association) — Three variances for an expansion of a cooperative student housing facility at 800 Northwestern Avenue (R3U zoning): (1) height from 35/37 feet to 42 feet; (2) reduce required automobile parking from 57 spaces to 22; (3) eliminate the 5‑foot no‑parking setback on side lot lines. Ballots: 7 cast. Tally by variance: variance 1 — 7 yes, 0 no; variance 2 — 6 yes, 1 no; variance 3 — 7 yes, 0 no. Outcome: all three variances approved.
- BZA2206 (Michael and Sally Sandry) — Special exception to allow a transient guest house (short‑term rental) in AW zoning at 10440 E 250 N. Ballots: 7 cast; 7 yes, 0 no. Outcome: special exception approved; standard building permits and operating permit conditions apply as recommended by staff.
- BZA2207 and BZA2208 (Coix/Conax family properties on Jackson Highway) — Two special exceptions heard together for transient guest houses in AW zoning at 5100 and 5124 Jackson Highway. Staff recommended conditions; the petitioners agreed to commitments (including no use of an adjacent barn and quiet hours). Ballots: 7 cast for each matter; 7 yes, 0 no for both. Outcome: both special exceptions approved with commitments recorded by the APC.
- BZA2199 (Rainbow Trout Solar) — Special exception request for a 1,700.1‑acre, 120 MWAC utility‑scale solar energy system: Ballots: 7 cast; 3 yes, 4 no. Outcome: denied.
Other procedural actions
- Continuance: BZA2204 was continued to the Sept. 24 ABZA public hearing by motion (approved by voice vote during the meeting).
Notes and next steps
Staff recommendations and any recorded commitments or conditions attach to approvals and are coordinated with the Building Commission and other county departments (drainage, surveyor, highway, building permit office) as part of the next steps for permitted work. For denied or continued items, applicants may revise applications and resubmit or pursue any available administrative or judicial remedies.
Speakers quoted or noted in these votes included APC staff Nathan McBurnett (BZA2203 and other variances) and Ryan Munnon (RTS Law) and Kevin Riley (RTS Law) for petitioner representation at BZA2205.
