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Indianapolis zoning board grants five variances on expedited docket
Summary
The Metropolitan Board of Zoning Appeals Division 2 approved five variance requests listed on its expedited docket and adopted staff-recommended conditions after a brief procedural dispute over public comment rights.
The Metropolitan Board of Zoning Appeals Division 2 voted unanimously to grant five variance petitions placed on its expedited docket during a public hearing of the board. Chair Craig Van Dalen, with members Patrice Duckett Brown and Tom Barnes present, cast the three votes that approved the petitions as read into the record.
The expedited items included five cases involving small residential additions or new single-family dwellings at addresses across Washington Township and Meridian Hills. Planning staff recommended approval of the amended or remaining variances in each case and the board adopted those recommendations without additional testimony after a motion to treat the cases as expedited.
Board procedure required petitioners and any remonstrators to alert staff in advance if they intended to speak on an expedited case. When two nearby residents sought to oppose one expedited item after the board had already voted, board counsel Chris Steinmetz advised that the public remonstrators should…
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