Evansville Board of Zoning Appeals OKs eight variances including digital billboard, accessory buildings and retail setback reductions

The Evansville Board of Zoning Appeals on Sept. 18 approved eight variance requests affecting signs, accessory buildings, parking and setbacks across the city.

The board, meeting at the Civic Center Complex, granted each petition by recorded roll call votes; all eight items passed with five votes in favor and none opposed. Several items were routine site or signage adjustments; one drew public objection after the applicant had begun construction before receiving the required height variance.

The board’s actions included permission to replace a static billboard with a digital display within 300 feet of residences, approval of multiple accessory structures that exceed the height of their associated houses, expanded on-site signage for a financial institution, reduced green-space requirements for additional truck parking at an existing warehouse, and setbacks reduced to allow new multi-tenant retail in the Promenade area.

Most petitions drew no remonstrators at the hearing. The notable exception was VARDash2025-071 (5300 Victoria Lane), where neighbors objected that a pole-barn structure already erected on site exceeded the height allowed for an accessory structure and that they believed the building permit process had been unclear. The board heard concerns from Brett Krieger (5301 Victoria Lane) and from Krieger’s statements that the house on the adjacent parcel is shorter than the applicant reported.…