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Fishers BZA denies lot-split setback variance at Geist Pointe; 3-1 vote ends request
Summary
The Board denied a request to subdivide a .9-acre parcel into two lots and reduce a front-yard setback from 40 to 10 feet at 11690 Fall Creek Road (Geist Pointe) after neighbors and counsel raised density, traffic and deed-restriction concerns.
The Fishers Board of Zoning Appeals on July 23, 2025 denied a variance request for a lot split and reduced front-yard setback at 11690 Fall Creek Road (Geist Pointe), voting 3-1 to reject the petition.
The case, VA 25-11, asked the board to allow Lot 2 of the Geist Pointe plat to be re-parceled into Lot 2A and Lot 2B and to permit a 10-foot front-yard setback for the existing home where the UDO requires a 40-foot setback. The petitioner said the lot’s unique topography, floodplain and a shared driveway justified the smaller setback and a lot split that would create two single-family lots from a roughly 0.9-acre parcel.
Why it matters: Neighbor concerns and prior litigation shaped the hearing. Opponents argued the change would increase density, raise traffic and parking pressures on a narrow shared drive, risk property-value impacts and could bypass deed covenants that earlier owners accepted. The petitioner…
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