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BZA denies variance for enlarged garage at 6462 Broadway after staff opposes expansion
Summary
The Metropolitan BZA denied a request to expand an existing detached garage at 6462 Broadway, concluding staff concerns about precedent and lack of practical difficulty outweighed the petitioner’s arguments.
Hannah Abel, architect representing property owners Melissa Jackson and Andrew Melhop, asked the Metropolitan Board of Zoning Appeals, Division 1, for variances to enlarge a rear detached garage at 6462 Broadway. The board denied the petition after staff recommended denial and four members voted against the proposal.
Abel told the board the owners sought an 18-foot tandem addition to an existing 21-by-22-foot garage to store a trailer attached to a work truck and to create four covered parking spaces, and that neighbors and the Broad Ripple Village Association had submitted…
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