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Board of Zoning Appeals: votes at a glance — June 18, 2025
Summary
A compact summary of formal actions taken by the Evansville Board of Zoning Appeals on June 18, 2025, including special-use approvals, variances and a final decision on an opaque-fence appeal. Items listed include docket numbers, addresses, request summaries, outcomes and vote tallies.
At its June 18 meeting the Board of Zoning Appeals handled a range of petitions including special uses, variances and appeals. Below are concise summaries of each formal action recorded at the meeting. (The meeting also approved the May minutes by roll call; that routine vote is not shown below.)
Votes at a glance
1) SPU-2025-007 and VAR-2025-036 — 2001 Washington Ave. (Lamar Advantage) - Request: Special use for an off-premises electronic message sign and a variance to allow an electronic message sign within 300 feet of a residence (nearest ~55 feet). - Outcome: Special use approved (4-2); variance approved (4-2).
2) SPU-2025-010 — 5724 New Harmony Road (Larry Nickens) - Request: Special use to allow a one-operator resident barber/beauty shop (resident-occupied, resident-operated); board to set minimum parking. - Outcome: Approved with minimum parking set at 5 and applicant conditioned to disallow signage; vote 6-0.
3) SPU-2025-011 — part of 2221 East Morgan Ave. (Barks and Rec) - Request: Special use for dog training/boarding (Use Group 19) with conditions; board to set minimum parking. - Outcome: Special use approved with conditions (appointment-only, 5—7 dogs maximum, limited to this use); vote 6-0. (Separate variance for multi-tenant property handled below.)
4) VAR-2025-045 — 2221 East Morgan Ave. (multi-tenant property) - Request: Relax thoroughfare setback to allow display and inventory (retail outdoor structures) within the 90-foot thoroughfare setback. - Outcome: Approved with conditions reflected in the record; vote 6-0.
5) VAR-2025-032 — 5807 Big Cynthia Road (Scott McCord) - Request: Allow an accessory structure (pole barn) taller than the main residence (new 2,650 sq ft pole barn). - Outcome: Approved; vote 5-0.
6) VAR-2025-033 — 10108 Shafer Road (Warren Miller) - Request: Increase accessory-structure lot coverage (from 5,000 sq ft to 5,980 sq ft) for a personal-use pole barn. - Outcome: Approved; vote 6-0.
7) VAR-2025-034 — 610 North Burkhart Road (Delight Realty 1 LLC) - Request: Allow a fourth on-premises sign and a larger electronic message unit (54 sq ft vs. 50 sq ft) for a multi-tenant directory sign. - Outcome: Approved; vote 6-0.
8) VAR-2025-035 — part of 2601 North Saint Joseph Ave. (Lamar Advantage) - Request: Expansion of a legal nonconforming structure: replace one static billboard face with a 380-sq-ft digital unit (county parcel). - Outcome: Approved; vote 6-0.
9) VAR-2025-037 — 6501 Madison Ave. (1 on 1 Church Inc.) - Request: Allow a second on-premises sign for an existing church. - Outcome: Approved; vote 6-0.
10) VAR-2025-038 — 4143 North US Highway 41 (Delight Realty 2 LLC) - Request: Larger on-premises sign (827 sq ft) and shorter separation between off-premises signs along a controlled-access thoroughfare, to serve adjacent multi-tenant properties. - Outcome: Approved; vote 6-0.
11) VAR-2025-040 — 17455 Old State Road (Brian Fleming) - Request: Front-yard setback relief for a detached garage (allow accessory structure closer to road than principal residence). - Outcome: Approved; vote 6-0.
12) VAR-2025-043 — 900 Main Street (Boiler Investment Group LLC) - Request: Extension of prior variance to allow existing pavement indefinitely in lieu of required green space (extension of a 2023 variance). - Outcome: Approved extension; vote 6-0.
13) VAR-2025-044 — 6924 Little Shafer Road (William & Emily Driscoll) - Request: Allow accessory structure taller and larger than the dwelling (2,264 sq ft, 16 ft tall pole barn). - Outcome: Approved; vote 6-0.
14) VAR-2025-046 — 6201 Old Henderson Road (Dogtown Tavern project) - Request: Allow 0-foot green-space setbacks and gravel parking to permit restoration and phased reopening of a historic tavern. - Outcome: Approved; vote 6-0. (See separate article for details.)
How to interpret these results Board members applied the zoning code standard for objective requirements and used variance authority for setbacks, sign size/separation and accessory-structure limits. Several sign petitions included separate special-use and variance votes and were decided separately. Where site-plan notes included non-code details (example: a color note), the board discussed whether staff enforcement should rest on zoning-code criteria rather than applicant-specified site-plan text.
If you are a petitioner or neighbor with further questions, contact the Area Plan Commission for copies of the staff report, site plan exhibits and the complete hearing record.
