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Angola City appeals board to pursue targeted updates to Unified Development Ordinance to cut routine variances
Summary
Board of Zoning Appeals staff told members they will pursue targeted updates to the city's Unified Development Ordinance to reduce recurring variances on driveway width, minimum downtown apartment size, lake setbacks and other items; changes will be vetted by departments and must go to plan commission and council.
Speaker 1 told the Board of Zoning Appeals that staff are launching a focused review of the city's Title 18 Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) aimed at reducing recurring variances and making routine approvals easier.
The review will consider several frequent variance topics, Speaker 1 said: driveway-width standards, minimum downtown apartment size, certain front-yard and lake-residential setbacks, and an anomalous second-floor setback rule. "We've been doing variances left and right," Speaker 1 said, noting that the board processed 25 variances in 2023 and 19 in 2024. "If they're having to do these studios and people wanna live in these studios and they're 500 square foot, why can't we do that?" Speaker 1 added that safety, life-safety and stormwater impacts will govern any change.
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