Findlay zoning board approves lot-width variance for Aten Road property

The Findlay Township Zoning Hearing Board on March 18 unanimously approved a variance allowing Jeffrey Bassano to create an additional lot at 448 Aten Road with a 90-foot lot width where the township's Medium Density Residential (MDR) zoning requires 100 feet.

Brandon J. Stanick, assistant township manager and planning administrator, reviewed his March 17 staff letter and said the proposed Lot 2 would have a lot width of 92.50 feet (the applicant described the practical lot width as 90 feet) and that the lot meets the minimum area requirement of 12,000 square feet but does not comply with the 100-foot width standard. Stanick reported notices and required postings were completed and that the variance standards had been addressed.

Applicant Jeffrey Bassano said he intends to sell the existing house and build a smaller, single-level house at the rear of the property. "I want to sell the current house and build a smaller single level house in the rear of the property," Bassano said, and provided the board with a floor plan drawing showing the proposed layout with an attached garage.

Board members asked whether a house and driveway could fit within setbacks; Bassano said the front of the new house would face the driveway with an attached garage on the left. Member Patrick Cunningham moved to grant the variance and Vice-Chair Celeste Rosen seconded; the motion passed on a unanimous voice vote.

Exhibits entered into the record included the application and survey, a floor plan drawing and staff review letter. The minutes record no additional conditions attached to the variance.