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BZA conditionally approves single-family home on landlocked East 400 South lot after promise to record private driveway easement
Summary
The board approved a special exception and a variance to reduce road-frontage requirements to zero for a landlocked 7.42-acre lot, conditioned on the petitioner recording a private driveway easement with Boone County Recorder before applying for building permits.
The Board of Zoning Appeals voted to approve a special exception allowing a single-family house on a 7.42-acre agricultural parcel at East 400 South and conditionally approved a companion variance to reduce the 45-foot road-frontage requirement to zero.
Julie Moore, the property owner, explained the lot was landlocked when purchased decades ago and that an established driveway across their property has safely provided access for more than 30 years. Staff said an access easement that is limited to just the owner’s property does not qualify as road frontage under the planning director’s written guidance; the petitioners agreed to record a private driveway easement and provide a recorded copy to the town as a condition of approval.
The board took two votes: the special exception to permit the single-family dwelling (5–0) and the development-standards variance to reduce road frontage to zero (5–0), conditioned on the petitioner recording the private driveway easement with the Boone County Recorder and submitting a copy with future building-permit submittals.
Staff noted that building and fire code approvals — including addressing and any fire-access review — remain prerequisites to actual permitting.
