Board continues Kerr frontage-variance request while staff reviews waiver options under pending UDO

Aug 28, 2026

The board continued Richard Kerr's variance request for a required road-frontage reduction to allow staff to determine whether the application is a variance or should proceed as a subdivision-control waiver under the pending Unified Development Ordinance; the applicant may elect compliance with either the current standards or the new UDO if adopted before the next hearing.

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Planning staff asked the board to continue Richard Kerr's variance request to allow review of whether the matter should be handled as a variance or processed as a waiver through the plan commission and subdivision-control procedures under the Unified Development Ordinance (UDO). Staff said minor definitional discrepancies between the current zoning ordinance and the pending UDO required clarification to be fair to the applicant and to ensure the correct process is used.

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