BZA Results- February 7, 2011

V-11-05 Armstrong Property LLC & Bruce Armstrong - APPROVED as presented with conditions (3-2)
Road-front setback of nineteen & two tenths (19.2) feet rather than the twenty-five (25) feet required.
Conditions: 1)Applicants must sign liability waiver. 2)As presented.
Notes: Addition is two stories high.

V-11-06 Brian & Amy Kaufman - APPROVED (5-0)
Road-front setback of ten & eight tenths (10.8) feet rather than the twenty-five (25) feet required.
Conditions: None.
Notes: Reduced setback is to add a gabled roof. The footprint of the building will remain unchanged.

V-11-07A Edward & Kathleen Murphy - NO DECISION (2-2)
Side-yard setback of three (3) feet eight (8) inches rather than the five (5) feet required.
Conditions: Living quarters may only be used for temporary guests and family members of Lots 15 & 16 of Uncle Tom's Plat.
Notes: The BZA member who did not vote will receive a recording of the hearing and cast his ballot in the Plan Commission Office at a later date to be announced on this weblog. Members of the public may be present but no additional evidence can be offered. Schmidt recused himself.

V-11-07B Edward & Kathleen Murphy - NO DECISION (2-2)
Rear-yard setback of six (6) feet seven (7) inches rather than the twenty (20) feet required.
Conditions: Living quarters may only be used for temporary guests and family members of Lots 15 & 16 of Uncle Tom's Plat.
Notes: The BZA member who did not vote will receive a recording of the hearing and cast his ballot in the Plan Commission Office at a later date to be announced on this weblog. Members of the public may be present but no additional evidence can be offered. Schmidt recused himself.

V-11-07C Edward & Kathleen Murphy - NO DECISION (2-2)
Impermeable coverage of seventy-two and five tenths (72.5) percent rather than the fifty (50) percent allowed.
Conditions: Living quarters may only be used for temporary guests and family members of Lots 15 & 16 of Uncle Tom's Plat.
Notes: The BZA member who did not vote will receive a recording of the hearing and cast his ballot in the Plan Commission Office at a later date to be announced on this weblog. Members of the public may be present but no additional evidence can be offered. Schmidt recused himself.

V-11-08 Brian & Melissa Cook - APPROVED (4-1)
Fence posts located on the outside of the fenced property rather than on the inside of the fenced property as required.
Conditions: None.
Notes: Post-construction variance. Applicants received letters of non-objection for a reduced setback so that variance is no longer necessary.

V-11-09 John & Cynthia Somers - APPROVED as presented (5-0)
Rear-yard setback of five (5) feet rather than the twenty (20) feet required.
Conditions: None.
Notes: Applicants have rotated the building to meet the road-front setback so that variance is no longer necessary.

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The BZA meeting was recorded. It is available for viewing at any time on the Steuben County Board of Zoning Appeals' ustream page.

February 7, 2011, BZA Hearing.