City of Mount Carmel Zoning Board of Appeals met Sept. 26.
Here are the minutes provided by the board:
The Mt. Carmel Zoning Board of Appeals met in Special Session in the Meeting Chambers at The Witsman Building, 602 E.5th Street, on Tuesday, September 26, 2023.
Present on Roll Call: Chairman Tony Bowles, Jill Logsdon, Chandler Madden, Mallory Fuller, Andrea Downing, Shawn Storckman
Also Present: Public Works Assistant Director David Easter, Mayor Joe Judge, Rob Jackman, Kallie Allender, Brittney Wolf .
Absent: Tim Raibley, Racheal Smith
Zoning Board Chairman Tony Bowles brought the meeting to order at 5:00 p.m. Roll call was taken.
Chairman Tony Bowles asked if everyone had a chance to read the minutes from the meeting held on 05/16/2023. Tony then asked if there was a motion to accept those minutes.
A motion was made by Shawn Storckman, and seconded by Andrea Downing to approve the minutes of the last meeting, dated May 16, 2023. All present voted Aye.
Chairman Bowles administered the oath to petitioners Karissa Turner and Ava Turner with Cardinal Properties. Oath was also administered to Jonathan Irving and Larry Batchelor contiguous property owners.
Chairman Bowles then moved to the application No. 083020231V on the agenda. Chairman Bowles asked the representatives from Cardinal Properties to explain the petition to the board.
Karissa Turner explained Application 083020231V is a petition requesting a variance to the R-2 zoning for the property located at 823,827, 831N Cherry Street and 311 E 9th Street to build a commercial building on the lot located at 831 N Cherry This would be phase 1 after demolition of the existing structures on all of the above-mentioned properties business. Karissa Turner turned the floor over to Ava Turner. Ava brough a story board and explained to the zoning board members Cardinal Properties vision for the above listed properties. She explained the property listed as 311 E 9th street would be used for access from 9th street to the back of the property and also for future access to Phase 2 and 3 which would be duplexes.
Jonathan Irving asked how the planned on the run off of water from the construction. Mr. Gidcumb explained that the natural flow of water can not be changed and their site plan once project would begin would describe the potential flow of water.
Larry Batchelor asked about a privacy fence placed along his property so he did not have the noise from any potential tenants blocked. Karissa Turner explained they have that in their plans and if this would make the existing property owners happy, they would do this.
Zoning board member Shawn Storckman asked several questions about the location of the commercial building flow of traffic to the properties.
Zoning board member Jill Logsdon asked if the zoning board could speak in private about the application. Mr. Gidcumb explained that would be a violation of the open meetings act and the board should have their questions and discussions during the open meeting.
Chairman Bowles asked about the set back requirements. Mr. Gidcumb explained to the board that the one issue on their agenda was the variance to allow a commercial building to be placed on the residential district. He went on to explain there was not a request on the application for any set back variances and if this were needed in the future, they would be required to re-apply for this variance at the time it was determined they could not adhere to existing set back requirements.
Jonathan Irving stated he was ok with the plan and if the petitioners wanted to place a fence along his property he would be fine with that as well.
Larry Batchelor again stated he really wanted a fence along his property line, but other than that he was ok with this moving forward.
After the discussion and weighing the variance ordinance Chairman Bowles asked if there was a motion either to recommend or not recommend the application be approved.
Board Member Shawn Stockman made the motion to recommend to the city council that the variance for the listed properties be granted.
Board Member Chandler Madden seconded the motion. All present voted Aye.
Chairman Bowles let the petitioners know the City Council meeting would be held Monday October 2, 2023 at 631 N Market St. in the City Hall Council Room at 4:00 PM. He thanked Ava Turner and Karissa Turner for their presence at the meeting and for the story board and presentation. He also stated that the zoning board was only an advisory board and the council would make the final decision.
Chairman Bowles asked if there was any old business or any new business to discuss. With no old business or new business to discuss Chairman Bowles asked for a motion to adjourn the meeting. A motion was made by Board member Mallory Fuller to adjourn at 5:39 PM and seconded by board member Shawn Storckman to adjourn. With all members voting aye.
https://www.cityofmtcarmel.com/sites/default/files/fileattachments/city_council/meeting/11655/zoning_board_meeting_minutes_09-26-2023.pdf
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