Hearing Officer Orders Continued Property Cleanup, Zoning Board Review
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
By Jennifer [email protected]
The property currently is zoned as a limited industrial district and is at 2425 Hendricks St.
The property has been cited by the building and planning department for code violations, including the use of the property as a junk yard and automobile lot.[[In-content Ad]]Richard Helm, attorney at law for Rockhill Pinnick Attorney LLP, representing Stan Long, said Monday the property is 70 percent in compliance.
He requested a 60-day extension for the property to continue to be cleaned.
Clifford approved the clean- up continuance until June with a condition of petitioner Ryan Orlacchio appearing before the Warsaw Board of Zoning Appeals.
The Board of Zoning Appeals reviewed the request for a variance to permit an automobile dealer and body repair shop at its Jan. 28 meeting.
The board tabled the zoning request until the board's August meeting to allow Orlacchio time to clean up the property.
Orlacchio will need to request a variance for the proposed automobile dealer and body repair shop at the board's May meeting. The condition and cleanup requirements will need to be met before the June 16 hearing at city hall.
Petitioners Long and Orlacchio first presented their request to Clifford for a variance of use for the automobile business at a Dec. 17 hearing at city hall.
Long said during the December hearing, he owns the property, and Orlacchio is requesting to purchase the property from him for an automobile business.
Clifford ruled at the December hearing Long needed to apply for a variance of use, and ordered the property to be cleaned and all items violating the current zoning ordinance be removed.
A hearing was held in February where Clifford ordered continued cleanup.
He said Orlacchio had until Feb. 28 to meet with City attorney Mike Valentine, Helm and Building Commissioner Todd Slabaugh to define which items needed to be removed from the property to meet zoning compliance.
Helm said they met in February to discuss what items needed to be removed.
Slabaugh said he looked at the property and said there is still a mower on the property that needs to be removed.
He said scraps not related to the proposed automobile dealer need to be removed, but said he agrees the property is 70 percent in compliance.
The property currently is zoned as a limited industrial district and is at 2425 Hendricks St.
The property has been cited by the building and planning department for code violations, including the use of the property as a junk yard and automobile lot.[[In-content Ad]]Richard Helm, attorney at law for Rockhill Pinnick Attorney LLP, representing Stan Long, said Monday the property is 70 percent in compliance.
He requested a 60-day extension for the property to continue to be cleaned.
Clifford approved the clean- up continuance until June with a condition of petitioner Ryan Orlacchio appearing before the Warsaw Board of Zoning Appeals.
The Board of Zoning Appeals reviewed the request for a variance to permit an automobile dealer and body repair shop at its Jan. 28 meeting.
The board tabled the zoning request until the board's August meeting to allow Orlacchio time to clean up the property.
Orlacchio will need to request a variance for the proposed automobile dealer and body repair shop at the board's May meeting. The condition and cleanup requirements will need to be met before the June 16 hearing at city hall.
Petitioners Long and Orlacchio first presented their request to Clifford for a variance of use for the automobile business at a Dec. 17 hearing at city hall.
Long said during the December hearing, he owns the property, and Orlacchio is requesting to purchase the property from him for an automobile business.
Clifford ruled at the December hearing Long needed to apply for a variance of use, and ordered the property to be cleaned and all items violating the current zoning ordinance be removed.
A hearing was held in February where Clifford ordered continued cleanup.
He said Orlacchio had until Feb. 28 to meet with City attorney Mike Valentine, Helm and Building Commissioner Todd Slabaugh to define which items needed to be removed from the property to meet zoning compliance.
Helm said they met in February to discuss what items needed to be removed.
Slabaugh said he looked at the property and said there is still a mower on the property that needs to be removed.
He said scraps not related to the proposed automobile dealer need to be removed, but said he agrees the property is 70 percent in compliance.
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