A request to allow conversion of a residence into a duplex and a barn into a single-family residence was denied by the Kosciusko County Board of Zoning Appeals Tuesday.
Sam Stimmel had petitioned for the variance for the property at Blackpoint Road and Pine Drive in Turkey Creek Township. Four remonstrators attended the meeting, arguing against the request on the grounds that the property is not well kept and the buildings are not in good shape.
Board members also decided to postpone until next month a request by Russell Egolf to allow an auto sales and salvage yard in an Industrial II District, on Ind. 15 in Plain Township.
The following petitions were approved: – David and Diane Granger, requesting an exception to construct a communication tower in an agricultural district and construction of a communication tower closer than six feet from an existing tower. An alternate location was approved. – Michael Magers, requesting an exception to build a deck on a cottage on CR 900S in Seward Township. – Jerry Breeck, requesting a variance to raise a residence and construct a new roof located at EMS B42B Lane in Tippecanoe Township. – Anthony Click, requesting a variance for a residential addition on EMS B64 Lane in Tippecanoe Township. – Mark Dillon, requesting an exception to enlarge a porch and make other changes to his business at CR 350N and Ind. 13 in Tippecanoe Township. Other changes include changing signage and allowing boat rental, a drive-through and outdoor sales and a shooting range. – John and Holly Urschalitz, requesting an exception to expand living quarters in a residential district on Chapman Lake Drive in Plain Township, and build additions near the water’s edge and property line. – Fred Saner, requesting a variance to construct a residence addition near the right of way and an ally on Main Street in Lake Township. – Larry and Kathryn Brey, requesting a variance to build a garage and breezeway near the right of way on EMS B8 Lane in Tippecanoe Township. – Joan Szynal, requesting a variance to build an addition to a garage near the right of way on a property on Ogden Point Road in Turkey Creek Township.
The following petitions were granted during the county BZA hearing officer meeting Monday: – Louis Dreyfus Ag Industries, requesting an exception to build a 60- by 76-foot addition to a storage building in an agricultural district on Ind. 15 in Clay Township. – Clunette Elevator, requesting an exception to expand a grainery on CR 600W in Prairie Township. – Delora Nash with Hill Lake Campground, requesting an exception to replace a unit larger than existing without removing two units in a residential district on McKenna Road in Tippecanoe Township. – Biomet Inc., requesting a variance to build a two-storey, 14,000-square-foot addition for cafeteria and offices on Bell Drive in Plain Township. – Rosita Kilty, requesting a variance to build a residence addition above a garage near the right of way on Hiawatha Drive in Turkey Creek Township. – Darle Hoover, requesting a variance to build a residence accessory on North Shore Drive in Turkey Creek Township. – Leon Mullet, requesting a variance to temporarily allow two residences on one tract on CR 950N in Scott Township. – Fred and Sarah Whitmer, requesting a variance to build a residence accessory on Circle Drive East in Turkey Creek Township. – Jeff Fields, requesting an exception to build an awning over a patio in a residential district on Hill Lake Road in Clay Township.
