July 23, 2014 at 2:10 p.m.
Daycare request approved (04/12/06)
Portland Board of Zoning Appeals
By By RACHELLE HAUGHN-
With the concerns of a neighboring property owner in mind, a request by a local resident was granted.
Terri Burk, 1811 West Lutes Drive, Portland, asked for a special exception in an agricultural district so she could open a daycare with her sister, Debbie Zigler, at a home east of Portland.
Members of a local zoning board granted the request Tuesday evening, but not without a stipulation.
The Portland Board of Zoning Appeals voted to allow the special exception, stipulating the special exception would end if or when Burk sells the home, located at 1676 East Division Road.
Board members made this decision based on a concern by nearby resident Bruce Harrell, 1660 East Division Road. Harrell told the board he was worried that Burk would sell the business to a big corporation, which could expand the business and disrupt the peace.
“I would sell it as a home not as a business,” Burk said of the two-story home, located a little less than a mile east of Jay County Fairgrounds.
City attorney Bill Hinkle said the stipulation could not be added unless Burk requested that it be added.
Burk then made the request.
Before board members voted, Bill Milligan, Jay/Portland Building and Planning administrator, said no other complaints were received from adjacent property owners.
Milligan said today that notification letters were sent to adjacent property owners.
The house currently is being rented to tenants, Burk said. The tenants will move out of the house and the first floor will be used for the daycare, with the second floor used for storage, she said.
Burk said the daycare will be open from 7 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. There will be 10 to 15 children there per day. The ages will range from six weeks to kindergarten.
Also Tuesday, the board took no action on a Portland woman’s request because she did not attend the meeting.
Peggy Thompson, 916 N. Ben Hawkins Ave., submitted a request for a variance in developmental standards to allow a manufactured home to face the side yard instead of the street.
Milligan said Thompson will have to re-file the request if she wants it to be considered.[[In-content Ad]]
Terri Burk, 1811 West Lutes Drive, Portland, asked for a special exception in an agricultural district so she could open a daycare with her sister, Debbie Zigler, at a home east of Portland.
Members of a local zoning board granted the request Tuesday evening, but not without a stipulation.
The Portland Board of Zoning Appeals voted to allow the special exception, stipulating the special exception would end if or when Burk sells the home, located at 1676 East Division Road.
Board members made this decision based on a concern by nearby resident Bruce Harrell, 1660 East Division Road. Harrell told the board he was worried that Burk would sell the business to a big corporation, which could expand the business and disrupt the peace.
“I would sell it as a home not as a business,” Burk said of the two-story home, located a little less than a mile east of Jay County Fairgrounds.
City attorney Bill Hinkle said the stipulation could not be added unless Burk requested that it be added.
Burk then made the request.
Before board members voted, Bill Milligan, Jay/Portland Building and Planning administrator, said no other complaints were received from adjacent property owners.
Milligan said today that notification letters were sent to adjacent property owners.
The house currently is being rented to tenants, Burk said. The tenants will move out of the house and the first floor will be used for the daycare, with the second floor used for storage, she said.
Burk said the daycare will be open from 7 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. There will be 10 to 15 children there per day. The ages will range from six weeks to kindergarten.
Also Tuesday, the board took no action on a Portland woman’s request because she did not attend the meeting.
Peggy Thompson, 916 N. Ben Hawkins Ave., submitted a request for a variance in developmental standards to allow a manufactured home to face the side yard instead of the street.
Milligan said Thompson will have to re-file the request if she wants it to be considered.[[In-content Ad]]
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