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MOORESVILLE BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS THURSDAY, MARCH 10, 2005 MINUTES The Mooresville Board of Zoning Appeals met on Thursday,March 10,2005 at 6:00 P.M. at the Mooresville Town Hall. Members present were: Jon Swisher,President, Alan Kramer, Don Barry, Mike Young and Charles McGuire. No members were absent. Town Attorney was absent. Motion to approve the minutes for the February 10, 2005 meeting was made by Alan Kramer, second by Mike Young. Motion carried 4-0. Mr. Swisher welcomed Mr. Charles McGuire,who was appointed to the board by the Town Council on February 15, 2005. Next was Ross Holloway,Holloway Engineering,representing Pac-Moore Assets, LLC,with property located at State Road 67 and Old State Road 67. They were requesting variances from developmental standards for 24-hour operation,reduction in buffer zone and building setback line. He stated that in February the Plan Commission recommended to the Town Council to rezone the property from Ag. to I-2 with a unanimous vote. The first item they were requesting was for 24-hour operation because the ordinance in I-2 require operating hours between 7 AM and 10 PM and second item is for building setback next to residential property from 40 feet and 100 feet from buffer. They feel that if you have an 1-2 use that is determential next to the residential community like loud outside activities or railroad tracks you might need the larger buffering. The factory they propose the docks are on the front and backside of the building and the south side is closest to the residential community that they are asking for a reduction of the buffering is actually a blank wall. And this is actually the extreme southern corner of a future building. They are requesting a variance in the buffering setback from 100 feet to 70 feet. If they had a forty-foot building they could have a four-foot mount with dwarf ornamental trees and some scotch pines with a single family home like those in the David Subdivision you can see that the mound would probability screen the entire building. This is not to say you could not see part of the building during the winter. The reason they are asking for the variance is because for future larger expansion they might want the corner of the building to expand out to 70 feet rather than 100 feet. The industry needs rail service and based on the curvature requirement of the Indiana Southern the building has to set at an angle on the site to meet the curve requirements. So with any expansion they are already right up to the electrical easement, which is 50 feet, and there is no give to that for safety and energy requirements if they did an additional expansion only one corner of the building would set on the buffering set back line. Mr. Young asked if the property set a quarter of a mile from the subdivision on the north and Mr. Holloway said it was more than a quarter of a mile for the subdivision. He said the David Subdivision boards it on the south. Mr. McGuire asked if the buffer was just for the south side and Mr. Holloway said that was correct.