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MINUTES OF THE MOORESVILLE BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS The Mooresville Board of Zoning Appeals met at its reuglar scheduled meeting on Wednesday, the 20th day of August, 1986 at the Mooresville Town Hall. Present were Board Members Steve Oschman, Wendell Thaler, Tilford Bailey, Donald Barry and Warren Franklin. The Board's Attorney, Timothy C. Currens was also present. The meeting was called to order by Chairman Steve Oschman who determined there was a quorum present. The Board then proceeded to approve the minutes of the prior meeting and the findings of fact. The Board then proceeded to the first item on the agenda, a petition for a variance from the development standards filed by Larry W. Cooper and Rebecca S. Cooper of 204 East High Street, Mooresville, Indiana. Attorney Currens advised the Board that the legal notices were in order and the petitioners proceeded to explain their variance request. Larry Cooper showed a drawing of their property and showed where they wanted to put in a 24' by 28' garage. The garage would be 8' from the back property line and the Mooresville Zoning Ordinance requires a 40' set-back. Mr. Cooper showed how the size of the lot was not sufficiently large to have the house and garage and meet all of the set-backs in the front and rear. The Board then proceeded to a discussion and specifically found that: 1. That the approval would not be injurious to the public health, safety, moral or general welfare of the community in that all of the lots in this area were small and that the overall coverage of improvements on the land was not such as to create any difficulties or threats to the public health or safety, morals or general welfare of the area. 2. That the use and value of the area adjacent to the property included in the variance would not be affected in a substantially adverse manner due to this being the size of most lots in this