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Board of Zoning Appeals 4.11.24 Minutes Members present: Tammy VanHook, Charles McGuire, Jennifer Meador, Neal Allman. Attorney Ashley Ulbricht arrived shortly after the meeting began and Robert Alumbaugh was absent. Neal Allman called the meeting to order shortly after 6:00pm, due to weather and traffic, he began the meeting by calling for a motion on the previous minutes: Jennifer Meador made the motion to accept the minutes as presented, motion was seconded by Charles McGuire and accepted by 4-0 vote. Neal Allman moved file #24-129 to the end of the agenda as no applicants were present when the file was called for presentation. 24-130 Sam and Julie Pugh presented variance requests of: front yard set back from 40 ft to 16 ft / rear yard setback from 30 ft to 10 ft / side yard setback from 40 ft to S (corner lot) and minimum lot size from 10,000 sq ft to 6400 sq ft. The Pugh's presented the requests for the allowance of a single-family dwelling, they will be looking to downsize in the future and would like to build home in an area with similar "foot prints", they presented possible plans and pictures of what the home could look like. Neal Allman called for questions; when none were asked by board or audience, he then called for a motion. Tammy VanHook made a motion to approve the variances as requested, motion was seconded by Jennifer Meador and passed with a 4-0 vote. 24-131 Attorney Bill Niemier presented a variance of use for the allowance of dog boarding and outside area for the Hound Lounge, owner Heather Schmitt, at 605 St Rd 67 in Southbridge Crossing. Neal Allman called for questions: Tammy VanHook asked if there would be 24-hour staffing and the expected maximum number of overnight dogs; no camera monitoring with property owners living in close proximity, dogs will be housed separately over night when staff are not there with a maximum of 20 overnight. Jennifer Meador questioned the outdoor space while Charles McGuire and Neal Allman confirmed proximity to food outlets. When no further questions or comments were made Neal Allman called for a motion: Charles McGuire made a motion to approve, seconded by Tammy VanHook and passed 4-0 Neal Allman re -called for the presentation of 24-129; no applicant was present. Tammy VanHook indicated during the meeting that neighboring property and publication notifications had not been received and reminded the members this application had already been moved from the March meeting to April due to lack of meeting proper notification deadlines previously. Neal Allman questioned