Boyle v. Kosciusko County

STATON, Judge.

Daniel Boyle appeals a trial court judgment affirming the decision of the Kosciusko County, Indiana, Board of Zoning Appeals (Board). The Board denied Boyle’s petition for a variance after Boyle had substantially completed a structure consisting of a deck, retaining walls, a storage facility, and stairs for negotiating the slope from his cottage to Lake Wawasee. The improvements were less than two feet from an adjacent easement and less than five feet from the lakeshore. Boyle asserts that the Board lacked jurisdiction in the matter because his improvements were exempt from…