The land owner of commercial space at 104th Street and Olio Road asked for a zoning variance, allowing a Bigby Coffee Shop at that location.  The Fishers Board of Zoning Appeals denied the variance request Wednesday night.

Only 3 of the 5 member of the Board of Zoning Appeals were in attendance, meaning all 3 members at the Wednesday session had to unanimously agree to any request.

The motion to deny received votes from board members Howard Stevenson and Jeffrey Silvey…Board President Steve Ferrucci voted not to deny the request.  A motion to approve the variance was made by Ferruci, but died for lack of a second.  The end result is denial of the zoning variance.

The owner of the property was asking to allow the coffee shop to be built on .7 acres of land, below the requirement of 1 acre in the Fishers Unified Development Ordinance (UDO).  That triggered the requirement of a zoning variance for the Bigby coffee shop.

It is not known whether the land owner will attempt to bring Bigby into the commercial development at 104th & Olio in a way that would not require a zoning variance.