Indiana Housing Withdraws Development Request
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
In a baseball game, three strikes and the batter is out.
Indiana Housing and Development LLP must have felt like an unlucky batter as they requested the Kosciusko County Commissioners to withdraw their petition to rezone ground east of Chapman Lake Drive. IHD's petition had been to the Kosciusko County Area Plan Commission twice and to the commissioners once before.
Commissioner Brad Jackson moved to approve the withdrawal and the commissioners voted unanimously in favor of Jackson's motion.
The property IHD petitioned to rezone is on the south side of CR 400N and east of Chapman Lake Drive in Plain Township.
IHD wanted to create 47 lots on the property.
The Plan Commission voted unanimously on April 7 against recommending IHD's petition to rezone ground from an agricultural to a residential district.
IHD first presented their petition to the APC March 3, and the board voted 7 to 0 then not to recommend the petition to the commissioners.
On March 16, the commissioners, after hearing arguments for both sides, voted 2 to 1 to send it back to the APC because commissioners Jackson and Avis Gunter said it was too similar to another petition approved by APC.
In other business, Paula Bowman, co-owner of Courthouse Coffee, proposed a project for downtown Warsaw that would include 150 to 250 planters in front of local businesses. She said she would like to include the courthouse as part of the downtown beautification effort and asked the commissioners for their permission to do so.
"I think it would be a lovely addition to do this," she said.
She said the downtown merchants are applying for grants and seeking sponsors. The planters cost approximately $80 apiece, she said. She also said the commissioners could help sponsor planters if they wanted to do so.
Gunter said the commissioners will think about the project and get back to Bowman. She said she thought the project was a good idea, however.
The commissioners also approved an ordinance and a fee schedule Tuesday.
An ordinance establishing fees for electronic formatted map data maintained by the county and for establishing electronic map generation fund was presented by county administrator Ron Robinson.
"It's patterned after other counties in the state who have GIS," Robinson said.
Besides maps, the ordinance also covers the costs of disks, film and mailing costs. Payment for information under the ordinance is due at time of delivery with possible exceptions made for persons or companies who have paid on time in the past. Failure to pay charges could result in additional fees for interest, attorney's fees and collection costs.
The Kosciusko County Electronic Data Fund will be built upon all fees charged under the ordinance. Money in the fund is subject to appropriation by the Kosciusko County Council.
The county health department fee schedule was also approved. The only change added from previous years is a $10 charge per name for genealogy searches and a $10 charge for each paternity affidavit. [[In-content Ad]]
In a baseball game, three strikes and the batter is out.
Indiana Housing and Development LLP must have felt like an unlucky batter as they requested the Kosciusko County Commissioners to withdraw their petition to rezone ground east of Chapman Lake Drive. IHD's petition had been to the Kosciusko County Area Plan Commission twice and to the commissioners once before.
Commissioner Brad Jackson moved to approve the withdrawal and the commissioners voted unanimously in favor of Jackson's motion.
The property IHD petitioned to rezone is on the south side of CR 400N and east of Chapman Lake Drive in Plain Township.
IHD wanted to create 47 lots on the property.
The Plan Commission voted unanimously on April 7 against recommending IHD's petition to rezone ground from an agricultural to a residential district.
IHD first presented their petition to the APC March 3, and the board voted 7 to 0 then not to recommend the petition to the commissioners.
On March 16, the commissioners, after hearing arguments for both sides, voted 2 to 1 to send it back to the APC because commissioners Jackson and Avis Gunter said it was too similar to another petition approved by APC.
In other business, Paula Bowman, co-owner of Courthouse Coffee, proposed a project for downtown Warsaw that would include 150 to 250 planters in front of local businesses. She said she would like to include the courthouse as part of the downtown beautification effort and asked the commissioners for their permission to do so.
"I think it would be a lovely addition to do this," she said.
She said the downtown merchants are applying for grants and seeking sponsors. The planters cost approximately $80 apiece, she said. She also said the commissioners could help sponsor planters if they wanted to do so.
Gunter said the commissioners will think about the project and get back to Bowman. She said she thought the project was a good idea, however.
The commissioners also approved an ordinance and a fee schedule Tuesday.
An ordinance establishing fees for electronic formatted map data maintained by the county and for establishing electronic map generation fund was presented by county administrator Ron Robinson.
"It's patterned after other counties in the state who have GIS," Robinson said.
Besides maps, the ordinance also covers the costs of disks, film and mailing costs. Payment for information under the ordinance is due at time of delivery with possible exceptions made for persons or companies who have paid on time in the past. Failure to pay charges could result in additional fees for interest, attorney's fees and collection costs.
The Kosciusko County Electronic Data Fund will be built upon all fees charged under the ordinance. Money in the fund is subject to appropriation by the Kosciusko County Council.
The county health department fee schedule was also approved. The only change added from previous years is a $10 charge per name for genealogy searches and a $10 charge for each paternity affidavit. [[In-content Ad]]