Planners Consider Ind. 15 Rezoning
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
The Warsaw Plan Commission considered three items Monday, including a rezoning of 134 acres north of Petro Drive to and bordered on the east by Ind. 15N and the Tippecanoe River.
Currently, three parcels are zoned I-2 or light industrial. Commercial use to the south indicates the best use of the property may be C-3, arterial commercial, said city planner Jeff Noffsinger, who initiated the proposal.
Noffsinger said he wanted to be proactive regarding the rezoning, rather than reactive.
The three properties are owned by Petro Family LLC, the John R. Nye Trust, with Alfred and Marilyn Brandt as trustees and Unitechind Inc.
It was noted by commission president Joe Thallemer that a large, long-established blue heron rookery is near the parcels, along the Tippecanoe River. He noted the change to a C-3 zoning would be a little less obtrusive to the birds.
In other business, the board approved two vacation-of-public-way requests.
The first was requested by Cynthia Greider and Rachel Greider, 506 and 510 S. Morton St., for vacation of an unimproved alley separating their properties; and a second for Darlene Eherenman, who asked that a 3-foot by 66-foot portion of Perry Street be vacated along the west side of her property.
Each item will come before the city council for final approval.
Plan commission members are Alan Clingan, Lacy Francis, Joe Thallemer, Richard Keeven, Jeff Grose, Dewey Lawshe and Jim Gast.
The next plan commission meeting is Jan. 12 at 7 p.m. [[In-content Ad]]
The Warsaw Plan Commission considered three items Monday, including a rezoning of 134 acres north of Petro Drive to and bordered on the east by Ind. 15N and the Tippecanoe River.
Currently, three parcels are zoned I-2 or light industrial. Commercial use to the south indicates the best use of the property may be C-3, arterial commercial, said city planner Jeff Noffsinger, who initiated the proposal.
Noffsinger said he wanted to be proactive regarding the rezoning, rather than reactive.
The three properties are owned by Petro Family LLC, the John R. Nye Trust, with Alfred and Marilyn Brandt as trustees and Unitechind Inc.
It was noted by commission president Joe Thallemer that a large, long-established blue heron rookery is near the parcels, along the Tippecanoe River. He noted the change to a C-3 zoning would be a little less obtrusive to the birds.
In other business, the board approved two vacation-of-public-way requests.
The first was requested by Cynthia Greider and Rachel Greider, 506 and 510 S. Morton St., for vacation of an unimproved alley separating their properties; and a second for Darlene Eherenman, who asked that a 3-foot by 66-foot portion of Perry Street be vacated along the west side of her property.
Each item will come before the city council for final approval.
Plan commission members are Alan Clingan, Lacy Francis, Joe Thallemer, Richard Keeven, Jeff Grose, Dewey Lawshe and Jim Gast.
The next plan commission meeting is Jan. 12 at 7 p.m. [[In-content Ad]]