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Kosciusko County Area Plan Commission approved a final plat, a preliminary plat and three rezonings at its meeting Wednesday.
Michael Long’s petition to rezone ground from an agricultural district to an agricultural II district was approved. The property is on the east side of CR 800W, north of Hoffman Lake, Warsaw, in Prairie Township.
Long wants to rezone 4.5 to 5 acres for a one-lot subdivision. Long, a farmer, requested only a portion of the 51-acre property, most of which is farmland, to be rezoned in order for one house to be built.
Long, who serves on APC board and is a county councilman, refrained from voting.
Long’s case will go before the county commissioners at 9:15 a.m. Oct. 24.
Larry Hochstetler’s petition to rezone 8.23 acres from a commercial district to an agricultural district was also approved. The property is on the west side of Ind. 19, south of CR 75N in Etna Green in Harrison Township.
Hochstetler wants to build a single-family house. He also petitioned for an exception for a variance with the BZA. That case will be heard Oct. 10.
Hochstetler’s case will go before the county commissioners at 9:15 a.m. Oct. 24.
Eric and Cara Erlenwein’s petition to rezone 20.33 acres from an agricultural district to an agricultural II district was tabled. The couple want to rezone the property in order to have a one-lot or two-lot subdivision.
The property is on the north side of CR 900N, east of Ind. 13 in Syracuse in Turkey Creek Township.
A couple of remonstrators had some concerns, which were addressed, about the usage of the property and runoff.
Until the technical issues are worked out, and a legal description of the property is obtained, the case has been continued for a later date.
The board approved South Shore Green Homeowners Association’s petition for preliminary plat approval for a residential development on a 1.927-acre tract of ground in Syracuse.
The property is on the south side of CR 1120N, west of Putter Place in Syracuse in Turkey Creek Township.
A final plat for Emerald Pointe, near Irish Lake on McKenna Road in Warsaw, was approved. The plat has four lots.
A Leesburg property on Ind. 15 is being eyed for a potential new business, a butcher shop or a slaughter house. The board was told it is a mixed-use property and is zoned Industrial II. The case will now go before the Board of Zoning Appeals.
An amendment to a cargo container ordinance was discussed but no decision was made. Due to numerous violations in the county, a revised ordinance was drafted by assistant planner Andy Heltzel, which the board reviewed. Despite these violations, which the county enforces, the board decided it merits more discussion in the future.
“This is a trend. We don’t want these violations,” said Matt Sandy, APC director.
The next meeting is at 1 p.m. Nov. 1.
