NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Notice is hereby given that the Advisory Plan Commission of the County of Elkhart, Indiana, will hold public hearings in the Meeting Room at the Department of Public Services Building, 4230 Elkhart Road, Goshen, Indiana, on the 10th day of December 2015. The public hearings will begin at 9:00 A.M. (local time) and the following order and times have been scheduled for the petitions before the Advisory Plan Commission. All petitions will be heard no earlier than the designated time unless modified prior to the first hearing. 9:00 A.M. Elkhart County Advisory Plan Commission - for multiple amendments to the text of the Elkhart County Zoning Ordinance; a summary of the subject matter contained in the proposal is as follows:
Table of Contents – General Revisions, see below. Article One – General Provisions: General Revisions, see below. Article Two - Development Review Bodies: Sec. 2.8.2. – delete flood hazard/floodplain regulations and insert them within new Article 10 – Flood Hazard Areas; and General Revisions, see below. Article Three – Development Review Procedures: Sec.’s 3.2.2., 3.5.7., 3.8.4. & 3.11.5 - delete flood hazard/floodplain regulations and insert them within new Article 10 – Flood Hazard Areas; Sec.’s 3.11.2., & 3.14.1. –deletion/addition of text for clarification purposes and consistency within the Ordinance; and General Revisions, see below. Article Four - District Developmental Standards: Sec.’s 4.3.2., 4.3.3., 4.3.4., 4.3.7., 4.3.10., 4.3.11., & 4.3.12. – deletion/addition of text for clarification purposes and consistency within the Ordinance; Sec.’s 4.3.5. & 4.4.7.- deletion/addition of text to correct scrivener errors /typos; Sec. 4.3.6. - deletion/addition of text for clarification purposes and consistency within the Ordinance, to remove conflicting rear setback standards, and to add new regulations on waterfront development; Sec.’s 4.3.8. & 4.3.9. - deletion/addition of text to redefine gross and net floor area; and General Revisions, see below. Article Five - Use Standards: Sec. 5.1.4. Use Table – deletion/addition of text for clarification purposes, to permit retail sales and service in manufacturing zones, and to allow warehousing and freight movement as special use in A-1 zone; Sec.’s 5.2.2. Table A. & Table B., 5.2.3. Table F., 5.2.4. Table C., 5.2.5. Table B., 5.2.6. Table A.: deletion/addition of text for clarification purposes, and consistency within the Ordinance and/or with state law; Sec.’s 5.3.14., 5.5.3, 5.5.5., 5.5.7., 5.5.8, 5.5.9., & 5.5.12.: deletion/addition of text for clarification purposes and consistency within the Ordinance, and/or revision of sign regulations; Sec. 5.4. –revisions to wireless communication facilities regulations and standards to comply with new state law, and revision of sign regulations; and General Revisions, see below. Article Six - Special Purpose and Overlay Zoning Districts: Sec. 6.1.7. - deletion/addition of text re: revisions to sign regulations and standards; Sec.’s 6.4.3. & 6.5.3. - revisions to sign regulations; and General Revisions, see below. Article Seven – General Development Standards: Sec. 7.2.4. Table A.: deletion/addition of text for clarification purposes and consistency within the Ordinance; Sec. 7.4. - deletion/addition of text re: revisions to sign regulations and standards; Sec. 7.5. - delete flood hazard/floodplain regulations and insert them within new Article 10 –Flood Hazard Areas; and General Revisions, see below. Article Eight - Nonconformities: Sec. 8.4.2. - revision of sign regulations; and General Revisions, see below. Article Ten: delete entire definitions article and insert it within new Article 11; rename Article 10 - Flood Hazard Areas; establish entire new article by inserting flood hazard/floodplain regulations deleted from other parts of the Ordinance and updating the regulations consistent with current state law. Article Eleven: establish new definitions article by inserting all definitions deleted from old Article 10; name Article 11 – Definitions; add new definitions for: As-Built Drawing, Backlot Development, Drainage Facility, Impervious Coverage and Mixed Use; revise definitions for clarification purposes: Group Home, Home Workshop Business, and Regulatory Flood; and General Revisions, see below. Index-General Revisions, see below. General Revisions throughout the Ordinance: modify Article, Section and page references where needed based on the new text changes; replace the word “ground” with “gross”in applicable Sections for clarification purposes and consistency within the Ordinance; and replace the word “gross”with “net”in applicable Sections for clarification purposes and consistency within the Ordinance. The geographic area to which the proposed amendments to the text of the Elkhart County Zoning Ordinance applies is all lands within Elkhart County, including all the Townships: Cleveland, Osolo, Washington, York, Baugo, Concord, Jefferson, Middlebury, Olive, Harrison, Elkhart, Clinton, Locke, Union, Jackson and Benton, but excluding the jurisdictions of the City of Goshen, the City of Elkhart, and the Town of Nappanee. David E. Berkey & Jennifer L. Berkey represented by Progressive Engineering, Inc. - for a zone map change from R-1 to M-1 on property located on the north side of CR 146, 300 ft. west of Main Street (CR 23), common address of 19107 CR 146 in Jackson Township. 9:30 A.M. Conrad B. Bailey, Trustee, Conrad B. Bailey Revocable Trust, & Rhonda S. Bailey, Trustee, Rhonda S. Bailey Revocable Trust - for a zone map change from B-3 to B-2 on property located on the east side of Division Street, south side of E. St. Joseph Street, and west side of Charles Street; 800 ft. south of Vistula Street (SR 120), common address of 105 E. St. Joseph Street in Washington Township. Jayco, Inc., represented by Jones Petrie Rafinski - for an amendment to an existing Detailed Planned Unit Development M-1 to be known as JAYCO WEST MILL ROOM DPUD AMENDMENT on property located on the west side of SR 13 (Main Street), 2,300 ft. north of CR 20 and 1,100 ft. north of CR 20, and east side of CR 37, 2,500 ft. north of CR 20, common address of 58075 SR 13 in Middlebury Township. 10:00 A.M. Samuel E. Barkman & Mary E. Barkman, Trustees, Rev. Lv. Trust (Lf. Est.), represented by Brads-Ko Engineering & Surveying, Inc. - for a zone map change from A-1 to Detailed Planned Unit Development A-1/M-1 to be known as BARKMAN DPUD on property located on the north side of US 6, 1,600 ft. east of CR 100, common address of 30235 US 6 in Locke Township. None of the above proposals would add or amend any penalty or forfeiture provisions of the Zoning Ordinance. The files for the petitions are available for public inspection during normal working hours of the Elkhart County Offices, at the Department of Public Services, 4230 Elkhart Road, Goshen, Indiana. Written comments filed with the Secretary of the Plan Commission before the hearings will be considered and oral comments concerning the petitions will be heard in the Meeting Room at the Department of Public Services Building, 4230 Elkhart Road, Goshen, Indiana, starting at 9:00 A.M. (local time) and corresponding to the above scheduled times and place. The Commission may find it necessary to continue the hearing from time to time.
Steven Edwards, Secretary Elkhart County Plan Commission 4230 Elkhart Road Goshen, Indiana 46526 11-30 hspaxlp
