By DAVE SCHULTZ
The Wells County Area Plan Commission had only one item of new business on its agenda Thursday night and it supported a change of rezoning for three parcels in Uniondale from I-1 (light manufacturing) to I-2 (light manufacturing).
The decision by the 11 APC members is only advisory. The final decision on the request will be made by the Uniondale Town Council.
The parcels are at 6025 N. Main St., 708 W. Railroad St., and directly west of 708 W. Railroad St. The rezoning request was made by JLE Equestrian LLC, Bolinger Contracting LLC, and Uniondale Warehouse LLC. The companies were represented before the APC by Andy Bolinger.
In his review of the petition, Mike Lautzenheiser, executive director of the APC, told the agency’s members that the primary reason for the rezoning request is the storage of items outdoors, which is allowed in an I-2 zoning by not in an I-1 zoning. Most of the parcels in the area are zoned either I-1 or I-2, and the transfer to I-2 maintains the integrity of the zoning.
The request was approved by APC members Tyson Brooks, Tim Rohr, Jerome Markley, Bill Horan, Jarrod Hahn, Chandler Gerber, Melissa Woodworth, Becky Stone-Smith, Kiera Lance, Harry Baumgartner Jr., and John Schuhmacher.
In other business, the APC granted a 30-day extension on a violation involving property at 602 W. Mill St. in Ossian. The owner, Eugene Sterling, said the area has been cleared up. The 30-day extension was approved to give Lautzenheiser an opportunity to formally inspect the property.
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