Planners Give OK To Final Plat For Silver Lake Dollar General
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Phoebe Muthart-
Several cases were approved at the regular meeting of the Kosciusko County Area Plan Commission Wednesday, including a final plat for a Dollar General in Silver Lake.
A new Area Plan director was also chosen. Matt Sandy will replace Dan Richard, who is retiring as of Oct. 1. Sandy is currently the assistant plan director.
The board applauded Sandy, who has been with the department for 23 years. The board also thanked Richard for his years of service.
Another longtime employee, Amy Irwin, has resigned. Her role will need to be filled as well as Sandy’s assistant director’s spot.
The Dollar General is zoned a two-lot commercial subdivision. A traffic study was conducted and is being reviewed by the county highway department. The state is also looking at the traffic study. The 5-acre tract was rezoned to commercial April 13. The property is located on Dixie Drive in Silver Lake, just off Ind. 15. The plat was approved 8-0.
Jeff Carey’s petition for preliminary plat approval for an industrial II subdivision on a 17.63-acre tract of ground was withdrawn by his attorney, Steve Snyder. The property is located on the east side of Ind. 15 and west of Old Ind. 15 in Plain Township.
Robert Stouder’s petition to rezone ground from a public use district to a residential district was approved. The property is on the north side of Benton Street and northeast of Harrison Street in Syracuse. The house is a former parsonage next to a former church. A parsonage is considered public use.
He wants to build a garage and discovered he needed a permit, but the property needed to be rezoned residential first. It was approved 8-0. The case will go before Syracuse Town Council at 7 p.m. Sept. 20.
Norma Prater’s petition to rezone ground from a public use district to a residential district in Silver Lake was approved. The property is on the south side of Sycamore Street, west of High Street in Lake Township. She bought the property in 2019 to turn it into a church parsonage, but there was no parking lot, so the case was rezoned to residential. The case goes before the Silver Lake Town Council at 7 p.m. Sept. 14.
Phil and Janet Hull’s request to rezone ground from a public use district to an agricultural district was given a favorable recommendation. The property is on the north side of CR 750S, just west of CR 700E in Monroe Township.
There is a church on the property, which is why it was zoned public use. The Hulls want to renovate the building and turn it into a home.
One remonstrator, Gary Peters, who lived adjacent to the property, said he was told if it wasn’t going to be a church anymore that he could claim the property.
“I have a problem with the plat,” said Peters. There is a reverter in the quiet title. Peters said he would amicably discuss the property situation with the Hulls. The case will go before the county commissioners at 9:15 a.m. Sept. 27.
Gerry Wilson’s petition to rezone ground from an agricultural district to a commercial district was given a favorable recommendation. The property is located on the west side of Ind. 13, south of CR 500N in Tippecanoe Township. The property used to be an insurance company that was built in 1968. Wilson’s attorney said the property is already surrounded by commercial-zoned land. The case will go before the commissioners Sept. 27.
John Hicks’ petition for preliminary plat approval for an agricultural II subdivision on a 1.44-acre tract of ground was approved. The property is located on the south side of CR 700S in Clay Township. There is currently a single-family house on the property. The barn will need to be removed before the next APC meeting, which is at 1 p.m. Oct. 5.
