Noble County Plan Commission - Regular Meeting

DATE: February 21, 2024  ·  TIME:   6:00 PM

LOCATION: Lobby, Noble County Annex Building – 109 N York Street Albion, Indiana

AGENDA

Hearings could be rescheduled due to weather. Please visit our website at noblecountyplanning.com. Schedule changes will be posted on the home page.

1.    Call to Order

2.     Roll Call

3.     Determination of Quorum

4.     Consideration of minutes

-          January 17, 2024

5.     Unfinished Business

Attorney contract annual review

Continued: Revision of the Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) – The review and revision of the Unified Development Ordinance was contracted by Hometown Initiatives LLC. The contract involved a review of the entire document for inconsistencies and properly incorporating any past ordinances approved by the Legislative Body since the adoption of the UDO 2013 through January 2023. Below are the final modifications:

-          Article 1.27 Note President and Vice President

-          Article 3 Article 3.03 B – clarified to appropriately address boundaries as intended with the original Commercial Solar Ordinance, (1) Noise: removed the word “overlay”, (J) Visual Buffer: vision instead if visual, (N) Surety: paragraph was re-written and included the use of Cash Escrow, (N5) right of entry added county -authorized agent, (N6) recuperation included an authorized agent of the county’s choice, (P4) Natural Disaster receive was misspelled in (a) & (b), and Article 3.06 Windfarm: Overlay was misspelled.

-          Consideration of the revised UDO by the Plan Commission, with the option to vote for a favorable, unfavorable, or no recommendation to the County Commissioners may be considered at this meeting.

Public hearings for the review of the UDO were held at the Plan Commission regularly scheduled meetings beginning in April of 2023 through December of 2023 (noting no meeting held in October 2023). The final revised UDO has been available online at: https://www.noblecountyplanning.com since 1/22/2024 with a printed copy available for review in the office of the Plan Commission; 109 N York St, Albion In.

Legal Notices were posted in the News-Sun and Albion New Era on January 3, 2024.

Final consideration of the revised UDO by the County Commissioners will be held in a public hearing on February 26, 2024, at approximately 9:30 am. Location: 109 N York St Albion, IN.

6.     New Business

Rezoning #574 Eagle Ridge School (District 25-4) c/o Harvey Miller- Requests a Zoning Map Amendment from the Noble County Unified Development Ordinance (Article 9.21) to rezone Lot 1 consisting of 4.50 +/-ac from Production Ag (A1) Zoning District (Article 2.03) to Institutional (IS) Zoning District (Article 2.25); to allow for the permitted uses in that zoning district (School (P-12)). Real estate is located in Section 7 of York Township, quadrant 400, parcel 006 common location known East of 6061 W. 500 N. Ligonier, IN. Final consideration by the County Commissioners will be held in a public hearing on February 26, 2024, at 10 am. Location: 109 N York St Albion, IN.

Vacation #295 James A Gilbert & Ginger R Giessler – Requests a vacation of Lots 8, 9 (including North portion), & 12 in High Point Addition to Big Lake Resort. Real Estate is located in Section 32 of Noble Township, quadrant 100, parcels 012, 013, 015 & 018; common location known as West of 5193 S. High Point Dr. Albion, IN; Lots 8, 9 (including North portion), & 12 in High Point Addition to Big Lake Resort.

Rezoning #575 James A Gilbert & Ginger R Giessler - Requests a Zoning Map Amendment from the Noble County Unified Development Ordinance (Article 9.21) to rezone 0.05+/-ac (portion of vacated lot 8 & a portion of parcel 100-014) from Lake Residential (LR) Zoning to Production Agricultural (A1) Zoning; to combine into the adjoining tract to the West by Administrative Subdivision #1162. Real estate is located in Section 32 of Noble Township, quadrant 100, parcels 012 & 014 common location known as West of 5193 S. High Point Dr. Albion, IN; a portion of Lot 8 and 0.03+/-ac of parcel 100-014 in High Point Addition to Big Lake Resort. Final consideration by the County Commissioners will be held in a public hearing on February 26, 2024, at 9:30 am. Location: 109 N York St Albion, IN.

Subdivision #1161 James A Gilbert & Ginger R Giessler – In accordance with the Noble County Unified Development Ordinance (Article 9.17 B 2) request to replat Lots 8, 9 (including North part), & 12 in High Point Addition to Big Lake Resort into 2 lots: lot 1 as 0.14 +/- ac and lot 2 as 0.28+/- ac to be known as J & G Addition. See Vacation #295, Rezone #575, and Administrative Subdivision #1162. Real Estate is located in Section 32 of Noble Township, quadrant 100, parcels 012, 013, 014, 015, 018, & 218; common location known as West of 5193 S. High Point Dr. Albion, IN; Lots 8, 9 (including North part), & 12 in High Point Addition to Big Lake Resort.    

Administrative Subdivisions may be reviewed by the Plan Commission, with final approval by the County Surveyor and the Zoning Administrator:  Administrative Subdivision #1162 Kevin & Julia Walker and James A Gilbert & Ginger R Giessler - In accordance with the Noble County Unified Development Ordinance (Article 9.18 B2a) to allow a portion of vacated lot 8 in High Point Addition to Big Lake Resort (0.02+/-ac) and a portion of parcel 100-014 (0.03+/- ac) to be combined into the three larger tracts directly West to total 45.53+/- ac. Conditional of Vacation #295 and Rezone #575. Real estate is located in Section 32 of Noble Township, quadrant 100, parcels 002, 003, 004, 012, & 014, common location known as West of 5193 S. High Point Dr. Albion, IN; Lot 8 in High Point Addition to Big Lake Resort.

7.     Reports of Members, Staff, Officers, and Committees

-       Addresses                                                               

-       Plat Committee & Administrative Subdivision Report

-       Zoning Violation Report

-       Member Reports

8.     Future Agenda Items

9.     Adjournment

Posted on February 8, 2024 .