The Town of Newburgh Plan Commission on Oct. 6 approved minutes from previous meetings with corrections and granted approval for a minor subdivision at 805 South Grama Road.

The commission voted to approve the minutes subject to corrections noted by a member who said she was present at a prior meeting but not listed in the draft minutes. The commission then considered a petition by Preston Richard for a minor subdivision at 805 South Grama Road. The petitioner was not present. Staff described the request as a minor subdivision used to effect a lot-line adjustment between two existing parcels; the proposal does not create any additional lots, does not add new public ways or infrastructure, and would leave the existing structures in place.

Staff told commissioners the adjustment effectively restores a boundary that had been changed years earlier and that drainage and other utility issues had been checked during prior reviews. Commissioners asked whether the existing structure lies only 3 feet from a property line; staff said the side-yard setback is 3 feet under the current code, so the existing condition is compliant and the proposed change would not create a new setback violation. A commissioner noted that if the plat created a new nonconforming situation the commission would need to address it; staff said that is not the case here.

A motion to approve the minor subdivision “as platted” was moved and seconded; the chair called for the vote and members answered in the affirmative. The commission recorded the motion as carried.

Votes at a glance
- Motion to approve minutes with corrections (subject to the clerk editing the November minutes): approved (motion carried). No mover/second identified in the record.
- Motion to approve Minor Subdivision at 805 South Grama Road (petition by Preston Richard), “as platted”: approved (motion carried). Petitioner Preston Richard not present for the hearing; staff described the item as a two-lot boundary adjustment with no new lots and no new infrastructure.

Procedural note: The transcript records verbal “aye” responses and the chair announcing the motion carried; individual roll-call tallies and named votes are not recorded in the transcript excerpt.

The commission moved on to unfinished business and other agenda items.