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BZA approves lodging-house use at 641 W. Lexington with building-code conditions

5957931 · September 17, 2025
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Summary

The board granted a use variance to allow a lodging house at 641 W. Lexington Ave., subject to parking, paving and building- and fire-department inspections and other conditions.

The Elkhart Board of Zoning Appeals on Sept. 11 approved a use variance to allow a lodging house at 641 W. Lexington Ave., in an R-2 single-family district, with staff conditions requiring inspections, parking compliance and limits on occupancy.

Petitioner Brennan Leiter asked the board to allow a lodging house (a dwelling rented to individuals without meals, typically long-term) for a house he plans to purchase and manage. He described prior experience renting individual rooms and said he would implement…

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