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Planning commission recommends tighter limits on C4 commercial uses
Summary
The Newburgh Planning Commission voted to recommend changes to the C4 commercial district rules (Ordinance 2025 / Chapter 57) that would remove several light retail and service uses from the permitted list as a short-term measure while staff pursues a full ordinance overhaul in 2026.
Newburgh, Ind. — The Newburgh Planning Commission on Sept. 2 recommended that Town Council adopt an amendment to Chapter 57 (Ordinance 2025) that narrows permitted uses in the town’s C4 commercial district, commissioners and staff said during a lengthy discussion. The commission framed the change as a short-term step while the town prepares a complete rewrite of its zoning and land‑use ordinances in 2026.
Commissioners and staff said the amendment targets a single strip of C4 property the town considers its “front door” and seeks to avoid uses the town believes would be visually or operationally incompatible with that gateway. “We have an opportunity to make sure that what people see as they come into the town … is something that we all would embrace,” Commissioner Bill Bell said…
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