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Zoning panel approves shared-driveway text amendment; lot-split dispute spotlights enforcement gaps
Summary
The Morgan Township Zoning Commission approved sending a revised text amendment on shared driveways to the township trustees and carried on a heated discussion about recent lot splits — particularly a Howard's Creek property — that commissioners say undercut a decade of policy aimed at limiting private drives.
The Morgan Township Zoning Commission on Sept. 3 voted to send a revised text amendment on shared driveways to the township trustees and debated a related lot-split at Howard’s Creek that several commissioners said should have come before the panel.
The commission voted to forward the amendment, Resolution MTZ2025-05, which would allow shared driveways connecting no more than two parcels, subject to approval by the Board of Zoning Appeals. The commission completed a roll-call vote approving the motion to send the text to trustees.
The amendment’s key language, as approved by the commission for transmission, reads in part that a shared driveway must “not exceed two parcels” and “shall require approval by the Board of Zoning Appeals.” Commissioners said they added that clarity at the trustees’ request so the BZA is the approving body.
The vote to transmit…
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