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DeKalb BZA approves use variance for plant nursery on floodplain parcel in Auburn
Summary
The DeKalb County Board of Zoning Appeals approved a use variance allowing James Snucker to operate a commercial plant nursery on about 2 acres of his property at 4043 County Road 46A, subject to conditions and agency approvals because the site sits partially in a floodplain.
The DeKalb County Board of Zoning Appeals on a voice vote approved a use variance to allow a commercial plant nursery at 4043 County Road 46A in Auburn, the board heard during its meeting.
Planning staff presented the petition, telling the board the property is zoned A-2 agricultural and that a nursery is not listed as a permitted use in that district. Staff said the proposed planting area, roughly two acres, falls within a floodway or flood fringe and therefore is considered undevelopable for structures absent separate approvals. The Indiana Department of Natural Resources and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers provided letters indicating no…
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