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Allen County approves rezoning for 172-unit multifamily project on Bass Road
Summary
The Allen County Commissioners voted Feb. 14 to rezone about 27.8 acres on Bass Road in Aboite Township to allow a 172-unit rental multifamily development after an 8-0 planning commission recommendation; a pending floodplain study could reduce units or change the plan.
Allen County Commissioners voted Feb. 14 to approve REZ 20240051, rezoning roughly 27.787 acres along Bass Road in Aboite Township from A-1 agricultural to R-3 multifamily residential to allow a 172-unit rental development.
The rezoning, introduced by county planning staff, was recommended by the Allen County Planning Commission in an 8-0 vote and carried on a voice vote by the commissioners. Michelle Wood, Department of Planning Services, described the project as “similar to a townhome development, but it is a rental product,” and said access to the site will be from Scott Road.
The project site lies at the southwest corner of Bass Road and Scott Road adjacent to established subdivisions including Sycamore Lakes and Signal Ridge. Wood said a portion of the southern half of the site sits in or next to the Seager Drain floodplain and that the developer is conducting a new floodplain study. “If the numbers come out in their favor ... then they could do this configuration,” Wood said. If the study does not allow the southern portion to be developed, she said the developer would reduce the number of units and that “we probably wouldn’t need to see it again as a primary” unless the change altered access or impacts materially.
Wood told commissioners four people spoke at the planning commission hearing with concerns — notably traffic — though the county highway department concluded the development would not add a significant traffic burden to the area. She also said the applicant agreed to dedicate right-of-way for a planned trail on Scott Road.
The rezoning approval allows the developer, identified in planning records as New Venture Development Corp., to move forward with a primary plat for the 172-unit project and related site work subject to plan-level conditions and any changes resulting from the ongoing floodplain study. The commissioners made the motion to approve and carried it by voice vote.
The county will review any substantive changes that alter access, unit type or the project’s impacts; Wood said such changes would likely require renewed review by the planning commission.
