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Council approves Swanson Trails PUD after revisions to preserve wooded open space
Summary
The council adopted three related ordinances approving a planned unit development (PUD) for an 80-acre Swanson Trails site, stepping zoning from R-2 to R-3 and then to PDR/PUD; the developer and city said the plan preserves roughly one-third (about 26.6 acres) as open space and reduces the lot count to 225.
The Portage City Council approved three ordinances (25-16, 25-17, 25-18) that collectively establish the Swanson Trails planned unit development (PUD) for about 80 acres at the northwest corner of 700 North and Swanson Road. The votes completed the statutory multi-step rezoning required by city code: R-2 to R-3 (25-16), R-3 to PDR3 (25-17), and adoption of the final PUD ordinance (25-18).
Todd Leith, representing petitioner Lennar Homes of Indiana, presented a concept plan that retains a large wooded area within the site, provides 26.6 acres of open space (about one-third of the parcel) and proposes 225…
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