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County Council approves rezoning of 40‑acre Cleveland Road parcel for Microsoft data‑center development
Summary
On May 13 the Saint Joseph County Council voted 9‑0 to rezone an unaddressed roughly 40‑acre parcel near the Cleveland Road/Current Road intersection to industrial for a data‑center project tied to Microsoft, subject to written commitments and required traffic, drainage and site‑plan reviews.
The Saint Joseph County Council voted 9‑0 on May 13 to rezone a roughly 40‑acre parcel southwest of the Cleveland Road and Current Road intersection from agricultural to industrial to allow development tied to a Microsoft data‑center project, subject to written commitments and subsequent site reviews.
The rezoning matter, filed as bill 30‑25, was presented to the council by Sean Klein, director of the Area Plan Commission, and by Angela Smith of Dan Charlier Associates, who said Microsoft now owns surrounding parcels and is seeking to include the 40‑acre “missing tooth” to permit cohesive development and utility routing. Smith told the council, “we are taking this very slow and methodically,” and said the petitioner supports the same written commitments already applied to adjacent parcels.
The written commitments include a prohibition on several heavier industrial uses and off‑premise signs, a requirement…
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