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Board approves Walker Park improvements special exception including accessible restroom and pavilion
Summary
The Board approved a special exception to update Walker Park's site plan to add an ADA restroom building, pavilion, inclusive playground elements, native plantings, expanded parking and regraded multi-purpose hill; staff, parks officials and residents largely supported the plan though neighbors raised maintenance and security concerns.
The Elkhart City Board of Zoning Appeals approved a special exception to amend Walker Park's site plan, allowing the construction of an ADA-compliant restroom building, a pavilion, expanded playground features, additional memorial and native plantings, recontoured hill space for multi-purpose use and expanded parking as described in the updated park master plan.
Jamieson Czarnecki, Elkhart parks superintendent, and Chloe Klein, secretary of the Elkhart Park Foundation board, presented the proposal and said the updated conceptual plan was developed with DLZ after a series of public engagement sessions that produced 287 survey responses; staff reported 87% of respondents supported restrooms.…
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