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Porter County board continues decision on Valparaiso landscaping-storage case for 30 days

2803875 · March 28, 2025
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Summary

A use-variance request to allow storage of landscaping equipment and work trucks on a Valparaiso lot was continued 30 days after board members said they needed more information about parcel history, neighborhood density and outdoor storage impacts.

The Porter County board voted to continue a public hearing for case UV-2025-7, a use-variance petition by Austria Medina and Jose Ochoa to allow storage of landscaping equipment and work trucks on Lot 7 in the Clearwater subdivision in Valparaiso.

Medina and Ochoa told the board they purchased the parcel in 2023 and that a garage and several vehicles had been stored on the lot for many years. Austria…

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