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Council waives late filing for Aldi’s enterprise-zone investment deduction application
Summary
La Porte’s Urban Enterprise Association and Common Council approved a waiver allowing Greater Highlands LLC (operating as Aldi at 199 Pine Lake Ave.) to receive an enterprise zone investment deduction despite a missed filing deadline; city staff described the omission as a clerical error and limited the waiver to the 2025 assessment date.
The La Porte Common Council voted to accept a resolution approving the La Porte Urban Enterprise Association’s waiver of a late Form EZ-2 filing for Greater Highlands LLC, which operates the Aldi grocery store at 199 Pine Lake Avenue.
Council President Patrick Franke read the resolution, which relied on Indiana Code provisions governing enterprise zone investment deductions and the LPUEA’s authority to waive incomplete filings after a public hearing. Bert Cook, executive director of the La Porte Economic Advancement Partnership, told the council the missed filing was a clerical error after the property changed ownership. “They missed it by a month. So it's May 15 is the deadline. They thought it was June 15,” Cook said.
The resolution states that Greater Highlands constructed qualified real property and qualified personal property assessed on 01/01/2023 and 01/01/2024 and that the Form EZ-2 for the 01/01/2025 assessment date was incomplete when filed. LPUEA held a publicly noticed hearing on 07/29/2025 and then resolved to waive the failure to file for the 2025 assessment date only; the waiver requires the corrected Form EZ-2 be filed with the auditor so the auditor can determine the accurate EZ ID for the 01/01/2025 assessment.
Cook said the LPUEA has allowed similar waivers in the past—typically on tax abatements—and that the association told the business any future missed filings would not receive another waiver. No remonstrances or record of public opposition were reported in the council discussion. The council moved and seconded adoption of the resolution and voted to pass it at the meeting.
