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La Porte council approves rezoning of parcel near State Road 39 for low-rise multifamily
Summary
The La Porte Common Council voted to rezone a single parcel from B-3 (highway commercial) to R-3A (low-rise multifamily) to enable a proposed multifamily development on a roughly 55-acre site; plan commission recommended approval and no public objections were recorded at the council meeting.
La Porte Common Council on Monday approved an ordinance rezoning a single parcel on State Road 39 from B-3 (highway commercial) to R-3A (low-rise multifamily) to allow a proposed multifamily development.
The rezoning was described during second-reading proceedings by Councilman Patrick Buchanan, who read the ordinance’s description of the property. Bert Cook, executive director of the La Porte Economic Advancement Partnership, told the council that the Plan Commission recommended the change and that the parcel backs up to the Tiffany Woods neighborhood. “We have been working together on a multifamily residential development plan, that would require this zoning and ultimately would result in the development of the 55 acre parcel that you're considering tonight,” Cook said.
The rezoning ordinance amends the city’s official zone map (the zoning ordinance enacted 08/21/2017, chapter 82 of the La Porte municipal code) to change the zoning of the identified parcel from B-3 to R-3A. Council members moved and seconded approval; the council voted to pass the ordinance at second reading.
Council discussion at the meeting was limited; Cook said the site-review and development-plan questions raised previously to the Plan Commission will be addressed through the site-review process. He also said the city had not received calls opposing the rezoning since the first reading.
Buchanan read the ordinance description into the record and the council voted to adopt it on second reading. The developer representatives Mike Sullivan and Ryan Metz were present at the meeting and were offered to answer questions, but no substantive public comments opposing the rezoning were recorded during the meeting.
Because the ordinance passed at second reading, additional project-level approvals (site plan review and building permits) remain subject to the city’s established review processes, neighborhood notification requirements and any conditions the Plan Commission or staff may impose.
The council’s action was taken during the regularly scheduled common council meeting; no formal vote tally was recorded in the meeting transcript provided.
