Commissioners approve rezoning of 15.54 acres on West Hill Road for duplex development

The Allen County Commissioners on June 13 approved a rezoning request for 15.54 acres on West Hill Road in Washington Township to permit construction of duplexes under a single ownership.

Nathan Shaw of the Department of Planning Services presented the request for Keller Development, saying the applicant also owns an existing multifamily complex, Sullivan Square, immediately to the east and proposed keeping the new development under one parcel and ownership. "They would prefer to have everything on 1 development parcel. They wanna have it all under 1 common ownership," Shaw said.

Shaw told commissioners the proposal did not seek waivers aside from an alternate landscaping plan and that there were no remonstrators at the public hearing. He said the county's comprehensive plan designates the property as "future complete neighborhood," and the planning commission issued a unanimous due-pass recommendation. "The land use designation for this project is future complete neighborhood, so it was considered compatible by the comprehensive plan," Shaw said.

A commissioner moved to approve REZ2025-0013; the motion was seconded and carried. The rezoning changes the parcel's zoning from A1 agricultural to R3 multiple-family residential to permit multiple duplexes; the commission record shows the planning commission commended the applicant on compatibility with the comprehensive plan.

The applicant told staff it had consulted adjacent homeowners about landscaping preferences and committed to standard residential buffering and mitigation under the zoning ordinance. No remonstrations were recorded at the hearing.