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County OKs rezone of 4-acre US 50 parcel to light industry with easement condition for neighbor access
Summary
An approximately 4-acre parcel on U.S. 50 was rezoned from agricultural homestead to light industry L-1 with a condition requiring an easement and maintenance agreement to preserve neighbor access across the front of the parcel.
Dearborn County commissioners approved a zone-map amendment June 17 to rezone roughly 4 acres on U.S. 50 from agricultural homestead to light industry (L-1), subject to an easement and maintenance agreement to preserve a driveway connection for a neighboring property.
Nicole Daley, director of planning and zoning, said the Planning Commission held a May 27 hearing and forwarded a favorable recommendation (7 in favor, 1 no, 1 abstention). The Planning Commission conditioned its recommendation on the applicant granting an easement and a maintenance agreement across the front of the 4-acre parcel to preserve ingress/egress for an adjoining property owned by a Mr. Jackson.
Staff explained there is a history of a connecting driveway across the 4-acre parcel that neighbors have used; although nothing had been built on the 4-acre parcel, the driveway provided a practical connection for turning onto or accessing U.S. 50. The applicant told the Planning Commission he had no intention of removing or changing the driveway, and the required easement was intended to formalize that access.
Staff also noted that because the frontage and access are along a state-maintained highway (DOT), any commercial development would require INDOT permitting and likely upgrades to the driveway to meet commercial-entrance standards; the developer would be responsible for those upgrades.
A motion to approve the rezone to L-1, with the easement condition, was moved and seconded and carried.
The action rezones the property but attaches the access easement requirement and preserves neighbor access; any future commercial development will need DOT permitting and likely driveway upgrades paid by the developer.
