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Michigan City plan commission approves secondary plat for Moore PUD, moves forward with 16-unit first phase
Summary
The Michigan City Plan Commission on Feb. 25 approved a secondary plat for Track 1 of the Moore planned unit development, clearing the way for a 16-unit first phase after staff and department conditions were met.
The Michigan City Plan Commission approved a secondary-plat (final plat) for Track 1 of the Moore Planned Unit Development on Feb. 25, authorizing Pyramid Properties to proceed with the first phase of a planned 40-unit residential project at Moore Road and U.S. 12.
The commission’s vote followed a staff report that all conditions attached to the PUD and primary plat were satisfied, including an updated basin design, a recorded conservation easement and a basin maintenance agreement. Attorney Anthony Novak represented Pyramid Properties; owner Tony McCrete attended. City planning staff recommended approval.
Why it matters: the decision converts the previously approved primary plat into a recordable secondary plat for Track 1, allowing site work and permitting for the initial units to proceed. The project is intended to add housing stock at a location the commission and petitioner said the city needs.
Pyramid Properties and its attorney reminded the commission that the Moore project previously received primary-plat approval on Oct. 22, 2024, City Council approval on Dec. 3, 2024, and final PUD approval Jan. 28, 2025. The petition this evening, identified in the record as Petition No. 903-24(4), sought final-plat approval for Track 1, the first of two phases. Novak and city staff said Track 1 stormwater design had been reviewed and approved by city engineering; Track 2 stormwater will be reviewed with that later phase.
City planner Skyler York read department comments into the record: the water, fire and sanitation departments reported no outstanding issues for Track 1; the city engineer’s comments had been addressed. York told commissioners the conservation easement requirement had been fulfilled and the basin maintenance agreement had been completed and added to the development commitments.
During the meeting commissioners voiced support for advancing the project and noted local demand for housing. After a motion to approve the secondary plat (motion and second recorded in the minutes without named mover/second), the roll-call vote recorded the following yes votes: Mister Connolly; Mister Dabney; Mister Demeticki; Mister Grankquist; Mister Hoffman; Mister Clender; Miss Tietta; Mister Warner. The motion carried and the commission approved the secondary plat for Phase 1.
Next steps: with plan commission approval recorded, the petitioner may record the secondary plat for Track 1 and begin the permitting and construction steps for the 16 units in Phase 1, subject to applicable city permits and inspections.
Votes at a glance: Petition No. 903-24(4) — Moore PUD, Pyramid Properties — Secondary plat (Track 1) for Phase 1 (16 units of a 40-unit PUD). Outcome: approved (roll-call: Connolly, Dabney, Demeticki, Grankquist, Hoffman, Clender, Tietta, Warner — all recorded as yes). Motion/second not specified in the minutes.
