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Logansport planning staff presents 2024 annual report; board approves
Summary
City planning staff summarized 2024 permit activity, rezonings, subdivisions and grant work, and the Board of Works and Public Safety approved the planning department's annual report.
Erin, a member of the planning department staff, presented the Logansport Planning Department's annual report for 2024 and the Board of Works and Public Safety voted to accept the report at its Feb. 12 meeting.
The report covered activity in Logansport, Cass County and Walton, including unsafe-structure enforcement, board of zoning appeals outcomes, development plan reviews, rezonings, subdivisions and downtown and riverfront work. Erin said the department handled enforcement and development review across the three jurisdictions and assisted with grants and master-planning projects.
Erin reported 26 unsafe-enforcement cases in 2024 with 17 cleared in Cass County; Walton had three cases, one cleared. The board of zoning appeals and hearing officer cases included seven in Cass County (five approved, one denied, one withdrawn), 27 in Logansport (27 approved) and two in Walton (two approved). Development plan reviews recorded five county approvals and four city approvals; downtown review had four approvals. The department identified two Logansport rezonings in 2024: 1317 Melbourne Avenue from open space to R-3 and a General Street area parcel from industrial to high-density residential; the county had one gateway-area rezoning from agricultural to light industrial adjacent to the agribusiness park.
The report listed 46 exempt subdivisions, three minor subdivisions (Strawberry Fields, Trinity Hill, and a one-lot split for F W Real Estate Holdings LLC), and one major subdivision (GS Kistler at Eastgate Plaza). The department said it corrected right-of-way ownership for a planned unit development at Walnut Ridge so the city now owns the road and right-of-way. Erin also summarized capital-improvement work, collaborations with North Central Regional Planning Council, the Wabash River Heritage Corridor Commission, Historic Preservation Commission and several grant programs, and said the department is working on a new permitting system intended to serve both city and county users.
Board member Miss Martin moved to approve the planning department's annual report for 2024; the motion was seconded and approved by voice vote with Miss Martin, Levi Jones and Chris Martin recorded as voting yes.
The board did not change policy or adopt new regulations as part of the vote; the action was acceptance of the staff report.
