Planning commission recommends rezoning for 70-acre age-targeted subdivision with conditions

The Whitestown Planning Commission voted to recommend approval of a rezoning request for a roughly 70-acre site south of the Golf Club of Indiana, advancing the plan to the Town Council with conditions.

The petitioner, represented by attorney Brian Tuohy, asked to rezone the site from general agriculture to R-3 to allow a one- and one‑and‑a‑half‑story, age‑targeted single‑family neighborhood capped at 356 homes. “We’ve revised the preliminary site plan where we’ve taken the 90 degree turn out of Wolf Road,” Tuohy told the commission, describing a proposal to widen and straighten Wolf Road, place homes on a frontage road and prevent private drive access directly onto Wolf Road.

The commission’s favorable recommendation follows several changes the developer offered after a January hearing and meetings with nearby property owners and the Lebanon School Corporation. Key commitments include a maximum of 356 homes (about 2.08 units per acre), homes limited to one or one‑and‑a‑half stories, a prohibition on short‑term rentals, upgraded amenities (an approximately 2.5‑acre amenity area with a…