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Porter County board continues Evans homeschooling variance, orders no students at home for 30 days

2142545 · January 23, 2025
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Summary

The Porter County zoning board continued case UV-2024-66 for 30 days and ordered that no non-resident students attend the Evans’ home during the continuance while fire‑safety items, driveway adjustments and a state septic determination are completed.

The Porter County Board of Zoning Appeals on a continuation vote agreed to delay action on case UV-2024-66, the petition by Timothy and Monica Evans to allow a homeschooling operation serving children with special needs at a residence on Northeast 50 South in Valparaiso. The board continued the case for 30 days and ordered that no students other than household members attend the home during that interval.

County Attorney (unnamed in the transcript) told the board that the Health Department and fire inspections had raised unresolved items and that the septic system’s status must be determined by the state before the board can safely allow the use to continue. “We still don't have the septic squared away,” the county attorney said during the…

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