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BZA approves variances for Walnut Grove Amish School to allow gravel parking and limited screening
Summary
The Area Board approved four development variances for a proposed Walnut Grove Amish School, allowing a gravel drive and relaxed parking-area standards to accommodate horse-and-buggy access and existing mature windbreak trees as screening.
The St. Joseph County Area Board of Zoning Appeals voted Sept. 10, 2025, to approve four variances that will allow the Walnut Grove Amish School to use a gravel parking drive and to omit certain painted line and bumper requirements for an off-street parking area.
Adia Smith, Area Plan Commission staff, said the petitioner sought variances on a roughly 2.99-acre farm parcel in an agricultural district to accommodate a school…
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