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BZA continues hearing on floodplain conditional use after legal counsel requests IDNR documentation

5821019 · September 18, 2025
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Summary

A conditional use request for development in a floodplain was continued because the Unified Development Ordinance requires an Indiana Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) letter stating either the 100‑year flood elevation/grade permit or that no permit is required; the documentation was not available at the hearing.

The Board of Zoning Appeals on Sept. 18 continued consideration of a conditional use application for development within a mapped floodplain after City legal counsel identified a gap in the record.

Assistant director Jackie Scanlon told the board that the UDO requires, for conditional uses in floodway and flood fringe areas, either…

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