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Study session: commission reviews Laura Lane office plan, Nottingham Square redevelopment and proposed driveway rule changes
Summary
At a May 5 study session the Schererville Plan Commission reviewed three development proposals — a single‑tenant office at Laura Lane Lot 2, interior rehabilitation at Nottingham Square (Sherwood Forest), and proposed zoning text changes to driveway width rules — and provided feedback to staff and applicants.
During a May 5 study session immediately following the public meeting, the Schererville Plan Commission reviewed multiple development proposals and a staff‑proposed change to driveway rules in the zoning ordinance.
Bob Gates, petitioner for Laura Lane Lot 2 (1139 Caroline Avenue), described a single‑story, roughly 3,000‑square‑foot office building for his contracting business and said "it'll just be me and my family that occupy it." Gates told the commission utilities (water and sanitary) will be extended from Phase 1 to serve the new lot via easements along the property lines, and he said he plans to preserve existing oak trees except where utility trenches must be installed. He said he does not plan…
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