Hearing examiner advances multiple rezoning petitions, approves Decatur plat and allows storage containers at Keystone site

The Metropolitan Development Commission hearing examiner on March 27 recommended approval of several expedited rezoning petitions to the full commission, approved a Decatur Township plat subject to conditions and waivers, granted continuances and notice waivers for multiple petitions, and approved a modification to allow on-site portable storage containers at a Keystone Avenue property.

The recommendations and decisions affect petitions across Center, Pike, Warren, Decatur, Perry and Washington townships and will be forwarded to the Metropolitan Development Commission for consideration on April 16, except where the hearing examiner made an immediate determination (plat approval) or continued the petition to a later hearing date.

The examiner recommended approval of multiple expedited zoning petitions where staff found no opposition. For example, the examiner recommended approval of amended 2024 ZON083 (1627, 1631 and 1635 Woodlawn Avenue) “subject to the 2 commitments” noted in the record; recommended approval of 2025 ZON014 (6650 Telecom Drive) “subject to the 5 commitments requested by Pike Township Residents Association”; recommended approval of 2025 ZON020 (3520 Washington Boulevard) for use as a place of worship; and recommended approval of 2025 ZON021 (2102 Brookside Avenue) to rezone a small lot to D8 to permit a house. Each of those recommendations will be heard by the Metropolitan Development Commission on April 16.

On a full-docket item, the examiner approved Plat 2025 CPL 802 (5801 Mills Road, Decatur Township), finding the plat filed dated 03/21/2025 “complies with the standards of the subdivision regulations.” The approval was subject to the 17 written staff conditions in the staff report and the examiner granted a waiver allowing two…