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Planning commission recommends estate-residential rezoning for Rodman property
Summary
The Angola City Planning Commission voted to recommend rezoning a 10.4-acre property at 1850 N. State Road 827 from R1 to an estate-residential district, saying the parcel meets district standards and would allow hobby farming uses.
The Angola City Planning Commission voted Jan. 13 to forward a favorable recommendation to the Angola City Council on a rezoning request for a 10.4-acre parcel at 1850 North State Road 827.
Staff described the request (Case 2025 PC 01001) as a change from R1 single-family residential to the estate-residential district under the city's Unified Development Ordinance (Title 18). The staff report said the property contains a single-family home and a large accessory structure and that the petitioner’s family historically used the land for hobby farming and small-scale agricultural activities not permitted in R1 zoning.
Jason Rodman, who identified himself as the petitioner and son of the late owner, said the request is intended to “honor what [my dad] would have wanted” and to allow future owners to use the property for hobby farming. “He loved that place, and he treated it like a hobby farm,” Rodman said.
Staff noted the parcel meets the dimensional and development standards of the estate-residential district, is consistent with surrounding zoning and the future land use map designation of low-density residential, and recommended a favorable recommendation to the city council. The staff report referenced Title 18 of the Unified Development Ordinance and the Indiana Code 36-7-4-600 series as applicable provisions, and noted the property is not within a floodplain.
During discussion commissioners clarified that, because the property is currently zoned R1 and has not been used continuously in a way that preserved a legal nonconforming status, the requested estate-residential zoning would allow small-scale hobby-farm uses (for example, a limited number of livestock, poultry and accessory structures) that would not otherwise be permitted under R1.
A motion to forward a favorable recommendation passed by voice vote; commissioners did not record individual named votes in the meeting minutes. The Planning Commission’s recommendation goes to the Angola City Council, which makes the final decision on the rezoning.
The petitioner said he intends to list the property for sale and that no construction or demolition is planned at this time.
