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Committee recommends against rezoning 1,000 acres north of New Carlisle after hours of testimony
Summary
The Land Use Planning Committee voted 3–2 to forward Bill 4,225—seeking to rezone about 1,000 acres north of New Carlisle from agricultural to industrial for a proposed data‑center campus—to the full council with an unfavorable recommendation after hours of testimony and technical briefing.
The Land Use Planning Committee spent more than two hours on a rezoning petition (Bill 4,225) that would change roughly 1,000 acres north of New Carlisle from agricultural (A) to industrial (I) to allow a proposed data‑center campus.
Sean Klein, director of the Area Plan Commission, opened the item with background. The APC forwarded the petition to the county council with an unfavorable recommendation (7–0) after a public hearing that recorded three speakers in favor and 33 in remonstrance; APC staff noted a large volume of written remonstrances as well. Klein reminded the committee the county must take final action within 90 days of APC certification or the rezoning would be denied by statutory default.
Attorney Brandon Dickinson, representing the petitioners, presented a site plan and several commitments the developer offered in response to community concerns: a phased build (phase 1 and phase 2) with a…
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