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APC approves Braun Mine minor subdivision, grants variances for existing house with conditions
Summary
The St. Joseph County Area Plan Commission approved a one‑lot subdivision and two variances for a property on State Road 104, contingent on written commitments restricting future replatting and complying with health‑department requirements for the septic system.
The St. Joseph County Area Plan Commission on a unanimous vote approved the Braun Mine minor subdivision (APC 3059-24), granted two variances for an existing house and approved a waiver for continued driveway access, subject to written commitments and health‑department conditions.
Ariel Sharif, Area Plan Commission staff, told commissioners the petition would split a roughly 47.51‑acre parcel in Lincoln Township into one building lot and one outlot, leaving the larger acreage in farming use. The petitioners requested two variances from St. Joseph County development standards: a lot‑area variance to allow a proposed Lot 1 of about 1.5 acres where 20 acres is normally required, and a front‑setback variance to allow an existing house 11 feet from the new right‑of‑way where the agricultural district requires 40 feet.
Staff recommended approval of the variances and the subdivision, but asked that approval be tied to written commitments. One commitment would bar replatting Outlot A in the…
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