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Whitestown Council adopts new institutional and parks zoning districts amid questions about public notice
Summary
The Town Council adopted Ordinance 2025-25 to create Institutional and Parks & Recreation zoning districts intended to concentrate public uses; staff said rezonings would still require Plan Commission hearings and public notice. Residents questioned whether the change improves or dilutes meaningful public input.
Whitestown’s Town Council voted 5–0 on Nov. 12 to adopt Ordinance 2025-25, which adds two new zoning districts to the town’s Unified Development Ordinance to house municipal and parks-related public uses.
Town staff presented the ordinance at the meeting’s second reading and said the new Institutional and Parks & Recreation districts are intended to separate many governmental uses from residential zoning. Todd (town staff) said the ordinance itself creates the districts but does not alter statutory process: any rezoning would still require notice, a public hearing before the Plan Commission and a legislative action by the council.
The change is intended to reduce…
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