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Council approves rezoning for planned fire station amid resident and firefighter concerns
Summary
Council rezoned parcels to institutional to accommodate a proposed central fire station and approved related subdivisions; public commenters and the firefighters— union urged reassessment and said Station 1 is outdated and undersized.
Schererville council members voted Nov. 12 to rezone two parcels from R-2 residential to institutional to allow construction of a planned fire station and to consolidate lots as part of long-range facility planning.
Town manager Jim Gorman said the properties along Joliet Street and nearby parcels—acquired by the town over recent years—must be rezoned to an "INST" classification to permit a fire station.…
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