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Board approves variance allowing small-event operations at West Snyder Road farm

LaPorte County Board of Zoning Appeals · November 19, 2025
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Summary

The LaPorte County Board of Zoning Appeals approved a variance allowing BATS, Inc. (owners at 11341 West Snyder Road) to operate small events, with the applicants’ business plan attached to the findings of fact after the board heard safety mitigation plans and neighbor concerns.

Natalie Cooper, one of the owners of 11341 West Center Road in Westville, asked the LaPorte County Board of Zoning Appeals to lift a tabled variance request that would allow BATS, Inc. to operate small events, including weddings and dinners, on a Snyder Road farm.

Cooper told the board she and farm manager Kim Deweese prepared an addendum to their business plan in response to questions from the October meeting and thanked the…

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