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LaPorte County BZA approves backyard chickens and accessory buildings, denies shipping containers and weekend campground
Summary
At its June 17 meeting the LaPorte County Board of Zoning Appeals approved a 15‑chicken allowance and several setback/accessory‑structure variances, denied a request to use multiple shipping containers for storage, and denied a weekend camping petition that the board ordered cleared by Aug. 1.
LaPorte County’s Board of Zoning Appeals on June 17 approved several residential variances — including permission for up to 15 hens at a Michigan City property and construction allowances for a new home and an accessory garage — while rejecting requests to keep multiple shipping containers on a residence and to operate a weekend campground on a rural parcel.
The board approved a variance allowing Diane Esper Haddad to keep up to 15 female chickens at 6853 West Magnolia Ave after Haddad and Jeremiah Haddad told the panel the birds would be “just for eggs” and that they planned an enclosed, approximately 8‑by‑8 coop and run. The approval carried on a voice vote with the board limiting the permit to female birds and capping the flock at 15.
In separate votes the board approved setback variances for a proposed two‑story house at 18 Elm…
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