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Zoning board denies request to run charter-bus fleet from Burns Harbor home, orders buses removed in 60 days
Summary
A Burns Harbor zoning board denied a homeowner’s request to continue operating five charter buses from a residential property, rejecting both a use variance and a development-standards variance and giving the operator 60 days to relocate the buses; administrative work at the house was permitted if buses were parked elsewhere.
The Burns Harbor zoning board rejected a request to operate a five-bus charter service from a residential property and ordered the buses removed within 60 days. The board said the operation did not meet the code’s home-occupation criteria and noted the vehicles likely exceed local weight limits for residential districts.
Josephine Webb, who identified herself as representing Eclipse Charters and Tours, told the board the business was established in 1997, moved charter buses to the property in 2018 and currently operates five coaches with seven drivers. “We are requesting that we operate our business out of our home,” Webb…
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