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St. Joseph County APC backs UFP rezoning, approves 10 of 11 variances and denies asphalt-millings exception
Summary
The St. Joseph County Area Plan Commission voted to forward UFP Real Estate LLC’s rezoning request to the County Council with a favorable recommendation and approved ten of eleven requested variances, denying a request to allow asphalt millings instead of a hard parking surface.
The St. Joseph County Area Plan Commission voted Dec. 17 to recommend that the County Council rezone multiple parcels owned or used by UFP Real Estate LLC from R single‑family and OB office buffer to I Industrial and approved most related variances, while denying a variance that would have allowed asphalt millings in lieu of a hard parking surface.
Sean Klein, Area Plan Commission staff, told commissioners the parcels at and near 50415 Herbert Street and several Alice Street addresses are used for employee parking by United Forest Products and are surrounded by long‑established industrial and commercial uses. "Staff is recommending that this be sent to the county council with a favorable recommendation," Klein said, summarizing staff’s view that the rezoning aligns with the…
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