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Rezoning request for South Bend Motor Speedway site sent to council amid preservation concerns
Summary
A request to rezone 25698 State Road 2 for an auto-auction and storage facility was sent to the full council without recommendation after the Area Plan Commission cited strong public opposition over a rare black oak savannah; the petitioner said it is negotiating protections and hopes to present written commitments before the council hearing.
The county committee forwarded a rezoning petition and related special-use request for the former South Bend Motor Speedway property to the full County Council without recommendation after Area Plan Commission staff and the petitioner outlined competing priorities.
Carl Brown Grimm, Area Plan Commission staff, said the roughly 60-acre site along State Road 2 is split between commercial uses and a residential-zoned southern half that contains a rare black oak savannah of ecological…
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