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Michigan City BZA reviews major rules overhaul, defers final vote
Summary
The Michigan City Board of Zoning Appeals reviewed proposed changes to its rules that would let the enforcement officer determine hearing scheduling, require 20-day signage for large projects, and extend administrative-appeal filing windows; members asked for revisions and another workshop before voting.
The Michigan City Board of Zoning Appeals spent most of its Dec. 9 meeting reviewing a proposed overhaul of its rules and procedures, with the board’s attorney outlining changes that would shift scheduling authority to the enforcement officer, add interdepartmental review, and require public signage for larger projects.
Attorney Hale, who drafted the updated rules, told the board the central change is procedural: rather than relying on a fixed application-due-date schedule, “the application comes in and our enforcement officer Dominique reviews those,” and when Dominique determines an application is complete and adequate public notice can be given, “then…
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