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Planning commission approves plats and site plans; forwards redevelopment allocations to council
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Summary
The Portage Planning Commission approved multiple plats and site plans including primary/secondary plat amendments, a replat, storage building site plan and a school-site plan; it also found two redevelopment resolutions conforming and will forward them to city council for final action.
The City of Portage Planning Commission voted on a series of plats and site plans and reviewed two redevelopment allocation resolutions during its meeting.
The commission approved the minutes for December 2025 and voted to postpone the election of officers to the next meeting. It approved P-006-25, a primary-plat amendment by Simon CRE removing Lot 3 from the Landings at Portage, and the companion secondary plat S-07-25, each with contingencies listed in the staff report. A motion to approve P-006-25 carried by voice vote.
The commission approved SD-10-25, a replat to consolidate several parcels into Lot 6 of Industrial Plaza Park, and SP-06-24, a site-plan request to add three storage buildings (78 units) with stormwater and access improvements. Both motions were made, seconded and approved with the contingencies noted in staff reports.
Portage Township Schools' site plan SP-09-25 — proposing demolition of Aylesworth Elementary and Willow Creek Middle School and construction of a new school, stadium, parking and stormwater facilities at 5910 Central Avenue — was approved with contingencies, including addressing the legal-drain (Chrisman) ditch and associated culvert work as part of construction-phase coordination.
The commission also reviewed two declaratory resolutions from the redevelopment commission. Under Indiana Code 36-7-14-16(a) the commission found both actions conforming: M-13-25 prunes a roughly 40-acre parcel for a Simon CRE retail anchor (described in the filing as about 336,000 square feet and roughly $91 million in private investment) and creates a separate allocation area for tax-increment financing; M-14-25 prunes a 25.5-acre parcel for a proposed roughly 127,000-square-foot retail anchor (about $21 million in investment). The motions passed and, per the statutory process, those declaratory resolutions and the planning commission’s findings will be sent to the city council for further action.
No public speakers opposed the P-006-25 hearing; multiple agenda items were approved with the contingencies listed in staff reports. The meeting adjourned after the final motions.
What happens next: approved plats and site plans proceed through required administrative and engineering clearances; the redevelopment resolutions and the planning commission’s findings will be transmitted to the city council for the legislative review required by statute.
