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Whitestown council adopts rezone for Hawthorne Park development
Summary
The council approved Ordinance 2025-27 to rezone land west of Main Street for the Hawthorne project, following a favorable plan commission recommendation and a clerical correction; the measure passed 5-0.
The Town of Whitestown on Monday adopted Ordinance 2025-27, rezoning property just west of Main Street for the Hawthorne Park development. Todd Barker, Whitestown’s director of development services, said the plan commission had forwarded a favorable recommendation and that staff corrected a clerical reference to Beckman Park before the vote.
"Plan commission did send a favorable recommendation on this request," Barker said during the second reading, adding that a stray reference to Beckman Park had been struck from the commitments. Barker described the request as a rezone from agricultural to R-3 for the first portion of the site; a second piece of the property is completing annexation and will be heard later.
Council moved and seconded adoption of the ordinance and approved it on a roll-call vote of 5-0. The council did not raise substantive questions during the public reading; Barker and staff indicated representatives of the applicant, including the Braun Group and builders, were present for questions but none were posed.
With adoption, the rezone allows the developer to proceed under the Town's R-3 zoning standards for the described parcel; the council noted the remainder of the project will come back through the annexation process and additional hearings as required.
The council’s action concludes the ordinance’s second reading and represents final local approval; staff indicated site‑specific engineering, platting and any required permitting are the next steps.
