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Plan Commission backs rezoning for winery and wedding venue, adds conditions

Porter County Plan Commission · March 27, 2026
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Summary

The commission recommended that county commissioners approve rezoning of about 10.84 acres for a winery and wedding venue (Z0-20268), forwarding a favorable recommendation with conditions on parking, permitted uses and noise curfews; the vote was 7–0.

The Porter County Plan Commission voted to send a favorable recommendation to the county commissioners for rezoning case Z0-20268, a request by Diane Sasser and Mike Tisma to change roughly 10.839 acres from rural residential to a commercial district to house a winery and wedding venue.

Applicant Diane Sasser described buying and rehabilitating the property in 2010, operating a wedding venue since 2017 and opening a winery in 2021. She said the venue has operated without neighbor complaints, that the site includes multiple historic structures and that…

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