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Local zoning hearing in Porter Township approves several accessory-structure variances, denies one and continues another
Summary
A local zoning hearing considered multiple variance requests for accessory structures and a minor subdivision. The board approved several height variances with conditions, denied a side-yard setback reduction after neighbor objections, and continued one front-yard accessory-structure request for site inspection.
A local zoning hearing in Porter Township on accessory-structure variances ended with the board approving several height variances for pole barns and storage buildings, denying a requested side-yard setback reduction, and continuing one request so staff can inspect the site.
The session opened with routine business and the board reading public-hearing rules, then took up individual cases. An attorney representing Janet and Rex Veach argued that increasing an accessory structure’s maximum height from the 20-foot limit to the requested roughly 26-foot figure would have "pretty much nonexistent" visual impact because the building would sit more than 800 feet from US 231 and be mostly shielded by trees, the attorney said. The applicant, Janet Beach, confirmed the structure would be used for personal storage, not a business. After discussion the board approved the request (case DA2026-7).
The board then…
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