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La Porte plan commission backs Microsoft rezoning after hours of testimony
Summary
After more than two hours of presentations and public comment, the La Porte Plan Commission voted unanimously to recommend rezoning roughly 1,283.5 acres to M‑1 light industrial to allow a Microsoft data‑center campus, with staff and the petitioner committing to further studies on noise, water and traffic.
The La Porte Plan Commission on a unanimous vote recommended that the La Porte City Council rezone approximately 1,283.49 acres from agricultural and single‑family residential districts to M‑1 light industrial to allow expansion of a planned Microsoft data‑center campus.
The commission heard a multi‑part presentation from petitioner counsel Andrea Townsend and Microsoft land‑development manager Mike Stockwell, who said statutory notice requirements were met and described site plans, buffers and community benefits. Townsend said the rezoning is contingent on a pending super‑voluntary annexation before the city council and argued the proposal satisfies the five statutory factors in Indiana code for a zone‑map change.
Townsend and Microsoft representatives described the site as roughly 1,285 acres on La Porte's southeast side, adjacent to Boyd Boulevard, State Road 4 and U.S. 35, and said Microsoft already owns about 500 acres nearby.…
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