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Long Beach Building Commission approves several permits, defers front-entry work for inspection
Summary
At its May 8 meeting the commission approved multiple building permits — including a septic installation conditioned to avoid dune disturbance and a 90-day temporary occupancy — and deferred one front-entry permit pending an on-site inspection by Chair Larry Wall.
The Long Beach Building Commission on May 8, 2026 approved multiple local building permits and reviewed its monthly activity report, while deferring one application so the chair could inspect the site.
Chair Larry Wall called the meeting to order at 1:07 p.m. The meeting record shows commissioners voted to accept the April minutes before hearing the commissioner’s monthly report, which listed 32 permits with combined construction costs of $3,602,394.00 and fees collected of $38,889.40. Staff also reported permit-related calls and emails, MS4 outfall research and inspections, completion of a floodplain webinar, and attendance at one NISWAG meeting.
On old and new business the commission took a series of procedural votes. It recorded no new action on MS4 stormwater requirements and noted it is waiting for recommendations from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the state Department of Natural Resources on coastal resiliency work.
Votes at a glance
• Permit #319 — Grand Mere Way (Honey Bear Farm guest house): approved; motion by Commissioner Bob LeMay, seconded by Joy Schmitt; roll call recorded five 'Yay' votes.
• Permit #403 — 2500 Oriole Trail (concrete/landscaping): approved; motion by Bob LeMay, seconded by Joy Schmitt; roll call recorded five 'Yay' votes.
• Permit #477 — 3007 Loma Portal Way (handrail installation): approved; motion by Bob LeMay, seconded by Joy Schmitt; roll call recorded five 'Yay' votes.
• Permit #478 — 1528 Lakeshore Drive (septic installation): approved contingent on a LaPorte County Health Department permit and the explicit condition that the dune not be disturbed; motion by Bob LeMay, seconded by Anita Remijas; roll call recorded five 'Yay' votes.
• Captains Walk — Yellow Bear Farm (temporary occupancy, 90 days): approved; motion by Joy Schmitt, seconded by Ellyn Lynch; roll call recorded five 'Yay' votes.
• Permit #497 — 2220 Oriole Trail (front-entry addition): action deferred. Chair Larry Wall said he will inspect the work at the property and the commission postponed final consideration until the June meeting; the procedural motion to defer carried with a recorded vote shown as five 'Yay'.
• Permit extension — 2611 Roslyn Trail: extension approved; motion by Bob LeMay, seconded by Ellyn Lynch; roll call recorded five 'Yay' votes.
The commission also reiterated that it is awaiting guidance from ACOE and the state DNR on coastal resiliency measures; no timetable was provided. There were no substantive public comments recorded in the meeting minutes. The meeting adjourned at 2:35 p.m., and the commission scheduled its next meeting for June 12, 2026.
Meeting participants and procedural notes appear in the minutes and an officer table appended to the record. The transcript indicates all formal votes were recorded as roll-call 'Yay' counts and names where shown; where the minutes list an 'X' next to a member name in a roll call, that entry is used as the attendance record.
