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A REZONING ISSUE LEAVES
DOZENS OF PEOPLE FRUSTRATED
AFTER IT'S TABLED AT THIS
MORNING'S TIPPECANOE COUNTY
COMMISSIONER'S MEETING.NEWS
18'S KELLY ROBERTS REPORTS ON
THE NEW CONCERN THAT CAME UP
AT THE MEETING.. AND WHY
NEIGHBORS WILL CONTINUE TO
FIGHT.#@KELLY: IT WAS A
PACKED HOUSE AT THE TIPPECANOE
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS MEETING
MONDAY.A GROUP OF NEIGHBORS
VEHEMENTLY OPPOSING A PLAN FOR
A RENTAL DUPLEX DEVELOPMENT ON
COUNTY FARM ROAD IN WEST
LAFAYETTE... NOW EVEN MORE
FRUSTRATED AS THE ISSUE HAS
BEEN TABLED UNTIL THE OCTOBER
15TH MEETING.TOM FACKLEMAN:
15:48:40-:52 IT SIMPLY DOES
NOT FIT INTO OUR R1
AGRICUTLTURAL AREA. IT JUST
STANDS OUT AND IS SO
DISIMILAR. 100% OF THE
NEIGHBORS ARE IN AGREEMENT IT
JUST DOESN'T FIT.KELLY:
SCHEUMANN PROPERTIES IS ASKING
FOR THE LAND TO BE REZONED
FROM RESIDENTIAL 1 TO
RESIDENTAIL 2.THE NEW ZONING
WOULD ALLOW THE DEVELOPMENT OF
300 DWELLING UNITS.NEIGHBORS
AT THE NEARBY HAWTHORNE RIDGE
NEIGHBORHOOD, SAY THEY'RE
WORRIED ABOUT INCREASED
TRAFFIC.. AND SAY LOW PRICED
RENTAL UNITS DO NOT FIT WITH
THE TRADITIONALLY SINGLE
FAMILY HOME NEIGHBORHOOD.
FACKELMAN: 15:52:45-:58
THERE ARE PLENTY OF AVENUES IN
WEST LAFAYETTE THAT HAVE
APARTMENTS AND RENTAL UNITS.
THAT IS APPROPRIATELY WHERE
THEY SHOULD BE LOCATED, RATHER
THAN IN THE MIDDLE OF THE R1.
KELLY STAND
UP:16:11:06-:27AN ISSUE THAT
POPPED UP DURING MONDAY'S
MEETING WAS THE MENTION ON
WHERE THE DUPLEXES WOULD BE
BUILT. SALLIE FAHEY AND THE
APC REVIEWED A PLAN SAYING THE
DUPLEXES WOULD BE BUILT ON
MULTIPLE LOTS USING PUBLIC
STREETS. A REPRESENTATIVE FOR
THE PETITIONER SAYS THE HOMES
WOULD BE BUILT ON ONE BIG LOT.
FAHEY SAYS THIS COULD CHANCE
THE REZONING TO R3.
WOULD BE BUILT ON ONE BIG LOT.
SALLIE FAHEY: 15:55:16-:33
NOW YOU HAVE, FOR EXAMPLE, 100
BUILDINGS, EACH CONTAINING TWO
UNITS, THAT ONE LOT WOULD NOW
HAVE 200 DWELLING UNITS. AND
MULTI FAMILY ZONING IS
REQUIRED FOR THREE OR MORE
DWELLING UNITS.FACKELMAN:
15:49:28-:34 WE'RE REALLY
CONFUSED AND DISAPPOINTED IN
THE PROCESS, AND WITH WHAT'S
HAPPENED TODAY, AND WE WILL BE
BACK.KELLY: DAN TEDER, AN
ATTORNEY REPRESENTING SCHUMANN
PROPERTIES SAYS THERE IS NO
PLAN TO MAKE THE ZONING R3
FAHEY SAYS THERE SHOULD BE AN
ANSWER ON WHETHER THE PLAN
SHOULD BE R2 OR R3 BY OCTOBER
15.KELLY ROBERTS NEWS18. @#