APC Approves Final Plat For Dollar General In Silver Lake
By Phoebe Muthart
Staff Writer
WARSAW — Several cases were approved at the regular meeting of the Kosciusko County Area Plan Commission Wednesday, Sept. 7, including a final plat for a Dollar General in Silver Lake.
A new APC director was also chosen. Matt Sandy will replace Dan Richard, who is retiring as of Oct. 1. Sandy is currently the assistant plan director.
The board applauded Sandy, who has been with the department for 23 years. The board also thanked Richard for his years of service. Another longtime employee, Amy Irwin, has resigned. Her role will need to be filled as well as Sandy’s assistant director’s spot.
The proposed Dollar General store in Silver Lake is zoned as a two-lot commercial subdivision. A traffic study was conducted and is being reviewed by the county highway department. The state is also looking at the traffic study. The 5-acre tract was rezoned to commercial Wednesday, April 13. The property is located on Dixie Drive in Silver Lake, just off SR 15. The plat was approved 8-0.
Jeff Carey’s petition for preliminary plat approval for an industrial II subdivision on a 17.63-acre tract of ground was withdrawn by his attorney, Steve Snyder. The property is located on the east side of SR 15 and west of Old SR 15 in Plain Township.
Robert Stouder’s petition to rezone ground from a public use district to a residential district was approved. The property is located on the north side of Benton Street and northeast of Harrison Street in Syracuse. The house is a former parsonage next to a former church. A parsonage is considered public use. He wants to build a garage and discovered he needed a permit, but the property needed to be rezoned residential first. It was approved 8-0. The case will go before Syracuse Town Council at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 20.
Norma Prater’s petition to rezone ground from a public use district to a residential district in Silver Lake was approved. The property is located on the south side of Sycamore Street, west of High Street in Lake Township. She bought the property in 2019 to turn it into a church parsonage, but there was no parking lot, so the case was rezoned to residential. The case goes before the Silver Lake Town Council at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 14.
Phil and Janet Hull’s request to rezone ground from a public use district to an agricultural district was given a favorable recommendation. The property is located on the north side of County Road 750 South, just west of County Road 700 East in Monroe Township.
There is a church on the property, which is why it was zoned public use. The Hulls want to renovate the building and turn it into a home.
One remonstrator, Gary Peters, who lived adjacent to the property, said he was told if it wasn’t going to be a church anymore that he could claim the property.
“I have a problem with the plat,” said Peters. There is a reverter in the quiet title. Peters said he would amicably discuss the property situation with the Hulls. The case will go before the county commissioners at 9:15 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 27.
Gerry Wilson’s petition to rezone ground from an agricultural district to a commercial district was given a favorable recommendation. The property is located on the west side of SR 13, south of County Road 500 North in Tippecanoe Township. The property used to be an insurance company that was built in 1968. Wilson’s attorney said the property is already surrounded by commercial-zoned land. The case will go before commissioners on Sept. 27.
John Hicks’ petition for preliminary plat approval for an agricultural II subdivision on a 1.44-acre tract of ground was approved. The property is located on the south side of County Road 700 South in Clay Township. There is currently a single-family house on the property. The barn will need to be removed before the next APC meeting, which is at 1 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 5.