NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING PROPOSED ZONING AMENDMENT

Notice is hereby given that the Plan Commission of the County of Porter, Indiana will hold a public hearing on the 25th day of August, 2010 at 6:30 p.m., in the Porter County Administration Center, 155 Indiana Avenue, Suite 205, Valparaiso, Indiana to consider the petition of St. Andrews Development , LLC, et al, c/o Todd A. Leeth, Hoeppner Wagner & Evans LLP, 103 E. Lincolnway, Valparaiso, Indiana for a proposed amendment to the Unified Development Ordinance to rezone a parcel of land from R-1, Single Family Residential to OT, Office and Technology, CH, High Intensity Commercial, R-3, Two Family Residential and R-4, Multiple Family Residential. The amendment to the application (I) adds an omitted tract of real estate within the area sought to be rezoned from R-1, Single Family Residential to R-3, Two Family Residential; and (ii) adds a new applicant and additional real estate sought to be rezoned from R-1 Single Family Residential to CH, High Intensity Commercial. The amended parcels are located on the following described parcels:

Legal Description: R-3 Zone Parcel:

A PARCEL OF LAND IN THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION 24, TOWNSHIP 36 NORTH, RANGE 6 WEST OF THE SECOND PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, PORTER COUNTY, INDIANA, BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: COMMENCING AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF SAID SECTION 24; THENCE SOUTH 89 DEGREES 53 MINUTES 31 SECOND WEST (BASIS OF BEARINGS AS SHOWN ON A PLAT OF SURVEY PREPARED BY DAVIES-RENSBERGER SURVEYING, JOB NUMBER 07-386, DATED JANUARY 7, 2008), 2646.97 FEET ALONG THE SOUTH LINE OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF SAID SECTION 24 TO THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF SAID SECTION 24; THENCE NORTH 0 DEGREES 21 MINUTES, 21 SECONDS WEST, 2648.53 FEET ALONG THE WEST LINE OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF SAID SECTION 24 TO THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF SAID SECTION 24; THENCE NORTH 00 DEGREES 24 MINUTES 08 SECONDS WEST, 890.00 FEET, ALONG THE WEST LINE OF SAID SOUTHWEST QUARTER FOR THE POINT OF BEGINNING; THENCE CONTINUING NORTH 00 DEGREES 24 MINUTES 08 SECONDS WEST, 400.03 FEET ALONG SAID WEST LINE TO THE SOUTHERN LINE OF A NORTHERN INDIANA PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY RIGHT OF WAY, AS PER DEED RECORD 235 PAGE 428; THENCE NORTH 65 DEGREES 51 MINUTES 30 SECONDS EAST, 1462.04 FEET ALONG SAID RIGHT OF WAY LINE ,TO A POINT BEING 16.5 FEET EAST, MEASURED BY RIGHT ANGLES, OF THE EAST LINE OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF SAID SECTION 24; THENCE SOUTH 00 DEGREES 24 MINUTES 34 SECONDS EAST, 558.54 FEET ALONG A LINE BEING 16.5 FEET EAST OF AND PARALLEL WITH THE WEST LINE OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF SAID NORTHEAST QUARTER TO THE NORTH LINE OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF SAID NORTHEAST QUARTER; THENCE SOUTH 89 DEGREES 48 MINUTES 38 SECONDS WEST, 16.5 FEET ALONG SAID NORTH LINE TO THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF SAID NORTHEAST QUARTER; THENCE SOUTH 00 DEGREES 24 MINUTES 34 SECONDS EAST, 400.41 FEET ALONG THE EAST LINE OF SAID SOUTHWEST QUARTER; THENCE NORTH 78 DEGREES 25 MINUTES 55 SECONDS WEST, 532.35 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 79 DEGREES 40 MINUTES 36 SECONDS WEST 813.34 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING, CONTAINING 18.8666 ACRES, MORE OR LESS.

Legal Description: CH Zone Parcel (additional Wallace parcel only):

A parcel of land in the Southeast Quarter of Section 24, Township 36 North, Range 6 West of the Second Principal Meridian, in Liberty Township, Porter County, Indiana, described as follows:

Commencing at the Southwest corner of the Southeast Quarter of said Section 24; thence North 89 degrees 53 minutes 31 seconds East, along the South line of said Southeast Quarter, 994.00 feet to the West line extended of a parcel of land conveyed to David Ray Eggers and Mary Lynn Eggers per a Warranty Deed recorded October 26, 1992 in Deed Record 431 page 191; thence North 00 degrees 21 minutes 21 seconds West, along the West line extended of said Eggers parcel, said line also being parallel with the West line of said Southeast Quarter, 121.85 feet (122 feet, more or less, per previous deed) to the North right-of-way line of U.S. Highway 6, said point being the Point of Beginning; thence continuing North 00 degrees 21 minutes 21 seconds West, along the West line of said Eggers parcel, said line also being parallel with the West line of said Southeast Quarter, 532.15 (532 feet, more or less, per previous deed) to the North line of the South 654.00 feet of said Southeast Quarter, said line also being the North line and North line extended of said Eggers parcel; thence North 89 degrees 53 minutes 31 seconds East, along said North line, parallel with the South line of said Southeast Quarter, 175.00 feet to the East line of a parcel of land conveyed to David Ray Eggers and Mary Lynn Eggers per a Personal Representative’s Deed recorded September 6, 2005 as Document Number 2005-026613; thence South 00 degrees 21 minutes 21 seconds East, along said East line, said line being parallel with the West line of said Southeast Quarter, 523,21 feet to the North right-of-way line of U.S. Highway 6; thence South 89 degrees 54 minutes 49 seconds West, along said North right-of-way line, 114.02 feet; thence South 81 degrees 29 minutes 59 seconds West, along said North right-of-way line, 61.60 feet to the Point of Beginning.

GENERAL LOCATION: A parcel of land located on the Northwest corner of SR 49 and U.S. Hwy 6 in Liberty Township, Porter County, Indiana.

Written suggestions to said proposed zoning amendment may be filed with the Executive Director of the Porter County Plan Commission before such public hearing and/or verbal statements relating thereto may be heard at the above designated time and place. A copy of the file is available for public view at the Plan Commission Office.

PLAN COMMISSION,

PORTER COUNTY, INDIANA

Robert W. Thompson Jr. AICP

Executive Director/County Planner

(August 12, 2010)