NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

PROPOSED VARIANCE

Notice is hereby given that the Board of Zoning Appeals of the County of Porter, Indiana, will hold a public hearing on the 18th 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 James McKean, 805 W. Elizabeth St., Kouts, seeking Variances from the Unified Development Ordinance: Section 2.08 A1 District Development Standards - to reduce the Minimum Lot Area from 10 acres to 3.59 acres; and to reduce the Minimum Lot Width from 160 feet to 20 feet; Section 10.33 Subdivision Control; Primary Plat - to waive section requirements; and Section 10.34 Subdivision Control; Secondary Plat - to waive section requirements, all in order to build a residential home located on the following described property:

LEGAL DESCRIPTION

A parcel of land in the Southeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter of Section 21, Township 34 North, Range 6 West of the Second Principal Meridian in Porter County, Indiana, more particularly described as follows: Commencing at a cast iron monument marking the Northeast corner of said Quarter Quarter Section; thence South 00º24’28” East (assumed bearing), along the East line of said Quarter Quarter Section, 1029.49 feet to the Southeast corner of a parcel described and recorded in Deed Record 277, page 41, in the Office of the Recorder of Porter County, Indiana, and being the Northeast corner of a 20 foot wide strip of land described and recorded in Deed Record 362, page 01, in the Office of the Recorder of Porter County, Indiana, and also being a point which is 300.00 feet North of the Southeast corner of said Quarter Quarter Section; thence South 89º30’36” West, parallel with and 300.00 feet North of the South line of said Quarter Quarter Section, and also along the South line of said parcel described in Deed Record 277, page 41, and also along the North line of said strip of land described in Deed Record 362, page 01, 450.00 feet to the Southwest corner of said parcel described in Deed Record 277, page 41, and also being the point of beginning; thence continuing South 89º30’36” West, along aforesaid line, 270.00 feet to an iron rod with a William J. Rensberger I.D. cap, also being the Southeast corner of a parcel of land described and recorded in Deed Record 436, page 05, in the Office of the Recorder of Porter County, Indiana; thence North 00º24’28” West, along the East line of said parcel described in Deed Record 436, page 05, 579.75 feet to an iron rod with a William J. Rensberger I.D. cap on the South line of a parcel of land described and recorded in Deed Record 258, page 138, in the Office of the Recorder of Porter County, Indiana; thence North 89º31’51” East, 270.00 feet to an iron rod with a William J. Rensberger I.D. cap on the line parallel with and 450.00 feet West of the East line of said Quarter Quarter Section; thence South 00º24’28” East, along said line, 579.65 feet to the point of beginning, and a parcel of land in the Southeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter of Section 21, Township 34 North, Range 6 West of the Second Principal Meridian in Porter County, Indiana more particularly described as follows: Commencing at a cast iron monument marking the Northeast corner of said Quarter Quarter Section; thence South 00º24’28” East (assumed bearing), along the East line of said Quarter Quarter Section, 1029.49 feet to a point which is 300.00 feet North of the Southeast corner of said Quarter Quarter Section, and the point of beginning; thence continuing South 00º24’28” East, along said East line, 20.00 feet; thence South 89º30’36” West, along a line parallel with and 280.00 feet north of the South line of said Quarter Quarter Section, 720.00 feet; thence North 00º24’28” West, 20.00 feet thence North 89º30'36” East, along a line parallel with and 300.00 feet North of the South line of said Quarter Quarter Section, 720.00 feet to the point of beginning.

GENERAL LOCATION: A parcel of land located at 394-1 S. CR 200 W., in Porter Township, Porter County, Indiana.

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

BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS

PORTER COUNTY, INDIANA

Raymond S. Joseph Jr., Planner

(August 3, 2010)