The Burns Harbor Advisory Plan Commission granted two developers extensions tied to their respective South Babcock Road subdivisions and asked a third developer to be present at the Aug. 2 meeting.

Commission members want to discuss with Bob Kerr his request to terminate a letter of credit for his previous land split east of Lake Shore Ford on U.S. 20.

One parcel was sold for construction of a Nissan dealership, and the second was to have been the home of a new Toyota dealership that wasn’t built.

The commission attorney and town’s engineering firm were asked to consult with building commissioner Bill Arney about what outstanding information is needed to consider Kerr’s request.

Commission members said final ownership of the Verplank Road frontage road, the status of stormwater modifications and dirt stored on the vacant property are among items needing to be addressed.

In other business Monday, Tom Lightfoot, manager of R&B Development’s 200-home Corlin’s Landing, was given until Aug. 2 to renew a $100,000 letter of credit that’s expired. He offered to post a check in the interim while bank arrangements are completed, but the commission accepted his word they would be.

Citing the lean housing market, Pat Kleighe of Great Lakes Development asked and was granted a one-year extension to March 3, 2011 to complete final infrastructure for 40-home Trail Creek. The subdivision’s $55,512 letter of credit will roll over and now expire Sept. 3, 2011.

On another matter, commission president Jeff Freeze again requested that the Town Council address an apparent zoning violation at Scott’s Way on Melton Road, which previously was granted permission to do truck repairs but questions have arisen whether the property is being used as a truck terminal.

Commission secretary Tyler DeMar said Burns Harbor recently used a $1,000 grant obtained through a Porter County Small Communities summit last year to print additional copies of the new comprehensive plan.

Members Jan Hines and Jim McGee were absent.