The Chesterton
Advisory Plan Commission will have a preliminary hearing Thursday for the
proposed 162-unit StoryPoint Senior Living Community on Dickinson Rd.
The meeting will be
at 6:30 p.m. at Chesterton Town Hall, 726 Broadway.
At its April
meeting, the Commission received a letter from StoryPoint Development
Officer Aaron Seymour telling of plans for 120 independent living apartments
and 42 enriched living apartments.
It would also have
amenities like a dining facility and a bistro, activity areas, library,
banking, postal service, barber/salon, fitness rooms and multi-purpose
rooms.
The development
will be located north of Addison Pointe Health and Rehab Center and Porter
Health’s Chesterton Medical Center.
Porter Health is
currently the owner of the parcel and is the petitioner in the case for a
planned unit development ordinance.
Another preliminary
hearing is scheduled for Thursday. The Commission will hear a petition for
secondary plat of Phase C Block 21 of the Coffee Creek Center PUD.
In public hearings,
a petition by the William and Rita Bennett Trust to rezone 112 South 14th
Street from B-3 Business zoning, behind Red Carpet Smoke Shop, to R-3
Multi-family Residential.
Attorney Terry
Hiestand said the owner wants to have the zoning changed to reflect the use
of the property. A smaller home at the south end of the property is planned
to be taken down and a multi-family home is planned in its place.
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