July 23, 2014 at 2:10 p.m.
County ponders two-mile buffer (5/24/04)
Commissioners talk about zoning buffer, but take no action
A comment about an issue they can do nothing about led to a discussion about something Jay County Commissioners have talked about several times in the past.
And the issue of a two-mile buffer area controlled for zoning purposes by the city of Portland will likely be talked about at the next meeting of the Jay County Planning Commission.
The issue, which has been talked about informally several times over the past few years, was raised this morning when Commissioner Mike Leonhard, who lives within the two-mile zoning buffer area, asked fellow Commissioners Gary Theurer and Milo Miller Jr. if they had heard any negative comments about a proposed extreme sports complex in the Portland Industrial Park.
All three said that they had heard negative comments, but pointed out that the city will have complete control over that proposed planned unit development.
But that question evolved into a question about the two-mile jurisdictional area. Commissioners’ attorney Brad Burkett, after checking Indiana Code, said the county, which passed zoning after the city of Portland, could reclaim control over some or all of that area outside the city limits.
Leonhard, who was defeated in the GOP primary earlier this month by challenger Faron Parr, said he is in favor of the county reclaiming all of the land. Miller said he feels the county should allow the city some buffer area; perhaps about a mile.
Theurer, who sits on the planning commission, did not express an opinion Monday, but said he would bring up the subject at the next planning commission meeting.
Don Loy, a longtime member of the planning commission, has attempted to get the commissioners to claim control of the buffer area several times over the past few years.
In other business this morning, the commissioners, while meeting as the county drainage board:
•Asked county surveyor Brad Daniels to check on what is supposed to be a dry retention pond at Patriot Paint Co. Miller said that the pond is holding about a foot of water at all times.
•Approved paying the cost for two more members of the county ditch crew to obtain their commercial driver’s licenses. Daniels said that having additional workers with CDLs would be more efficient because it would allow workers to haul stone or dirt if needed without having to pull a worker from another job. The cost of the CDL course is $100, while the license is $30.
•Heard Daniels report that a logjam on the Salamonie River east of Portland has been removed. The logjam was just north of Ind. 26, about a mile east of the Portland city limits.
•Learned from Daniels that Bertha Hummer, who owns property on one side of the Freemyer Ditch northeast of Portland, would like to have her side of the ditch cleaned. The other side was recently cleaned, Daniels said.
The county’s policy is to clean only one side, a policy the drainage board said this morning it would adhere to.
The land is located along county road 200 North, east of the Jay County Retirement Center.[[In-content Ad]]
And the issue of a two-mile buffer area controlled for zoning purposes by the city of Portland will likely be talked about at the next meeting of the Jay County Planning Commission.
The issue, which has been talked about informally several times over the past few years, was raised this morning when Commissioner Mike Leonhard, who lives within the two-mile zoning buffer area, asked fellow Commissioners Gary Theurer and Milo Miller Jr. if they had heard any negative comments about a proposed extreme sports complex in the Portland Industrial Park.
All three said that they had heard negative comments, but pointed out that the city will have complete control over that proposed planned unit development.
But that question evolved into a question about the two-mile jurisdictional area. Commissioners’ attorney Brad Burkett, after checking Indiana Code, said the county, which passed zoning after the city of Portland, could reclaim control over some or all of that area outside the city limits.
Leonhard, who was defeated in the GOP primary earlier this month by challenger Faron Parr, said he is in favor of the county reclaiming all of the land. Miller said he feels the county should allow the city some buffer area; perhaps about a mile.
Theurer, who sits on the planning commission, did not express an opinion Monday, but said he would bring up the subject at the next planning commission meeting.
Don Loy, a longtime member of the planning commission, has attempted to get the commissioners to claim control of the buffer area several times over the past few years.
In other business this morning, the commissioners, while meeting as the county drainage board:
•Asked county surveyor Brad Daniels to check on what is supposed to be a dry retention pond at Patriot Paint Co. Miller said that the pond is holding about a foot of water at all times.
•Approved paying the cost for two more members of the county ditch crew to obtain their commercial driver’s licenses. Daniels said that having additional workers with CDLs would be more efficient because it would allow workers to haul stone or dirt if needed without having to pull a worker from another job. The cost of the CDL course is $100, while the license is $30.
•Heard Daniels report that a logjam on the Salamonie River east of Portland has been removed. The logjam was just north of Ind. 26, about a mile east of the Portland city limits.
•Learned from Daniels that Bertha Hummer, who owns property on one side of the Freemyer Ditch northeast of Portland, would like to have her side of the ditch cleaned. The other side was recently cleaned, Daniels said.
The county’s policy is to clean only one side, a policy the drainage board said this morning it would adhere to.
The land is located along county road 200 North, east of the Jay County Retirement Center.[[In-content Ad]]
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