ALLEN COUNTY, Ind. (WPTA) – After several controversial development proposals, Allen County Commissioners took the first step on Friday to change how developments like quarries, racetracks, casinos, data centers, and RV parks are regulated and approved.
These new zoning rules would strip power from the appointed Board of Zoning Appeals and prevent them from being able to sign off on big projects, like quarries or casinos in agricultural or residential zones, without the say of elected commissioners.
Commissioner Ron Turpin said that the Board of Zoning Appeals is a group of volunteers who are supposed to approve things like an extra-tall fence or different sign height, not big projects…