WARSAW  An uptick in the number of lakefront homeowners seeking to add accessory buildings has officials in the city plan office wondering if a policy change is needed. The city’s ordinance does not allow for accessory buildings on the lakeside portion of a home or on the street-side portion of the home. The only alternative …read more.

WARSAW — Another barrier has fallen and the ink is flowing. While Warsaw has had numerous tattoo parlors over the years, the number doubled from two to four Tuesday after a pair of businesses won approval to operate from the city board of zoning appeals. Empire Ink owner Mike Vest was approved for a special …read more.

WARSAW — The Warsaw Board of Zoning Appeals held a special session on Tuesday, Nov. 13,  to address the revision of a special exception granted in 2011. The petitioner, Jonathan Brown of Take Action LLC, requested a revision to the conditions required by a special exception variance granted in 2011. These conditions denied the petitioner …read more.

WARSAW — The Warsaw Board of Zoning Appeals heard one use variance and four variances from development standards at its monthly meeting held Monday, Oct. 22. Petitioner Jerry Ryan of Ryan Motors requested a use variance to allow an auto sales shop to be located within a C-2 zoning district. The property is located at …read more.

CLAYPOOL — A rural Claypool couple is feeling frustrated at local government as they fight to keep a small cabin located on their property — a cabin that the county maintains is a dwelling and is subject to the same taxes as a residence. At least one representative of the county says the local government …read more.

WARSAW — The Warsaw Board of Zoning Appeals heard two use variances and one variance from development standards at its monthly meeting held Tuesday, May 29. The big topic of the evening was a use variance from Petitioner Randy Hall, CEO of Cardinal Services, Warsaw. He requested a use variance to allow an institutional use …read more.

WARSAW — Graycraft Signs, Warsaw, presented two variance requests at the Warsaw Board of Zoning Appeals meeting held Monday, Nov. 27. Graycraft Signs requested a variance to permit two internally illuminated monument signs within an R-1 zoning district at Warsaw Community High School, 1 Tiger Lane, Warsaw. The proposed sign would be in the same …read more.

WARSAW — The Board of Zoning Appeals addressed two variance requests when they assembled for their monthly meeting Monday, Sept. 25. The first was a request by Jaime Davila who lives at 111 E. Fort Wayne St., Warsaw. Davila asked for a variance to allow a 6’ rear yard setback and to permit greater than …read more.

WARSAW — The majority of the Board of Zoning Appeals meeting on Monday, Aug. 28 was spent discussing a use variance for 530 Crestlane Drive, Warsaw. The residence is an an R-1 zone and the current owner, Aaron Hooks, has been running a woodworking business from inside the garage. On May 5, the city received …read more.

  WARSAW — The Board of Zoning Appeals held a brief meeting Monday, Jan. 23, approving the only appeal that was submitted. The board members reviewed a request by Anthony McCrovitz, owner of Globe Star. The applicant’s property was granted an original use variance in 2004 of one free standing, non-lit sign with a maximum …read more.

WARSAW — The Warsaw Board of Zoning Appeals regular meeting for Monday, March 28, has been cancelled, due to the lack of business. The next meeting of the board will be at 7 p.m. April 25.

WARSAW — Before the approval to spend funds, Dan Smith and Michelle Boxell were administered the oaths of office at the Warsaw Board of Public Works and Safety meeting Monday morning, Jan. 4. Smith will be serving his first term on the city’s board of zoning appeals. Boxell will be serving her second term on …read more.

WARSAW — Utilizing the 2015 year end review and 2016 goals for the Warsaw Building and Planning Department will assist in a city wide strategic plan with other departments. Jeremy Skinner, city planner, presented the end of year report to members of the Warsaw Common Council Monday evening, Dec. 21. Skinner stated the report shows …read more.

WARSAW — The beginning of some year-end business took place Monday evening, Dec. 7, at the Warsaw Common Council meeting, with council appointments to various boards and commissions. Additional appointments, made by the mayor, will be announced at the Dec. 21 meeting. “You have six appointments to make,” Warsaw Mayor Joe Thallemer told council members. …read more.

Two years of skirmishes with the county will cost Owen Cobbum $110,700 and his property south of North Webster. Kosciusko County Superior Court 1 issued a ruling Tuesday, Nov. 10, imposing the sum and ordering the sheriff to sell the parcel on SR 13 just south of CR 500N. The time line for the case …read more.

WARSAW — Changes to the city’s comprehensive plan to emphasize affordable housing in the East Market Street Neighborhood, Sub-Area Plan, were approved unanimously at the Warsaw Plan Commission meeting Tuesday, Oct. 13. The changes were made to assist with a potential developer for the Little Crow Foods site. Tim Dombrosky, assistant city planner, and Jeremy …read more.

WARSAW — The Warsaw Board of Zoning Appeals had denied a request by True Purpose Ministries to use a rental house on Winona Avenue as a rehabilitation location for recovering drug and alcohol users. Meeting in regular session Monday evening, July 27, the board heard a number of arguments for and against the faith-based program …read more.

  A brief presentation of the South Side Drainage Study by Warsaw Stormwater Utility was presented during Monday’s Warsaw Common Council meeting. Theresa Sailor, stormwater coordinator, stated a contract has been entered into with Christopher B. Burke Engineering, LLC, South Bend, on a South Side Drainage Study. The study is being paid for from stormwater …read more.

The U.S. 7th Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago has granted the State of Indiana’s emergency motion for stay in the recent ruling on Indiana’s marriage law. This means the order Wednesday, June 25  by U.S. District Court Richard L. Young, finding Indiana’s marriage definition unconstitutional, is now halted, pending resolution of this appeal in …read more.

Two locations selling accessory buildings were granted the Warsaw Board of Zoning Appeals nod of approval last night. The variances for both locations, both in areas zoned Commercial-2, were unanimously approved. One, for Wade Frauhiger, will allow for the outdoor sales on a now vacant lot on Lake Street. The area is on the curve …read more.

Warsaw’s Board of Zoning Appeals voted unanimously for two new businesses to open in the city, including another orthopedic manufacturer. Operated in Aurora, Ill., Trigon International Corporation is looking to purchase the former Goodwill facility on Commerce Drive. Trigon President Joseph Fenoglio told the BZA his business already sells to original equipment manufacturers in Warsaw and is looking to …read more.

Giving a petitioner more time to complete a residence in Tippecanoe Township was among the agenda items considered by the Kosciusko County Board of Zoning Appeals during its regular monthly meeting Tuesday in Warsaw. The meeting was held at the Justice Building. Worth Packer petitioned the BZA for an extension on the deadline given to …read more.

An accident in Wabash County Thursday afternoon claimed the life of a popular Warsaw architect. Mary Ellen Rudisel Jordan, 61, was killed when another vehicle crossed the center line of SR 15 just south of the Kosciusko County line and struck her vehicle head-on. Jordan, of Scearce Rudisel Architects, was active in the Warsaw community …read more.

Approval was granted, but with conditions attached, for GSE Property Management to renovate or rebuild five buildings to be used for personal storage facilities in North Webster. Approval was granted by Kosciusko County Board of Zoning Appeals during its regular monthly meeting Tuesday in Warsaw. Matt Sandy, assistant planning director for the county, noted GSE …read more.

The former building of Ken Anderson Films is being considered for a homeless shelter in Warsaw. Since 2010, Fellowship Missions has operated two homeless shelters in Warsaw – one to serve men, one for women. On Monday, April 22, it is the hope of founder Eric Lane to get approval from the city to bring …read more.

Approving a new driveway for the Epworth Forest Conference Center in North Webster was among the agenda items considered by the Kosciusko County Board of Zoning Appeals during its regular monthly meeting Wednesday in the Justice Building, Warsaw. The meeting was held a day later due to the primary election. Northern Indiana Conference of the …read more.