TOWN OF PORTER LEGAL NOTICE

BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS

APPLICATION NO. 02-11

An application to request a development

standards variance from the requirements of Town of Porter Zoning Ordinance has been filed by J&L Bell Ltd, LLC.

Notice is hereby given that the Porter Board of Zoning Appeals will hold a public hearing in the

Porter Town Hall, 303 Franklin Street, at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, May 18, 2011, to consider

the application filed. The application is requesting a development standards variance for gravel parking in lieu of Portland Cement or asphalt from the requirements of the Zoning Ordinance as they affect the area bounded by Conrail on the North, Woodlawn Avenue on the South and 15th Street on the West (Northeast corner of Woodlawn and 15th South of Conrail) consisting of 4.1 acres, located and legally described as follows:

ALL THAT PART OF THE NORTHEAST 1/4 OF SECTION 35, TOWNSHIP 37 NORTH, RANGE 6 WEST OF THE SECOND PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, PORTER COUNTY, INDIANA, MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:

COMMENCING AT THE INTERSECTION OF THE EAST LINE OF THE NORTHEAST 1/4 AND INDIAN BOUNDARY LINE; THENCE NORTH 00° 00’ 00” EAST ALONG THE EAST LINE OF THE NORTHEAST 1/4, 455.65 FEET TO THE SOUTHEASTERLY RIGHT OF WAY OF MICHIGAN CENTRAL RAILROAD, WHICH HAS BEEN CONVEYED TO CONSOLIDATED RAIL CORPORATION; THENCE SOUTH 53° 53’ 48” WEST ALONG SAID RIGHT OF WAY LINE, 382.23 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING; THENCE SOUTH 53° 53’ 48” WEST

ALONG SAID RIGHT OF WAY LINE, 1,135.76 FEET; TO THE EAST LINE OF 15TH STREET; THENCE SOUTH 06° 13’ 41” EAST, ALONG SAID EAST LINE, 172.99 FEET; THENCE NORTH 53° 53’ 48” EAST, 1,221.93 FEET; THENCE NORTH 36° 06’ 12” WEST, 150.00 FEET; TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING. CONTAINING 4.1 ACRES AND SUBJECT TO ALL LEGAL HIGHWAYS AND EASEMENTS.

Anyone interested in the application may appear in person or by agent at the public hearing.

Written objections filed with the Board of Zoning Appeals Secretary before the hearing will be considered. The hearing may be continued from time to time as may be found necessary. All information concerning such application is on file in the Clerk-Treasurer’s Office, 303 Franklin Street, Porter, Indiana, 46304, for public examination.

Porter Board of Zoning Appeals

(May 6, 2011)