Plat Committee - Regular Meeting

Thursday, September 17, 2026

The Plat Committee approved the withdrawal of the Arabia and Davis file and unanimously approved the Bruchy mining lot subdivision with a depth-to-width ratio derogation.

About this meeting

Government Body
Plat Committee
Meeting Type
Plat Committee
Location
Hancock County, IN
Meeting Date
September 17, 2026

Transcript

32 sections

0:35Speaker 2

Hey, I'm just thinking about a lottery or something like that. They are sometimes. That's a good point.

0:40Speaker 3

Well, let's declare the session of the committee of the plan of the 17th of September open. Is there a motion concerning the verbal trial?

0:49 – 1:18Speaker 2

We propose that we approve the verbal trial. I press the motion. We have a proposal and a press. That those who are for say aye. That the countdown indicates that everyone is present. And why don't we do it? A motion to simply accept the withdrawal of point number 1, the Arabia and Davis file. Detail. Do I have a motion to accept this withdrawal?

1:19Speaker 3

I make a motion in this direction.

1:21Speaker 2

All those in favor say aye. Aye. The motion is adopted unanimously. We are ready.

1:36 – 2:17Speaker 1

Well, we only have one mining lot today. The Rouchi, a mining lot of two lots in the Canton of Brandywine. There were remarks from the office of the Geometer and the Department of Health. All these remarks were taken into account. It was mostly very technical aspects, you know, that kind of thing. And they just needed to add soil analyses to know where the septic wells would be located and all the rest. And these two points have been treated. I'm going to leave the floor to Philippe Gouin, the geometer, to explain everything in addition to information.

2:23Speaker 2

Hello. Hello.

2:24 – 3:37Speaker 3

I see a new member that I haven't met yet. But yes, I am here today in the name of Steve and Lise Bruchy, who have a plot of 15 acres, mainly wooded, right in front of the road to their home where they live. And they want to divide this plot of 15 acres into two equal parts to allow their children to be able to build on these lots. If you can keep your children near you, I think it's a good thing to do. And they are trying to prepare the ground for this to happen. They have a son who is ready to build on the south, probably as soon as it will be approved. Under the reservation of your approval? Of course, of course. And so that's why we're here today to ask for the approval of two constructible loci. We also have, because of the length of the property, when we divide it into two, it's longer than the depth ratio, width of 3 for a required one. So we also ask for a derogation for this ratio depth width of 3 for 1. If you have any questions, I would be happy to try to answer them.

3:47Speaker 4

Look, it's a nice place to have a few houses.

3:48 – 3:59Speaker 2

So a lot of... I know that Marc said that we needed a radiator for an 8-inch pipe. I know that it seemed that the house would have a basement. Is it a concern?

3:59 – 4:54Speaker 3

No. I mean, it is common that the basements are deeper than the Adjas estates. I will quote several points in the sector. Honestly, the comments of the geometrist, it seemed to me that he did not have much to say on this plan. He just found two or three elements. and I mentioned it to him. One of his remarks was that the stream was higher than the elevation and ... of the subsurface. Uh ... it's not really a stream in this place. It's more of a depression area on the property and it becomes a stream when it crosses the road to the west. This is where it becomes a regulated drain. If you look at the elevation of this depression where it crosses the road, you will see that it is actually lower than the elevation of the subsoil.

4:56Speaker 2

So it's not a problem.

4:58 – 5:56Speaker 3

His other comment about the walk which is very close to the property limit, we can actually place it directly on the property limit. But as I explained to him, what you see here is simply a fictional house. This is not the real house they are going to build. Once the foundation plan is prepared, it could be different and there will be a real mass plan submitted to the service manager for examination at that time. But the fact that the path is close to the property limit is not a problem. The other point he mentioned was to want me to indicate the starting point, which is the section corner northwest of the project, and I added this annotation. I propose that we approve.

5:57Speaker 2

With a derogation of 1, right?

6:01Speaker 3

Yes, with a derogation of 3 minus 1.

6:04 – 6:17Speaker 2

I support the motion. Other discussions? We have a proposal and a support. All those who are for, say for. For. The motion has been adopted unanimously. Thank you very much. Glad to see you, Phil.

6:30 – 8:09Speaker 1

Pas grand chose d'autre à aborder aujourd'hui. Comme je le disais à Byron, l'ordonnance d'aménagement unifiée et simplifiée a été adoptée par le Conseil des commissaires et par la ville de Shirley. Il ne reste plus que la ville de Spring Lake et elle sera alors officiellement adoptée. Cela nous permettra de commencer à apporter des modifications au texte de l'ordonnance. We are moving forward with this. You may have heard that an intention letter has been submitted by a data center. It also came and is available with the agenda and the file of the Council of Commissioners of August 18 online. At the planning service, we are preparing to ensure that our text for the ordinance on data centers, all the regulations that we have regarding the use of data centers are updated and written in the best possible way. We have already obtained a contract for our planning services on demand with HBVC Engineering, which helps us update this ordinance on data centers. So now I'm running everywhere to find out where it's going to be paid. So that's it for the updates I have. I still don't have Maria's job. So we still have a staff member in me. Oksana Poulway from HWC ensures the replacement one day a week and has been a great help to us. That's all I have.

8:09Speaker 4

I would say they must be very confident. As for obtaining this data center, they do advertising to recruit. Yes, where is it going?

8:18Speaker 1

The location is just north of the Walmart distribution center around the King & Gun Club.

8:27Speaker 2

Yes, the account permits stress you.

8:32Speaker 2

The account permits.

8:34Speaker 1

What's wrong with them?

8:36Speaker 2

Do you see a fluctuation this year compared to last year?

8:38Speaker 1

Well, a little bit of one way or the other.

8:41 – 9:31Speaker 1

We are in a slight decline, in fact, in what I was talking about the other day. The month of August, especially for individual homes, has had a strong decline. June, July, we were around 20 in terms of the number of permits for individual homes, then we fell to 11 in August, but I think this has been seen throughout the state. There was an update yesterday during the HEDC meeting and an real estate agent, Art Semey, gave a little update on the market and he said that the resale market remains strong. So that's it for that. I also looked at the HEDC non-residential permits and they did pretty well during the summer. But yes, we are in slight decline.

9:40Speaker 4

Terrain to sell at the bottom of the road. I don't think it's an easy sale.

9:49Speaker 2

The road is long.

9:52 – 10:09Speaker 4

A wet hole at the bottom of this land. It looks excellent. I can't imagine how they will build a house on this land. They should raise the house very high in the air. The back would be

10:13Speaker 1

Comme vous le savez, nous avons des exigences élevées pour garantir que les maisons ne soient pas sur... Ce serait un défi, mais en place.

10:23Speaker 2

Proposent de lever la séance. Proposition et appui pour lever la séance pour aujourd'hui. Ceux qui sont pour disent pour y.

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