Comprehensive Land Use Plan Steering Committee member Miriam Robeson provided updates about the Hoosier Heartland Highway Overlay District and zoning ordinances at the Nov. 25 meeting of the Carroll County Area Plan Commission.

Robeson said the proposed overlay ordinance would protect land within 1,000 feet of either side of the highway. Additionally it would regulate bill boards, new construction, over construction, and encroachment. She said the committee expects to present the completed ordinance to the APC at the next monthly meeting.

Robeson reported the steering committee began work on a full zoning ordinance. The process is expected to take up to eight months. APC attorney Cynthia Harmon will work in conjunction with the committee.

Harmon requested APC members to provide input about zoning issues in the county and how a solution was improvised.

Other business

APC members learned that their pay was being reduced from $36.50 per meeting to $15 due to budget reductions.

Board of Zoning Appeals

Rick and Karen Koekenberg were granted a variance for their property on W. White View Dr. The variance will allow a setback of 13 and 1/2 feet in the front and 15 feet in back. It was reported there are no neighbors on either side of the property and there are woods behind. There were no questions or objections from the public.

BZA members' pay was reduced from $36.50 to $15 per meeting.

The next APC meeting will be Jan. 27 at 7 p.m.