(La Porte, IN) – A golf course in La Porte could become a haven for new housing construction.<\/p>\n
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Close to 300 single family homes are proposed for Briar Leaf Golf Course, which recently informed the city it is closing.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Officials said the golf course owner wants to sell the property to a housing developer from the Chicago area.\u00a0 It appears the sale hinges on whether the city approves a few variances in the current zoning laws to allow for the construction.<\/p>\n
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Attorney Bill Nelson representing the property owner told the city\u2019s Board of Zoning Appeals this week the project would be a good fit since there\u2019s already housing on the golf course and the immediate area.<\/p>\n
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\u201cThe proposed alternative use is consistent, actually, with the surrounding properties,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
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The sale price for the homes would range from about $350,000 to around $450,000.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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The BZA approved the zoning variance requests involving slight adjustments in setback lot size requirements.\u00a0 Final approval is now up to the city council.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"(La Porte, IN) – A golf course in La Porte could become a haven for new housing construction.…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":441143,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[47],"tags":[49894,49890,49888,9958,49896,1430,49884,49883,49895,1412,2862,49887,49886,49899,214,43786,49902,49900,36642,49885,983,49893,49901,49898,62,49889,49897,67,132,68,49891,49892],"class_list":["post-441142","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-106-5","tag-96-7","tag-96-7-the-eagle","tag-country","tag-dennis-siddall","tag-golf","tag-hometown-news","tag-hometownnews","tag-htnn","tag-in","tag-indiana","tag-la-porte","tag-laporte","tag-meatball","tag-michigan","tag-michigan-city","tag-new-buffalo","tag-new-carlisle","tag-radio-station","tag-radio-station-group","tag-rock","tag-rock-106-5","tag-rolling-prairie","tag-sound-off","tag-sports","tag-the-eagle","tag-tradio","tag-united-states","tag-unitedstates","tag-us","tag-wcoe","tag-wcoe-fm"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115703521140037215","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/441142","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=441142"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/441142\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/441143"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=441142"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=441142"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=441142"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}