PLYMOUTH — The Plymouth Board of Zoning Appeals approved a variance for the development of a residential housing project of 30-40 units off of SR 17.
Representatives for Mike and Joyce Relos, who own a property off of SR 17 on Glenn Overmyer Drive asked for the variance to develop the project that with current zoning would not be allowed.
Developer Kevin Berger told the board he would like to build approximately eight residential buildings with one, two, and three-bedroom units.
Plymouth Plan Director Ty Adley, along with Linda Yoder of the Marshall County Community Foundation and United Way, gave a favorable recommendation to the board that addressed a section of the city comprehensive plan that noted a significant need for housing and addressing a lack of housing diversity in Plymouth. Two recent studies by the Michiana Council of Governments (MACOG) and the United Way had cited a need in Plymouth for such housing.
The development would mirror another development by Berger, The Paddocks in Culver and would employ a professional management company to maintain the property.
Adley told the board that the property sits at the edge of the Plymouth city limits but stated the owners were willing to pursue annexation into the city limits to take advantage of city utilities that currently serve the adjacent properties.
Berger also asked for an extension of the variance for longer than the normal one year since the funding requests for the project would not be announced until November. If funding is successful it would be the fall of 2026 before actual construction could take place.
An extension of the Greenways Trail system that has long been on the books would also fall within the area of the project, but any such plans would be far in the future, and if that extension moved through it would not be at the developer’s expense.
The Plymouth BZA voted to allow the variance and the extension.
