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Long Beach Community Alliance

PLEASE ATTEND PLAN COMMISSION HEARING ON THE BEACH PROTECTION ORDINANCE ON JULY 26th AT 7PM

Thanks to all who sent emails to the Plan Commission last week supporting a strong Town beach protection ordinance. The Town Plan Commission will be holding another hearing on the Beach Protection Ordinance on July 26th at 7 pm at the Community Center gym. These meetings have been dominated by the shrill voices of lakefront owners threatening the Plan Commission Members with lawsuits AND telling us to “shut-up”. One “gentleman” even told the Commission Members they should be “locked up”. This is not our Town. While it is not pleasant to sit through these meetings, the Plan Commission deserves our support for proposing sensible limits on construction on the beach. PLEASE ATTEND.

The APC’s proposed Beach Protection Ordinance does not contain radical proposals. Other states and towns have imposed entire bans on construction on beach property within proximity of the Lake. The Indiana DNR recommends a minimum 75 ft setback from the OHWM for all construction. The State of Wisconsin DNR requires a 75 ft setback. St. Joseph Michigan banned construction within 200 feet of the OHWM and also imposed a moratorium on seawalls. Grand Haven Michigan adopted a similar ordinance. Yet the APC is now backing down from even requiring compliance with the existing 20-ft. rear setback required under Long Beach Ordinances for every property in the Town (THIS REQUIREMENT IS DELETED IN THE APC’S LATEST JULY 16TH VERSION OF THE ORDINANCE! For a copy of the latest proposed ordinance, please visit the LBCA website at [https://www.lbcall.org/beach-protection-ordinance]).

Also please see LBCA’s July 14 comments posted on the LBCA webpage above the proposed ordinance asking the Town to both:

require lakefront property owners to comply with the 20-ft. rear setback requirement, and provide a process for the adoption of an even more protective “Lake Michigan Setback” based on historic erosion rates (as suggested by IDNR) and/or lake levels and dynamics (as done in Michigan) to be revisited every 10 years.

COME OUT TO THE JULY 26TH MEETING AND SHOW YOUR SUPPORT FOR STRONG BEACH PROTECTIONS. If you haven’t sent written comments to the APC yet, please do that too by email to Chairman Bob Lemay at lbplemay@gmail.com.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT.

Please Continue Your Support

We appreciate your continued support.

Please make checks payable to the Long Beach Community Alliance which can be sent to:

LBCA

P.O. Box 167

Michigan City, IN 46361

or donations can be processed online via our website at [http://www.lbcall.org]

Again, thank you for your continued support.

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