The Crown Point City Council on Monday granted initial zoning approval to a subdivision called Crystal Grove, with 172 single-family residences.
The subdivision, which received a negative response from residents at the April 27 Crown Point Plan Commission meeting, was granted approval for a zone change from R-1A residential to R-2 residential.
The zone change request, seeking final approval, will next go before the City Council at its June 1 meeting.
Jamie Lies, one of the remonstrators, questioned officials about whether the development team had completed its environmental impact evaluations.
At the April 27 meeting, Lies said she and other residents who live nearby chose to locate there because of the wildlife, including owls and hawks.
“We live there because we want country life…. We want the wildlife,” Lies said.
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Other residents voiced concerns about traffic and the ability of schools to handle future students.
Crystal Grove plans also received backlash from residents when petitioners in March appeared before city officials and received approval for the annexation of 112-acre parcels known as 13209, 13232 and 13420 Delaware Street.
Plans by Lennar are to build the subdivision into what Lennar representative Todd Kleven termed three products, including homes on the east side of Delaware, to be called Horizon, which would be priced in the $420,000 range.
Other homes planned include those in the middle of the subdivision to be called Landmark and priced in the $480,000 range.
Homes on the west side of Delaware would be what he termed estate homes and would be priced at $650,00 on average and up.
Deborah Laverty is a freelance reporter for the Post-Tribune.