Decatur Township Civic Council

07/26/2026

The July 27 Civic Council meeting is cancelled. We have no speaker or land use issues for the Members to consider.

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07/14/2026

The Metropolitan and Economic Development Committee of the City-County Council voted 10-3 to send a data center moratorium to the full Council with a do-pass recommendation. This moratorium, if adopted by the full Council on Aug 10 and by the MDC on Aug 19, would extend to Dec 30, 2027.
Many thanks to Maggie Lewis, Vop Osili, and Jared Evans in particular, and all of the committee members who voted for the moratorium - I’ll post the exact list when the minutes of the meeting are available.
(Hogsett belatedly back the moratorium on twitter during the committee testimony; should have initiated a moratorium two years ago.)

Great work, Indy community !

Indianapolis City-County Council members voted to advance a temporary ban on new data centers at a meeting Monday. Read the full recap.

07/10/2026

Whooo Hooo !!!

Nearly a third of Indiana counties have approved some restrictions on data center development.

07/06/2026

Community Members write draft data center ordinance to protect residents.
Click here to view documents :: https://www.decaturtownship.org/

06/27/2026

The Decatur Township Civic Council meets this Monday, June 29, beginning at 7 PM in the Community Room of the Decatur Township School for Excellence. Click here for map : https://www.decaturtownship.org/map

Guest Speaker : none

There are two land use issues to come to the membership for consideration and a vote.
7445 Kentucky Ave -- Mann Properties is seeking a Modification of Commitments to allow for 130 parking spaces in order to operate a restaurant, instead of the required maximum of 78.
6501 Mann Rd -- Kittle Property Group, represented by Joe Calderon, seeks to rezone 23 acres for 252 apartments. This is a refiling of an identical petition that was withdrawn last year.

Not a member of the Civic Council ? Membership is still $5 per person. You must be a resident of Decatur Township who is at least 18 years old to become a member. New members must wait 45 days before they can vote. Details can be found here: http://decaturtownship.org/members.htm

05/24/2026

We are going to have a booth at the Decatur Central Lions 4-H fair, but we do need volunteers to help man the booth. Please use the link below to sign up for an hour shift from 5pm-9pm.

We could use your help!

Please review the available slots below and click on the button to sign up. Thank you!

05/18/2026

The Decatur Township Civic Councilmeets tonight, Monday, May 18, beginning at 7 PMin the Community Room of the Decatur Township School for Excellence. Click here for map : https://www.decaturtownship.org/map

Guest Speaker : none

There are two land use issues to come to the membership for consideration and a vote.
6801 Stanley Rd -- Claudia and Jose Aboytes, represented by Dave Gilman, seeks to split the lot into a 0.5 acre and a 1.5 acre lot. A 5000 sq ft house would be built on the larger lot and that would legalize an existing barn that is too large and too tall. The existing house would be enlarged to 1200 sq ft to meet the D3 standards. They also seek a variance to legally establish the existing detached garage which is 5.6 ft from the lot line when 6 ft is required.
7323 S Mooresville Rd -- Redwood Apartment Neighborhoods, represented by Joe Csikos, seeks to rezone 20 acres from D-A to D-6 to allow for 99 one-story apartments.

Not a member of the Civic Council ? Membership is still $5 per person. You must be a resident of Decatur Township who is at least 18 years old to become a member. New members must wait 45 days before they can vote. Details can be found here: http://decaturtownship.org/members.htm

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05/13/2026

Our next Land Use Committee meeting will be Thursday, May 14, beginning at 6:00 pm in the Training Room of the Decatur Township Government Center.

Petitions that will be discussed:

3801 Stanley Rd -- Claudia and Jose Aboytes, represented by Dave Gilman, seeks to split the lot into a 0.5 acre and a 1.5 acre lot. A 5000 sq ft house would be built on the larger lot and that would legalize an existing barn that is too large and too tall. The existing house would be enlarged to 1200 sq ft to meet the D3 standards. They also seek a variance to legally establish the existing detached garage which is 5.6 ft from the lot line when 6 ft is required.

7323 S Mooresville Rd -- Redwood Apartment Neighborhoods, represented by Joe Csikos, seeks to rezone 20 acres from D-A to D-6 to allow for 99 one-story apartments.

We will also have a meeting on May 21 - same time and place

6501 MannRd -- Kittle Property Group, represented by Joe Calderon, seeks to rezone 23 acres for apartments. This is a refiling of a similar (if not identical) petition that was withdrawn last year. We do not yet have any specifics.

04/27/2026

ALERT !!
The Culvers fundraiser for tonight is cancelled.
Here is the statement from Protect Decatur Township made last night:
"We were just notified that Culver’s has cancelled our community dine-to-donate tomorrow. We were not given a reason why. Keep an eye out for future fundraising events, we’re going to continue to work hard to fundraise for the neighbors’ legal fund to pursue judicial review."