The St. Joseph Township Board of Trustees has narrowly denied approval to a mixed used commercial and residential development proposed for the Nye’s Apple Barn site at 3151 Niles Road.

At a Monday meeting, trustees considered two requests from property owner John Nye. One was for a special use permit, and the other was for a planned unit development that would have allowed for the project. Trustees approved the special use, but denied the planned unit development, killing the entire proposal because the two went hand in hand.

Township Supervisor Roger Seely supported the development and told us it’s now back to the drawing board for Mr. Nye.

“We want to grow our township, and we need housing, and so we’ll just see what happens,” Seely said.

The development would have included a 48-unit

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