The Butler Township Planning Commission gave approval to three zoning changes the commissioners will consider at their next meeting.

BUTLER TWP — The recreation area township commissioners plan to install in Pullman Center Business Park got one step closer to coming to fruition Tuesday.

The township planning commission recommended the consolidation of two lots into one 15-acre parcel off Hollywood Drive at its Tuesday meeting. It will be the site of a planned sports complex. The site previously housed a Pullman manufacturing company.

Township manager Tom Knights said in previous meetings that the complex’s base will be an athletic field with artificial turf that can be used for many activities. Additionally, township commissioners were considering installing a walking trail that will surround the main field area.

Knights also said the township already owned both parcels, even though one was within Butler city limits, near Picklegate Bridge. The township also owns another parcel of land adjacent to the consolidated ones.

Knights said the parcels were consolidated in relation to the planned recreation complex, as well as a traffic enhancement project for Hansen Avenue and Whitestown Road.

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