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Home My WebLink AboutCorrespondenceCity of Carmel DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT MEMO October 16, 1995 To: Judson R. Scott From: Mike Hollibaugh Copy: Mark Monroe Re: Vine & Branch, Inc. - Landscape Plan 1. Provide a Plant Schedule which notes: common and scientific name; size specified, spacing (if applicable), and quantity. 2. DOCD Guidelines for buffering between land -uses will require a ten -foot landscaped bufferyard between the single - family residential to the south and west, and your retail /commercial use. Landscape criteria for this bufferyard are: three (3) deciduous canopy trees, five (5) deciduous understory trees, and fifteen (15) shrubs per each 100 linear feet of common boundary. Coniferous trees may be substituted for one -third of the deciduous understory trees only. 3. DOCD Guidelines for buffering between land -uses also requires a ten -foot landscaped bufferyard between the arterial street (146th Street), and your retail /commercial use. Landscape criteria for this bufferyard are: three deciduous canopy trees and five deciduous understory trees per 100 linear feet of frontage. 4. DOCD Guidelines for buffering suggest screen of mechanical equipment using an opaque architectural or vegetative screen. 5. DOCD Guidelines for buffering suggest screening of commercial dumpsters from public view and adjoining properties, using a landscaped, opaque architectural screen screen. OCT 23 '95 11:24AM .(2,111:77i 047.4;7 P.1/1 eJ Salton C 4.5fatfogyot tSuute 46 10/23/95 776-8495 Aindt k gray cSqueua Attnx: David Cunningham 46040 2Aso _ - — Carmel DOCD -Q) Re: Vine & Branch Landscaping Pursuant to direction from Kenton C. Ward, Hamilton County Surveyor, detention will not be required for this project at this time, However, if in the future this site undergoes an expansion, thus creating additional hard surface, a complete drainage plan including calculations and detention will be required for the entire site. It should be noted that this project is still required at this time to submit an Outlet Request Permit form for storm water discharge into the U.G. Mitchuer regulated drain, This is classified as an indirect outlet. The current proposal will receive approval upon receipt of the completed permit form, If you have any questions or comments that need to be directed toward this office, please call 7764495. Since • cc: Judson Scott SCS Co. Hwy. Steven T. Cash Plan Reviewer From: Jeffry W Healy, P.E. Healy EngineerIng'ServIces Fax: 317.839.7360 Volce: 317.839.7360 To: Judson R. Scott Page 1 of 1 Sunday, October 22,1995 1012:17 PM HES Healy Engineering Services Jeffry W. Healy, PE, 6353 E. County Road 300 S Plainfield, IN 46168 October 22, 1995 Judson R. Scott Vine & Branch Tree Service, Inc. 5203 Woodfield Drive Carmel, IN 46033 Dear Mr. Scott: It was a pleasure to meet with you this afternoon to discuss your proposed project. This project is located on your property consisting of approximately 1.9 acres making up part of the E1 /2 of the NE 1/4, Sec. 20, T18N, R4E, Hamilton Co., Indiana. I have considered your proposed additions and have evaluated their affects on the surface drainage of your property and the adjacent tracts. It is my opinion that the proposed additions will increase the volume of runoff from your property by approximately 5 (five) percent. This is because of the increase in impervious areas (roofs) and gravel driveways. The peak (maximum) rate of runoff should not be measurably affected because the hydraulic path length and time of runoff concentration will not be changed. I did not perform any topographic surveys of the property, but casual observation indicates that runoff water may actually pond for a period of time in both the northeast and northwest corners of the property along 146th street and the former inter -urban railroad grade, respectively. This would limit the affect of any additional runoff from your property to the surrounding tracts. If you have any questions, please call me at 317.839.7360. Please let me know if I can be of further service on this or any additional projects regarding hydrologic or hydraulic evaluations and site development. /s /Jeffry W. Healy, P.E. SENT BY FAX City of Carmel DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT MEMO October 23, 1995 To: Carmel Clay Township Board of Zoning Appeals From: The Department of Community Development Re: Vine & Branch, Inc. - Landscape Plan The following are review comments /suggestions submitted to the petitioner on October 16. The Department suggests the petitioner install a landscape buffer and/or privacy fence along the south and west property lines which abut residenially zoned land. Special attention should be given to future land uses in relation to the activity around the "shop ". 1. Provide a Plant Schedule which notes: common and scientific name; size specified, spacing (if applicable), and quantity. 2. DOCD Guidelines for buffering between land -uses will require a ten -foot landscaped bufferyard between the single - family residential to the south and west, and your retail /commercial use. Landscape criteria for this bufferyard are: three (3) deciduous canopy trees, five (5) deciduous understory trees, and fifteen (15) shrubs per each 100 linear feet of common boundary. Coniferous trees may be substituted for one -third of the deciduous understory trees only. 3. DOCD Guidelines for buffering between land -uses also requires a ten -foot landscaped bufferyard between the arterial street (146th Street), and your retail /commercial use. Landscape criteria for this bufferyard are: three deciduous canopy trees and five deciduous understory trees per 100 linear feet of frontage. 4. DOCD Guidelines for buffering suggest screen of building mechanical equipment using an opaque architectural (fence) or vegetative screen. 5. DOCD Guidelines for buffering suggest screening of commercial dumpsters from public view and adjoining properties, using a landscaped, opaque architectural screen screen (fence). 1F OCTOBER 23, 1995 TO: CARMEL /CLAY BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS RICHARD KLAR ... DIANA CORDRAY...BILL ENSIGN...ALAN KLINEMAN BUD VAN DYNE FROM: EUGENE E. & J. MARLENE ALBERSON 4411 EAST 146TH STREET CARMEL, IN. 46033 REGARDING: ZONING VARIANCE REQUESTS FOR PROPERTY AT 4721 EAST 146TH STREET VARIANCES REQUESTED BY.... JUDSON R. SCOTT 5203 WOODFIELD DR. CARMEL, IN. 46033 VARIANCE REQUESTS ARE TO CREATE: 1. LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE COMPANY 2. RETAIL ANTIQUE SHOP 1. PROPERTY AT 4721 EAST 146TH WAS SOLD BY KAISER REALTY FOR WHAT APPEARS TO BE THE CREATION OF BUSINESS /COMMERCIAL PROPERTY IN A RESIDENTIAL AREA. DO DOCUMENTS SIGNED BY KAISER REALTY AND MR. JUDSON INDICATE THAT THIS PROPERTY WAS SOLD AS A COMMERCIAL SITE? 2. 146TH STREET IS A MAJOR TRAFFIC ARTERY. ANY BUSINESS /COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT ALONG THIS CORRIDOR MAGNIFIES TRAFFIC PROBLEMS. TRUCKS AND EXCESSIVE AUTO TRAFFIC ENTERING 146TH NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF GRAY ROAD WILL RESULT IN MORE CONGESTION AND POSSIBLY INCREASE ACCIDENTS. 3. THE OPERATION OF A LANDSCAPE /MAINTENANCE OPERATION BELONGS IN AN INDUSTRIAL AREA, NOT A RESIDENTIAL AREA. (BOTH CARMEL AND NOBLESVILLE HAVE SPECIAL INDUSTRIAL PARKS FOR COMMERCIAL /INDUSTRIAL TYPE BUSINESSES). 4. THE OPERATION OF AN ANTIQUE SHOP BELONGS IN A BUSINESS /COMMERCIAL AREA. THERE IS MORE THAN ADEQUATE. PROPERTY AVAILABLE AND ZONED FOR THIS ACTIVITY WITHOUT CREATING RETAIL BUSINESS OPERATIONS IN A RESIDENTIAL AREA. 5. IN 1979 THE CARMEL /CLAY ZONING BOARD, BY LEGAL PROCESS, REQUIRED FIFTY FEET OF RIGHT -OF -WAY (50' X 350') ALONG 146TH STREET AS A CONDITION BEFORE ISSUING A BUILDING PERMIT TO BUILD A HOME ON THE ALBERSON'S EIGHT ACRES. IS THE PRECEDENT SET FOR THE ALBERSON'S TO BE EQUALLY APPLIED TO MR. SCOTT'S PROPERTY AT 4721 EAST 146TH STREET? TO ISSUE A BUILDING PERMIT FOR A MAINTENANCE GARAGE /FACILITY WITH A FIFTY FOOT SET BACK ON THE SCOTT PROPERTY COULD MAKE THIS PROPERTY INADEQUATE FOR VARIANCE REQUESTS AND HIS INTENDED USES FOR THIS PROPERTY BECOMES INVALID (MOOT). [IF FOR ANY REASON A BUILDING PERMIT IS ISSUED TO MR. SCOTT FOR THE PROPERTY AT 4721 EAST 146TH ST. WITHOUT THE 50'OF RIGHT -OF -WAY BEING REQUIRED, MR. & MRS. ALBERSON WILL NEED TO LEGALLY PURSUE FOR THE RETURN OF "LEGALLY CONFISCATED" RIGHT -OF -WAY ALONG 146TH. (DOCUMENT ATTACHED) 6. A LANDSCAPE /MAINTENANCE /TREE TRIMMING OPERATION DOES NOT BELONG IN A RESIDENTIAL AREA. THIS TYPE OF OPERATION IS INCOMPATIBLE WITH HOMES AND HOUSING SUBDIVISIONS AND SIGNIFICANTLY LOWERS THE QUALITY OF LIFE AND THE VALUE OF THE RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE. (DOCUMENT AVAILABLE) SUMMARY IT IS OUR CONTENTION THAT THERE IS NO LOGICAL REASON FOR THE CARMEL /CLAY ZONING APPEALS BOARD TO APPROVE MR. SCOTT'S REQUESTS FOR VARIANCES. PROVIDING THE ZONING BOARD DESIRES TO CONTINUE 146TH STREET AS A RESIDENTIAL AREA /CORRIDOR IN CLAY TOWNSHIP, IT WILL DENY THESE VARIANCES AND MR. SCOTT WILL CREATE BUSINESS OPERATIONS IN THE AREAS OF CLAY TOWNSHIP CURRENTLY FULLY ZONED FOR HIS BUSINESS OPERATIONS- EUGENE E. ALBERSON DEDICATION OF ROADWAY EASEMENT Bony,. i-; _ e -' (;C t) 2_i V) We, Eugene E. Alberson and Marlene Alberson, husband and wife, of Hamilton County, Indiana, hereby dedicate to the public for street purposes, in consideration of One dollar ($1.00) and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the strip of land in Hamilton County, Clay Township, Indiana, described as follows: A strip of ground, Fifty (50) feet in width by parallel lines, hereby reserved as right -of -way for 146th Street and part of the Northeast Quarter of Section 20, Township 18 North, Range 4 East in Hamilton County, Indiana, lying south of and adjoining the following described lines: Beginning on the North line of the Northeast Quarter of Section 206 Township 18 North, Range 4 East, 973.90 feet North 89 59' 54" West (assumed bearing) from the Northeast corner thereof; thence North 89 59' 54" West on and along said North line 350.00 feet to the West line of the East half of said Northeast Quarter and the end of this description. The east and west lines of the above described strip shall coincide with the east and west lines of the property out of which this strip is described. WITNESS OUR HANDS AND SEALS, this `i? dayof �('c, <,, /,,:,- ,1979. STATE OF ,INDIANA COUNTY OF HAMILTON Eugene E. Alberson Marlene Alberson SS: This Instrument Recorded c.''% 1979 MARY L. CLARK, RECORDER, HA 110N COUNTY, IND. Personally appeared before me, a notary public in and for said county and state, Eugene E.Alberson and Marlene Alberson, ;'husband and wife, to me known and known to me to be the persons who executed the foregoing Dedication of Roadway Easement and acknowledge the signing of'the same ' their voluntary acts and deeds. WITNESS MY HAND AND NOTARIAL SEAL, this 4_7 day of /jf ,1979. MY COMMISSION EXPIRES: My Coimmission Expires August 5, 19`U s -Notary Public -" This instrument was prepared by Douglas D.Church,Attorney at Law SEPTEMBER 14, 1993 SALSBERY BROTHERS LANDSCAPING & IRRIGATION 4317 EAST 146TH CARMEL, INDIANA 46033 TO: JEFF SALSBERY RANDALL SALSBERY FROM: GENE ALBERSON REGARDING: CONCENTRATED & EXCESSIVE WATER RUN -OP'P' PROBLEMS RESULTING PROM RECONFIGURATION OF PROPERTY DRAINAGE A. EXCESSIVE WATER RUN -OPP IS CAUSING EROSION IN FIELD NEXT TO DRIVEWAY B. WATER RUN -OPP' CONCENTRATION IS CAUSING PLANTS AND GRASS TO DIE C. WATER FROM NURSERY PLANT IRRIGATION KEEPS DRIVEWAY AND AREA NEAR DRIVEWAY CONSTANTLY MUDDY ADDRESSING PROBLEMS A. VISUALLY STUDY RESULTS OF CONCENTRATED AND EXCESSIVE RUN -OFF ON THE ALBERSON PROPERTY B. CREATE PONDING OR OTHER CONTAINMENT OF EXCESSIVE WATER ON SALSBERY PROPERTY IT APPEARS THAT THE DRAINAGE ENGINEERING AND EXTENSIVE AREAS COVERED WITH WATER REPELLENT FABRIC HAS GREATLY INCREASE RUN -OFF AND CONCENTRATION OF RUN -OFF PROVIDING THE ALBERSONS WERE YOUR LANDSCAPE CLIENT, WHAT ADVICE WOULD YOU GIVE THEM IN DEALING WITH THE SALSBERY LANDSCAPE OPERATION WATER RUN -OFF PROBLEMS. SEPTEMBER 9, 1995 GENTLEMEN: YOU HAVE AVOIDED ADDRESSING THIS PROBLEM FOR TWO YEARS. I AM, GOING TO GIVE YOU THIRTY DAYS (OCTOBER 9, 1995) BEFORE I BEGIN BRINGING IN LOCAL AUTHORITIES AND BEGIN LEGAL ACTION. 9/9/95 HAMILTON COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT Oct. 17, 1995 Judson Scott Vine and Branch Inc. 5203 Woodfield Drive Carmel,IN 46032 CHARLES HARRIS, M.D. • HEALTH OFFICER Re: 4721 E. 146th Street Dear Mr. Scott: I have reviewed your proposed site plan for the landscape business and office. I do not have any objections to your project. The plans must be approved by the Indiana State Department of Health before this office would issue a local septic permit. If you have any questions, please contact me. Sincerely Barr) McNul •; , R . E . H . S . Director of Environmental Health ONE HAMILTON COUNTY SQUARE, SUITE 30 NOBLESVILLE, INDIANA 46060 -2229 (317) 776 -8500 • FAX (317) 776 -8506 City of Carmel September 14, 1995 Mr. Judson R. Scott 5203 Woodfield Dnve Carmel, IN 46033 re: Use Variance Application filed for Vine and Branch, Inc. Dear Mr. Scott: The Use Variance application filed for the Vine and Branch has been reviewed by our office. The following comments need to be addressed and plans updated accordingly: Applicatio findings of fact found on Page #8 need to be filled out and submitted. sellie certified list of the adjacent property owners from the Hamilton County Auditor's Office needs to be submitted. ►lage #4 of the application needs to be signed, notanzed, and submitted. Plans: QA detailed site plan drawn to scale needs to be submitted. •The required parking needs to be shown on the plan. Each space is to be shown as at least 180 square feet. •The antique shop is required to have 1 space per 300 square feet of floor area. •The landscaping business is required to have one space per 300 square feet of indoor space plus one space per acre. •The parking lot is required to be paved and curbed. •A detailed landscape plan needs to be provided showing location, type, and number. •Any proposed lighting on site needs to be provided. •A sketch of the proposed sign needs to be submitted. •The right -of -way line for 146th Street needs to be shown on the site plan. •The required yard setbacks need to be shown on the site plan. -Correspondence from the members of the Technical Advisory Committee needs to be provided to our office. Once these items have been addressed and plans submitted, an additional review will be done by our office. If you have any questions regarding this project please call me at 571 -2444. ONE CIVIC SQUARE CARMEL, INDIANA 46032 317/571.2400 Page 2 of 2 Sincerely, i i t Il'fosud< Maz T. Monroe Department of Community Development City of Carmel Fire Department Headquarters 2 CIVIC SQUARE CARMEL, INDIANA 46032 317/571-2600 Judson R. Scott 5203 Woodfield Dr. Carmel, Indiana 46033 RE: SOCTT LANDSCAPING LETTER OF APPROVAL The undersigned has reviewed the proposed plans for Scott Landscaping and has approved the Plans subject to the following: 1. None. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Date: September 13, 1995 By:Stanlev Puckett, Chief Inspector Carmel Fire Department Fire Prevention Saves Lives and Property 02/25/1994 09:59 TO: ___ COVER FADE == FAX: 5712426 FROM: JUDSON R SCOTT FAX: 3178463788 TEL: 3178463778 COMMENT: URGENT