HomeMy WebLinkAboutLetter #5 Cheryl and Chuck HazelriggFrom:cheryl & chuck hazelrigg
To:Crediford, Maggie
Subject:Docket No. 15060006 PP
Date:Wednesday, July 22, 2015 9:10:48 AM
RE:
Docket No. 15060006 PP: GetGo Gas Station, Primary Plat. The applicant seeks primary plat
approval for 1 lot on 11.65 acres, for a convenience store & fuel canopy. The site is located at 4927
E. 146th St., at the southeast corner of 146th/Gray Rd. The site is zoned S-1/Residence, partially lies
within the Floodplain. Filed by Jim Shinaver of Nelson & Frankenberger, on behalf of TMC
Development, LLC.
And
(UV) GetGo Gas Station, 146th & Gray. The applicant seeks the following Use Variance for a
new gas station: Docket No. 15060008 UV ZO CH: 5.01: Permitted Uses: Gas Station
requested in the S-1/Residential District. The site is located at the southeast corner of 146th Street
and Gray Road. The property is zoned S-1/Residential. Filed by Jim Shinaver with Nelson &
Frankenberger, on behalf of TMC Development, LLC.
Maggie,
Please send copies of our email to the BZA members before the July 27th meeting.
Thank you.
To BZA Members,
We are requesting that you deny the Special Use Variance proposed by Giant Eagle for the
GetGo gas station and convenience store at 146th and Gray. CCRZ/Carmel Citizens for
Responsible Zoning is not opposed to reasonable and responsible development. But we think
this proposal will negatively impact neighbors near the proposal and beyond.
1. Approving this development sets a dangerous precedent of changing a residential
area to the special use of a Gas Station by just going through the BZA and avoiding
more public input through the more expensive and time consuming meetings with the
Plan Commission and City Council.
As a residents of Woodfield subdivision we are well aware that we have successfully fought
against a gas station at this corner in the past. Nothing has changed to make this an
acceptable location for a gas station except for the fact that the Carmel Planning Commission
is purposefully being left out of the loop in order to push through a rezoning.
2. Many people think that a gas station as a use at this location should be denied,
because of the possibility that it could pollute the Well Head Protection area, due to
failure of equipment or people running the equipment.
“Wellhead Protection Area” Plan Commission Special Studies Committee 9-4-2012 Docket
12050013 Z: 146 & Gray Rezone for Rickers, John Duffy, Director, Carmel Utilities,
“Even if the design of this station could be said to “absolutely guarantee no spillage” (an
impossibility), the station’s mere presence in the middle of the aquifer creates risks of off-
site contamination that do not presently exist…While the risk of on-site and off-site
contamination can and should be reduced to the greatest extent possible, there is no way to
guarantee that it will not occur. The harm resulting from a spill and subsequent
contamination would be an environmental catastrophe that would negatively impact the
City of Carmel and its neighbors for months or years following a release.” (Department
of Waterworks 6/21/2011)
“We must also consider the daily occurrences of customer fueling spills and other
automotive products released onto the surface from temporarily parked vehicles. These
products have an increased risk of surface and ground water contamination through storm
water runoff from the site. From the Indiana Department of Environmental Management;
it only takes one pint of fuel to pollute up to one acre of water with an oil sheen. The
components of gasoline contain carcinogens…some of the toxic chemicals may evaporate
and pollute the air” (Charles Harris, Health Office, Hamilton County Health Department
1/21/2011)
“Please consider the very real possibility of contamination due to surface spills. The
spill from an unattended hose by someone filling a vehicle could enter the aquifer
quickly. Much worse would be a spill from a tanker truck filling the underground
storage tanks. This proposed project has the potential to contaminate a valuable
resource in Hamilton County and could taint a water supply that serves people well
beyond the constituents of the City of Carmel. Please consider the possible
environmental liabilities this proposed project creates by allowing this land use in the
wellhead protection area at the proposed location. (Kenton C. Warm, Hamilton
County Surveyor 6/13/2013).
3. Traffic
Traffic on 146th Street is heavy...being bumper-to-bumper especially eastbound during
the times listed in the traffic study. The addition of a busy gas station will only compound
the problem.
It is often times difficult leaving the Woodfield subdivision by turning south on Gray Rd. I
feel there will be a negative ripple effect making it even more difficult once the traffic flow
is altered for the proposed gas station.
We believe this proposal should be denied based upon the fact that like proposals were
denied by the Carmel Planning Commission for excellent reasons. Nothing has changed
about this property to alter any of those excellent reasons.
Cheryl & Chuck Hazelrigg
5057 Woodfield Drive