HomeMy WebLinkAboutOpposing Petitions to ILC UPDATED 2-26-18Oppose Special Use Of Residential Land for ILC
Development at 141st & Shelborne Rd
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center/
Author: Carmel Residents
Recipient: Carmel Residents Opposed to Special Use of Residential Property at 141st &
Shelborne
Petition:
Please sign this petition to OPPOSE the Special Use application for the property at 14120
Shelborne Rd, attached to parcel 14138 Shelborne Rd. (BZA Docket 17120001)
The opposed Special Use would permit the construction of the ILC in an exclusively residential
sector of Carmel. This is a PROBLEMATIC location for such a large development, given the
extremely close proximity to many surrounding single family homes. This property is inadequate
to accommodate a project of this magnitude and high use intensity. The ramifications of NOISE,
LIGHT POLLUTION, and INCREASED TRAFFIC will NEGATIVELY affect the well-being, health,
and safety of families already living in and around this area. We will be forced to change our way
of life in order to shelter our families from the influx of congestion and commotion into an
otherwise undisturbed, residential area.
The Carmel Board of Zoning Appeals will review and vote on this Special Use application at the
BZA Meeting on Monday, January 22, 2018. Location: Monon Center East Building, Room B.,
1235 Central Park Drive E. Carmel, IN. Please attend to OPPOSE the Special Use application.
You are also encouraged to voice your concerns to the BZA directly. Emails can be sent to
the City of Carmel Carmel Dept. of Planning & Zoning, Attn. J. Shestak, jshestak@carmel.in.gov.
All emails of concern must be submitted by 1/17/18.
Please SIGN this petition to bring attention to this issue to OPPOSE the Special Use application.
Let's preserve this quiet and uniquely residential pocket of Carmel!
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1.Ingrid Muse Carmel, IN I specifically moved to our neighborhood because it is
residential "horse country". Both of my children have began
to thrive exponentially after moving here from a large city
outside of Chicago. I believe this environment has
EVERYTHING to do with their progress emotionally,
scholastically and interpersonally.
2.Kyley Hooper Carmel, IN
3.Julia Stanco Carmel, IN
5.Case Hooper Carmel, IN Not the right place for this, it would create to much noise and
traffic for these small country roads. This is a small
residential area that cannot support something of this
magnitude
6.Elizabeth Herman Carmel, IN
7.Michele Pellicone Carmel, IN The integrity of our lifestyle is at stake with ongoing noise
pollution, light pollution from cars & the site, traffic both
vehicular & foot, exhaust pollution, roadway infrastructure is
a major issue at that intersection, cut-through traffic &
overflow parking in surrounding neighborhood(s) is another
real possibility & threat.
9.Gwen Kuhns Carmel, IN Traffic, safety, noise and loss of value on our home are
major concerns.
10.Kelly Gu Carmel, IN
11.Venkatesh Baskar Carmel, IN I am worried about the massive increase in traffic and the
narrow roads. With narrow access roads into the center and
with so many school buses passsing through this area, I
would urge the authorities to think through this before
approving.
12.Angie Clark Carmel, IN I live close to the land they want to build on. My concerns are
with noise and traffic. The intersection there is very narrow.
There is not room for that many more cars to be added to
this area.
13.Michael Baldini Carmel, IN
14.Rebecca
Wickman
Carmel, IN
15.Angelo Stanco Carmel, IN This 70’ structure and 100+ car parking lot will be in my
backyard only feet away from where my children play and
will be a negative impact to my family’s well being. The
increased noise, light pollution and increased traffic will
force my family to move to be able to sustain the same
quality of life. We would be impacted financially due to loss
of home value.
16.Diana Ephlin Noblesville, IN It is residential property
17.Jim Gaczkowski Carmel, IN
Name From Comments
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Name From Comments
18.Abby Shaffer Carmel, IN
19.Krisahn Leichter Carmel, IN My house is one block away from the proposed site. I am
concerned about the increased traffic and congestion in our
neighborhood. I would oppose any type of business or
institution moving into our residential neighborhood.
20.Tony Johnson Carmel, IN This will negativity impact roads, noise and property values.
21.KRISTIAN LEE CARMEL, IN Based on the proposed building and its stated occupany of
300, it would immediately add 200 to 300 vehicles to the
traffic on Shelborne/141st area. My estimation is based on
the fact that most people attending Friday afternoon prayer
meeting will be driving their vehicles alone. I have observed
this driving pattern first hand because I have a business
near an Islamic place of worship.
As any place of faith plans, I'm sure this Life Center has
plans for growth as well. The amount of vehicles could
double or triple in just a few short years.
22.Kelly Warner Carmel, IN This will negatively impact our community with traffic, noise
pollution and be hazardous to pedestrians
23.Grace Wang Carmel, IN
24.Heather L CARMEL, IN
25.Danielle Bohm Carmel, IN
26.Yu Chen Carmel, IN
27.Jeannie Benz Carmel, IN The low intensity residential nature of west Carmel needs to
be preserved. It’s especially unfair to place a worship center
directly adjacent to existing homes currently enjoying the
lifestyle west Carmel purports to offer. Additionally, traffic at
141st and Shelborne will become quite congested co side
ring the narrowness of the roads and the small size of the
intersection, as well as 141st street not being a through
street to Michigan road.
28.Hanxiang Peng Carmel, IN This site can’t accommodate this big volume of traffic
29.Abbie Mann Carmel, IN
30.Jeffrey Clark Carmel, IN The Life Center is trying to build a church on residential land.
The Life Center will be using it more for a commercial use
with more 24hr use. It is intended to have schools, daycare
and after hour use. Traffic from this proposed development
will cause nearby communities to see cut through traffic.
141st and Shelborne is not geared for this type of
development for pedestrians and bikers already. I also worry
that there will be a call to prayer over minarets that would be
unwelcomed to surrounding neighbors and their children.
The Life Center currently has a facility with similar parking
that they state has already outgrown the Life Center. This
proposal will be already outgrown before it is built. I worry
that the surrounding neighborhoods will also bear overflow
parking.
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Name From Comments
31.Rick Pinero Carmel, IN Major traffic and safety concerns for the residents in the
immediate area
32.Russ Mann Carmel, IN
33.Megan Chandler carmel, IN It will hurt my property value I have 5 acre lot two drive ways
away for this proposed Life Center. We live in a beautiful
area and don't need a big Islamic Center and Parking lots in
our back yard. Why are we not building this in downtown
Carmel where all the expansion is going.
Plus I was never notified about this build and I am directly
effected.
34.James Robinson Carmel, IN This property is directly across from my house. I want the
west side of Carmel to be a great residential area, not a
commercial area with a lot of traffic and noise. If this passes,
my family will most likely be forced to move to maintain the
great standard of living we currently have.
35.Andrea Pinero Carmel, IN My family and I are building a house right on 141st and
Shelborne which would be directly across from this
proposed site - I’m so saddened at the thought of this ruining
our quiet residential community that we’re so looking forward
to sharing with our two small children.
36.Ruchi Shah Carmel, IN Because it is for safety of residents and young children
37.Lindsey A.Carmel, IN
38.Mina Awad Carmel, IN
39.David Liu Carmel, IN
40.Amani Sadek Carmel, IN would like to oppose the Islamic Life center in an area
allocated for residential land. It is a zoned residential area for
a reason. The planned location has 100 parking spots. We
dont want additional traffic in a residential area and pollution.
There are no sidewalks around the Shelbourne and 141st.
Will people walk on the street to get to the community center
? Can the Islamic center guarantee they will only park in
their parking area only and not use the surrounding
neighborhoods. We dont want our kids to stay more time in
Schools buses because of the traffic. I bought my house in
this area because I thought this is a nice residential area and
low traffic. I dont want extra traffic.
41.Frank Xiao Carmel, IN It is going to depreciate the property value of this area
42.Jenny Xu Carmel, IN I love my quite neighborhood. I don’t want any non-
residential building on residential zone. It’s doesn’t matter a
worship place, gas station, or shopping mall.
43.SARAH GREVEL CARMEL, IN Land zoned residential should not be granted a special use
variance if it is already surrounded by residential lots.
Residents evaluated and purchased their lots and homes
based on the information at the time of purchase. Granting a
variance at this point is changes the area and affects home
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Name From Comments
43.SARAH GREVEL CARMEL, IN (continued from previous page)
values that have already been established. Very unfair to
homeowners.
45.Mike Lindamood CARMEL, IN
46.Debra Wilson Carmel, IN I think a community center is better supported on St Rd 32
away from affecting property values and traffic flow. 141st
and Shelborne is a compact site and not fair to surrounding
homeowners.
48.Mary Ann Cicero Carmel, IN
49.Scott Weddle Carmel, IN
50.Hongbo Liu Carmel, IN
51.Andrew Grevel CARMEL, IN
52.Erin Carroll Warren, NJ
53.Mina Makar Carmel, IN
54.Botros Boles Carmel, IN
55.bin wei carmel, IN We want to keep our community quiet and less traffic(safer).
57.Carla Teasdale Carmel, IN We built out home with the understanding that the area
would stay residential near us and not have a lot of traffic
nearby. I am concerned about traffic and others using my
neighborhood to park. Zoning shouldn't change after most of
the homes have been built nearby.
58.Mary B Carmel, IN the amount of vast land around this facility will attract
Muslims mainly to live there and will prevent diversity in the
area and eventually it will reflected on schools, parks,
housing....etc. This is not only going to pertain to Carmel but
to Westfield and Zionsville too. the spot chosen for the
Islamic Center is almost completely surrounded by
untouched lots or single homes that down the road will be
subdivisions in all 3 cities. so it will be a community inside
our the community and I don't believe that this is going to
serve anyone good.
59.Habaa Girgis Carmel, IN
60.Sherry Zhang Zionsiville, IN Such large scale commercial structure in the middle of a
quiet, diversified repeating area may bring unwanted and
unforeseen threat to all the good people who choose to live
peacefully in this neighborhood
61.Leslie Arney Zionsville, IN Safety in the atea
62.Kim Epple Carmel, IN Very concerned with how this will affect local traffic. This
intersection is still a "country" 4-way stop. The roads are
very narrow here and there are no sidewalks. There is no
room for a business to be built here especially when it was
zoned residential. We like our quiet neighborhoods. Nobody
wants a huge structure with parking lots, bright lights, noise,
and high traffic built in their back yard. There are plenty of
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Name From Comments
62.Kim Epple Carmel, IN (continued from previous page)
other available pieces of land for sale in close proximity that
could accommodate the large volume of traffic that this
would bring. Please consider how this is going to affect all of
the surrounding homes and families!
63.Jessica Petersson Carmel, IN
64.Janet Hiatt Carmel, IN
65.Sha Cao Carmel, IN The proposed ILC will intrude our privacy and cause heavier
traffic load. We bought our house in this neighbourhood
because we like it safe and quiet.
66.Terry Grevel Carmel, IN We moved to West Carmel to be away from the congestion
and have a quite rural environment. West Carmel was
planned with this purpose in mind. There are designated
areas in Carmel for high density projects, such as Carmel
City Center. Non-residential structures should be planned
prior to residential areas so residents have a choice of the
environment they would like to live. Zoning plans are
developed with this purpose to protect residents from the
environment surrounding their home from changing.
67.Erik Muse Carmel, IN Very concerned of the noise, traffic issues. The area in
question should be for residential zoning only.
68.Shenjia Zhang ZIONSVILLE, IN
69.J Xie Carmel, IN We need the residential area with more residents, not more
traffic
70.Mogen Stan Fishers, IN Not good
71.Tong Wang Carmel, IN I worry about that this center will affect the local traffic and
interfere the surroundings by non-residents. These elements
will reduce the value of our own house.
72.Hui Shao carmel, IN
74.Angela Lu Carmel, IN I am concerned about traffic and others using my
neighborhood to park. Zoning shouldn't change after most of
the homes have been built nearby.
75.Nelly Ghaoui Carmel, IN This is zoned as residential and should stay that way.
76.William Hohlt Carmel, IN
77.Michelle
Deng-Rao
Fishers, IN
78.Archana
Krishnamurthy
Carmel, IN Traffic
79.Lei Shaw Carmel, IN
80.Sowbagya
Chalasani
Carmel, IN
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Name From Comments
81.Logan Ayers Carmel, IN I am in support of an Islamic Center in Carmel, but not here
in a residential zone wedged between multiple converging
neighborhoods. Before we decided to buy our home, we
verified that everything in close proximity was zoned as
residential to ensure quiet, tranquil living. Please protect the
rights of the many residents, especially those with young
families, in your community and suggest a more appropriate
location for this center.
82.Andrea H Carmel, IN I worry about congestion and reduction in property values in
the surrounding area. If the plot of land was larger with wider
streets I would have no objection.
83.Sawsan Farag Carmel, IN
84.Min Xiao Carmel, IN We want to keep the area as a residential sector. We need
to keep this area quiet and safe.
85.Mike Kierce Carmel, IN Sustaining the area as residential only.
86.Wenqi You Carmel, IN Traffic, home property values
87.Pulan Yu carmel, IN
88.Hongxia Li Carmel, IN
89.Julie Hohlt Carmel, IN This site is zoned residential and not commercial. It will
negatively impact our daily lives with noise, constant traffic,
drainage and obstruct the view just to name a few. It is not
the right size of lot for their huge facility.
90.Mariana Boules Indianapolis, IN
91.Jakub Petersson Carmel, IN Strongly oppose based on increase in traffic, pollution, noise
level, our toddlers' safety, quality of life and house values
(research shows - by “The Journal of Real Estate Finance
and Economics (by: A. Quang Do, Robert W. Wilbur, James
L. Short)“ in September 1994, that the impact on
single-family home prices is both significant and negative,
and that its magnitude diminishes with a given property's
distance from a church).
We relied on current zoning to make a huge money
investment decision, and now that right might be taken away
from us - not fair; it's like changing the rules in the middle of
a game. The proposed commercial use structure will change
the essential character of the neighborhood and surrounding
areas.
92.Jason Ding Carmel, IN
93.Todd Winge Carmel, IN
94.Tierra Maesch Carmel, IN
95.Yuanyuan Chen Zionsville, IN Their event hours are in midnight. This will bother the
neighbors.
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Name From Comments
96.Huiping Xu Zionsville, IN The land was zoned for residential use, which has been
affecting how people made decisions when buying
properties in the surrounding area. If this is changed, how
could people continue to have faith that the city will honor its
promises? This will make the city less attractive and people
or even businesses looking elsewhere. The life center could
find another land. There are many other choices.
97.Heiko Konig Carmel, IN Concern of property value in direct neighborhood of public
facility.
98.Jean Pluchar Carmel, IN
99.Howell S.Carmel, IN Oppose the change of zoning to a commercial area
100.ming Zhong Carmel, IN This is not the right place for the life center
101.Sami Toma Carmel, IN
102.Marline Hanna Westfield, IN would like to oppose the Islamic Life center in an area
allocated for residential land. It is a zoned residential area for
a reason. The planned location has 100 parking spots. We
dont want additional traffic in a residential area and pollution.
There are no sidewalks around the Shelbourne and 141st.
Will people walk on the street to get to the community center
? Can the Islamic center guarantee they will only park in
their parking area only and not use the surrounding
neighborhoods. We dont want our kids to stay more time in
Schools buses because of the traffic.
103.Sheila Graves Carmel, IN I am a resident of the Overbrook Farm Subdivision which will
be affected by the increased traffic that will be using our
subdivision roads as a pass-through to by-pass traffic.
104.FRANK KE Carmel, IN
105.Michelle DuVal Carmel, IN The traffic and noise produced is not conducive to a
residential neighborhood. Our neighborhood is rural and the
roads are not equipped to handle it. It also lowers the
property value of my home.
106.Aaron Haskell Carmel, IN Oppose this due to noise and light pollution, in addition to
traffic and safety concerns. It needs to remain zoned
residential.
107.Amy Mack Carmel, IN
108.Resident West
Carmel
Zionsville, IN This would cause significant traffic holdups. Remember
Muslims have prayers during the day. All the cars that would
bring in the People here would have to compete for space
with the Carmel residents.
Please NO to this rezoning.
109.Kelly Powell Carmel, IN When we moved from another state to Carmel, we were
attracted to this area due to the fact that it was quiet and
secluded. The property that is for sale is zoned residential
and this was a factor when we purchased our home. Also,
the current streets of Shelborne and 141st St. are not
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Name From Comments
109.Kelly Powell Carmel, IN (continued from previous page)
prepared to handle the increase in daily traffic that this
Center will bring to the area. This intersection has had
numerous accidents (one which involved a school bus)
because the streets are too narrow, which makes it difficult
to make a left turn or right turn. Also, the Drees
neighborhood was denied haveing access to Shelborne
Road. If this was the case for a small subdivision, it should
be the case for a large complex, that will grow and cause
even more congestion on Shelborne Rd. A study needs to be
done at this intersection as well as widening this street and
placing a roundabout at this intersection. Also, side walks
need to be added as many pedestrians and byciclists use
this street which is already dangerous for these individuals.
Lastly, this complex will be extremely close to single family
homes. Given the height and size of this complex it does not
provide privacy to both residents and those attending
meetings at the complex. The complex will produce noise
from running air conditioning and heating units outside the
complex. Large street lights and lights on the complex will
flood the area which could affect the surrounding homes.
110.Lilly Z Carmel, IN W carmel traffic already getting heavier in these few years,
life center that holds hundreds people in the limited
residential area is adding the congestion of the traffic
problem.
112.Angela Stanfield Carmel, IN
113.Viraboune
Dengmanivanh
Carmel, IN We use to live next door to Grace Community Church and
the traffic impacted our lives and the noise pollution was
problematic.
114.Samah Armanious Carmel, IN it's not the right place for this project. It's not a commercial
zone
115.Cori Baehl Carmel, IN
116.Mina Soliman Carmel, IN
117.Phyllis Bend Carmel, IN Concerns about increased traffic, increased non-resident
pedestrian volume near the neighborhood, destruction of
local residential community feel with insertion of commercial
property, and loss of propert value
118.Chi Zhang Carmel, IN We need a good and quiet neighbor environment.
119.Yiting Yang Carmel, IN I love the current Carmel better.
120.Michel Girgis indianapolis, IN
121.Dongling Fei Zionsville, IN
122.Jackie Hu Carmel, IN Residential zoning should not be changed.
123.Leah X Carmel, IN This land is zoned as residential-only. It’s not right to rezone
to other use, especially not for such crowded public facility
use.
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Name From Comments
124.Yu Tang Carmel, IN
125.Wafik Farag cambridge, MA Carmel has its beauty in its serenity. Let's keep that way.
Eliminate the NOISE,
126.Marcel Schafer Carmel, IN Zoning laws need to be respected to protect the well being
of the residents.
127.Yongzheng He Zionsville, IN
128.James Bend Carmel, IN Concern over negative effect on property value because of
the reasoning to allow a commercial entity that will increase
traffic congestion, destruction of local community feel,
insertion of non-residents into the immediate neighborhood
area at all hours of the day and night, and unsightly 100+
paved parking lot.
129.Ally Zhang Carmel, IN It’s already a well established region with no room for huge
development of a specialized center for a single group of
people. We all came here to live as individual families and
value our individuality very highly. There has been no
dominance or preservation of a single group of people,
which is key to the already well established multicultural
community. Having a special center/community for one
single group of people goes against the values of a
capitalism — of democracy, multiculturalism, and individual
freedom.
130.Laura Sylak Carmel, IN
131.Marcelo Queijo Carmel, IN
132.Hua Zhou Carmel, IN House price will be down.
133.Yun Wang Carmel, IN Traffic and noise
134.Lide Tomcho Carmel, IN Residents only!!
135.Kun Zhu Zionsville, IN
136.Staci Hendrickson Carmel, IN The residential landscape of the area is of single family
homes, which is what has drawn our family to the area.
Regardless of the type of use, any variance from residential
will likely have a negative impact on surrounding home
values.
137.Todd McBride Carmel, IN The property in question, is zoned residential as is the
remainder of the of the adjacent/surrounding portions of the
district and have been designated and constructed upon as
such for many years. I would add that the remainder of the
available residential lots in this district and multiple
subdivisions in close proximity are nearing completion or are
already well into the final stages of
development/construction/closeout. With that said, Carmel
residents living in this district have made huge investments
in this area -both monetarily and "buying in" to the
neighborhood fabric that was established under the
understanding that the area was to be used strictly for
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Name From Comments
137.Todd McBride Carmel, IN (continued from previous page)
residential use. Many folks have made this area their home
based on its location free of noise, light pollution, and
excessive traffic that will ultimately have a profound impact
on property values, the quality of life and safety that
residents of this residential district have invested in with their
families. This is not a subdivision or residential homeowner
choosing to build next to an existing life center and deal with
the non-residential attributes of an adjacent facility/neighbor.
To the contrary, it is already a well established residential
district with most homeowners not anticipating a rezone for
this type of occupancy on a small parcel in the middle of a
residential area. There are many undeveloped plots in other
areas of the city that are either already zoned for this type of
construction or would be more conducive to its surroundings
than this exclusively residential parcel. I would encourage
the zoning/appeals board to investigate/suggest a more
logical and suitable parcel for this project.
138.Kristine Tennant Carmel, IN
139.Liu Shen Camel, IN I live nearby. I am concerned about increased traffic,
increased non-resident pedestrian volume near the
neighborhood, destruction of local residential community feel
with insertion of commercial property, and loss of propert
value
140.Matthew Bohm Carmel, IN
141.Michelle Zelner Carmel, IN
142.Cynthia Ashburn Carmel, IN
143.Huaxing Pei Carmel, IN
144.Shuai Zhu Carmel, IN
145.Stephanie Konkoy Carmel, IN This is such a small intersection and lot space to place a
building and parking of this magnitude. I have issues with
the noise, traffic congestion and potential parking issues.
This does not meet the Westside Carmel plan criteria being
right in the middle of a tight residential area. Do not rezone
this land.
146.Yennie Haskell Carmel, IN Quiet neighborhood
147.rochelle bartram Carmel, IN
148.Monica Santiago Carmel, IN
149.Todd Schmidt Carmel, IN I dont want precedent on zoning laws
150.Sarah Xie Carmal, IN
151.Sean Bartram Carmel, IN
152.Mengyuan Yang Carmel, IN
153.David Botros Carmel, IN
154.Cheng Wang Carmel, IN
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Name From Comments
155.Vic Bassily Carmel, IN it should be build on a commercial land (not residential).
156.Tom Cornelius Westfield, IN The increased traffic and noise with a project like this would
detract from land values in such a location.
157.Sonia Parra Carmel, IN Negative Effect on Property Values, Trafic, pollution, Noise.
158.Daniel Saleeb Mooresville, IN
159.Matthew Jones Carmel, IN
160.Kate Tate Carmel, IN
161.Beth McCorkel Carmel, IN
162.Liyun Ding Carmel, IN This area is a residential area which is quiet and secluded
and that’s the reason we chose to live here. Plus the traffic is
also a big concern. We want to keep our neighborhood safe
and maintain our house values.
163.Pamela Jones Carmel, IN
164.Shuang He Carmel, IN
165.Ganesh Meda Carmel, IN It might impact traffic
166.Wei Jia Carmel, IN
167.Datian Lin Carmel, IN
168.Mayer Soliman Carmel, IN
169.Wei Cao carmel, IN
170.Qing Wu Carmel, IN
171.Todd Graves Carmel, IN This will cause noise and impact our quality of life in a huge
way
172.Meg Grindall Carmel, IN Home values decreasing in area
173.Randal Holtzapple Carmel, IN As a resident in Overbrook Farms, I am very concerned
about the development of this property for anything other
than what it is zoned for today; single family homes. I am
very concerned for the safety and wellbeing of the families in
the community if this property were to be developed as
requested - for a large house of worship. The increase in
traffic, noise, and light pollution would be detrimental to
Overbrook Farms and the surround communities. This is a
rural, residential area and the parcel of land that the buyer is
requesting variance is not suitable for this kind of
development.
174.Frank Young Carmel, IN This is not fair for existing residents. We bought the house
with the fact that is area is all residential community.
Strongly oppose it.
175.Tim Lawson Indianapolis, IN This is purely a residential area and any kind of commercial
development would bring with it increased traffic that cannot
be handled by the existing road. My grandchildren live in this
area and it would negatively affect their ability to continue to
feel safe in such an area. This has nothing to do with the
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Name From Comments
175.Tim Lawson Indianapolis, IN (continued from previous page)
religious affiliation of the proposed development, as I would
feel the same way if it were a Christian or Jewish
development.
176.John Michael Carmel, IN
177.Amar Lingala Carmel, IN We moved to this location as it’s surrounded by 100%
residential properties and is residential zoning.
178.Marilyn Dunning Carmel, IN IT's zoned as residental area and should stay as a residental
area on this two lane road. Increased NOISE, increased
TRAFFIC, a disportionate Structure to the area and peoples
homes, will negatively impact our property values! NO NO
NO to the SPECIAL USE PERMIT and for the construction
of an ISLAMIC LIFE CENTER. This is an outrageous
request for this unique RESIDENTAL area in the countryside
of Carmel Westfield and Zionsville. Thank you for your
consideration.
179.Mary Klinkose Carmel, IN This is a residential area. This is not fair to those of us who
already live in area and have paid substantial amounts of
money to live in a neighborhood. If I wanted a church or
community center near me, I would live downtown.
180.Anubhuti Deodia Carmel, IN
181.Blake White
(Bidgood)
Westfield, IN
182.Waman Indarapu Carmel, IN All the surrounding area around here are residential and it
should stay that way! Period.
183.Nick Atmstrong Carmel, IN The center does not fit into this quiet residential area. It
would hurt our quality of life, doesn’t fit with the C3 plan, and
would destroy our expectations that Carmel gave us when
we invested in this beautiful part of Carmel
184.Robert Bilek Carmel, IN Traffic and aesthetics.
185.Ram Sankaran Carmel, IN I do not want the residential area clogged with heavy traffic
every day.
186.Cheryl Sturges Carmel, IN
187.Greg Powell Carmel, IN Serious concerns about congestion and traffic safety,
excessive noise and the change in skyline.
188.Bruce Wang Carmel, IN This center will bring all the negative I wanted to avoid in the
first place.
189.Taft Davis Carmel, IN Quality of life, traffic, and safety concerms.
190.Danyal Saleb Carmel, IN
191.Mitesh Doshi Carmel, IN
192.John Gibel Carmel, IN This is a residential area and the land in question is zoned
as residential. A Special Use permit should not be granted.
The area should remain all residential in order to preserve
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Name From Comments
192.John Gibel Carmel, IN (continued from previous page)
the way of life families seek when deciding to move this area
of Carmel.
193.Brooke Berganza Carmel, IN
194.Weiping Liao Carmel, IN
195.Donna Herbold Carmel, IN
196.Jeffrey Hutchison Carmel, IN I wasn't to take the single family are maintained as Single
family low density housing. We need to maintain quality of
life, traffic and safety of the area.
197.Stephanie Teusch Carmel, IN I’m concerned about the increase in traffic and noise. This
area is surrounded by residential uses and disrupting that is
extremely disappointing.
198.Kai Chen Carmel, IN It is definitely not properly for this quite neighborhood.
199.Jon Teusch Carmel, IN This is not an appropriate location for any religious center.
The increased traffic and noise would be an unwelcome
addition to this area. I think city developers have lost their
minds.
200.Deborah
Gostomski
Carmel, IN I oppose any variance of residential housing A1. My
daughter will have a monumental structure in her backyard!
Would you want that?
201.Allie Commons Carmel, IN Keep it as residential neighborhoods.
202.Karen Zhao Carmel, IN
203.Charlene Huang Carmel, IN
204.Jaison Mathew Carmel, IN Strongly opposing this due to noise and light pollution, in
addition to traffic and safety concerns. It needs to remain
zoned residential.
205.Jenny Zhou Carmel, IN This land is for residential! Having a life center will cause
traffic issues, increase crime rate, and reduce real estate
values. This is not fair for west Carmel home owners who
were attracted to this area knowing their houses are located
with other residential homes.
206.Sirisha Kadari Carmel, IN
207.Pingping Xie Carmel, IN
208.Kai Zhang Carmel, IN Keep my family safe
209.masoor kamalesh Carmel, IN Traffic hazard in our area at 141st and Sherborne.
Our property value will go down
210.Jemmy Mathew Carmel, IN Strongly oppose it.
Negative Effect on Property Values, Trafic, pollution, Noise.
211.Angela
Mcchristian
Carmel, IN This is not the location for this development- this is a
residential neighborhood and I don’t want this in my
backyard. 2 lane roads will not support the amount of traffic
that would come with such a structure. I do not want the
traffic, noise in my backyard.
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Name From Comments
212.Sameh Youssef Westfield, IN
213.Weijie Shen Carmel, IN
214.Nader Eskander Carmel, IN Based on a video I have seen I'm very concerned about
traffic congestion in the area.
215.Xuefeng Zhao Carmel, IN I'm concerned that my property value will highly likely drop.
216.Neven Andrews Carmel, IN Coptic Orthodox Church member
217.Youssef Youssef Westfield, IN
218.Barry Gostomski Carmel, IN
219.Nancy Stephens Zionsville, IN More traffic added to residential area.
220.Ming Cui Carmel, IN Also sent a letter/email
221.Craig Curtis Carmel, IN Property value
222.Junxiang Luo Carmel, IN Strongly oppose it. It will cause heavy traffic and depreciate
property value
223.Lalitha Palde Carmel, IN
224.Samia Samaan Westfield, IN
225.Jennifer Hardesty Carmel, IN
226.Courtney Gordon Carmel, IN My friend just bought land, and built a home, on a plot that
will directly back up to the parking lot of this complex. She
bought this land with the understanding that the land behind
her was zoned for residential use only. She bought and
created her home and backyard as the place where she
would live for many years and she did not intend the be
looking she this type of an institution or she would have
chosen a different location for her forever home.
227.Qi Zhang Carmel, IN It will increase the traffic and noise.
228.Rui Liu Carmel, IN Noise, traffic, safety etc.
229.Yanping Wang Carmel, IN The proposed use of land will destroy the community. It will
increase crime rate, pose traffic problems, lower the value of
land and real estates in the neighborhood.
230.Faten Fahim Carmel, IN will not be our quiet Carmel, streets are not designed for
busy flow of people esp that main prayers are on Fridays
which is still a business day.
From my experience this will be a busy all day long
231.Rolf Meima Carmel, IN This is zoned as residential only for good reason. It is not
suited for such a large establishment and would only lead to
increased noise, traffic and light pollution. Such a facilty
should be built in an area that is already zoned for these
buildings!
232.Mike Tran Carmel, IN
233.Christina
Alderdice
Carmel, IN
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Name From Comments
234.Ali Richardson Carmel, IN This is a residential area and have many close friends that
live in the neighborhood and worry about increased traffic
and safety of our children.
235.Nicholas Plumer Carmel, IN
236.Kathy C carmel, IN I work downtown of Indianapolis and dont mind a long busy
commute everyday because I love to come home to a quiet,
lay back neighborhood where my kids and I can walk, bike
safely without any fear of being hit by cars. I do not wish
Carmel inner streets will soon become major busy streets
due to all the rezoning requests. I do not want this request
gets its approval.
237.Leilei Qian Carmel, IN
238.John Thomas Carmel, IN
239.Hongxing Zhang Zionsville, IN
240.Jason Ding Carmel, IN
241.Manige Konig Carmel, IN Concern about reduced property value if public facility is
being built in residential neighborhood
242.JO Booher Zionsville, IN I travel Shelborne Rd at least several times a day and feel
the road is very heavily traveled now and this project would
only cause more congestion .
243.David Gordon Carmel, IN
244.Peter FRANKOS Carmel, IN I don’t want property values for friends and family to go
down.
245.Hui Zhang Carmel, IN
246.Piyush Vyas Carmel, IN The proposed development will increase traffic and
commotion in the area, disrupting current calmness of this
area.
247.Ann Winge Carmel, IN
248.Heather Shore Carmel, IN This land is too small and too close to residential areas. I live
in a neighborhood right beside this property. I am extremely
concerned about increased light and noise pollution from the
proposed development. Traffic will increase tremendously
which creates major safety concerns. Increased cut-thru
traffic in our neighborhood is a safety threat to my children.
We moved here to be further away from the traffic. The rural,
residential area is why we love it here. We would consider
moving if surrounded by commercial/non-residential
properties. 141st is part of the Carmel bike trails. The
increased traffic and vehicle exhaust is a hazard to bikers,
pedestrians and our families. This will negatively affect our
property value which is a serious concern. I strongly oppose
changing this special use variance and the development of
the proposed development or any other non-residential
development at this site. The size of this facility and its
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Name From Comments
248.Heather Shore Carmel, IN (continued from previous page)
parking should not be sandwiched between all residential
properties. It would be better in a larger commercial area.
249.Yonghua Zhang Carmel, IN
250.Brian Hammett Carmel, IN
251.Ke Liu Carmel, IN This area does not have sufficient road infrastructure to
accommodate this center. It will bring heavy traffic way
beyond the capacity of the two narrow roads adjacent to the
proposed center.
252.David Benz Carmel, IN For years, this area has had to deal with a half-finished place
of worship located south of this proposed development.
Since that special use was granted, even more residential
development has gone in, consistent with Carmel’s
development plan for West Clay. This proposed special use,
particularly in light of its smaller parcel surrounded by
EXISTING residential structures is entirely inconsistent with
that plan.
253.Kimberly
Gaczkowski
Carmel, IN
254.Sri A Carmel, IN This is residential area. ILC will increase trafic. These single
roads are not capable for heavy traffic
255.Lori McIntosh Carmel, IN This is in my backyard. I would like to keep traffic down and
keep it residential.
256.Katie Lindamood Westfield, IN Live 1/2 mile from proposed Special Use. The noise, traffic,
light etc will be detrimental to our way of country, residential
living.
257.Clark Chumley Carmel, IN
258.Ying Su Carmel, IN Our area is for residential. The use of land for center will
increase noise and traffic.
259.peng zhang carmel, IN
260.Lora Reinhardt Carmel, IN We wish to keep our area residential and not open the door
to special purpose structures.
262.Jennifer Robeson Carmel, IN We specifically chose our home at 141 near Shelbourne
because it is a completely residential area and zoned that
way. It is quite and peaceful. It is why we moved here. This
would be a detrement to the homes that are adjacent to this
property. I know this all too well because our last home was
a newly built home and was adjacent to an open residential
zoned property and a similar situation happened. We
ultimately moved thankfully! But it was extremely stressful as
a homeowner having to fight to protect your neighborhood
and property value. Relator’s did tell us that we would want
to sell quick because our home value would absolutely be
affected. So after that we learned quick to never buy near an
empty lot again. I don’t want to see a similar situation
happen for the residents at 141 and Shelbourne.
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Name From Comments
263.Jen Jin Gaithersburg, MD
264.Todd Epple Carmel, IN Strongly oppose this intensive development on such a small
residentially zoned plot in our currently rural, quiet corner of
Carmel. 141st St and Shelborne Rd are very narrow in this
area and were not designed to handle this level of traffic.
The existing rural 4-way stop will need to be upgraded to a
roundabout fast, otherwise the traffic will simply cut through
the adjoining neighborhood to get to 146th Street. Where will
the overflow parking be for prayer time and special
occassions? Also, the noise/light pollution will certainly lower
property values. Instead, the Islamic Life Center should build
on a larger parcel along a nearby thoroughfare (such as
146th St, Michigan Rd, more central Carmel, etc) designed
for traffic and zoned for more dense commercial-style uses.
There is a LOT of undeveloped land nearby that doesn't
back up to an existing residential neighborhood and would
give FAR more land for the growing congregation who will
likely outgrow this undersized lot before the 70' tall building
is even completed!
265.Labib Ghaoui Carmel, IN Penetrating residential areas with non residential structures,
functions, will bring down properties values, and cause
traffic congestion’s. Residents move to Carmel and
specifically in that region, and pay prime money for
properties to enjoy the beautiful character of Carmel, and the
transformation it has gone through the last few years. Please
do not allow to change tgat
266.Clay Callicoat Carmel, IN I live at 141st and Shelborne and this was not the intention
of the original coming, therefore it would be unfair to allow
such a building after the neighborhoods have been
populated.
267.Joshua Shore Carmel, IN This will increase traffic on roads that can't support it, create
noise an air pollution and possible put our neighborhood at
risk if any bigot attempts a hate crime. Not to mention the
fact that this is a residential area instead of a business area
268.Gale Halperin Indianapolis, IN
269.Yugong Cheng Carmel, IN
270.Paula Layman Carmel, IN This is a residential area and with this construction will
increase a tremendous amount of traffic
271.Matthew Skelton Carmel, IN You're rezoning a residential area. I'm fine with this if it's in a
"zone" that is accessible. This ain't it.
272.Lauren Rizzo Morristown, NJ
273.Robert Lee Indianapolis, IN
274.Hong Du Carmel, IN So many nagetive impacts will soon come: decrease House
prices, people will start move out , blast noise, traffic
problems , parking , safety concerns etc
275.D N Carmel, IN
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Name From Comments
276.mariam gergis fishers, IN
277.Jason Chen Carmel, IN I live less than a mile southeast to 141st and Shelborne and
this was not the intention of the original coming, therefore it
would be unfair to allow such a building after the
neighborhoods have been populated. The streets close to it
can not afford the traffic it would bring.
278.Gavin Ellis Carmel, IN
279.Gary Cole Carmel, IN
280.Jing Ren Carmel, IN
281.Sunil Kayam Carmel, IN
282.JoAnne
Ratermann
Carmel, IN I am opposed to the Special Use application for this property
283.Jun Wang Carmel, IN
284.Lu Zhang Zionsville, IN
285.Priyesh Kheradia Westfield, IN
286.Alesa Bahler Zionsville, IN We do not want this residential area to be so disrrupted.
287.Suzy Salama Carmel, IN Keep my family safe
288.Margaret Landers Carmel, IN I live in the nearest neighborhood to this property. This
intersection can not support increased traffic. This land was
zoned residential when I bought my home, and it will greatly
decrease the value of my home to the extent that I would not
have purchased it had I known this was planned. I do not
want public use property on the same plot of land as my
home.
289.Nader D Carmel, IN an Islamic community center will make it very busy on
Fridays as it is Muslims main prayer day and the streets and
the area are not designed to accommodate the heavy trafic
of such a big project
290.Sarah Graves Carmel, IN
291.Jeremy Teasdale Carmel, IN This would only be acceptable if they could leave several
hundred yards of green space between any buildings or
parking lots and the nearby homes. The center and
especially the parking lots are much too close to *existing*
homes.
292.Kristin Ricketts Carmel, IN We live in close proximity to the proposed location. I have
strong concerns due to the noise, increased traffic and the
fact the property has been zoned for residential use.
293.Yali Zhang Carmel, IN
294.Qin Sheng Carmel, IN
295.Dave Forbes Carmel, IN
296.Sohmer Knowles Westfield, IN
297.Xiaoping Ruan Carmel, IN
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Name From Comments
298.ting li zionsville, IN
299.Jiehao Zhou Carmel, IN The land is for residential purpose only
300.Manish Srivastva Carmel, IN This area is residential and already traffic has increased
multi fold in last few years due to new development. Adding
commercial to a his residential zone will further add to traffic
and noise and reduce property value
301.Linlin Yang Zionsville, IN This is a residential area. Please keep it that way!
302.Ravichandran
Krishnasamy
Carmel, IN The planned location does not have the required
infrastructure to support this kind of a huge facility in the
heart of a small Residential area. The roads would be too
much busy which will impact the safety of the residents
negatively. So, I oppose this construction.
303.Susan Schaeffer Carmel, IN I live very close to this proposed development and do not
feel this location is a good fit for the project. Additional
traffic, too small of a lot, extremely close proximity to
residential areas, and parking are just a few of the multitude
of concerns that I have about how this project will negatively
impact the area. I feel this will decrease the value of homes
in the area and make it difficult to sell homes near the
project. There are other areas zoned for this type of project
and a much better fit for it.
304.Emily Kahn Carmel, IN We live very close to the currently residentially zoned
property in question and oppose any redesignation to
commercial. We have strong concerns over the traffic and
noise that this project would bring. The roads in close
proximity cannot support the traffic that this development
would bring and the land itself cannot support a structure of
this size.
305.Qing Ma Carmel, IN
306.Linda Qian Carmel, IN This will negatively affect Carmel property value
307.Aparna Srivastava Carmel, IN Keep the area residential please.
308.Sashidhar Sagi Carmel, IN
309.Amy Corcoran Carmel, IN
310.Vishal Mahajan Carmel, IN I do not want the crossection to get crowded and also want
to keep the area safe.
311.alison robinson carmel, IN Too many reasons why this should NOT happen, I can not
list them all.... );;:
312.Gautham M Carmel, IN
313.Jack L Carmel, IN We strongly oppose this rezoning, as the nature of this
neighborhood is residential, not for commercial use. Having
lived in the neighborhood for over 10 years, we are proud to
be part of the community and proud of living in Carmel,
known as the top city to live in US, for its reputation of
safety, beauty, quietness and rural characteristics. With the
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Name From Comments
313.Jack L Carmel, IN (continued from previous page)
rezoning and introduction of such a large non-residential
structure, with a format of large gathering and extensive
social activity, one can easily predict the inconvenience, and
even safety and health concerns associated with it. The
physical characteristics of this residential neighborhood,
including Shelbourne not being a big street, traffic already
being heavy on Weekends, the existence of 2 football fields
north of 131st street, coupled with potentially more extensive
traffic associated with this non-residential structure, the
safety issues in this neighborhood are expected.
314.Jin Liu Carmel, IN The value of the surrounding properties will drop. The
environment and the character of the community will change.
People will be forced to move away. Why can’t it be built in
dedicated commercial areas?
315.Leung Wong Carmel, IN The safety of our neighborhoods would be greatly impacted
with the increased traffic. Also the roads are not set up for
commercial type traffic.
316.Xuandong Zhao westfield, IN
317.Dao Mo Carmel, IN This is a residential area and will become noisy and affect
our life style if a community center is built. Thanks.
318.Huanmei Wu Carmel, IN To keep the freedom of the neighboring communities
319.Wei Zhou Carmel, IN
320.Fangqian Ouyang Carmel, IN
321.Natalie Giampietro Carmel, IN
322.Jason Leaver Carmel, IN
323.Phyllis Bergman Carmel, IN Very concerned about the potential traffic congestion,
potential increased noise level and overall misfit in a quiet
neighborhood area.
324.David Reeves Carmel, IN
325.Lesley Bonds Carmel, IN The large facility is in too close of proximity to residential
single family homes. There will be too much light, noise,
traffic, etc.
326.Jason Z Carmel, IN
327.Kishore Surineni Carmel, IN I strongly oppose this as it would negatively affect our
residential area.
328.Michael Bergman Carmel, IN
329.Peggy Hu Carmel, IN My friend lives nearby that location
330.Melanie Urban Carmel, IN Do not feel this is the right location for this.
331.Michael Hewson Carmel, IN This Special Use will completely change the landscape of
the neighborhood that many of us have chose to live in. We
will all be subject to increased traffic around our homes, light
pollution from the parking area lights and will certainly see a
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Name From Comments
331.Michael Hewson Carmel, IN (continued from previous page)
decrease in housing values. This is not the place for this
type of facility.
332.Ning Wang Carmel, IN
333.Haoda Fu Carmel, IN
334.Siting Bai Carmel, IN
335.Lori Milliken Zionsville, IN
336.Flora Yu Carmel, IN
337.Natalie Craig Carmel, IN
338.LYNDA SALLEY Carmel, IN
339.Kiley Hewson Carmel, IN Due to home resale value, safety and increased traffi .
340.Pramod Reddy Carmel, IN
341.shayne patterson Carmel, IN I don't want to see a tall structure from my living room
window. This area is for residential zoning. Light pollution
from the parking lot. Increased traffic. No thanks.
342.Xiaoli Zhang Carmel, IN
343.Dmitriy Lysenko Carmel, IN
344.Megan Harshman Carmel, IN This area is already has heavy traffic due to the schools
nearby.
345.Nirav Shah Carmel, IN Property value, more traffic in between residential area.
346.Ken Li Carmel, IN
347.Loretta Evans Winter Haven, FL This area is not appropriate for a venue of this type. The
roads are two lanes and not suitable for heavy usage.
Please save some country scenery.
348.Nardine Ibrabim Westfield, IN
349.Priti Mahajan Carmel, IN I have concerns about increased traffic in the area.
350.Xiaoping Liu Carmel, IN
351.Monica Reiff Carmel, IN This is a housing zone. Other structures built will cause
traffic problems and lower property values.
352.Jenny Mao Carmel, IN
353.Sg G Carmel, IN Safety of my children.
It is a residential area and need to be that way, Carmel
needs to keep that way.
Loss of Privacy
354.A. Garcia Carmel, IN I oppose rezoning this residential area. We moved our family
to this quiet part of Indiana simply because of the life we
could provide for our children. The rezoning will not only
cause congestion, noise, traffic on infrastructure that can’t
support it, but during the construction process the amount of
pollution, dust, dirt and debris will not only effect our streets,
property, green spaces, and air but also the lungs of our
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Name From Comments
354.A. Garcia Carmel, IN (continued from previous page)
children. What is the environmental impact of this massive
project? What are the long term effects? What does the
massive amount of asphalt poured, for a parking lot to hold
hundreds of cars, do to the environment? How does rain
run-off from the enormous parking lot effect our surface
water & ground water resources? What effect will the
hundreds or cars themselves create? Where does all the
antifreeze, oil, and nitrous oxide from the cars exhausts go?
What vegetation will be torn up to complete this project?
What wildlife will be effected? It is not acceptable to lay the
ground work for one type of life and then turn around an offer
another type that contradicts the life style already well
established. We picked this mostly rural residential area for
a reason. If I had wanted my children to grow up near a
busy, congested, large community center I would’ve
purchased a home near one.
355.Emily Kerns Noblesville, IN With working at school near by, the traffic in the area is
already high without adding this structure. There is plenty of
other land without homes surrounding it. Please find another
place that isn't surrounded by homes.
356.Kylee Pagan Carmel, IN The use of this property other then residential is highly
discouraged. There are many red flags that are concerning:
location, families, neighbors, and
unnecessary drama attached to any public venue
entertained within any residentail area of Carmel.
Location : All Residential along 141st
Families : multiple cultural families in area of many
denominations and beliefs
Neighbors : home value and selling concerns
Unnecessary Drama: parking lots, lights, garbage, restricted
play areas, business governance, liabilities, violence,
unnecessary outsiders within local neighborhoods, traffic
Along the west side of 141st there are NO commercial areas
within the realm set in place upon the initial structures,
zoning, and objective for the west sIde of 141st St. It is
disturbing to know there are non residential areas already
approved with locations/lands available within a three mile
radius of
this exact location. There are areas of off Town and Ditch
road that are commercialized, areas this venue could look at
without disrupting and jeopardize the outlook of the
communities surrounding 141st and Shelborne.
Please help to see this is not in our neighborhoods interest
nor our surrounding community. Keep venues and public
need in the areas already established and approved. Carmel
is a great place, do not help turn it into any land any
approval. Say No to this application and request for
approval!!
357.Mary Mazza Carmel, IN Want to keep residential only.
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Name From Comments
358.John Duke Zionsville, IN Keep the area residential please.
359.Stephanie Quinto Carmel, IN This should be a residential area only! Not big development,
and the traffic & congestion it will bring with it!
360.Bharat Sastry Carmel, IN
361.Michael Abdou Carmel, IN This area not designed for those kind of activity.
It will affect the quality of life and make traffic
362.Nichol Kaplan Carmel, IN
363.Sudha
Swaminathan
CARMEL, IN Traffic and security are my key concerns.
364.Zhaogen Chen Carmel, IN
365.Yikun Lu Zionsville, IN
366.Drew Kaplan Carmel, IN
367.Yi Zhang Carmel, IN
368.Gopal Ramadugu Carmel, IN
369.Harish Byrisetty Carmel, IN It is a residential area and need to be that way, safety
concern to kids, noise / light pollution and Loss of Privacy.
370.Harry Wei Carmel, IN This is a residential area. Such center will cause tranfic
issue, lower property value, and affect quality of life.
371.Sameh Gerges Carmel, IN I have many concerns ( Property value, more traffic in
between residential area, noise and the safety issues in this
neighborhood are expected.
372.Juliette Caballero Carmel, IN
373.Neil Shah Carmel, IN This area and parcel was zoned for residential purposes
only. That is the reason why lot/most of the families have
moved to this area of Carmel. Rezoning this for special use
will impact me and other 100s if not 1000s of families in this
area because of increased traffic, property value going
down, kids safety in neighborhoods next to this parcel and
potential road construction causing further traffic issues due
to road closures.
374.Michael Stewart Carmel, IN
375.Xiaocheng Dong Carmel, IN
376.Andrew Tawdrous Noblesville, IN
377.Christy M.Noblesville, IN
378.Nabil Shenouda westfield, IN
380.hany botros indianapolis, IN
381.Robyn Plaskoff Carmel, IN
382.Jianing Yang Buffalo Grove, IL
383.Kathryn Steichele Zionsville, IN I feel that zoning codes are there for a reason. If there are
zoning changes they should take place before anything is
built such as homes or commercial building. People choose
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Name From Comments
383.Kathryn Steichele Zionsville, IN (continued from previous page)
to buy houses in areas they want to live and raise their
families. They should have the choice to buy a home that is
residential zoned only, without the worry of that changing
later. If someone wants to live in a commercial zoned area
then they should be able to choose that. It should not be
forced on people who are already established in a residential
area.
384.Yu Zeng Carmel, China For safety because I live nearby.
385.Chris Cobb Carmel, IN
386.Kevin Warner Carmel, IN property is zoned residential and not conducive to a
commercial use.
387.Wei Liu Carmel, IN Quiet, traffic safety, reduce air pollution
388.Sophie Shen Carmel, IN
389.Anandhi Sowmyan Carmel, IN
390.Carly Kierce Carmel, IN We build in this area specifically to get away from the lights,
traffic, and noise of Indianapolis. Had we wanted to be
anywhere near commercialized areas, we would have
stayed in our previous home. 141st and Shelborne is our
main intersection to enter our neighborhood and would be
overly congested with the addition of this or any commercial
building. It is zoned residential and many of us built homes in
this area for that reason.
391.Cory Zent Carmel, IN Wrong location. I disagree with placement, not appropriate
zoning.
392.Vijay Srinivasan Carmel, IN I would investigate seriously if this residential zone was
given for a mosque. What this place direly needs is a
grocery store or a gas station. If we are not allocating for that
then there is no reason to approve for a mosque too. People
go to mosque 5 times a day! Know that.
393.Lisa Gong Carmel, IN
394.Delu Jiang Carmel, IN
395.Mary Carver Carmel, IN Preserving the quiet neighborhood surrounding our home
396.Senthilvadivu
Ravichandran
Carmel, IN The nearby residential area will overwhelmed by the amount
of traffic, noise, and use of resources which will impact my
community and neighborhood in a very negative way. I am
really concerned about the safety of kids due to high volume
of traffic in this area.
397.Sal Pappalardo Carmel, IN This would be built directly next to my new home in a
residential neighborhood.
398.RaeAnn Zent Carmel, IN I completely agree with the other concerns expressed by
others who have signed. Residential areas should look and
feel exactly that...residential.
399.Thomas Cicero Carmel, IN
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Name From Comments
400.Viji Murugan Carmel, IN This is a residential area. It should stay the same. I have too
many concerns like noice, kids safety, traffic, strangers
roaming around my neighborhood. The road is a single lane
and cannot handle this additional crowd. Think about the
people living in the neighborhood going to work in this traffic.
I strongly oppose this commercial structure.
401.Jianfei Jiang Carmel, IN The proposed Life Center and rezoning of the land will
inevitably have negative effects on the safety, living
environment and house values of the surrounding
communities, including ours.
402.Brian and Susan
Lozen
Carmel, IN There are reasons areas are zoned: safety, quality of life,
city infrastructure and planning continuity, etc... why should
those reasons be ignored and dismissed just because a
group or organization comes forward with money the city
see’s as possible tax revenue?? Other properly zoned
locations exist - use those and maintain our zoned integrity!
Just a mile away the city is/has already thrown away zone
integrity by allowing a school to be built off 146th street E of
Shellborne. That would be TWO zoning changes made
within a mile of each other in our RESIDENTIAL community.
Unacceptable.
403.Jay Fernando Carmel, IN Having a commercial complex right next our community will
increase traffic flow, increase noise Level and will drive our
home prices down.
404.Randi Valdez Carmel, IN
405.Petra Rana Carmel, IN
406.Allison Kuykendall Carmel, IN
407.Ying Tang Carmel, IN
408.Marilyn Templin Carmel, IN not a suitable property for this purpose
409.Rongqiu Shen Carmel, IN
410.kushal Kant carmel, IN Its a residential area and there are are no commercial
buildings around. This commercial use should not be
allowed in this area as this will affect our life negatively.
411.Ming Huang Carmel, IN
412.Ken Lovik Carmel, IN In addition to agreeing with all the comments regarding
neighborhood integrity, traffic, etc., I fail to see the economic
benefits (or any other benefits for that matter) for the
surrounding neighborhoods that one would think be present
when granting approval of Special Use. We moved to West
Carmel because it was removed from
commercial/non-residential activity. There are much better
locations in Carmel dedicated to non-residential activity that
can accommodate this development.
413.cuiyun ou westfield, IN
414.Ashley Lemon Carmel, IN
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Name From Comments
415.Jay Chen Carmel, IN
416.Michelle
Dengmanivanh
Carmel, IN Keep residential!! This Life Center is too big for the lot, it will
cause too much traffic, it will cause light & noise pollution &
lower our home values.
417.Bing Zhu Carmel, IN
418.Kimberly Tretola Carmel, IN All of the roads (Shelborne Rd, 141st St, and 146th street)
leading to this proposed Life Center location are all still
narrow, 2 lane, with 4 way stops. Clearly not able to handle
the influx of traffic a mega church/Life Center will bring,
which according to the Al Salam Foundation's own video of
the project, is expected to bring in congregation members
from Carmel, Westfield, Zionsville, Noblesville, and
Sheridan. Motorists will end up finding alternate routes
through the quiet surrounding neighborhoods to bypass the
traffic. The location provides no quick easy access to the
Michigan Rd. corridor, or any other, for congregation
members. This will end up turning surrounding residential
roads into heavily trafficked routes into and out of this area
instead. This area is zoned residential. I purposely built a
home in this location because of it's quiet, rural appeal. I do
not want to see it turned into another congested, high traffic
area like the rest of Carmel has become. What's the point in
having zoning, if it's not going to be upheld!
419.Gregg Pellicone Carmel, IN This plan puts a parking lot 30' away from private
residences, and a 70' tall building 150' away. The existing
infrastructure is already challenged. There are no sidewalks,
lights, or storm sewer. The streets are among the narrowest
in Carmel: Shelborne is 19' 0” wide, while 141st is 20’ 5”.
The four-way stop is so tight, vehicles routinely must stop
short of the intersection, or must back up, to allow vehicles
to turn. The proposed plan does nothing to address this.
Religious institutions may generally be compatible with S1
single family residential zoning, but just because it can be
done doesn’t mean it should be done.
There are too many unaddressed issues with the proposal.
There is no plan to modernize the intersection. The
roundabout upgrade for this intersection isn’t planned for
10-15 years. Widening Shelborne is not feasible, based on
the CPC meeting minutes (2015) where a road entrance
from a neighborhood was discussed in the location across
from the current proposal. Widening the road with
acceleration/deceleration lanes was not an option due to the
presence of oak trees “older than the city. This entrance was
not installed.
The proposal only addresses the use of five acres. The
remaining ten are not addressed. There is nothing to prevent
uncontrolled expansion as part of the unpublished phase 2.
The video created by the group wanting to build clearly
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Name From Comments
419.Gregg Pellicone Carmel, IN (continued from previous page)
states their vision is to have connected buildings, a school,
soccer fields, tennis court, basketball goals, picnic area, and
walking paths. It is meant to support areas including
northwest Indianapolis, Zionsville, Carmel, Westfield,
Noblesville, and Sheridan. This is not a benign proposal for
a house of worship with service one day per week. Per their
own fundraising material, it is planned to be a community
center with high intensity use.
This should be outside of the intended scope for a S1
special use agreement.
420.Yan Xiao Carmel, IN
421.Jason Doffin Carmel, IN Shelbourne is not designed to handle the extra traffic this will
draw.
422.Christine Ford Carmel, IN
423.Ashish S carmel, IN The property proposed for re-zoning are adjacent to
residential homes.If approved this lot will be the largest
commercial property next to the neighborhood which will
create lot of traffic, parking and noise issues. Any economic
benefits could be negated by a reduction in property values,
especially for homes in close proximity. This is large scale
commercial development that is inappropriate for this
neighborhood.
424.Carla Gray Carmel, IN
425.Katherine Schalliol Carmel, IN I use 141st St. as a walking path, and would hate to have
this peaceful route compromised by increased traffic.
Parking lots are not pretty, either, so would ruin the aesthetic
in this area.
426.Rebecca Morello Carmel, IN This is not an appropriate use of that parcel. It is zoned
Residential, correct? It is truly unfortunate that City council
members are so easily influenced by an influx of cash.
427.James Valdez Carmel, IN
428.PAm Kovac Carmel, IN
429.Jason Tang Carmel, IN I strongly oppose the construction of a commercial building
near the residential area. The infrastructure designed for
residential communities can not handle the traffic flow of a
commercial unit. The commercial construction near
residential areas will cause safety and many other issues to
both the residents and those who use the commercial
facility.
430.Sapna Saini Carmel, IN
431.fnu abhishek Carmel, IN This is going to be problematic for nebourhood
432.Vanitha Veshala Carmel, IN
433.Darren Radde Carmel, IN It is TOO SMALL of a parcel for this endeavor.
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Name From Comments
434.Shailendra
Gudepate
Carmel, IN
435.Renuka Louis Carmel, IN 141 and shelbourne intetsection cannot handle so much
traffic. Please reconsider to build this structure in another
location. Leave west carmel to be residential and great
roads for kids to ride bikes. There is a reason we have been
#1 best city to live year after year.
436.Melissa DeRosa Carmel, IN Too large of a commercial space amidst residences
437.Jennifer Callicoat Carmel, IN Want to keep as residential. Building of the life center will
have significant impact to our family and other families in
surrounding areas. Increased foot and vehicle congestion,
loss of privacy, noise and light pollution, impact to property
values...
438.Raghu
Motaganahalli
Carmel, IN I am disappointed at the proposal to build an establishment
not designated for residential purposes in a residential
locality . I urge the zoning department to review the proposal
carefully before approving as it will add to the traffic woes
439.Janice
Gehlhausen
Carmel, IN I drive through this area frequently. It is nice and quiet and
aesthetically pleasing. It would be incredibly sad to ruin it
with a colossal structure and massive parking lot! The traffic
will be terrible not just in that area but on all the streets
leading to it in all directions. It belongs in a city area on a
major road, not in a quiet residential area. People moved
here knowing it was zoned residential. It should remain
residential! Thank you.
440.Anita Ahluwalia Carmel, IN
441.Kathy Madvig Carmel, IN
442.Thiru B Carmel, IN This is not right place . The roads are narrow and don’t want
it to be busy with traffic and noise . Keep it as residential.
443.Jana Miller Carmel, IN
444.Tammy Latterell Carmel, IN
445.mark fox carmel, IN commercial center poses safety risks, increase traffic flow,
and increase noise level
446.Simon Samaan Noblesville, IN 1-Because Islamic centers are only spreading bombs not the
peace.
2- Also, all the attacks are Muslims.
447.Shine Sandhu Carmel, IN
448.Kui Zhu Carmel, IN We have enough community centers nearby, that is resident
zonning area, not good for that purpose. The traffic, noise
will be too much for this quite residential area. Please stop.
449.Emily X Chen Carmel, IN
450.Vijay P Carmel, IN This is residential area only and the proposed center will
cause too much traffic and this quiet neighborhood will turn
into very busy area. Thanks!
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Name From Comments
451.Adel soliman Carmel, IN home value, noises and traffic congestion
452.Yan Zeng Carmel, IN
453.qian yang zionsville, IN I would love to live in a well-established and stable
community and the sudden rezoning is not acceptable. It will
also affect the real estate market and property tax a lot.
454.Christine Lord Carmel, IN We want to keep our area residential! With what we spend
on our homes/property in this area, a large building and
parking lot are the last things we want to look at on a daily
basis. People love west Carmel for it's tranquil and beautiful
neighborhoods. This building and parking lot will drop
property values which is unacceptable. Overflow of parking
is feared to occur in surrounding neighborhoods which
makes it increasongly dangerous for our kids to play and
also makes for dangerous treks to the Life Center for it's
attendees, sonce sidewalks are not available alongs the
main streets. There are other places this center can be built.
Places with more adequate parking and that are closer to it's
current location. Behind the Target at 106th & Michigan is
just one of them.
455.Tao Xu Carmel, IN
456.sam soliman carmel, IN i want to keep my home value up
457.wenhui Yu Zionsville, IN
458.Phil Y Carmel, IN
459.Melanie D Carmel, IN I oppose the proposed nonresidential use of the parcel of
land at 141st and Shelborne in NW Carmel. We bought our
house tucked away in this part of Carmel to leave the
commercial and congestion down by the interstate where it
belonged. Adding a large non-residential complex here
would shatter the serenity that we currently enjoy, introduce
awful light pollution, noise nuisance and tangle traffic at all
hours of the day. Please do not permit our neighborhood to
be victimized by a colossal development that was never
envisioned for this area. Thank you for listening.
460.Huisi Ai Zionsville, IN
461.Sharmila Joe Carmel, IN This is a residential area and the proposed ILC will have
negative effects on our community (like kids safety , noise,
increased traffic etc). This is not the place for a commercial
development
.
462.Sherif Farag Carmel, IN
463.Jennifer
Mardos-lovik
Carmel, IN
464.Di Zhao Carmel, IN commercial center poses safety risks, increase traffic flow,
and increase noise level
465.Elizabeth Stanford Westfield, IN
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Name From Comments
466.Milad Roman Carmel, IN
467.Joleen Haskell Zionsville, IN
468.Ginger Lines Carmel, IN This is a residential area and zoned as such. It should
remain that way for safety, quality of living, and property
value. There are plenty of opportunities for commercial
properties in appropriate areas, like along Meridian or
Michigan.
469.Kerolos Sarofem Carmel, IN would like to oppose the Islamic Life center in an area
allocated for residential land. It is a zoned residential area for
a reason. The planned location has 100 parking spots. We
dont want additional traffic in a residential area and
pollution. There are no sidewalks around the
Shelbourne and 141st. Will people walk on the street to get
to the community center ? Can the Islamic center guarantee
they will only park in their parking area only and not use the
surrounding neighborhoods. We dont want our kids to stay
more time in Schools buses because of the traffic. I bought
my house in this area because I thought this is a nice
residential area and low traffic. I dont want extra traffic.
470.Ereny Samsom Carmel, IN It's a zoned residential area for a reason, we don't want any
more traffic and pollution a round our house , school bus will
take more time because of the traffic, value of my house will
be dropped and please KEEP MY FAMILY SAFE.
471.Lan Chen Carmel, IN
472.Kamalbabu
Subramani
carmel, IN
473.Joanie Tannehill Carmel, IN The land should be used for what it’s intended for. I don’t
even know how this became an issue? How was this even
remotely approved?
474.Nancy Wei Carmel, IN Residential land is only for the resident purpose not for any
other goal. Otherwise, I will lose residential peace and my
property value.
475.Xiaoming Jin Carmel, IN The large Islamic center should not be built next to
residential area including my home!
476.Ashish Garg Carmel, IN We are neighboring homeowners.
477.Rich Tretola Carmel, IN I am signing this petition because I am concerned about the
proposed Islamic Life Center in docket 17120001. The
parcel that this docket refers to as the proposed site lies
directly within a quiet residential area. To add this size of a
facility of any kind would change this area to a high traffic
zone. The documentation shared about the vision of this
facility talks about it being a hub for surrounding
communities of Zionsville, Westfield, Fishers, as well as
Carmel and the reason for their move from their current
facility is because they have outgrown it. The property that is
proposed isn't large enough to meet their current needs and
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Name From Comments
477.Rich Tretola Carmel, IN (continued from previous page)
certainly not large enough for their future needs as they
continue to grow. In addition to the traffic concerns on
Shelborne Rd. and 141 st, I am also concerned about
increased traffic running through the surrounding
neighborhoods as people try to avoid delays at the 4 way
stop at the corner of Shelborne Rd. and 141 st.
478.Madlin Gendi Carmel, IN
479.Rachel Vasquez Whittier, CA We as Home owners should have a say what is put in our
neighborhood, especially something that impacts our
financial investments
480.xinli xu carmel, IN
481.Aditya Kumar Carmel, IN
482.Yuzhu Tang Carmel, IN No mosque should be in residential area. Hardly see any
church in residential zone, why have a mosque next door.
483.Chelsea Wang Carmel, IN
484.Jian Xie Carmel, IN
485.Christopher Page Carmel, IN
486.Yongming Zhuang Carmel, IN I don't want a public building in my quiet residential
neighborhood.
487.Cheryl Pikus Carmel, IN The horses are gone, the trees are gone, and now we are
looking at a big mosque in my backyard. I really enjoy the
peace and quiet and residential area. I didn't want to live
right by businesses.
488.Leslie Swathwood Camel, IN I feel the lot size is too small for the size of building & parking
lot that they want to build.
489.eric archambault paris, France
490.Tricia Hist Carmel, IN
491.Meghna Verma Carmel, IN For traffic concern and concern for my property value
492.Allison
Domalewski
Carmel, IN
493.Mariam Soliman Carmel, IN Losing property value, traffic concern.
This is an enormous project that should not be in a
residential area resulting in losing our peace and quiet.
There is even no shopping stores in the area to make it as
quiet as possible which we all like it and bought our houses
specifically for that.
494.RASHMIN
Adesara
Carmel, IN
495.Joanne
Pappalardo
Reading, PA
496.Jared Perras Carmel, IN
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Name From Comments
497.Rene Tatum Westfield, IN Land and nature is much more beautiful than buildings
everywhere. Stop overdeveloping. Keep our land!
498.Joyce Killian Carmel, IN
499.Shashi
Puttaswamy
Carmel, IN Please see the letter sent to the zoning board.
500.Stacy Sullivan Carmel, IN Highly oppose...it is too congested as it is and it was zoned
residential FOR A REASON.
501.Mari Rosa Carmel, IN This has nothing to do with ethnic or religion. I has to do with
the fact that residential areas should be kept as such.
Carmel is becoming a big block of cement. The traffic that a
center like this can potentially create (similar to the traffic on
146 and Hazel Dell by the big church) cannot be sustained
by the road (s) configurations on the west side. Churches
and places like these centers should be on main avenues
with appropriate access and not in residential areas
502.James Mefford Westfield, IN Preserve residential land and limit commercial development
503.Ed Robinson Carmel, IN
504.Joseph Irudayaraj Carmel, IN
505.Jignesh Kanani Carmel, IN
506.Dorothy
Rushworth
Carmel, IN
507.Deborah Gates Zionsville, IN I feel the site is inappropriate for the requested variance do
to inadequate size for the proposed project, drastically
increased traffic, noise, light pollution, and (maybe
especially) the precedent this would set for similar requests
in the future. This neighborhood was zoned "residential" for
a reason, and many individuals built there with the
confidence that it would remain so. To allow a special
interest group a variance in ANY residentially zoned
neighborhood, therefore changing the dynamic of that
neighborhood with no regard to the negative impact on the
current home owners, is totally inappropriate.
Please note: on top of routine daily services, it has been
noted that there will be services (call to prayer) held at
1:30AM and 3:30 AM daily at certain times of the year,
creating an activity level far beyond the scope that would be
suitable for this, or any, neighborhood.
508.Irene C Carmel, IN Very concerned with traffic, noise.
509.Song Liu Carmel, IN A large commercial building in a residential area will have
huge negative impact to local tragic, safety, life style and
property value.
510.Xiaoqi Li Carmel, IN We need a safe place for the community and our children!
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Name From Comments
511.Xiao Chen Carmel, IN I welcome diversity in Carmel and would support building an
Islamic life center if it is built elsewhere. But the location in
question is a quiet residential area and I would prefer that it
stays that way. No large commercial centers or place of
worship should be built there.
512.Xiongbin Lu Carmel, IN The proposed center will have huge negative impact on local
traffic and safety.
513.Jennifer
Kampmeier
Carmel, IN
514.Christy Francis Carmel, IN
515.Carey Schmidt Carmel, IN In a residential area! Too much traffic
516.Pamela Jones Zionsville (post office,
but Live on She, IN
517.Michael Kuharik Zionsville, IN
518.Tami Steele Cicero, Tuvalu I work close to this area at a Carmel school and this would
affect not only the residential area but the school traffic as
well.
519.Vikram Rajput CARMEL, IN Public building in quiet residential neighborhood is not a
good idea. Traffic, Parking etc will be negative for the
community. There is huge empty land few blocks from
proposed location, that will be more appropriate for the
center.
520.chetan patel carmel, IN
521.John Carroll Carmel, IN This is a residential area...lets keep zoned residential areas
for residences.
522.Christiana Dattolo Carmel, IN
523.Dawn Holtzapple Carmel, IN Increased traffic, noise and light pollution, property values,
and excess run-off, just to name a few. There are plenty of
COMMERCIAL properties for sale in this area on which their
vision can be built. It is insane, and certainly not the actions
of a “good neighbor”, to attempt to buy a piece of land,
zoned for single-family, residential homes, and build a 70ft+
building (as well as several other structures) that will literally
back up into the back yards of the neighboring community.
The intersection of Shelbourne Rd and 141st St. Cannot
support this.
524.Alissa Carmichael Fishers, IN
525.Rob Chloe Sam
Neeson
Highgate, United
Kingdom
526.Kathy Lazzara Carmel, IN Traffic and noise will be a problem, along with the building
structure not fitting in with the existing residential
neighborhoods.
527.Wendy Yang Carmel, IN For traffic concern and concern for my property value
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Name From Comments
528.Gregory Sechuga Carmel, IN I don't want my neighborhood to be affected by
non-residential, mixed use building that will change road
traffic patterns and consequently lower our living standards
and property prices. I am sure there are other locations away
from neighborhoods that can be found in Hamilton county to
build this center.
529.Kelly Batt Carmel, IN
530.Rakesh Sharma Carmel, IN
531.Venkat Jois Carmel, IN The locality is a residential one and in the midst of this
peaceful location, the new structure planned does not fit and
will also cause traffic issues along with disturbing peaceful
atmosphere. As such this should not Sven be considered for
building
532.Alison Gritton Fishers, IN I am a teacher at an elementary school near the area. I go
through this intersection on my way to school and don't want
any additional traffic at such a small intersection.
533.Clarence Guess Carmel, IN Maintain the integrity of residential real estate. The area is
not a business park.
534.Anitha Murugesan Carmel, IN To avoid traffic at junction of 141 and Shelborne and this
section of land need to remain as residential property
535.Natalie Evers Carmel, IN
536.MILIND RAVAL Carmel, IN
537.Sanjay Sinha Carmel, IN This is a residential area and building this kind of light
commercial structures will kill the peace and tranquility of the
residents living on this neighborhood . These kind of
constructions should be done on commercial lands . I
oppose the location designated for this construction .
538.Stephanie
Andrasik
Carmel, IN Protect Residential land
539.Vincent Dattolo Carmel, IN
540.Prakash Mortha Carmel, IN
541.Missy Bohannon Carmel, IN
542.Purvi Parikh Carmel, IN
543.S D Carmel, IN I am opposing this project because of the following reasons:
1. It is not a residential project
2. The location is surrounded by ONLY residential houses.
3. This project will cause lot of unwanted traffic in a quiet
neighborhood.
4. Also, property values will be adversely affected.
544.Michelle Moscato Carmel, IN Enough with all the commercial and other development.
545.Smita Patnaik Carmel, IN
546.Anna Sechuga Carmel, IN This is residential area where our children run and bike. It
should stay residential!
547.Nayan Shah Carmel, IN
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Name From Comments
548.David Zelner Carmel, IN Noise, light, increased traffic among a decrease in property
value. Carmel should not allow any organization of any sort
to sandwich itself between all of these property owners.
These homeowners bought and paid a premium to have
green space behind them which is being torn away. Also, it
is proposed to being built over a pipeline.
549.Imran Ahmad Carmel, IN
550.Vinay Krishna Carmel, IN
551.Pra Nath Carmel, IN
552.Ding Li Carmel, IN commercial center poses safety risks, increase traffic flow,
and increase noise level
553.Kavitha Alagu Carmel, IN I am concerned about the safety of the neighborhood. Many
new people will be coming to the area who wouldn’t
otherwise. The area is fully residential, having a big building
will affect the appearance. All these will also affect the resale
value of our homes, negatively.
554.Binoy John Carmel, IN
555.wei Lei Carmel, IN We need quite living residential home. For children who live
so close to this aere, they need pass the road to go to school
every day.please move far away
556.Jun Hu Carmel, IN I live very close to this intersection. Our intent to buy our
current house is to have a quiet neighborhood with less
traffic. This development will bring more traffic to such a
narrow road and small intersection, and even worse it will
lower our property value.
557.Lee Crowther Carmel, IN I live in a residential neighborhood near this area and do not
want this area to be zoned for this use.
558.Ting Gan Carmel, IN
559.Jingqi Bao Carmel, IN
560.Heather Matthews Westfield, IN Not necessary to add congestion and disruption to an
already secure area. Could greatly affect my friends and
family in a negative manner...
561.JIMMIE BEELER CARMEL, IN
562.Yue Xu Carmel, IN
563.Susan Kierce Noblesville, IN
564.Leonid Grabovsky Carmel, IN
565.Tom Ashburn Carmel, IN
566.Changhong Li Carmel, IN
567.Vikramjit Rai Carmel, IN
568.Matt Wohlstadter Carmel, IN
569.Brian Kahn Carmel, IN Keep our pocket residential!!!!!
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Name From Comments
570.Arati Bhagwat Carmek, IN Would like to keep the quiet neighbourhood as it is now.
With that new priposal, it increases traffic and disturbs our
peaceful neighbourhood.
571.Vidhya Patnaik Carmel, IN Residential area should not be disturbed and it is a very
busy intersection. Safety problems for pedestrians and
cyclist
572.Franklin O Huff Carmel, IN This is an area reserved for housing nothing else.
573.Saravanan
Kanakasabai
Carmel, IN Traffic issues in a residential area
574.Jo Ann Reece Carmel, IN Increase in traffic and noise.
575.Linda He Carmel, IN Please keep the residential area safe and quiet. There are a
lot of commerical land. They can use commerical land to
build what they want. No necessary to rezoning.
576.Shannon Berry Carmel, IN This is a residential area, commercial development should
be restricted from this area due to congestion, noise and
erosion of residential property values.
577.Renhua Li Carmel, IN
578.R T Carmel, United Arab
Emirates
Property values, noise in residential area.
579.Sonal Sanghani Carmel, IN The peace and quite of our neighborhood will be affected
and will change the vibe of the neighborhood. Did not sign
up for this when I bought our property
580.Tom Ardizone Carmel, IN
581.Sreemala Murthy Fishers, IN Residential land should not be zoned for such developments
which definitely disrupts peace and quiet.
582.Alan & Cathy Irvin Carmel, IN
583.Susmitha
Gudepate
Carmel, IN
584.Jane Huff Carmel, IN This is a quiet residential neighborhood. That's why we
moved here. May we keep it that way!
585.S Cox Carmel, IN This area is residential and should remain that way!
586.Maddox Hooper Carmel, IN I want to be able to play outside and ride my bike to my
grandparents house safely. This building would create way
too much traffic for me to be able to do so. Please help us!
587.Jill Ellis Carmel, IN Residential only and we actually have to much of that right
now too! Slow the growth - traffic, congestion - NO!
588.Anne Bearman Westfield, IN
589.Kristi Rohrer Carmel, IN This area should remain residential. The increased traffic
and congestion is not ok and would impact property values
and quality of life.
590.Lujuan Zhang Carmwl, IN
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Name From Comments
591.Ke Jiang Carmel, IN Building such a big structure at this site is not in the interests
of the residents around this area. The structure will create
noise and traffic problems to this exclusive resident area and
change the life styles in West Carmel. The consequent
devaluation of properties in this area is not in the interests of
Carmel as a city, either.
592.ANDREA PRUIS carmel, IN Would like to keep the area quiet, and residential. It is one of
the reasons we chose to live in Carmel, if this happens, it
could potentially be a consideration for moving.
593.Shad Rohrer Carmel, IN
594.Jie Zhang Carmel, IN 1. It disrupt th landscape of the residential neighborhood. 2.
It brings traffic, noise, safety and other concerns to the area.
3, It bring down home values.
595.Bhaskara
Avunoori
Carmel, IN
596.Brian Porter Carmel, IN
597.David Bidgood Carmel, IN This is a residential location and this type of building should
be located in a commercial location, not in a family
neighborhood.
598.Pavel Lotkov Carmel, IN Building large center next to single family residences is out
of place and has a high chance of negatively impacting
property values.
599.Russ Lilly Carmel, IN Disruption to a residential area, no need for it.
600.Beth Bidgood CARMEL, IN I live next-door . We have tried to preserve some green
space in this area. We have a nature preserve on our
property and planted thousands of trees. This will add a lot
of traffic and noise in a residential area and nature preserve.
601.Suping Pan carmel, IN this project does fit in this quiet and peaceful area.
602.Anitha Lattupally Carmel, IN Would like to keep the area quiet, and residential. It is one of
the reasons we chose to live in Carmel, if this happens, it
could potentially be a consideration for moving.
603.David Partlowe Carmel, IN Changing zoning after nearby houses are built is
troublesome.
604.Angelika
Schui-Lindthaler
Höxter, Germany
605.Alagu Kaliyappan Carmel, IN Lot of traffic and noise not suitable for the neighborhood
606.Jeff Shaffer Carmel, IN This area is not zoned for this. The property is too small and
infrastructure will not support it. It would be too close to a
residential community.
607.Rose
Rozembajgier
Carmel, IN We chose to build in Overbrook Farms after carefully looking
at the neighborhood and the surrounding parcels of land.
The fact that adjacent areas were zoned for residential use
was paramount to our selection of our plot. To rezone now,
when so many people have committed (financially,
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Name From Comments
607.Rose
Rozembajgier
Carmel, IN (continued from previous page)
emotionally) to build lives in this NW corner of Carmel is
beyond disappointing. That traffic and light pollution will
increase substantially is undeniable, as is the detrimental
effect on property value. I am firmly against the Special Use
application BZA 17120001.
608.John Gillespie Carmel, IN I am generally opposed to non-residential development in
our area (this proposed center is less than a mile from my
house). I am specifically opposed as the location is bounded
by only 2-lane streets and this will obviously strain traffic in
the area. I am opposed to widening any of the streets in this
area and would suggest that the entity seeking to build this
center look for other options off of Towne Road or further
east on 141st St where there is more space, less
residences, roads with more lanes.
609.Kavitha K Carmel, IN
610.Dan Uhrig Carmel, IN I agree that this is not an ideal location for this center.
611.Brian Sable CARMEL, IN
612.Carole Boleman Carmel, IN
613.Samith Musthyala Carmel, IN The size of the proposed construction will negatively impact
the sourronding neighborhoods due to additional traffic on
the already narrow and busy 141st and shelborne rd. I
cannot support any non-residential construction in that
particular parcel as our home is very close to it.
614.Tina L.Zionsville, IN It’s a quiet neighborhood and please keep it that way.
615.Zhen Liu Carmel, China
616.David Hoffeditz Carmel, IN Studies have demonstrated that an Islamic Life
Center/Mosque will significantly reduce property value. For
instance, a study completed by Alexander Bogin at
Syracuse University demonstrates that property near a
mosque has both a negative and significant effect (2012).
Such an understanding has been identified by other zoning
boards and has resulted in a denial of such a proposal (e.g.,
the Sugarcreek TWP, Greene Co., Dayton, OH in 2008).
617.Carmen Noll Carmel, IN
618.Wendy S Carmel, IN Increased traffic, noise and light pollution will negatively
impact the residential life and property values to the area.
619.Colleen Larkey Carmel, IN
620.Prashanth Kalyani Carmel, IN
621.Randy Kos carmel, IN I oppose any commercial development in our neighborhood.
622.Zhongwei Xia Carmel, IN
623.andy rubey Carmel, IN
624.Ling Jiang Carmel, IN
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Name From Comments
625.Ramesh Oza Carmel, IN In addition to what said in petition...this will also bring down
property value.
626.Tiffani Henry Carmel, IN
627.Vidya Vidya Carmel, IN
628.Laxeshkumar
Patel
carmel, IN This is in middle of residential area with lots of single home
families. This kind of commercial/religious construction will
bring unexpected traffic, noise which will be unbearable, that
will disturb peace of the residents living in this area. I am
oppose to any kind of commercial construction in this pocket
of land.
629.Natalie Needham Indianapolis, IN There are plenty of other places to build. This area is zoned
as residential for a reason and changing the zoning after
hundreds of homes have already been built is not fair to
existing homeowners.
630.Tony Kuykendall Carmel, IN Proposed development is adjacent to our neighborhood and
will create negative impacts to our family of six kids through
increased traffic and safety risks.
631.Dale Ankrom Zionsville, IN The proposed development is too close to existing
residential properties and is not a suitable use.
632.Venkata Yekasi Carmel, IN Protect residential zone
633.Neha Malik Carmel, IN This is a residential land with many residential
neighborhoods already established around it.
We chose West Carmel as our home over more "happening"
areas of Carmel because of the quiet and low traffic it has to
offer, even if it means having to drive 12-15 min to get to the
nearest grocery store or a gas station.
Putting a commercial property in the middle of residential
neighborhood would bring traffic, pollution, noise and
strangers from all over Indianapolis to our backyards. If I
wanted all that, I would have chosen another place to live.
If City cares so much about the Islamic Center that they are
considering rezoning a residential lot in the middle of already
established neighborhoods, they should help them by finding
a suitable lot within Carmel with appropriate infrastructure
and the room to grow in the future.
634.Sonja Linn Carmel, IN I am opposed to any non-residential development in this
area
635.Heather G Carmel, IN This facility would better serve the community in a
commercial location accessible by nearby highway and main
roads in Carmel. The picture seen in the petition was taken
from a bordering homeowner's property. Noise pollution
cannot be obstructed by trees. Traffic and noise pollution
would be detrimental to the residential community.
Homeowners paid a premium for quiet green space, this
structure will prevent them from enjoying their space quietly
and safely.
636.Tracy Uhrig Carmel, IN
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Name From Comments
637.Sanjay Jay Carmel, IN In addition to what said in petition...about traffic and all, this
will also bring down property value.
638.Jing Hu Carmel, IN I don’t support any non-residential construction in this
residential community.
639.Sushil Songirkar Carmel, IN The traffic will go up, plus the daily rituals that they perform
causes noise pollution and the commercial development of
this nature causes the property value to go down and
disrupts the daily quite neighborhood fabric. This needs to
be given a serious thought.
640.Hope Lane Westfield, IN
641.Venkata
Tadikonda
Carmel, IN Traffic and sound pollution.
642.David Hocutt Carmel, IN My home is close to this location and Shelborne/ 141st St is
frequently traveled by my family. We do not want or need
additional traffic, or noise in this area
643.Sivakumar
Munuswami
Carmel, IN
644.Seema Saggar Carmel, IN
645.Michael Spears Carmel, IN This is a residential area. The investment I made here was
with that understanding
646.Youstina Beshay Indianapolis, IN
647.Susan Jacock Carmel, IN
648.F Li Carmel, IN This is a quiet residential area. Please keep it that way.
649.Sinu Paul Carmel, IN I live near this. I'm opposed to this development.
650.Chen Zhang Carmel, IN
651.Katherine Haddad Carmel, IN I am simply concerned about additional traffic in a very
residential area near our home. We chose to purchase our
home away from much of the commercial activity so we
could enjoy walking, biking, etc. without the additional traffic
safety concerns associated with large concentrations of
people - regardless of the type of business in question.
652.Matthew Martinez Carmel, IN Residential zones should stay residential.
653.Benjamin Webb Carmel, IN Carmel has plenty of other areas that are not directly in
residential space to build. People choose to live out that way
to avoid so much non-residential building.
654.Jessica Stefani Carmel, IN
655.Katherine Leaver Carmel, IN
656.Gagan Malik Carmel, IN This is a residential area and will oppose using it for non
residential purposes due to higher level of activity due large
congregation of people, traffic issues.
We are new to this area and the very reason we picked our
house/neighborhood in this area was that it is away from the
hustle and bustle.
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Name From Comments
657.Jack Stefani Carmel, IN
658.Lucas Rubey Carmel, IN
659.Kay Webb Cxx, IN Residential is residential... if I wanted urban living I’d live in
an urban zoned area.
660.Rohit Sharma Carmel, IN
661.gregg noll carmel, IN
662.Holly Saik Carmel, IN Don't want the traffic.
663.Nicole Estes Carmel, IN Preserving residential areas for residential use is vital to a
quiet and peaceful lifestyle.
664.Lauren Zanotti Carmel, IN It is extremely important in my opinion to preserve the
peaceful nature of the neighborhood that exists. The zoning
is how it is for a reason. This is not a religious issue, i feel
the same about any type of structure being built that is
outside of current zoning requirements.
665.Indrani Sarkar Carmel, IN
666.Srivalli Majji Carmel, IN We dont want any commercial places in Our area. We do not
want any nonresidential things happening here.
667.Matthew Shaw Carmel, IN
668.Mary Gordon Zionsville, IN
669.Asha Patel CARMEL, IN It's going to cause lot of traffic in the area .and this is in
middle of the all residential community.
670.Song Zhao Westfield, IN Not good for the whole Hamilton county
671.Rogie Apodaca Carmel, IN Preserving our Residential areas.
672.Bill Webb Cxx, IN If We wanted to live closer to stores We would have bought
in a different area.
673.Debjit Dutta Carmel, IN
674.JOan Flynn Carmel, IN Residential area
675.Cathy Patrick Zionsville, IN I'm in favor of an Islamic Life Center but strongly oppose this
location. Please preserve this quiet and unique residential
area in Carmel. Please select a commercial property that is
more appropriate for this level of traffic, noise, and
congestion.
676.Joy McBride Carmel, IN
677.Dong Yan Carmel, IN This is a residential area, with a lot of families living nearby.
This is how the city of Carmel is being developed into the
current look with national known reputation. We would like to
keep the quiet and peaceful environment here and we
strongly oppose ILC built on the residential area.
678.Murugan C Carmel, IN This is a residential zone and oppose any non-residential
buildings in this area as this will increase the traffic, create
noise/light pollution & safety concerns due to strangers to list
a few. This will also have a negative impact on the property
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Name From Comments
678.Murugan C Carmel, IN (continued from previous page)
value which is not fair for the homeowners who purchased
their homes in this area.
679.Claudia
Perelmuter
Carmel, IN I am Carmel resident for lady 20+ Years, and payed enough
taxes to city of Carmel to be safe in my own house.
680.William Leaver Fishers, IN
681.Popat Kabaria Carmel, IN
682.Daniel Bateman
MD
Carmel, IN I live close by in long ridge estates
683.Hari Prasad Carmel, IN Residential area
684.Stephanie Cobb Carmel, IN
685.Lena Mestetsky Carmel, IN
686.Roopa Joshi Carmel, IN
687.Uma Nagaraj Carmel, IN This is residential area, so it’s better to keep it that way .
688.Abby Beeler Carmel, IN This is a residential area and I strongly oppose it being used
for anything else.
689.Theresa Rendell Carmel, IN I want this area to remain residential ONLY!
690.Jennifer Oshimura Carmel, IN Both 141 and Shelbourne Road are fairly narrow in this area
with the intersection already being small. I am concerned
that this intersection will not be able to support the amount of
traffic flow. Cars often have to back up when a bus or large
truck is turning at this intersection. If they increase the size
of both streets, it will cut into the size of the lot. The lot is not
large compared to the size of the building and parking that
they are proposing- it will interfere with the homes that are
already built in this area. Please keep this lot zoned as
residential.
691.Appu S Carmel, IN
692.Brad Hindman Carmel, IN
693.Jiantai Zhang Zionsville, IN It’s near my house
694.Paul Oliveira Carmel, IN Keeping this area as residential.
695.Susan Herrmann Carmel, IN I believe this parcel is not an appropriate size or location for
a structure of the size that is proposed. This has been zoned
residential and it should remain residential.
696.Jennifer smedberg Indianapolis, IN
697.Preetha Mathew CARMEL, IN Any religious institution in a residential community will create
a problem with the increase in traffic. This will also be a
safety concern for the kids playing outside. This will also be
a concern to the privacy of residents.
698.Linda Baldini Carmel, IN
699.X L Carmel, IN Oppose because this area is zoned as residential, period.
700.fred Swerdlow Zionsville, IN Keep the area residential.
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Name From Comments
701.Vicki Bailey Carmel, IN
702.Alice
Maksymowicz
Carmel, IN Maintain the current zoning as residential. Space is not
appropriate for the facility being proposed. I share the
concerns of the residents adjacent to this site. Property
values will be adversely impacted, that is a fact, regardless
of what the
proponents may say.
703.Melissa Adams Carmel, IN Such a small piece of land to build anything commercial,
especially of this magnitude. This land needs to be kept
residential, as it’s zoned for. Very damaging to nearby
neighborhoods.
704.Carol Belden Carmel, IN Our open land is disappearing
705.Karl Reiff Carmel, IN not appropriate for the area and infringes on single family
residential homes.
706.Luna Sun Zionsville, IN We choose this area of Carmel as our home because this is
a residential zone. This life center will change it completely.
Deeply in worried!
707.Natalia Kurniati Carmel, IN Residential use only
708.Victoria Hastings Carmel, IN
709.Mina Awad Westfield, IN
710.Jeff Peterson Carmel, IN I built my house near this site with the fact that it was
residential zoning. I don’t want the traffic on 141st to get
worse and unsafe for my 4 kids.
711.Melanie Marshall Zionsville, IN There is no need to re-zone a residential area when there is
already available commercial area less than a mile away.
712.Leena Victoria Carmel, IN We like to keep it residential. Anything commercial will
increase traffic, sound, crime and disrupt integrity of this
area. We like the peace and calm here. It will also affect our
home prices.
713.David Cutsinger Carmel, IN
714.Marian Rashid Carmel, IN
715.Lu Tang Carmel, IN Property value will greatly drop.
716.Timo Lehtiniitty Carmel, IN
717.Richard Pignone Elkhart, IN
718.Kumaran
Murugiah
Carmel, IN I live here,
I don’t want the area to be crowded and traffic becomes
messy.
I would prefer to leave that area for residential purpose.
719.Peijun Shi Carmel, IN
720.Min Zhang Carmel, IN We want to keep our neighborhood residential ONLY. We
DON'T want more traffic, noise or intrusion to our privacy.
721.chengzhi zhang columbus, IN
722.Renata Ringo Carmel, IN
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Name From Comments
723.Brittany Sechuga Carmel, IN
724.Chris Adams Carmel, IN The land is zoned residential and would impact home resell
values. I'm also concerned about the amount of traffic
generated because of this
725.Nicola Baker Zionsville, IN
726.Tony Markus Carmel, IN This is a residential area and needs to be kept strictly as a
residential area. This is not the place for this type of
development or use as it will create more traffic and
negatively affect our property values.
727.Deepali Songirkar Carmel, IN
728.Dmitry Tsinkin Carmel, IN
729.peng Liu Carmel, IN
730.Sujata Kolla Carmel, IN Increased traffic and it being non-residential are my
concerns. I would like it to remain residential only.
732.Steve Shepard Carmel., IN That is not enough land for this proposed church. Build out
where there is land. The property values will sink with this
crowded in your back yard
733.Prashant Joshi Indianapolis, IN
734.pradeep marri carmel, IN Want it to be a residential area
735.Katelyn Pletcher Carmel, IN I dont want a building there. I think the property should be
preserved as is...no big public building right there on that
property!!!!
736.Aparanji Veldurthy Carmel, IN
737.Vikas Arora Carmel, IN
738.Mark Rozenebrg Carmel, IN Very smal plot for such huge development. Please, keep
residential only zoning to prevent heavy traffic increase,
uncontrolled noise, decreased safety and devalue of
personal real estate.
739.William Webb Carmel, IN Traffic safety issues and depreciation of residential
properties.
740.Robyn Thompson Carmel, IN
741.Baljit Bhatt Carmel, IN Maintain residential status
742.Girish Thumbadi Carmel, IN
743.Zhongping Liao Carmel, IN
744.Uma Aradhya Carmel, IN
745.Nathaniel Hill Carmel, IN I don't feel this would fit in with the surrounding residential
area.
746.Ken Larkey Carmel, IN NOISE, LIGHT POLLUTION, and INCREASED TRAFFIC
will NEGATIVELY affect the well-being, health, and safety of
families already living in and around this area.
747.Chandra Aradhya Carmel, IN
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Name From Comments
748.Brian Bailey Carmel, IN This corner is 100% residential with infrastructure that
doesn’t need to support the traffic or the 7 story structure
that is being proposed on a narrow piece of land.
749.Dawn Musolino Zionsville, IN I feel like the increased traffic in our residential area of
shelbourne rd is not necessary. Thank you.
750.Greg Hallas Carmel, IN
751.Nagwa Tawdrous Noblesville, IN
752.Alexis Shurtz Carmel, IN
753.Roopesh
Vijayadeva
Carmel, IN This is going to lead to noise, increased traffic and
negatively affect the well being of people living in homes in
the neighbourhood. I completely oppose this construction.
754.Michelle Toles Carmel, IN This area is entirely residential. Residents in the area
purchased their homes with this zoning in place and did not
anticipate the increased activity such a change would bring.
In addition, the current road structure would not support the
increased traffic.
755.Jerry Lu Carmel, IN The property value will decrease.
756.Linda Jaebker Zionsville, IN The road is so narrow and the area will not accommodate
more increased traffic flow. A building and parking lot of that
size do not belong in a residential neighborhood.
757.Erin Stevens Colorado Springs, CO Because this is right next door to a close family members
house.
758.Hui Zhang Carmel, IN
759.Jiingyong Zhao Carmel, IN My community is within 2 or 3 miles of the proposed site. I’m
afraid the new construction will decrease the value of
houses nearby due to high traffic, big crowd, noise, and
safety concerns.
760.Jade Jiang Carmel, IN
761.Huian Li Zionsville, IN
762.chris k Carmel, IN Keep this area zoned as residential - zero commercial in this
area.
763.R Z Indianapolis, IN
765.Vijay Vegi Carmel, IN Many people in this neighborhood including me bought
homes in this area because it is a residential zone. The
proposed structure is going to have a lot of negative impact
on the value of homes in this neighborhood. Also it will
adversely impact the serene atmosphere of this area.
1-TRAFFIC: The proposed structure has a occupancy of
350 people. Here we are talking about 350 cars in the worst
case scenario and 200 cars in the best case scenario. The
narrow roads that can accomodate residential traffic will clog
with the new traffic coming in. This will cause increase in
traffic activity in our residential neighborhoods by people
taking short cuts or less traffic roads. Kids now freely ride
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Name From Comments
765.Vijay Vegi Carmel, IN (continued from previous page)
their bikes in residential zones can no longer do that with the
increased vehicular traffic. In short the entire traffic scenario
becomes a nightmare.
2-ACTIVITY: Currently the area has a serene atmosphere
and is best suited for residential dwellings. The propsed
structure will have service every day (7 days a week) with a
special service on Friday's afternoon. This is not going to go
well with the activity happening on a Friday evening. There
will be lot of noise and residents of this area will no longer
have serene atmosphere. The area is going to become
busier and loud.
3-POLLUTION: Air pollution is going to increase
exponentially with the new vehicular traffic. Noise pollution is
going to sky rocket with the increased activity. During the
nights we are going to have increase light pollution with the
parking lot proposed.
All the above mentioned points will adversely impact the
value of the homes in this area, adversly effect the health
and well being of the residents including kids. I strongly
oppose the special use application for the property at 14120
Shelborne Rd, Carmel.
766.Prateek Bali Carmel, IN Traffic and property values concern
767.Radha Bammidi Carmel, IN
768.congrong wang carmel, IN residential environment, quietness..
769.Tim Poziviak Carmel, IN traffic
770.Nancy Mui Carmel, IN Significantly increase traffic in inconvenient hour. Different
customs impact everyday life of Neighbors. In a residential
area build a center will decrease neighborhood property
value, causing stress to existing residents.
771.Satya Ogirala Carmel, IN Not in residential area please
772.Dinesh Pillai Carmel, IN
773.Venkat Reddy Zionsville, IN
774.Mahesh Karwa Carmel, IN This does not fit in with the area's ambience, serenity nature,
culture, traffic and above all residential zoning.
775.Barbara Shafer Zionsville, IN Would lime to see this property residential, not commerial
776.Lei Yu Auburn, AL
777.Julie Plum Carmel, IN We bought our home near here because it is a residential
area. That corner intersection of Shelborne and 141 is
already tight for traffic. Both streets are narrow in this area.
Plus this is all residential area all around it. No commercial
zoning in our backyard. Not to mention the drop in property
value.
778.Terri Sherwood Carmel, IN Increased Traffic, light pollution, noise and decreased
property values!
Page 47 - Signatures 765 - 778
Name From Comments
779.Tim & Nancy
Schneider
Carmel, IN This is a residential area of Carmel, and we believe that it is
best for all concerned that it remain that way. The
construction of the proposed facility will likely have a serious
detrimental effect on housing values in the surrounding
neighborhoods.
780.Selma Davis Carmel, IN The proposed Special Use Variance is incompatible with
existing use of the surrounding properties. The applicants
plan would create a parking lot for 102 vehicles 30' away
from private residences, and a 70' tall building 150' away
from the same homes. The proposed use is also not
compatible with the traffic capacity at Shelborne Rd, that is
19’ wide, and 141st st that is 20' 5'' wide. The proposed
Special Use would increase dramatically vehicular and
pedestrian traffic, would increase noise and lightning
disturbance for the residents in the area. A plan to build a
facility with capacity for 350 people is not compatible with
the applicant’s claim that the Special Use will not adversely
affect traffic in and around the premises.
A major reason for concern of current residents in Northwest
Carmel is that the proposal only addresses the use of 5
acres being purchased in a total of nearly 15 acres.
Two-thirds of the land currently under contract for purchase
by the applicant are not addressed in the proposal. But the
applicants recently advertised a fund-raising event where a
video detailing their full plan for the land being purchased
was included. The video advertised by the applicant clearly
states that their plan is to have much more than one building
to be used as a place of worship. Their plan described in the
video is to build connected buildings, including a school,
soccer field, tennis court, basketball goals and picnic area.
According to the advertisement material published online by
the applicant, the facilities to be built are meant to support
areas including Northwest Indianapolis, Zionsville, Carmel,
Westfield, Noblesville, and Sheridan. Per applicants own
fundraising material, the land is intended to be used for a
high intensity use community center that should be outside
of the intended scope for a S1 special use agreement.
781.Tina Cardarelli Westfield, IN Concerns about traffic congestion, environment, sound and
light pollution.. Seems like this land is undersized for the
amount of land available
782.Wendy Cox Carmel, IN
783.Julie Gillispie Carmel, IN
784.Chris Preston Carmel, IN
785.Denene McNiece Indianapolis, IN This is not the right place for this structure!
786.Faith Calabrese Carmel, IN My neighborhood.
787.Emerson Silva dos
Santos
Carmel, IN
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Name From Comments
788.Steve Lindamood Westfield, IN Agree with concerns in petition.
789.Margo Schmidt carmel, IN
790.kellie timberlake carmel, IN
791.Karen Morrical Carmel, IN
792.Refaat Tawdrous Noblesville, IN
793.Annette Costello Zionsville, IN
794.Ste T CARMEL, IN 1- Residential Area 2-lot is too small 3-concern with
increased traffic
795.Mohan Chavali Carmel, IN
796.Denise Turner Carmel, IN Should not be built in residential area.
797.Andrea
Devoursney
Carmel, IN It is a residential area. This will increase traffic and noise. I
already can’t walk down 141st because of all the traffic and
speeders.
798.Yaming Zhu Zionsville, IN
799.Yuanjie Liu Carmel, IN This is a residential area.
800.Mark Calabrese Carmel, IN Noise and traffic in an otherwise quiet area.
801.Ana Bernardes Carmel, IN Security
802.Laurie Crone Zionsville, IN
803.Bhavna Thapar Carmel, IN No more development!
804.Sara Li Carmel, IN It should NOT be built in residential area! Should NOT be
allowed to rezone!
805.Renee Bartz Carmel, IN Area needs to remain residential to preserve property values
and retain current traffic levels in area.
806.Wen He Carmel, IN 1. Residential area,
2. Traffic, noise will affect residents
3. Need to Keep neighborhoods privacy and safety
807.D Nixon Indianapolis, IN
808.Sushil Bhat Carmel, IN
809.Carlene Bonham Carmel, IN This is a residential area and should remain that way. It will
affect property values and increase traffic congestion.
810.Terri Carson Carmel, IN
811.Sneha Singla Carmel, IN
812.Jack Shenkan Yardley, PA
813.Justin Flamion Carmel, IN
814.Xinyu Shen Wake forest, NC
815.Maryan Bassily Carmel, IN No special use, residential remains residential. Respect the
zoning ordinance.
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Name From Comments
816.Amitabh
Choudhary
Carmel, IN This is a residential community and we should keep it that
way. Once the first center is set up, the floodgates will open
for similar requests altering the basic structure of this
community. So pls do not approve the proposed center.
817.Li Xie Carmel, IN This gathering will impact the daily life of people living there.
818.Gong Lingyun Indianapolis, IN My friend is living there!!
819.J Zhang Carmel, IN Keep residential. That ' s it!!!
820.Junjie Zhang carmel, IN
821.Wen Luo Carmel, IN The ILC development in a residential land is inappropriate
and will hurt the housing market in this area.
822.Xia Shi Carmel, IN Keep residential !
823.Christine Gupta Carmel, IN
825.Kathy Barker Noblesville, Tuvalu My grandchildren live right there and I want them to enjoy a
quiet reidential lifestyle without all the traffic that will
endanger their bike rides, plus the negative impact on
property values. Keep it residential!!
826.Ting Wei Carmel, IN
827.Tom Gregg Zionsville, IN Development in this area has maxed out. We don't need any
more homes and definitely not any commercial or other non
residential buildings in this area. Leave it as farmland.
829.Min Tian Carmel, Turkmenistan The location is adjacent to thoroughfares, but these are not
major thoroughfares where other worship centers are
located. The road infrastructure in this particular location
cannot handle the traffic brought by a community center as
they describe and anticipate to grow. Plus, the location and
its neighbourhood was meant to be residential only.
830.Lynn Chandler Indianapolis,, IN Every day of the week, I walk my son's dogs in this
neighborhood. 141st street is a rather low traffic road now
but would be a high traffic road and a danger to walk the
dogs. Please do not change this quiet neighborhood.
831.Rick Durbin Carmel, IN Noise, traffic, property value
832.Roxysann Durbin Carmel, IN Moved to this area of 30 years ago to enjoy the peace and
quite. Enjoy nature and deer in my back yard. The sound of
birds singing not the sound of traffic. Enjoy evening sitting
out by the fire enjoy the stars in the sky. This would take
away from the undisturbed residential area that I live and
love.
833.Sidharth
Kapileshwar
Carmel, IN
834.Nina Ro Indianapolis, IN
835.Rafael Basso Carmel, IN
836.Pratima Cherukuri Carmel, IN Not in a residential area!
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Name From Comments
837.Charty A Carmel, IN This is a very serene and peaceful part of town that we
chose to build our house. Re-zoning this land to build a life
center will bring a lot of unwanted noise, pollution, out of
town visitors causing security concerns, traffic jams and
more importantly depreciate property values.
838.Feng Liu Carmel, IN
839.Millie Wang Tokyo, Japan Keep residential !
840.fady solman carmel, IN I am concerned that the commercialization of this very quite
west side of carmel will bring a lot of traffic from outside of
carmel to our backyard.
841.Andrew Layman Carmel, IN
842.Zhongyu Wu Carmel, IN
843.Lynn
Wuertemberger
Carmel, IN This variance is not warranted for this use.
844.Lisa Naville Carmel, IN
845.Zehui Cao Carmel, IN Please keep this area for residential only.
846.Rachna Vyas 46074, IN Traffic, property values.
847.Darren Z.Carmel, IN
848.christina attallah westfield, IN
849.Vincent Chen Carmel, IN
850.Janet Thompson Carmel, IN For the safety of my children and grandchildren.
Traffic, construction.
851.Rob Triana Greenwood, IN
852.Linda Charles Carmel, IN
853.Nengyu Yang Carmel, IN
854.Sheryl Quigley Carmel, IN Please keep residential
855.Mike M.Carmel, IN Our neighborhood should maintain this peaceful area for all
the families
856.Xiaofang Huang Carmel, IN
857.Ethan Z.Carmel, IN
858.Srinivasa Majji Carmel, IN We moved to this location for its quietness and privacy. This
kind of construction would invade privacy and create noise
pollution
859.Yi Cao Carmel, IN
860.John Micheal Carmel, IN
861.bruce peitsmeyer carmel, IN Land zoned for low density single family homes.
This proposed addition will disrupt the community.
862.Girgis Sawiris Indiana, IN To keep Carmel so nice and beautiful
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Name From Comments
863.Brad Bentfield Carmel, IN I moved to the west side of carmel for quiet neighborhoods.
Especially the lack of traffic on 141st since it doesn’t
connect to Michigan. Any building of that magnitude will
change the tranquility forever.
864.Deborah Hermiller Carmel, IN
865.Christy Jennings Carmel, IN To keep our neighborhood beautiful
866.Beverly
Wuertemberger
Carmel, IN Not worthy of a variance...find a better and more suitable
location.
867.Walt Niehoff Indianapolis, IN
868.Viviane Felfel Carmel, IN I go to work every day and i have to drive this way and that
will make it hard to go to work specialy they pray 5 times a
day and the vast majority of Muslims go to pray on Friday
which is a working day for every one .It will cause a very bad
traffic .
869.James Hermiller Carmel, IN
870.jerri peitsmeyer carmel, IN This will cause congestion and extra noise to the residential
area.
871.Michael Pirone Carmel, IN
872.jenny Li Carmel, IN I like Carmel because it's quiet and nice city to raise a family.
I'm afraid with such commercialized usage, it would break
the serenity of the city. The city will no longer be attractive to
families.
873.Lina Pekar Carmel, IN Safety, access to the streets, environment protection,
property value
874.Craig Zann Carmel, IN Protect our home values. No variance should be allowed.
Build where zoning already is designated
875.Susan Seuring Carmel, IN This is not a good location for something of the proposed
size. It will bring too much traffic to the area.
876.Anjan Sinha Carmel, IN It is absolutley wrong to get this area crowded. There are so
many other areas in Indianapolis which can accommodate
this.
877.Kristina Lu Carmel, IN Residential area. I don’t care which church would want it.
The roads are too narrow and this is zoned residential.
878.Nianen Chen Carmel, IN
879.Patrick M.Carmel, IN Clearly zoned residential. The plot of land is located in a
quite community removed from drive by traffic. I can think of
many available retail/office space locations where this type
of service would be more appropriate and much more
accessible. Please lets keep this area residential as
intended.
880.Joseph Lu Carmel, IN Building the Islamic Life Center on such a small/narrow
parcel of land would be a mistake. The parcel in question
was never intended to be zoned for a house of worship and
the traffic that it would bring.
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Name From Comments
881.Anindita Sen Zionsville, IN
882.Edward Zhang Carmel, IN Keep the area to residential and the normal traffic, save the
people from congestion
883.Erika Lapham Carmel, IN This is quiet single family housing area. It should remain
that. There are other more suitable pieces of property on
which to build a worship center in Carmel.
884.Katherine Joyxe Carmel, IN A large church such as this on a small parcel of land in a
neighborhood with 2 lane roads makes no sense. There are
other lots that are larger nearby that do not border peoples
backyards. Traffic is a large concern as well. This should
stay residential land.
885.Holly Jarrett Carmel, IN
886.Casey Jarrerr Carmel, IN
887.Lily Jiang Carmel, IN Do I even have to say?! It is outrageous to disregard how we
residents feel!
888.William Lapham Carmel, IN This is very near where we live and that intersection and
road can NOT handle the type of traffic that would be
generated. The land is zoned residential and should remain
as such.
889.Christie Lemon Carmel, IN
890.Brynn Murphy Zionsvulle, IN
891.Li Liu Carmel, IN No nonresidential building in this quiet and beautiful
community. Keep here safe and convenient!
892.Amelia Braga Zionsville, IN I live off a 146th street and my daughter lives at the Village
of west Clay. I drive through Shelbirne and 141st every day.
Those streets are narrow and not proper for the traffic that
will be generated by this project. I am totally against of any
non-residential establishment there.
893.Sigal Kfir Carmel, IN
894.Deblina Biswas Carmel, IN
896.Jenna Fedorcha Carmel, IN
897.Tanya Muchnik Indianapolis, IN I do not want Islamic center in Carmel
898.Jay Kaushal Kokomo, IN Carmel is a very well know,highly valued and desirable place
to raise a family.Such proposed commercialisation would
diminish and undermine all that Carmel image.No to such
commercials in Carmel.
899.Kody Fedorcha Carmel, IN
900.Tracey Traub Carmel, IN
901.Sheila Yuckman Carme, IN I am concerned about the traffic that would come with the
rezoning.
902.Heidi McCrea Zionsville, IN
903.Lawrence Norris Carmel, IN
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Name From Comments
904.Aimee Wiegmann Carmel, IN It is zoned as a residential area for a reason. Forcing a large,
highly visited property will cause strain on the roadways that
weren't designed for such, decrease home values, and
quality of life.
905.Dina Belinsky Carmel, IN
906.Mary Black Carmel, IN I moved here for the residential nature and now I will have to
move
907.James corcoran Carmel, IN
908.Stephanie Pticar Cranford, NJ
909.Pavithra
Srikantaiah
Zionsville, IN Residential area is not suitable for this center. Traffic & noise
will disturb the environment. Strongly oppose.
910.Shripad Bhagwat Carmel, IN ours is a very quite neighborhood and is s residential area
with quiet living. Having this huge project close to our
neighborhood will increase the traffic and cause congestion
and may lead to more accidents in our one lane streets.
911.Beth Harrison Carmel, IN This land needs to remain residential,no matter the project.
912.jodi stevens Zionsville, IN Too much rezoning in resident areas equals urban sprawl
and congestion. What makes Carmel beautiful is having
areas to live that are zoned to keep that away. Rezoning
means no neighborhood would be a safe choice for peace
and quiet ! Stop selling Carmel out!
913.Saranya
Ramachandran
Carmel, IN
914.basma saleeb fishers, IN
915.Tianli Zhu Carmel, IN
916.Andrea McGinley Carmel, IN Zoned for residential homes, no one wants to spend $500k
on a house and look at a gigantic building of any kind bird"s
eye view. Plus traffic, noise and safety would be an issue as
well.
917.Ben soliman carmel, IN The quite west side of Carmel residential area that has
developed in the last ten years with families from all over the
state who came to find quietness, peace and privacy in
carmel.
A large Islamic center will definitely change the residential
demographics. No one would like stranger from outside
Carmel ( Zionsville, Fishers. Indianapolis. Cicero. and other
cities according to the displayed video in the internet) to
come in his backyard.
I don't oppose anyone to pray or worship as long as they use
a commercial and away from established residential areas.
I oppose any permit to change the current residential zoning.
918.Tamar Soen
Keren
Carmel, IN
919.leonard mcintosh indianapolis, IN
920.Amany Sedrak INDIANAPOLIS, IN
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Name From Comments
921.Aura Hastings Carmel, IN
922.Douglas Shore Carmel, IN I live in Overbrook Farms. I think the additional traffic, noise,
lighting will adversely impact the neighborhoods that
surround the area. The intersection at 141st and Shelborne
is not equipped to handle this additional traffic that will grow
after several years of the Center's growth. Further, I think the
Center will adversely impact our property value because of
additional noise and congestion. Moreover, I believe that it
would result in much greater traffic through the Overbrook
Farms community as drivers will cut through the
neighborhood to avoid congestion on the intersections at
Shelborne. This disruption is a possible safety concern to
the many school aged children in the neighborhood.
The entire area around the proposed Center is residential.
Many residents ,myself included, purchased homes in the
area to avoid this sort of disruption knowing the entire area
around us is zoned residential. These is an underhanded
tactic by the city to now make a special exception that will
intrude upon the neighborhood's quality of living.
Furthermore, the size of the proposed project appears to be
greater in scope than what the size of the parcel can handle.
The project should be in an area that is more commercial
that has a surrounding infrastructure that can better handle
the traffic flow, noise and lighting.
I question the motive of the city in trying to place the project
is this area when it's quite obvious that the surrounding
infrastructure can't support the size of the project.
923.Lori Hoffeditz Carmel, IN
924.Chris Plum Carmel, IN I purchased my house understanding that this is a
RESIDENTIAL AREA
What you're proposing is NON-RESIDENTIAL in nature
First there's the issue of traffic:
You're proposing a large NON-RESIDENTIAL building that
will attract THOUSANDS of people multiple times a day.
The vast majority of whom DO NOT LIVE IN OUR
COMMUNITY. This means they're driving in and then
driving out, leaving us with an extended bill for the upkeep of
our roads, and increased traffic from people that do not even
live in our community.
FURTHERMORE:
While it may not come now it is very common that they
broadcast a call to prayer that the surrounding community
(including myself) will be subjected to listening to. I
absolutely abhor ANY ADDITIONAL SOUND that breaks
the tranquil peace that permeates the sanguine matter my
mind consists of.
While I'm sure that there will certainly be a counter argument
that there are other churches in the area. Again let me be
PERFECTLY CLEAR this is NOT A CHURCH! Whereas a
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Name From Comments
924.Chris Plum Carmel, IN (continued from previous page)
church congregation meets once a week ((mainly on
Sunday) and more importantly are deathly quiet) we're
talking about this vitiate having service at least 5 times daily,
all the while emitting an EXECRABLE noise that if played
within earshot of Cerberus would most assuredly ensure his
eternal vigilance. Not to mention the enticement of every
doleful reprobate to join their dejected services FROM
EVERY SURROUNDING COUNTY that is unfortunate
enough to provide them shelter (again creating a constant
stream of erstwhile REFUGEES!)
This I CANNOT BE MADE TO ENDURE. Not least
BECAUSE I HAVE INVESTED A CONSIDERABLE SUM
TO OWN A HOME IN AN AREA, WHICH IS ZONED
RESIDENTIAL!
925.Dan Ferrulli Carmel, IN This is a quiet residential area it is zoned that way for a
reason. The increased traffic will become a nightmare for
residents that use this intersection. Not to mention the
danger for families and children that ride their bikes or stroll
along these routes. There is no roundabout at this
intersection and cars will be backed up and this will become
a problem for families in the area. The intersection is already
a plot a problem during busy times plus it’s one lane which is
not good for traffic flow. The four way stop sign intersection
will become backed up and proclude families from leaving
neighborhoods to get out into their normal busy days.
To change this zoning when there is plenty of plots
elsewhere in Carmel on 2 lane feeder streets are unlimited. I
am opposed to this rezoning and find it to be unanimous for
families in this area. No one is for this and I am sure more of
a legal battle will ensue and not be beneficial for anyone. We
say NO to anything except residential development of this
land- as it was intended to be developed.
926.Jessica
Knoblauch
Carmel, IN This affects my neighborhood. I moved to my spot to be in a
residential area with decreased traffic.
927.Wenbo Yang Carmel, IN
928.Karen Borges Carmel, IN
929.Melissa Parrish Carmel, IN The land should stay residential.
930.Sandy Armington Carmel, IN
931.Mary Mulkey Carmel, IN I live 1/2 mile away and do not feel that this is appropriate
use of this land in the midst of residential homesites. Many
homes back up to this property and should not have
anything in their backyards except for farm land or other
homes. If they wanted to live in an area of increased traffic
and noise, they would have built there in the first place and
should not have to change their lifestyle due to this building
proposal. There is already too much traffic in the area and
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Name From Comments
931.Mary Mulkey Carmel, IN (continued from previous page)
this will only increase that also. Sherborne is too narrow of a
street to accommodate that type of increased traffic at
scheduled times.
932.Angela Miller Indianapolis, IN
934.Monica Porter Carmel, IN This area needs to stay residential. We bought our home
here because of the tranquility that once characterized this
area. Now, we have alll these new large businesses being
built around us increasing traffic and noise pollution.
935.Nianjun Liu Carmel, IN
936.Victoria Nazarov Zionsville, IN
937.Jermine
Shenouda
Carmel, IN Traffic gives hard times to everyone and very dangerous for
kids
939.Marina Awad Carmel, IN
940.Kimberle Bentfield Carmel, IN I moved out here for the quiet and separation
from the congestion. I am
concerned about the potential noise and increased traffic.
942.Merna Botros Indianapolis, IN
943.Nicole Prostko Carmel, IN The area does not need to be for any commercial use, it
should only be residential
944.Wanda Flamion Zionsville, IN Worries about the traffic and safety.
945.Scott McCracken Carmel, IN That corner is not an appropriate site for non-residential use.
The proposed project is obviously intended to start as a
smaller and more affordable project but over time will be
expanded to use the remaining land of the 15 acres as the
congregation grows. It will over-congest this tightly packed,
and growing, residential area and REALLY breakdown the
trust of the voters here to rely on our current city government
to designate the proper use of the land for those who have
invested in Carmel. I am also very concerned about the
possible future use of any audible calls to prayer five times
per day from a minaret that may be considered as normative
for a mosque. If not initially, then in the future as regulations
soften. Concerns: Traffic, increased lighting, noise,
crowding.
946.S Mukhopadhyay Carmel, IN Do not bring a controversial agenda( ILC) to an otherwise
secular, peaceful city and community.
947.Jonathan Schmidt Carmel, IN
948.Ronald Hahn Carmel, IN
949.Asim Dey Carmel, IN This will severly disrupt the peacful nature of the community.
950.Mena Naguib Carmel, IN I like to be nice
951.Cassy Pickett Carmel, IN
952.Pearly Farouk Carmel, IN
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Name From Comments
953.MIKE FINK Carmel, IN My property value has already declined by over 20% as I
was first in Overbrook Farms. I can not handle another
decline to satisfy Carmel''s growing greed.
954.Tie Li Carmel, IN
955.Michael Keleher Carmel, IN Live down the street, we sure as "Hell" don't need bell
ringing's and more big buildings. Enough is Enough
!!!!!!!!!!!!
956.Prithwiraj Ghosh Carmel, IN I know and have seen first hand what this can and will
become. Nothing against Muslim households. But why a
mosque! Can’t afford loss of value of my property.
957.Anthony Bova Zionsville, IN
958.Liz Evans Carmel, IN
959.William Slama Carmel, IN Unwanted traffic, noise, and congestion. Do not want it
lowering the value of my home.
960.David Henry Carmel, IN There’s plenty of supply presently. We can discuss
supply/demand dynamics and implication to asset prices -
but that may bore you.
961.Suzanne
deVaucenne
Zionsville, IN
962.Stacy Glover Carmel, IN
963.Ganesh Gadde Zionsville, IN This is a peaceful city for residents. Do not bring any
religious things. Present generation is narrow minded these
days.
964.Hongqiu Zhao Carmel, IN
965.Kelly
Slama-McManus
Zionsvile, IN
967.M T Carmel, IN 1. Why does Mayor Brainard and his appointees support the
Islamic Lifestyle Center here?
2. Why is the man heading this project (Ashhar Madni) an
appointee of Mayor Brainard
3. Why is no one in Carmel government willing to help, serve
or protect its citizens. A vow in which they took but chose not
to back with integrity.
4. Why would they be okay with an additional 200 to 350+
cars daily coming thru and around these neighborhoods?
5. Why would channel 6 news run such a poor one sided
story on this matter? Too politically correct to really do their
job?
968.Matt Awaad Carmel, IN This is a residential area where families and children go out
for a walk in the summer, with their puppies to different
parks in the area. Or possibly go on a run or a bike ride.
The first half of the summer is Ramadan for Muslims which
is observed through fasting and prayers. The Fast is broken
at sunset through a big feast event, which is great, but would
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Name From Comments
968.Matt Awaad Carmel, IN (continued from previous page)
also add a lot of extra traffic, noise, lights, and pollution to
this rather quiet and safe area. This residential are would not
be safe for children and families during the busiest time of
the year. I highly suggest a different location
969.L K Carmel, IN If this goes through, it'll just be the start. Much more
expansion will be coming very soon
970.Dick Spolyar Carmel, IN The center would be right in the middle of a zoned
residential area where it doesn’t belong.
971.Thomas Chandler Carmel, IN We strongly object to this "ILC" commercial building(s)
proposal in a strictly residential area featuring traditional
homes and architecture. The project as proposed suggests
otherwise. Further, there’s no economic gain for our
community by competing directly with the existing full
service Monon Center and other local amenities.
972.Kavitha Srini Carmel, IN The area is intend for residential use and would like to
remain that way for Carmel safety and nature care.
973.K A Carmel, IN I live 1 mile away. There's a call to prayer that happens in
the middle of the night (2am-5am) being a light sleeper,
good luck to me getting any sleep with all the traffic and
added noise.
976.Mary Tarallo DeMotte, IN
977.Susan Ankrom ZIONSVILLE, IN
978.Tedi Dietrich Louisville, KY The calls to worship will disrupt the lives and sleep of those
residents near by!
979.Denise Limauro CARMEL, IN No church, no gas station, no CVS. This is for homes, not
commercial building.
980.Heather Quilhot INDIANAPOLIS, IN My husband and I own a residence close by as well as
additional property in close proximity to this property.
981.Cheryl Milton Carmel, IN The infrastructure is not meant to hold the proposed special
Use Application. I believe that there is not enough land
space to allow appropriate buffers from sound, light and
traffic polution for current nearby residents.
982.Dimple Shah Carmel, IN
983.muni theertham carmel, IN Not in residential area. Concerned about traffic (schools
nearby), noise , ramadan months, value of my property.
984.Rachel Charters Carmel, IN I live in West Carmel and have no desire to have a meeting
facility in the middle of residential neighborhoods. I don’t
want to see the value of our properties stagger.
985.Mike ODonnell Carmel, IN This proposed use is too close to the nearby residential
parcels and this land should not be re-zoned
986.Jessica Shull Casey, IL
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Name From Comments
987.Megan Wong Carmel, IN The roadways (141st Street & Shelborne) are not built for
any additional traffic, the current level of residential traffic is
already challenging. This is a residential area and should
remain residential, as families who have purchased
properties in this area based their decisions on the
residentially zoned area. Increased traffic for a community
building encroaches on our residential neighborhoods, with
an increased concern for the safety of residents and
children. The property is inappropriate for a large structure,
and the proximity would place it adjacent to single family
homes, decreasing the property value for many families.
988.Jerry Fujita Carmel, IN We have to protect the residential areas due to so many
residential properties nearby.
989.Rachel Glore Carmel, IN
990.Baifang Zhang Carmel, IN This will severly disrupt the peacful nature of the community.
991.Keith Bonham Carmel, IN
992.Natan Weisburd Carmel, IN It's a residential area with a heavy morning traffic on a
one-line Shelborne street. This project will add a lot of noise
and traffic that nobody needs
993.Chunchi An Carmel, IN I would like to have residents around this area only. Thanks.
994.Mike W Carmel, IN This is a neighborhood not a commercial area. Please do not
let this go through. I moved here because of the quiet of a
tight knit community. I will move from Carmel as I’m sure
many will.
995.Mina Said carmel, IN
996.Baghyapriya
Jeganmohan
Carmel, IN
997.Lisa Knapp Carmel, IN While a church is typically a good neighbor, I have my
doubts as to whether this is an appropriate location for it.
The road infrastructure in the area of 141st and Shelborne is
not equipped for the traffic any church would produce no
matter what day. It is a 4 way stop.
To be feasible, there would have to be restrictions that could
be legally enforced to prohibit the call to prayer 5 times a day
on a loudspeaker as this is a residential area and the
residents have a right to not be disturbed by this noise. If
they want to do this, the building should be located closer to
the business corridor of Meridian where it would not disturb
the residential area. Also, infrastructure improvements would
have to be required and as it is the church that needs them,
they should be financially responsible for those updates, not
the residents of Carmel who can function with the 4 way stop
since it is a residential area.
998.Debbie Ullom Carmel, IN
999.Katya Klauz Carmel, IN Residential areas should stay residential.
1,000.George Tadros Noblesville, IN
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Name From Comments
1,001.Jonna Valenti Carmel, IN
1,002.Charles Black Carmel, IN Too much traffic.
1,003.Natalie Mercho Carmel, IN
1,004.Ron He Zionsville, IN
1,005.Jon M Carmel, IN Already saw a school bus and a car get in an accident at
141st and Shelboure this fall since the corner of this
intersection is so tight. Saw channel 6 news and their half
witted coverage of this. Poor head of churches spewing non
facts as knowledge. Sadly telling everyone in these
neighborhoods that this is a good thing and will be positive
for family’s living there. No concern for peoples privacy and
safety for children playing and riding bikes as 350 more cars
a day drive around and threw Overbrook Farms. How sad
that a community leader/servant could be so slimy as he
lives off of these very citizens!
1,006.Barbara Moore Carmel, IN
1,007.Chris Davis Carmel, IN
1,008.Priya Prasad Carmel, IN It is right near my home and we are looking for quiet,
peaceful area.
1,009.Kyrrillos Kyrrillos Carmel, IN 1. calls to prayer from the minaret blasted 5 times every day
will disturb the peace
2. Property values will depreciate significantly
3. Too much traffic
1,010.Angie Howard Carmel, IN
1,011.Yu Zhang Carmel, IN Too much traffic and noise, property values will decrease
1,012.Michael McDonald CARMEL, IN Inappropriate use of land in a residential area, Noise, Light
pollution and traffic
1,013.BIXIANG REN Carmel, IN
1,014.Jodie Markus Carmel, IN not good for resale....this is a residential area
1,015.Wenping Guo Zionsville, IN
1,016.Jiping Li Carmel, IN
1,017.Mark Nash Carmel, IN I do NOT want that anywhere near my family or my home.
Absolutely not.
1,018.Sunil Nair Carmel, IN This is a residential area
1,020.Ryan Gallagher Carmel, IN
1,021.Ronda White Carmel, IN The attempt to build a commercial building in the center of
all residential property is a major concern. This building
would back up to our residential property which will produce
more traffic, safety concerns, noise, and impede on our
privacy.
1,022.Jill Cline Carmel, IN
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Name From Comments
1,023.Nagendra Prasad Carmel, IN The proposal to build a religious center in the midst of a
quiet residential neighborhood will burden the narrow roads
and bring a constant flow of people who are not local
residents and consequnetly care less about noise and
cleanliness of the area. This will set a bad example for city
planning (or lack thereof) not just in Carmel but also for the
entire state of Indiana.
1,024.Latha Sai carmel, IN This is a residential area and there will be too much noise
and traffic and the 146th and shelbourne intersection is very
narrow and not easy for the current traffic flow itseld. Hope
carmel district considers this in their process.
1,025.Erica Wilson Carmel, IN Because of the increase in traffic and decrease in property
value.
1,026.Manson Flamion Carmel, IN Traffic
1,027.Jan Mewhinney Carmel, IN I believe it should remain residential. The size of the building
that’s proposed would negitively impact this area.
1,028.Raj Kalyan Carmel, IN
1,029.Jeff Nearpass Zionsville, IN NOISE, LIGHT POLLUTION, and INCREASED TRAFFIC
will NEGATIVELY affect the well-being, health, and safety of
families already living in and around this area.
1,030.Masumi Prasad Carmel, IN I don’t want a crowd in a quiet area
1,031.Paul Cluxton
Cluxton
Zionsville, IN This is a residential neighborhood and we do not want the
traffic, lights and noise of this proposal
1,032.CORY CLINE Carmel, IN
1,033.JILL CLINE CARMEL, IN
1,034.Matt Daily Zions, IN
1,035.Mary Ray Fishers, IN Building will destroy atmosphere of the area. Don't desire
such a huge monument of Islamic culture. It's oppressive to
eomen and non muslims and undermines the ideals of our
constitution and declaration of Independence
1,037.Lixin Fan carmel, IN
1,038.Hilary Gaudreau Zionsvile, IN
1,039.Max Price Carmel, IN We only want houses on this land. Exactly what it’s zoned
for.
1,040.DARRIN DUFFY CARMEL, IN
1,041.Lisa Hoffman Carmel, IN
1,042.XIAO JI Carmel, IN
1,043.C C Carmel, IN Light pollution
1,044.Hilary Dryden Zionsville, IN
1,045.Lindsi Davis Carmel, IN Carmel is far too overdeveloped as it is. Also, those tax
-paying residents who paid good money to live in Overbrook
Farms (for example) do not deserve to have their
surrounding view obstructed by a non-residential structure.
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Name From Comments
1,046.Stan Robinson Sheridan, IN To keep residential property residential. Before they start
doing anything they want..
1,047.Sanya Mehra Indianapolis, IN
1,048.Shannon Funke Carmel, IN This is a residential area. Carmel continues to grow every
year. Don’t we want to keep this land for more homes? I
think it’s preferable to have people move here, not just visit
here because their church is located here. Homeowner have
a more vested interest in property values than any
commercial user could. Carmel is often cited as one of the
most desirable cities to live in. Don’t we want to keep it that
way by retaining the land for residential use?
1,049.Amy Banga Carmel, IN Should be residential to maintain the Carmel architecture
1,050.Li Li Carmel, IN My house is less than a mile from the location where the
center want to build on. It is a residential area. It is OK to
build such center in any business zone but not in residential
zone, especially in an area where surrounded by many
residential communities.
1,051.Sanjeev Arya Carmel, IN
1,052.Philly Ephlin Noblesville, IN
1,053.Jason Chambers Carmel, IN Property values, noise-pollution, traffic, etc
1,054.Kristen Chambers Carmel, IN This would be right next to our house and neighborhood,
which we chose because of the low traffic and noise.
1,055.Robin Chambers Carmel, IN Traffic safety, security neighborhood integrety
1,056.Maya Raz Westfield, IN
1,057.Tatyanna Bezerra Carmel, IN This is a residential area.
1,058.al zhao carmel, IN best place in town. just for
1,059.Donald Wegener Carmel, IN
1,060.Melissa Wegener Carmel, IN
1,061.Vageesh Prasad Carmel, IN This will cause lot of traffic issues for people living in this
area. Hence please do not allow the construction of a
mosque at this location.
1,062.Arjun Sambathur Carmel, IN This is a residential area. Traffic will be huge mess.
1,063.earl dryden zionsville, IN Residental development that affects neighborhood , widlife
and urban population dynamics.
1,064.Scott Lawrence Carmel, IN There are plenty of other spaces out there and no need to
put a massive complex in the center of a quiet, residential
area. Such a center is better suited in a more commercial
location that is easier accessed.
1,065.Royce M Carmel, IN With all of the green space being taken out of Carmel
recently, this field is of the last places in Carmel to allow for
breathing room. These neighborhood divisions are much too
cramped for more parking lots and overdevelopment.
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Name From Comments
1,067.Nalanda Shireen
Kayam
Carmel, IN I do t like this idea at all...
1,068.Alfan Abdulahad Indianapolis, IN
1,069.Bret Skipper Zionsville, IN
1,070.James Rafdal Carmel, IN I want the area to remain residential.
1,071.Curtis Britton Carmel, IN
1,072.M Awad Carnel, IN I raise concern about traffic congestion and security of the
area. This place may atttact unknown people from radical
groups. Very escary
1,073.Robert Plum Coatesville, IN There is to much development in the area already. Keep
residential period.
1,074.Eric Kesecker Greenwood, IN
1,075.Rheta Herndon Zionsville (Hamilton
Co), IN
Do not feel this commercialism is needed in this area. There
is enough traffic now and plenty of businesses close to this
area.
1,076.Milson Gondim Carmel, IN This will increase the traffic in a very narrow and dangerous
road.
1,077.Kenneth Dawes Carmel, IN
1,078.Suhell Dawood Indianapolis, IN
1,079.Ilona Begnel Carmel, IN
1,080.Rebecca Mitchell Carmel, IN The proposed area is so close to many private homes. The
idea of placing anything outside of further residences seems
detrimental and potentially unsafe to the current residents.
There are so many other options located around the area
that seem better suited for commercial endeavors that would
benefit both businesses and home owners. I strongly oppose
this proposed application and hope that those reviewing it
will take the safety of our families and our property values
into consideration before allowing this to be approved.
1,081.Mark Leusch Carmel, IN This is a residential area which is becoming increasingly
more congested. I am also concerned by the unwelcome
noise which will come with this development. A structure of
this type should be constructed in a commercially zoned
area with existing roads designed to handle the traffic
expected with the ILC
1,082.Julia Weisburd Carmel, IN
1,083.Cindy Leusch Carmel, IN
1,084.Leslie Bruen Carmel, IN
1,085.Ross Griffith Carmel, IN This massive complex has no business being in our
residential community. As a life long resident I do not want
our beautiful country setting ruined forever with this Mosque
or any other large structure, church or otherwise. This thing
will kill property values and it's fair to those who have been
paying property tax for decades.
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Name From Comments
1,086.Kathryn Rafdal Carmel, IN Noise and traffic congestion. Needs to remain a residential
neighborhood.
1,087.Svetlana Fridman Carmel, IN residential area
1,088.Kristen Leusch Carmel, IN This is a residential community and should remain that way.
We have small farms that have animals who don’t need
anymore noise than what has been done with the increase in
neighborhoods. There’s plenty of commercial space that
they can utilize for their mosques.
1,089.Joan Waldman Carmel, IN
1,090.Monica Leusch Carmel, IN This does not fit in a residential area, better suited for
commercial space.
1,091.Julia Chin Carmel, IN
1,092.Joseph Bruns Carmel, IN Too much traffic congestion.
1,093.Emily Bruns Carmel, IN Residential area. Too much traffic.
1,094.Jeff Mitchell Carmel, IN This area needs to remain residentical. The added
neighborhoods and 146th st expansion will lead to enough
increased traffic.
1,095.Zhiwei Chen Carmel, IN
1,096.Zhigang Zhang Carmel, IN
1,097.wenhong Guo Carmel, IN
1,098.Yan Hao Zionsville, IN
1,099.Ashrith Vuyyuru Carmel, IN
1,100.Meiying Wu Carmel, IN
1,101.Fadi Tawfik Carmel, IN All who bought houses in this area did so because of the
unique quietness and cleanness of the area with it’s good
and smooth trafic knowing that it’s and always will be a
residential area and it should stay the same way,it’s unfair
for all those people to be surprised that a big building in this
size will be built in the midist of there homes and lose all
what they were hoping for as a dream home,this project
should be built in a non residential area and then whoever
decide to live close to it will be their choice but not to be
imposed on them as in this case
1,102.Carrie Holle Carmel, IN I’m a listing agent for a builder who has homesites in
proximity to this development. This area should remain
residential to prevent congestion and depreciation in the
nearby neighborhoods.
1,103.moujin zhang carmel, IN
1,104.Yingshu Piao Carmel, IN
1,105.Kir Kar Carmel, IN Too much distrubance to community. Most of the people
who comes here doesn’t belongs to this area.
1,106.Yafang Feng Carmel, IN Keep city safer
1,107.Alex Shapiro Carmel, IN
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Name From Comments
1,108.Fa Liu Carmel, IN
1,109.M H Carmel, IN Currently, we already have a problem with shelbourne with
traffic every morning and getting this big institution will make
the area more congested, we have big homes here that live
in a quiet area with little to no noise and few cars. This is
more of a residential area than commercial.
1,110.Louis L carmel, IN I live in proximity of this area because it’s quiet. This area
should remain residential. The planned massive building will
certainly cause traffic congestion, noise pollution, and safety
hazards. This development belongs to commercial area.
1,111.Hong Li Carmel, IN
1,112.Weihua Song Zionsville, IN
1,113.Arun George Carmel, IN
1,114.Huaitao Zhang Carmel, IN
1,115.Yi Xie Carmel, IN
1,116.Tina Zhong Carmel, IN
1,117.Rui Yang Carmel, IN
1,118.Daning Wang Carmel, IN Keep city safer
1,119.Inna Glozman Carmel, IN Noise polution
1,120.Jennifer Proch Carmel, IN
1,121.Shumei Tang Carmel, IN Noise, traffic in quiet neighborhood
1,122.Jay Tang Carmel, IN The center's loud speakers will affect the peace of the
community.
1,123.Liang Ye Carmel, IN We just had one area that was rezoned for a school purpose.
Now within one mile, this is another request that is too big a
project in residential zone.
1,124.Bin Sun Carmel, IN I believe it is best for the Carmel resitdents to keep the land
as residential.
1,125.Santosh Pandey Carmel, IN
1,126.nathan voldman Carmel, IN
1,127.Entesam Tawfik Carmel, IN Carmel is the best area when it comes to quite and nice
family community this is why we choose to live in Carmel
.Having this big project will affect all those good features of
Carmel,the traffic will be bad .I suggest that a project like
this needs to be in a new area and then people can decide if
they would like to buy or build a house close to that but it’s
unfair to impose on the people who chose otherwise to suffer
from the consequences of living close to a big commercial
building like that
1,128.Anjali Naik Fishers, IN We are building an expensive home in that area and cant
afford to lose money on home. This construstion will
definately hurt property prices. City should not approve this.
This will hurt property prices.
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Name From Comments
1,129.Jonathan Schalliol Carmel, IN This is a residential community, and the neighbors who
moved in did so with the idea that the area was zoned
residential. There’s lots of space 1/2 mile North on either
side of Shelborne on the North side of 146th that at least
would be better.
1,130.Michael Malone Carmel, Ireland Keep the property residential and quiet, and keep the
community safer.
1,132.Barry Cox Carmel, IN As a neighbor to this development, I am opposed to the
increased traffic and other negative factors this center will
create.
1,133.Suman Sirigari Carmel, IN This will impact traffic in the region. We do not have speedy
lanes nearby and it is very dense residential area with many
single family homes surrounded by this area. I would not
recommend this type of development , which will cause high
traffic in the area.
1,134.Brian Sullivan Carmel, IN I am opposed to the noise pollution, additional lighting,
broadcast system, additional traffic, future expansion.
1,135.M Stowers Carmel, IN We want to maintain our residential atmosphere. The Islamic
Life Center (ILC) does not qualify as a residential property
and would greatly increase traffic, etc. It would also, in my
opinion, decrease property values (as is evident by the
many, many comments in opposition to the ILC being built at
this location). I personally would not purchase a home near a
building like this.
1,136.Sunitha Golla Carmel, IN
1,137.Nabil Din Chicago, IL
1,138.Anna Carlson Carmel, IN This will create noise pollution with unnecessary traffic,
crowds, functions. We moved here for the peace and quiet.
People will cut through neighborhoods. The land is zoned for
residential homes not a large church or a public building.
1,139.Xia Li Carmel, IN
1,140.Kyle Fedorcha Carmel, IN As a father of a young family who lives close to 141st and
Shelbourne I firmly object of the Special Use of this land due
to concerns of increased traffic in a residential area, noise
pollution and associated risks to my community.
1,141.PING Song Carmel, IN It will negatively impact my property value!
1,142.Lisa Dawes Carmel, IN
1,143.Aaron Pettersen Carmel, IN
1,144.Cortney Lawrence Carmel, IN
1,145.Aparna Jasti Carmel, IN I am concerned about the traffic and losing the
neighborhood feel.
1,146.Jay Y.Carmel, IN
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Name From Comments
1,147.Ann Bowyer Carmel, IN I live very close to this proposed project and do not want the
added traffic, noise and lights there are plenty of other
places not near a neighborhood to build this
1,148.San Wad Carmel, IN Traffic nightmare. The surrounding streets cannot handle
this kind of traffic.
Keep it residential.
1,149.Jennifer Pettersen Carmel, IN
1,150.Meehan Koziura Carmel, IN This location is zoned residential and needs to remain
residential. Building any commercial or religious structure
would bring additional traffic to Shelborne and 141st, which
already cannot support the current traffic. Additionally, the
noise and light pollution would cause harm to the quiet family
neighborhoods surrounding the site.
1,151.Michael Drake Carmel, IN Property Value, Narrow Surface Streets and Traffic noise,
noise noise caused by external sourcing.
1,152.Marat Bleykhman Carmel, IN This is residential areas
1,153.Daming Wang Carmel, IN Residential and peaceful place shall be kept that way.
1,154.Judy Birt Zionsville, IN The loud speaker broadcasting call to prayer is an invasion
of my privacy as I will likely hear it on a clear day and it is an
invasion of my religious freedom. The lighting 30 feet from a
residential area would be horrible. We have been in that
situation before and it is VERY disturbing. We were forced to
move because of it . Property values would be affected for
the adjacent houses. NOT A GOOD IDEA. NOT FAIR.
1,155.Zhaoxia Xie Zionsville, IN Please keep the area residential！
1,156.Natalie Jiang East Lansing, MI
1,157.John Babcock Carmel, IN
1,158.Mariam Habib Carmel, IN
1,159.Zhilong Gong Carmel, IN
1,160.Angie Habib Carmel, IN
1,161.L P Zionsville, IN
1,162.Bishoy Habib Carmel, IN
1,163.Hanna Wu Carmel, IN
1,164.Pradeep
Karunakaran
Carmel, IN Suggested location is in the centre of carmel residentials.
Any large crowded religious/commercial establishment
would change the make up of neighbourhood for ever.
Speeding cars and traffic would make it impossible for kids
to play in the neighbourhood. I have lived in middle east and
cars parked in the (middle) of the road is a common sight
during Friday prayer time. Suggested location has 100 or so
parking spots with more than 300 as capacity for
worshippers. Soon, parking lots will be over crowded and
cars will be parked on the road, making the traffic even more
worse. This is a very bad location and I strongly oppose it.
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Name From Comments
1,165.Vamshi Konda carmel, IN City of Carmel should not re-zone and not allow any
construction which is not residential area and it should be
kept that way and it will significantly increase traffic and
other activities. I strongly oppose this construction.
1,166.Noshy Hanna Carmel, IN
1,167.Scott Bowyer Carmel, IN I live in the neighborhood down the street and do not want
the added noise, lights or traffic. Keep the area residential
1,168.Michelle Glozman Carmel, IN save residentual areas from over development
1,169.DIANA KARAS Carmel, IN
1,170.Bingqing Ji Carmel, IN
1,171.Angie Habib Carmel, IN
1,172.Brent Schaeffer Carmel, IN
1,173.Daniel Paulick Zionsville, IN
1,174.Romani Saweeros Carmel, IN
1,175.Hanaa Habib Carmel, IN
1,176.Margaret Kratky Carmel, IN
1,177.Jessica Zhang Carmel, IN Noise and traffic concerns
1,178.Jeff I Carmel, IN
1,179.Issak Habib Carmel, IN
1,180.Yunmei Huang Carmel, IN
1,181.Nathaniel DeRosa Carmel, IN
1,182.Jason Naville Carmel, IN
1,183.Evelyn Guo Carmel, IN
1,184.Yingjian You Carmal, IN Decrease property values, noise-pollution, traffic.
1,185.Frank Ke Carmel, IN
1,186.Hongzhen He Carmel, IN
1,187.Mirna Beshay Indianapolis, IN
1,188.David Elefante Zionsville, IN
1,189.Chris Gao Carmel, IN
1,190.Dave Kraft Carmel, IN
1,191.Tao Wang Carmel, IN preserve quiet residential area.
1,192.DAVID
REINHARDT
CARMEL, IN The current worships centers for other faiths are smaller,
located by schools or pre-existed before homes. This center
seems too big for the land plot , too close to existing homes
and will increase traffic. Especially if its the only center in
Carmel.
1,193.Susan Hamilton Carmel, IN I live nearby and I'm concerned about traffic and the
precedent this will set for additional re-zoning.
1,194.Katherine Ibrahim Westfield, IN
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Name From Comments
1,195.GG W Carmel, IN Safety and pollution
1,196.Santhi
Ommareddy
Carmel, IN
1,197.Harshini Musuku Carmel, IN We don’t want pollution to increase in residential area
1,198.Tom Ranch Carmel, IN
1,199.Grace Niu fishers, IN
1,200.Svetlana
Soleimani
Carmel, IN
1,201.Shiqian Zhu Carmel, IN
1,202.Dan Ranch Carmel, IN
1,203.Kate Umbach Zionsville, IN
1,204.Marina Beshay Indianapolis, IN
1,205.Mina Souryal Indianapolis, IN Decreasing noise and traffic
1,206.Sherry Labib Carmel, IN
1,207.Sabry Beshay Indianapolis, IN
1,208.Paris love Carmel, IN
1,209.Ben Shenoda Carmel, IN Its my church and dont want any thing around iy
1,210.Love Lovely Carmel, IN
1,211.Maria Awad Carmel, IN
1,212.Amy Ears Carmel, IN
1,213.Kelly LaFollette Carmel, IN
1,214.Xiangping Liu Carmel, IN should not in resident location
1,215.Love Lovely Carmel, IN
1,216.Hui-Wen Fan Noblesville, IN
1,217.Love Lovely Carmel, IN
1,218.Jason Mazza Carmel, IN Set for residential use, should stay that way.
1,219.Ping wang carmel, IN
1,220.Nardin Eskroos Carmel, IN Increases the traffic, decreases the property value and
needs to build in a different area as it will be a lot noisy and
crowded.
1,221.Steven L Carmel, IN Current roadways are not able to handle the obvious
increase in traffic at the proposed location. Any future plans
to expand and modify the single lane roads that already exist
alongside the proposed building location are nonsensical
and logistically improbable, as doing so would impinge on
people’s property.
Al Salam Foundation caters to people residing in
Indianapolis, Carmel, Zionsville, Westfield, and Noblesville.
Surely, there exists more developed infrastructure better
equipped to handle the change in traffic patterns (albeit five
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Name From Comments
1,221.Steven L Carmel, IN (continued from previous page)
times a day) in other areas in and around the surrounding
communities of which this foundation serves: see Michigan
Road alongside Zionsville and Carmel, North Meridian
Street, and 146st thru Westfield all the way to Noblesville, as
better options.
1,222.Lisa Cheng Carmel, IN Huge safety concerns
1,223.George Boles Carmel, IN area should remain residential to prevent a decline in
property value
1,224.Sunny Li Carmel, IN I live near by and concern the traffic and safety.
Commercial construction should not be built in residential
zone
1,225.Nikki Weber Carmel, IN Traffic- the area infrastructure isn’t set up to support the
volume of traffic.
1,226.Saher Tawedrous Fishers, IN
1,228.Hang Chow Carmel, IN
1,229.Brenda Ring Carmel, IN I am opposed to the noise pollution, additional lighting,
broadcast system, additional traffic, future expansion.
Please keep this a residential zoned area. There are already
accidents at this intersection and close calls with school
buses not able to make the turn. They’ve bent the Stop sign
multiple times or been hit by drivers that don’t give adequate
turning space. This would be so close to existing homes.
The west side of Carmel has changed since we moved here
almost 15 years ago. Slow down the growth!! We moved out
here because it was quiet.
1,230.Mia Wang Carmel, IN Protect Carmel
1,231.Rob Carlson Westfield, IN This area was zoned residential and should stay that way.
Changing the zoning after homes/neighborhoods have
already been established is ridiculous when there are plenty
of non-residential places to build. Noise, traffic, and the
unsightliness of this large proposed building complex will
deter our home values. Every time I pass the church across
the street from College Wood Elementary on Shelborne I
question its placement, its size and proximity to the road. It
looks out of place and sounds much smaller than the
proposed complex. I firmly object to any structure of this size
near my neighborhood.
1,232.Van Nguyen Carmel, IN The land and roads are too small, there isn’t enough room to
expand on without being intrusive to the current residents.
The new large building will be too close to many homes. I am
supportive of place for worship but this land is too small we
should find a space that can support it.
1,233.Youanas Abib Carmel, IN It is important to me because they are building a mosque
right next to our church
1,234.Ramzy Beshai Indianapolis, IN
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Name From Comments
1,235.Marly Rizkalla Carmel, IN This is not okay. Children near this location will not be able
to sleep at night. The church will be distracted the whole
time with what is going on in the mosque due to the loud
noise. This area needs to remain residential to prevent
congestion and depreciation in the neighborhoods near it. It
will also increase traffic and most importantly will be very
dangerous for an orthodox church to be placed near a
mosque.
1,236.Zach Brent Carmel, IN
1,237.Shara Dang Carmel, IN
1,238.Mina Danial Indianapolis, IN
1,239.Michael Beshai Indianapolis, IN
1,240.Youanna Hanna Carmel, IN Because I believe that it will cause too much traffic around
that area!
1,241.Angie Habib Carmel, IN
1,242.Sri Majji Carmel, IN Bringing in a Islamic Life Center comes with multiple issues
including traffic, drops in property value, and etc. An Islamic
Life Center sounds great, but isn’t ideal near 146th and
Shelbourne due to very small/narrow roads.
1,243.Abram Labib Westfield, IN
1,244.J Drake Carmel, IN Having the center in this location will increase traffic on
roads that cannot handle it. The noise pollution and
decrease in property values is not acceptable. I live near this
location and this will take away from this area being a quiet
neighorhood.
1,245.Royce Josh Westfield, IN
1,246.Ruby Yang Carmel, IN None residential buildings should not in residential area.
Tanks for your understanding
1,248.Tim Phares Carmel, IN our students do not like mosques
1,249.Pallavi Belamkar Carmel, IN Concerned about decline in property values and residential
area should remain residential.
We don't need an increase in traffic on Shelbourne
1,250.Ying He Carmel, IN
1,251.Diana Jones Carmel, IN It will be good to retain the residential feeling around the
location
1,252.Xiaoning Lin Carmel, IN
1,253.amal sedrak indianapolis, IN
1,254.Martina Farid West Covina, CA
1,255.Clara Labib Westfield, IN
1,257.AIDA DIMITRI INdiana police, IN
1,258.Max Williamson Carmel, IN
1,260.Myriam A.Carmel, IN This is a residential area, home values will drop
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Name From Comments
1,263.Stan Aksenov medford, OR I'm moving in with my family to a the place nearby. We've
chosen the are for what it is. We want it to stay that way.
1,264.Carri Simpkiss Carmel, IN I am worried about my property value going down due to
increased traffic, noise, and fear of the Islamic religion.
1,265.Rong Gan Carmel, IN
1,266.Guosheng Zhang Zionsville, IN We concern the noise, increased traffic. We big concern the
west or whole Carmel house value potential decreased.
1,267.raymond colley titus, AL because I said it is
1,268.Danhui Xie Carmel, IN
1,269.Youstina Girgis Indianapolis, IN
1,270.Annie Ramey Carmel, IN
1,271.Sarah Smith Carmel, IN Concerns about traffic, noise & light pollution as this is in the
middle of a highly residential area.
1,272.Michael Smith Carmel, IN The size of the property is insufficient to support the scope
of the project. The road is a small two lane road that can
barely accommodate the traffic from the homes in the area.
The potential for noise and light pollution, along with
increased traffic and a shift in the zoning with negatively
impact the property values in the area.
1,273.Sam Red Carmel, IN
1,274.margaret hentz carmel, IN This is totally the wrong place for a mosque. It would be in a
residential area and will disrupt the neighborhood with
increased traffic, noise. Once the mosque arrives then other
commercial institutions will come and it will become another
downtown Carmel. Brainard supports this for economic
development so this will turn this lovely residential area into
another income generating money making proposition for
Brainard.
1,275.Ed Van Carmel, IN This facility and its associated services will impair the traffic,
quietness and life of our community and children.
1,276.Steve Kosiba Carmel, IN Bad location to add another church or business. Move north
of 146th where there is a ton of land. Common sense.
1,277.Evan Yuan Carmel, IN
1,278.Brian Yuan Carmel, IN
1,279.Karen Lichtenfeld Carmel, IN No place in the middle of a residential area.
1,280.Tom Pauszek Carmel, IN Decreased home values and increased noise and traffic
1,281.Chris Wickman Carmel, IN
1,282.G Y Carmel, IN Carmel is the best area when it comes to quite and nice
family community ,this is why we choose to live in Carmel,
Commercial construction should not be built in the middle of
the residential zone.
1,283.Sarah Konrad Carmel, IN
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Name From Comments
1,284.Padma B Carmel, IN Concerns about traffic, noise & light pollution as this is in the
middle of a highly residential area.
1,286.David W.Carmel, IN Safety concern in residential areas.
1,287.R A Carmel, IN I have a concern about building such a large development
with a big facility which will include many activities will bring
too much noise, traffic and pollution in this residential area.
1,288.Denis Barker Noblesville, IN Preserve bare land. Too much concrete and asphalt.
1,289.Joshua Kronske Bozeman, MT
1,290.Frank Ke Carmel, IN
1,291.Sean Peng Carmel, IN
1,292.Xigang Li Carmel, IN
1,293.Quinn Zhang Carmel, IN
1,294.Wayne Passwater Carmel, IN
1,295.Erin Lee Carmel, IN Protection of property rights.
1,296.Xiaofei Wang Carmel, IN
1,297.Deborah
Roccaforte
Carmel, IN
1,298.Arivu
Purushothaman
Carmel, IN Do not want the residents to get affected with much traffic .
1,299.Jie Cui Carmel, IN It will affect my house value
1,300.Ann Miller Carmel, IN
1,301.Alex Kennedy Carmel, IN traffic
1,302.Monika Awad Carmel, IN
1,303.Brian Mewhinney Carmel, IN
1,304.Jun Xu Carmel, IN
1,305.XUHAO YANG CARMEL, IN increased trafic and noise will be a negative impact.
ILC should build in a non-residential zone
1,306.Hong Wang Zionsville, IN
1,307.Megan Brougher Westfield, IN
1,308.John Roberts Carmel, IN
1,309.Katie Flamion Carmel, IN
1,310.Todd Winget Zionsville, IN This is a semi rural residential area and a commercial
development would increase road traffic, noise and light
pollution that would adversely affect our environment.
1,311.Yingyi Tan Carmel, IN Keep the residential area for easy and relaxing life style.
1,312.Rhea Acharya Carmel, IN
1,313.Alisha Hiatt Carmel, IN
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Name From Comments
1,314.Mary Lappin Carmel, IN Build it by Our Lady Of Mount Carmel in open land and
commercial area. The property is too small and in a
residential area. Times up for megahouse Carmel dumping
noise pollution on smaller neighborhoods and other counties,
I.e. Airport in Boone County.
1,315.fady ehab indianapolis, IN i am concerned about the traffic congestion problems and
religious segregation problems
1,316.SATISH
GAJJALA
carmel, IN This is totally the wrong place for a mosque/church. It would
be in a residential area and will disrupt the neighborhood
with increased traffic, noise. The intersection is too
congested for something this big. Most homeowners in the
area bought homes here for the quietness and because it
was residential only. Also, this will set the wrong precedent
for additional re-zoning.
1,317.Suresh Chengalva Carmel, IN ILC is welcome to Carmel, but there are better locations for
them in our city. This particular location is very tight and is
not really suitable to taking on a lot of traffic.
1,318.Debbie Baldwin Carmel, IN Because of the impact on property values.
1,319.Ereny Zaky Carmel, IN People choose to live in Carmel because it is quite and it is a
safe place to live it, adding on that the home values in
Carmel are higher than other cities in the state which leads
this area to be home to the well educated people and people
who have high wages jobs. Building such a huge building
will certainly cause traffic and noise and eventually decrease
the home value in such a residential area. The construction
of such a building will influence the are and Carmel in
general in a negative way. Keep Carmel as it is.
1,320.Sarah McClendon Woodstock, GA I will be moving to the area at the end of the school year.
1,321.Xishun Zhang Carmel, IN
1,322.Gail Uminger Carmel, IN Too much traffic for narrow roads and in a residential area.
1,323.Kara Babcock Carmel, IN Traffic, property value
1,324.Justin Groover Carmel, IN
1,325.Alicia Weyreter carmel, IN Traffic and home value
1,326.Alaa Raphael Carmel, IN We don't need the mosque center near our church , we don't
need any problem
1,327.Christine Girgus Carmel, IN
1,328.Andrew Moore Carmel, IN
1,329.Ilya Klekovkin Carmel, IN Keep it residential as everything else around it. Period.
1,330.Jennifer Stewart Carmel, IN This land is zoned residential and we moved into the
neighborhood with that assumption. I do not want the noise
pollution, traffic and light pollution. I have 2 young children
and invariably this will increase traffic in the neighborhood
and thus my children's Safety. I hope they can find another
site more conducive for what they want to build.
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Name From Comments
1,331.Mitch Berry Carmel, IN
1,332.mlk jr Carmel, IN Stop taking away our residential area, peace, and quiet.
1,333.Paul Ayers Fishers, IN Increased noise and traffic congestion. Intersection is too
narrow to accommodate the increased density. Should stay
residential only!
1,334.Krishna Reddy Carmel, IN please consider our request and stop this construction. this
is not a right place to build because this will increase light
pollution and most of the neighborhoods lose their privacy.
As many pointed out, the lot is really not a good choice for
intended use and also will bring many negative impacts to
residents in that area especially the Overbrook Farm.
1,335.Debbie Gilly Indianapolis, IN Don't want to see what happened to Dearborn Michigan
happen here.
1,336.Rong Qi Carmel, IN
1,337.Hannah Leonard Carmel, IN It’s near where I live
1,338.John Chen Carmel, IN
1,339.Gabe Pellicone Carmel, IN I’m opposed to a very busy communative center
1,340.Yingzhuo Quan Carmel, IN
1,341.halle robinson carmel, IN
1,342.Lisa Klekovkin Carmel, IN There are many other spaces in Carmel. This 15-acre Lot is
completely surrounded by private residences.
1,343.Adi Rogozea INDIANAPOLIS, IN Safty due to increased traffic in a residential area
1,344.Dylan Fleischman noblesville, IN my girlfrind lives across the street and i dont want her to
move
1,345.D Pankiw Carmel, IN Better locations for this. Don’t increase traffic and decrease
property values with mixed zoning.
1,346.Padma
Balakrishnan
Carmel, IN
1,347.Heather Bedford Westfield, IN I personally feel the land should be used for a park or
another neighborhood. I know if I built in that neighborhood, I
wouldn't want to live 30 ft away from a mega church. I am
sure the ones who do live there wouldn't have built a home
there knowing in the future it would be 30 ft away from a
mega church since the land was zoned for residential. Why
not do something with all the empty Marsh's that already
have ton a parking. Itown church in Fishers is in a strip mall
location.
1,348.Labib Ayoub Carmel, IN I object to having such a huge compound, with various
activities, creating noise, pollution and traffic disruption in
this lovely, quiet residential area of carmel. This would cause
undesirable living situation for the neighbors and drop in
home values.
1,349.Sam Harb Westfield, IN These special uses will cause a big traffic problems in the
near future
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Name From Comments
1,350.Kailey Rogers Louisville, KY
1,351.Cory Frutiger Carmel, IN
1,352.Shenglan Zheng Carmel, IN
1,353.Hany Marzouk Indianapolis, IN we need to think wisly and keep Carmel city a uniqe city.
People selected Carmel to live in a quite and peace place. A
few years ago Carmel city had a good track and the best city
over USA, by this building Carmel in the future will be a bad
place.it will become like Moslims country in which killing,
noisy, toriresm.
please stop this constraction, because it will destroy every
thing.
1,354.Lei Liang Carmel, IN
1,355.Madhurima
Lingireddy
Zionsville, IN
1,356.Dan Huang Carmel, IN
1,357.Colin Huang Carmel, IN The house price might drop and the traffic conditions will be
worse. This should not be built close to any residential area.
1,358.Craig Robbins Carmel, IN
1,359.P Singh carmel, IN
1,360.Mona Eskander Carmel, IN I live in a resedental town, if traffic gets to be congested I will
have to move out of Carmel.
1,361.Raghava
Kamalesh
Carmel, IN
1,362.Nidhi Kamalesh Carmel, IN this has nothing to do with islamophobia - this has to do my
house being in a residential community and a large
commercial building is being built across from it - many
supporters of the mosque do not live in such close proximity.
Instead, their house is in a residential community and no
large commercial building is being built
1,363.Lisa Fitzwater Zionsville, IN The is plenty of other space where this can be built. Carmel
does not need the congestion there AT ALL.
1,364.Pankaj Gupta carmel, IN
1,365.Kelli Macy Bracho Carmel, IN I am concerned about the property value decreasing, the
noise level and the traffic issues that will arise from this
property being used as anything other than single-family
residential property. Please do not allow this property to
obtain permission for a special use. Preserving our
high-quality neighborhoods is of utmost importance to
Carmel and the surrounding area for maintaining a great
place to live, the best quality of life, and a high value to the
property. Thank you.
1,366.Erik Nelson Carmel, IN
1,367.John Zhang Carmel, IN
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Name From Comments
1,368.Jackie M.Carmel, IN This is not a matter of religion or "Not in my backyard". I see
Carmel as great work of art with all its beautiful buildings,
roundabouts and green spaces. Like a beautiful composition
why is Carmel hastily finishing the edges of West Carmel
with an ill-thought out colossal building wedged in the middle
of a peaceful residential area? Just because the city did this
once down the road doesn't make it right to make the same
mistake again. Carmel is rich in land and there is a better
piece of property for the mosque. Most other places of
worship have plenty of room that are compatible with the
surroundings. Every great designer knows over scaled or
under scaled furniture in a room is aesthetically unpleasing! I
thought Carmel paid attention to detail. Why is the ball being
dropped now? Our environment changes really fast in
Carmel and people are already grieving the land thats being
swallowed up by residential development. Our neighborhood
was blindsided by the announcement 2 days ago about this
proposal. Most people didn't check out the "Whats
happening here sign" because.....gee... its zoned residential!
Zoning laws purposely protect and maintain the character
and property values by insuring incompatible uses will be
kept apart from established neighborhoods. Zoning laws
protect neighborhoods for our use, enjoyment and quality of
life. Please help Al Salam Foundation find the right property
that coincides with their place of worship. Please vote no to
rezoning 141st and Sherborne to commercial. Please help
maintain harmony. This building is just too big for our
backyards. Thank you!
1,369.Ava Griffin Carmel, IN
1,371.alissa b carmel, IN
1,372.Ivan Bracho Carmel, IN The permission to use 14120 Shelbourne Rd for special
purpose must be stopped. Our neighborhood and
surrounding area will be negatively affected by the decline in
property values, increaded noise level, traffic and
subsequent lack of maintaining the high quality of living the
area currently posseses. Please do not allow anything to be
built on this property that does not fall under the existing
zoning requirements. Thank you.
1,373.Kevin Zhao Carmel, IN No commercial activities in residential area. Want to keep
our property value.
1,374.Marcia Barker Noblesville, IN I would like to see some bare land preserved in Hamilton
County.
1,375.Kelly Ke Carmel, IN
1,376.Suhong Xiao Carmel, IN residential zone for residential buildings only.
1,377.Gayathri Madala Carmel, IN It is in the midst of residential homes and we never expected
to have something like this so close to the home. It is going
to affect the traffic a lot and there will be several occasions
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Name From Comments
1,377.Gayathri Madala Carmel, IN (continued from previous page)
like Ramzan (Ramadan) month where festivities or
ceremonies go on continuously for a Month in the evenings
and the mornings. It will impact the traffic tremendously.
1,378.Mary Chernosky Carmel, IN Placing a commercial building in the middle of subdivisions
will lower our property value. It will also increase traffic on
these small one lane roads. That intersection is very small
and narrow to navigate with the current traffic. Please do not
devalue our property with this building.
1,379.Sara Stocking Carmel, IN
1,380.Kyle Sattison Carmel, IN
1,381.Xia Li Carmel, IN
1,382.Marin Porter Carmel, IN
1,383.Whitney Morris Carmel, IN
1,384.Irina Lysenko Carmel, IN Land is too small and too close to residential homes for such
a large establishment. I’m all for building a mosque in
Carmel but maybe in a location where there is room to grow
1,385.Nick White Carmel, IN Residential land should stay that way. I also do not want to
hear the call to pray daily
1,386.Not listed Not
listed
Carmel, IN This is residential land and should stay that way!
1,387.Jeff Schnierle Carmel, IN Needs to stay residential. Property values will decline as
surrounding areas will be less desirable to live in.
1,388.Madison Ball Carmel, IN
1,389.Shaun Grindall carmel, IN
1,390.Karuna Nallani westfield, IN Please have the mosque build further down in Shelboune
road but not over the intersection of a very busy but narrow
lanes. It will impact the traffic tremendously. Just choose
another location
1,391.Daphne Song Carmel, IN It will significantly reduce my property value.
1,392.Lauren Lindamood Carmel, IN
1,393.Bonnie Raj Carmel, IN
1,394.Jennifer Kangai Carmel, IN
1,395.Wryan Harris Carmel, IN This is residential land and would have a negative impact on
my home value
1,396.Santi Sagi Carmel, IN I live in Long Ridge Estates and I strongly oppose a mosque
in a residential area.
1,397.Larisa Enker
larisa_enker@hotmail.com
Indianapolis, IN Noise, light pollution, traffic will negatively affect the
well-being, health.
1,398.Sue Nearpass Zionsville, IN NOISE, LIGHT POLLUTION, and INCREASED TRAFFIC
will NEGATIVELY affect the well-being, health, and safety of
families already living in and around this area.
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Name From Comments
1,399.Baojin Zhu Carmel, IN This is residential area
1,400.Jie Jiang Carmel, IN
1,401.Mason Crum Carmel, IN
1,402.Karthik
Ravichandran
Carmel, IN It is not that I am against a muslim worship space. People
worked really hard to build and buy their houses in this area
and it is not fair to use religious freedom to decrease
property value. There are other places that are better suited
for this type of religious institution.
1,403.Shelly Adams Springdale, OH
1,404.Faina Kleyner Carmel, IN
1,405.Kara Byrum Carmel, IN The increased traffic without the infrastructure in place is a
big concern. Water pressure with large usage is also a
concern. The added noise also a concern. I don't understand
why such a large commercial structure might be built in the
middle of residential neighborhoods.
1,406.Pragathi Kotha Carmel, IN
1,407.Bhavin Kukadia Carmel, IN
1,408.Jon Haskell Carmel, IN My home is directly across the street from this development.
I do not want to see 1/4 mile of a large non-residential
building, parking lots with lighting and likely increased traffic
thru out the day and night. This site is surrounded by other
residential structures and such a development is totally
incongruous with the area.
1,409.Jenish Kukadia Carmel, IN
1,410.Thomas
Gastineau
Carmel, IN
1,411.B Mitchell Carmel, IN The news outlets and the ILC are misleading viewership and
others in the community/state to believe that this is an issue
of freedom of religion. And that those of us who actually live
here in the neighborhoods surrounding Shelborne and 141st
don’t want a Mosque here because we are all uneducated
bigots and are afraid of diversity. The news stories also are
showing the drawn construction plans of the ILC which look
as though this structure would be placed in the middle of an
open field with nothing around it but nature. No one is
showing the real truth which is this is a huge complex
including a parking lot that is being crammed into a small
residential space which will completely back up directly
against existing homes and small farms. I find it interesting
that none of those are pictured. They are also not talking
about the small four way stop and two way roads that
surround this corner that can barely handle the current
residential traffic let alone the additional cars from at least
350 members at this time with the plan to increase that
number. Because people outside the community who have
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Name From Comments
1,411.B Mitchell Carmel, IN (continued from previous page)
never been to or seen this location want to turn this into an
emotional and religious battle those of us who actually live
here need to stand up and speak the truth. The real issue is
the proposed structure is too big for the land they are
considering and the supporting infrastructure to handle. It
doesn’t matter what it is. A Mosque and Life Center are
welcome here in the Carmel Community however this is not
the place for it. There is plenty of land in Carmel available to
fit their needs without completely overwhelming a small
residential community.
1,412.Drake Crum Carmel, IN I don’t want it there
1,413.Averie Junkersfeld Carmel, IN
1,414.Miles Ehret Carmel, IN I feel that it is disrespectful
1,415.Leah Jarrett Carmel, IN
1,417.Arif Jalil Fisher, IN Equal right
1,418.Leah Burkhardt Carmel, IN Not enough land or proper infrastructure in place to support
such a large facility. Concerned for neighborhoods
surrounding the proposed structure. This is a residential
area, not commercial.
1,419.Jayme Henchon Carmel, IN
1,420.Yating Jiang Carmel, IN
1,421.Bridget
Palathingal
Carmel, IN I oppose building a commercial building in a quiet residential
area. This building is just 30 feet away from houses in
overbrook farms. Property value will suffer.
1,422.David Farahan Carmel, IN Residential neans residential.
1,423.BRUCE
BALDWIN
Carmel, IN
1,424.Anuradha
Yarrapotu
Carmel, IN
1,425.Chunling Yang Carmel, IN I live in the next block and I strongly oppose a commercial
building in a residential area. It's too close to the residential
homes and will destroy the safe and quiet residential area.
1,426.Prathusha Kamma Carmel, IN It’s too close for the residential homes and would increase
traffic in quite residential area
1,427.Felicia Williams Carmel, IN The increase in traffic, the potential to lower home values,
the possibility of widening of the road to accommodate
traffic, and the broad scope of this proposed center and its
outlying buildings is too much for a residential neighborhood.
Why can they not find a location that is already zoned for
commercial? It makes sense to use land that is designed
and designated for higher traffic and other secondary issues
than squeezing it into a residential neighborhood.
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Name From Comments
1,428.Purush
Nammalwar
Carmel, IN This is a residential area. A large community center of this
size and operational scale would not fit into this tiny parcel of
land. This will end up creating a bottle neck for traffic for
those folks who live north west of the Shelborne & 141st
intersection.
1,429.Qian Zhu Indianapolis, IN
1,430.Alexan wanis carmel, IN
1,431.Vineela P Carmel, IN
1,432.Ronghai Wang Carmel, IN This will reduce future Carmel city tax income, as well as
reduce property value nearby.
1,433.Saravanan Selvan Carmel, IN Site not suitable for proposed development.
1,434.Bob L Carmel, IN The available area is too small to accommodate the center
(ILC). It is a residential area, and the traffic and noise
problems will be a great nuisance for the nearby
subdivisions. Such addition would decrease the value of our
properties. They say it will be only each Friday from 1-2:30
PM, and Ramadan from 9-10 PM. But, they do not tell that
Ramadan lasts a month. So, it will be a nightmare to drive
there with an expected additional 350+ car traffic daily (or
even twice a day in the Ramadan month); and it's on a very
small residential road and tiny intersection. 2:30 PM is
exactly the time to
drive to Creekside Midle School to pick our kids up.
Creekside middle school is just a block away on Shelborne
Road. It will be a nightmare to get there and our kids will
suffer! The ILC talks about picnic areas on the property...
90% of fires were started by humans. So, it is also a fire
safety issue. There are other much bigger areas that are
available in Carmel. Let ILC build their
center there. For instance, they can get a huge parcel of land
next to the Carmel Town Hall. I will warmly welcome such
construction of an ILC building there. There are many other
undeveloped areas in Carmel. It is on national news already.
But, the majority of those people who support the
construction of the center do not live in the neighborhood.
They think only about religion, but this is not a question
about religion. This is the issue about the comfort of about
500 single family households surrounding the possible ILC
center location. Those "supporters" from other states do not
think about the local households, which will be affected by
the construction. The ILC has another center in Fishers, just
next to Carmel. Why do they need another? The ILC folk is
very proactive. You see they have even involved the national
news outlets to attract more supporters from other states.
This is alarming!
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Name From Comments
1,435.Monier Girguis Carmel, IN Big concern of traffic jam. 141 street is very narrow road,
and can not accommodate big structures such as this.
The area will be depreciated from the incoming population to
this center. Furthermore, it is high risk with the fanatic
Muslims coming from various counties.
Please don't approve it, and let the Carmel people live in
Peace and quite area.
The mayor shoild understand that this is big disturbance to
our community, and should not be open for discussions.
1,436.Jean-pierre
Fartouh
Carmel, IN
1,437.Ching Li Carmel, IN
1,438.Iris Goldberg Carmel, IN
1,439.Shu Xu Carmel, IN
1,440.Denise Burdette Carmel, IN This is a residential area and zoned for residential for a
reason. This area could not support the traffic this building
would create. This has nothing to do with religion for me and
is getting blown out of proportion. I would oppose anything
other than homes in this area. I live down the street from the
proposed location. There are plenty of other spots already
zoned properly for this building and more suited for the traffic
flow. What about the people right there that purchased their
homes thinking that this would be a residential area.
1,441.Michael Klauz Carmel, IN This will increase traffic and noise in the area. Residential
area should remain residential.
1,442.Qiuling Shan Zionsville, IN
1,443.Chitti A Carmel, IN We OPPOSE the special use application of the residential
property at 141st & Shelbourne to build the life center (LC).
We live in the nearby Long Ridge Estates and already face
some speeding issues as some people drive above 25 mph.
We always have to keep a close eye on the kids while they
are out. I am sure a lot of parents on main street of Long
Ridge estates share the same concern.
With the construction of LC, more pass-through traffic is
inevitable as the 141st & Shelbourne intersection becomes
congested or traffic is redirected due to events at the LC.
The roads within our community that are meant to be safer,
will get out control once it starts being used as a regular
street. Such centers in the interior neighborhoods with
narrow streets should not be approved.
1,444.Bhanu Karedla Carmel, IN This will increase traffic and the intersection is too small to
accommodate. There is no grocery store in 5 mile radius to
allow the residential nature, how come this is acceptable?
1,445.Vladimir Bandoim Zionsville, IN no LC in residential area
1,446.Peter Hentz Carmel, IN I live 100 yards away.
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Name From Comments
1,447.Vini K Carmel, IN This is not about any religion and it is being blown out of
proportion. A center like that among residential
neighborhoods with narrow roads will lead to traffic influx
and will raise safety concerns. Also it is not fair for the
residents who are investing so much of their hard earned
money to buy their dream homes and to have public parking
right in their backyards. Please do take into consideration of
all the reasonable comments posted below too.
1,448.Hai Zhang Carmel, IN
1,449.John Bailey Carmel, IN
1,450.Kiran K Carmel, IN Strongly opposing the special re-zoning of the corner of
141st and Shelbourne road to build Islamic Life Center.
Building such a place will bring in more traffic and strangers
into our backyard. I oppose this.
1,451.Lucia Girgsi Carmel, IN Many Muslims members from various cities may join the
center this may include the safety of our family or kids which
I really worry about.
1,452.Lilly zhang Carmel, IN
1,453.Mary
Rozembajgier
Carmel, IN I live near the potential site and it would make the area very
busy
1,454.Nath A Carmel, IN
1,455.Jaya Katta Carmel, IN I live very close to the prosed structer. We don’t want any
non-residential structures in this area as this area is suitably
for residential use only. It’s nothing to do with religion, I
would oppose any kind of nonresidential contruction in this
area. It is very quite and peaceful neighborhood and we dont
want to miss that.
1,456.Shaojuan Jia Zionsville, IN
1,457.Taylor Dasher Carmel, IN We live right by this proposed construction. We moved here
specifically for the consistent rural character of the
neighborhood. And this complex would gut that.
1,458.Masumi Prasad Carmel, IN My family moved here because it is an area with no traffic
and little crowd. The media is making it seem like it is a
matter of Islamophobia, but it’s a matter of zoning. I
personally know people that will be attending this mosque.
Many of them are coming from out of Carmel, so they don’t
know what it will be like with traffic conditions and light
pollution for the people that live here. Show you care for both
the residents that live here as well as the Muslim community
by finding another place for them to worship! I am all for the
ILC, but many of the people coming to the ILC are from
residential areas who do not have such a structure being
built there. In addition, what about the traffic conditions.
Indiana weather is highly complicated and can cause
serious visibility issues. Suppose you have hundreds of
people entering or leaving an area where there are not
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1,458.Masumi Prasad Carmel, IN (continued from previous page)
adequate ways of dealing with traffic. Car accidents are
bound to happen! Finally, the argument is diversity isn’t it?
One building gets made and then many more follow, and this
will cause people to want to move out. The mayor is all for
this project so he has the ability to move the mosque to a
more comfortable location for EVERYONE. Please contact
him and voice your concerns.
1,460.Kristine Crum Carmel, IN I feel the land should only be used for residential purposes. I
enjoy my very quiet neighborhood free from an over
abundance of traffic.
1,461.Not Listed Carmel, IN Residential area should stay residential
1,462.M P Carmel, IN Peace and quiet.
1,463.Lavanya
Bandaram
Carmel, IN Residential area should remain residential
1,464.Kate Hay Carmel, IN Peace and quiet
1,465.Kate May Carmel, IN I live near it.
1,466.Kate Jay Carmel, IN I just moved here and like the peace and quiet and no traffic.
1,467.Jake Hall Carmel, IN Traffic concerns.
1,468.Reg Johnson Carmel, IN This area is residential and in able to accommodate the
added traffic this type of facility would bring.
The lights will be shining right into the bedrooms of the
families that live close to the parking lot.
None of the drawings show how close this will be to existing
homes.
Please keep this as residential only.
1,469.Haider Raza Brentwood, TN
1,470.Chuo Jin Carmel, IN not another revoking, keep residential as is. I need a quiet
and beautiful community.
1,471.David R.Carmel, IN Keep it residential and quit the high density building!
1,472.Christina Reister Carmel, IN Keep residential zoned for residential use. We do not want a
giant building & parking lot located here amongst our homes.
1,473.Veronica Claxton Fishers, IN
1,474.Justin
Hollingsworth
Carmel, IN I
1,475.Jey Balakrishnan Carmel, IN Too much traffic and. Lot of noises and disruptive to the
neighborhood
1,476.Cassie & Cory
Reiter
Carmel, IN It is zoned residential & thats why people purchased homes
in the area. No ILC/Church or other use there.
I sure hope it doesnt end up like the other church on
shelborne south of 126th street that has been an eyesore for
years since its still not completed!
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1,477.Ann Watson Carmel, IN The location of this proposed development sits in the middle
of an area zoned for residential/rural use. Let the ILC find an
area that is already zoned for its purpose and that has the
infrastructure to support it. Its presence would negatively
impact our neighborhoods.... noise, congested traffic, light
pollution, lower property values, to name a few. I understand
that the ILC has additional phases planned for this location.
Are these going to be taken into consideration and made
public? Not to reveal ILC's total plans would be
disingenuous. We have chosen to live in this area because
of its residential nature and current zoning status. To make
an exception to the zoning law for a development of such
magnitude would make these protective laws absolutely
meaningless. Do the right thing and deny this Special Use
application.
1,478.Kara Wang Westfield, IN Zoning issue
1,479.George Girgis Carmel, IN
1,480.Becky Baker Carmel, IN
1,481.Joe Brickel Carmel, IN
1,482.Hari Tanguturi Carmel, IN
1,483.Samy Seifein Indianapolis, IN Trafic will be so busy in this area.
1,484.Samah Tadros Indianapolis, IN Traffic will be so busy in this area.
1,485.Ester Hanna Carmel, IN Keep it residential, no special use for any special group
1,486.Marci Fedorcha Carmel, IN
1,487.Jehan Boles Carmel, IN
1,488.pavan Addepalle Carmel, IN If this happens there will be a huge impact to property value.
If you want to help people to migrate out of Carmel into
Westfield please do so. More power to the WestField then.
1,489.vladimir ilyin carmel, IN Noise,increase traffic,affect the well being,health
1,490.Seth Metzinger Carmel, IN Keep it residential because of all the other homes around.
No need to bring a commercial building and traffic into this
area!
1,491.Xiao Luo Carmel, IN
1,492.Yeouli Chu Indpls, IN Will not be easy to visit friend. May generate noise too. It is
prefer to be a residential area rather than mixed.
1,493.Vadim Averbukh Indianapolis, IN
1,494.Mali Wu Carmel, IN
1,495.Angela Rosio Zionsville, IN I want to be on the right side of history someday...for my
children.
1,496.Tong Zhang Zionsville, IN This will potentially bring more people from outside to the
community. Safety, noise, and property devaluation are the
main concerns
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Name From Comments
1,497.Celine Harb Westfield, IN It will be more noisy, night traffic , negative impacts on our
residential community...
1,498.Jack Hensley Avon, AZ
1,499.Wenjun Zhang Carmel, IN My home is close to this area, and I believe the re-zoning
and building of ILC will greatly increase traffic and disturb
the peace and safety of the neighborhood.
1,500.Elizabeth Schmidt Plainfield, IN It’s important to mget friend- therefore it’s important to me.
1,501.Xiaoming Wang Wilton, CT Even now I live in CT, but I spent my 10 yrs in West carmel
around that area. Really nice neighborhood and quiet place.
So I can totally understand why people are opposing this.
This gonna greatly affect people daily life with heavy traffic ,
noise and other challenges they do not have now. This
neighborhood can not support big development like this.
1,502.Weiqing Jiang Carmel, IN
1,503.Yong Jiang Carmel, IN
1,504.Brian Ploss Westfield, IN Too much activity so close to Residential areas.
1,505.Gregory Gurevich Las Vegas, NV
1,506.Jing Li Carmel, IN Keep it residential because of all the other homes around.
No need to bring a commercial building and traffic into this
area!
1,507.Brandi Herbert Carmel, IN Too crowded of an area.
1,508.Moussa Tadros Fishers, IN I take this way everyday to work. It is a very nice residential
area it should stay this way it very hard to drive through
working days because steerts are very narrow. It will be very
hard to drive if you built something like that. Lots of noise,
very bad traffic.
1,509.Xianjun Zhang Carmel, IN
1,510.Jenny Y Carmel, IN Remain quite and safe residential area
1,511.. Nevin Bekhit Carmel, IN Traffic, noise. This is a residential area you shoud keep it
this way.
1,512.Baher Tawedrous Fishers, IN
1,513.Mamdouh Makar Fishers, IN
1,514.Aghabi Salama Westfield, IN
1,515.Guihong Qi Carmel, IN
1,516.Youssef Youssef Westfield, IN
1,517.sukumar bollineni carmel, IN I am really worried about the proposed rezoning and
development of this location for a special use in the middle
of a residential area.
My family and I are really worried about the high traffic
volume of trucks/bigger vehicles throughout the year in the
middle of a residential area to cater the many needs of the
proposed ILC. It is to be noted with concern that the safety
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Name From Comments
1,517.sukumar bollineni carmel, IN (continued from previous page)
and mobility of the kids in the nearby communities as well as
in the Creek side Middle school, Collegewood elementary
and WestClay elementary schools will be affected negatively
due to increased traffic. Also, I expect that there would be a
revenue loss to the City of Carmel as well as to the home
owners due to dip in the property values.
It would be beneficial in many ways for the community as
well as for the ILC to move the proposed construction to a
location that can provide bigger open space, easy road
access and away from the residential zone.
Please feel free to contact me if needed.
Thanks for making and keeping the City of Carmel as one of
the best place to live and raise a family.
Please help us to keep it that way.
1,518.Michelle You Carmel, IN because i don’t want it near my home
1,519.Cecil Hanna Indianapolis, IN
1,520.Dea Walls Carmel, IN
1,521.Ereen Mikhael Carmel, IN It will cause too much traffic around the area!
1,522.X Z Carmel, IN Residence area should not be rezoning. AntiRezoning!
1,523.Eid Abib Carmel, IN Will cause too much traffic!
1,524.Deniece Witt Westfield, IN
1,525.Jenny Lee Carmel, IN
1,526.TG Kim indianapolis, IN traffic...
1,527.Sarah M Carmel, IN This property should remain zoned as residential only! There
are many other parcels of land in Carmel or the other nearby
cities that should already be zoned for this type of building
and would be better suited for the ILC. Building at this
proposed location would dramatically compromise the look
and feel of the current quiet residential area and negatively
affect property values for all the nearby neighborhoods.
1,528.A White Zionsville, IN I say no to this special use application
1,529.Heeyeon Wampler Zionsville, IN
1,530.Son Byeon Carmel, IN
1,531.Nancy Messiha Carmel, IN
1,532.Scott M Carmel, IN This property should remain zoned as residential. Many
other areas in Carmel to develope this type of structure.
1,533.Johm Robnson Carmel, IN I raise three concerns regarding the proposal of the salam
foundation.
1. It will cause heavy traffic from a big center at narrow
street
2. It may bring many unwanted people to the area
3. May disturb the area and turn it into noisy environment.
Please do not approve this disturbing project
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Name From Comments
1,534.Angela Gallagher Carmel, IN This is zoned residential.
1,535.GAry Crull Carmel, IN We want residential in the area that was one for residential
and bought our house to be away from distractions. We not
want to hear and have speakers blaring out 5 time a day as
sound carries and is disruptive to our life style. We
addamently oppose this development and zoning variance
1,536.Sandy Tawfik westfield, IN Because the construction and the noise will hight effect the
residential area and will effect the elementary school that is
near by. The kids will be effected with the noise that will be
in the construction and the pollution that will be coming from
it. As a baby sitter that goes pick her kids from school
construction make this part very hard and construction noise
also make my kids and all the kids in the school terrified.
Also after the building is being done traffic will be very
problematic with the school and the residential area. A big
activity building for the youth should not be in a residential
area such 141st and Shelborne Rd it would be better if it is
on bigger streets and non residential area.
1,537.Scott Gallagher Carmel, IN Don’t want the added traffic, noise and this is residential
area.
1,538.Harini
Ravichandran
Carmel, IN I
1,539.Kelly Michael Carmel, IN
1,540.Mary Crull Carmel, IN Want bought our home for the privacy to be away from
distractions. We do not want to hear speaker 5 time a day .
This was zoned for residential and should remain residential.
We oppose this zoning variance
1,541.Senthilvadivu
Ravichandran
Carmel, IN This is not the right area to build any structure that would
bring people all over Indiana and would cause too much
traffic.
1,542.Teggie Rogers Carmel, IN
1,543.Shahenaz
Abdelmalek
Fishers, IN
1,544.Lee RAmey Carmel, IN
1,545.J Baird Carmel, IN Decreased property values , this is detrimental to traffic and
safety and property values . Put it in brainards back yard !
Who would want this in your back yard - NO ONe !
1,546.Yubai Meng Camel, IN We need our area pice!
1,547.Alba Gauttieri Carmel, IN
1,548.Sucai Dong Carmel, IN
1,549.Kathy S Carmel, IN I have lived along Shelborne Rd for over 17 years. The
amount of growth in traffic in the past four has been
astonishing and at certain times of the day safety is a
concern while turning onto Shelborne. A non-residential
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Name From Comments
1,549.Kathy S Carmel, IN (continued from previous page)
building with significant additional traffic is not what is
needed or wanted at 141 St and Shelborne Rd.
1,550.Alexa Trogadis Indianapolis, IN
1,551.Cathy Habegger Fishers, IN
1,552.Creatin Andrews Carmel, IN
1,553.Sherif Andrews Carmel, IN
1,554.Tom Leonard Carmel, IN The single greatest investment most people make beyond
raising their children, is their home. Choosing to build a
home nearly 10 years ago within seconds of 141st and
Shelborne was an easy decision given that it was one of the
few remaining areas in Carmel designated solely for
residential use. The appeal of a safe, low traffic area that
maintained one of the last stands of the standards of what
Carmel was built an, made for an easy choice to build here.
This has been a place that we have been able to teach our
kids what drive and hard work can achieve. A tranquil, safe
place that creates a step away from the hectic pace
associated with traffic and non-residential use. All of which is
at risk now and all the reason why this should be placed in
an area zoned for this type of use. There was a reason our
plan commission zoned this residential some years ago. We
can only hope that their work and legacy was for not. Not to
mention, how the owners of the home and property
immediately across the street to the South must feel. Years
ago we saw their property with a for sale sign posted, so
they are not the original owners. However, I can't imagine
what purchasing a dream peoperty like this is like, when u
realize the dream is turning into a nightmare. It would be
great and refreshing to see our local elected government
step up and do the right thing.
1,555.Marina Andrews Carmel, IN
1,556.Meggi Rodzik
Wojtunik
Carmel, IN
1,557.Thomas Crocetti Kirksville, MO
1,558.Itzel Flores Fishers, IN
1,559.Melanie Kerr Carmel, IN This is a residential area and should stay that way.
1,560.Hae sun Suk Carmel, IN
1,561.Isaac Bell Carmel, IN
1,562.Dhruv Biswas Carmel, IN
1,563.olivia price carmel, IN
1,564.wendy liu Carmel, IN
1,565.LILIA ARBUZOVA Brooklyn, NY It is clearly described in the letter. Please do not make
residents' life miserable.
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Name From Comments
1,566.Brad F Carmel, IN
1,567.Angel Khalil Noblesville, IN NOISE, LIGHT POLLUTION, and INCREASED TRAFFIC
will NEGATIVELY affect the well-being, health, and safety of
families already living in and around this area.
1,568.Simon Samaan Noblesville, IN It will be NOISE, LIGHT POLLUTION, and INCREASED
TRAFFIC will NEGATIVELY affect the well-being, health,
and safety of families already living in and around this area.
1,569.Alana Blumberg Carmel, IN
1,570.Max Renay-Lopes Carmel, IN
1,571.Carri Simpkiss Carmel, IN This area is zoned as residential and should remain that way
to preserve neighborhood and property values.
1,572.jayadev Lattupally Carmel, IN Being a residential area it is not advised to have a mosque
because of huge traffic problem to the around neighborhood.
1,573.Sebastian
Borkowski
Carmel, IN
1,574.Naresh Sekar Carmel, IN The area is considered residential. Having a ILC will cause
traffic hardship and property value to decrease. It will cause
hardship for the nearby schools.
1,575.Victoria Villamin Carmel, IN I am opposed to this because this corner, and it's immediate
surrounding vicinity, are purely residential. We moved to this
area 4 years ago because we liked the fact that it was
almost rural, there was very little traffic, and there was
nothing commercial in the area. I would like it to stay that
way. I don't want to look out my window and see a parking
lot, heavy traffic, or a large building. I want to see trees,
grass, fields, houses, and kids riding bikes. I want to
continue to hear the coyotes howl and the owls hoot at night
and listen to the birds chirp and my neighbors rooster
crowing in the morning. Please let this area stay as it is.
1,576.Susmita Singh Carmel, IN
1,577.Jennifer Carman Zionsville, IN
1,578.Deb Kauffman Carmel, IN Using land for non-residential will draw a lot more traffic and
non-local individuals to the area and disrupt peaceful
communities.
1,579.Girish Pillai Carmel, IN Concerned about rezoning, invreased traffic, tricks, kids
safety. House value will go down. Need the calm and quiet
atmosphere of residential neighborhoods.
1,580.Anwar Ashraf Carmel, IN
1,581.Elaine Yi Carmel, IN Such a big building with worship function should be built in
business district not in residential area.
1,582.Tony Page Carmel, IN
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Name From Comments
1,583.Kaye Fink Carmel, IN This is strictly a residential area. Why is this even under
consideration? It would obviously disturb the tranquility of
the area and cause devaluation of area homes. We have
lived in Carmel for over thirty years. We moved here to be
able to enjoy the country setting so close to the city. If you
allow this to happen, you are chipping away at the
"essence"' of Carmel.
1,584.Kelly Masin Carmel, IN We don't need any more development out here. Leave some
green space. Please!
1,585.Jon Masin Carmel, IN We have enough development out here. Leave some green
space. Please.
1,586.Laura Chen Carmel, IN
1,587.Chunheng Eang Carmel, IN Will have negative impact to my property
1,588.Ashleigh Masin Carmel, IN
1,589.H S Carmel, IN In addition to concerns mentioned in other posts, a mosque,
per required religious practices, will have call to prayer 5
times a day (starting at dawn) in loud speakers. Each call is
about 5 minutes of singing prayer loud. This will be a HUGE
disturbance to all the residents in the area.
1,590.Olivia Rindfuss Carmel, IN I live very close to where this will be built and I do not want
the extra traffic & light pollution, there’s is plenty of available
land right near this plot that is not surrounded by homes
1,591.Samia Mekhael Carmel, IN
1,592.Eva Zaky Carmel, IN
1,593.Amee Cherubini Carmel, IN Leave some green space. We don’t need more traffic.
1,594.Kui Xu Fishers, IN For residential buildings only. There is plenty of land in
Carmel available to fit this life center without completely
overwhelming a small residential community.
1,595.Edward Matthew Carmel, IN
1,596.Tim Sheehan Carmel, IN
1,597.Bre Sheehan Carmel, IN
1,598.Tom Wiltrout Carmel, IN This area was zoned residential for a reason and should
remain residential. It’s the reason I purchased in this area
and it would be an insult to Carmel residents to have it
changed. I would not look fondly on those elected officials
who would allow this to pass.
1,599.Claire Rezkalla Indianapolis, IN
1,600.Christioher
Warner
Carmel, IN
1,601.Jyoti Sarda Carmel, IN
1,602.Deepika
Vuppalanchi
Carmel, IN Too small of an intersection to accommodate additional
traffic
1,603.Jan Meeks Carmel, IN
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Name From Comments
1,604.Sally Burton Carmel, IN
1,605.Wyatt Toste carmel, IN Churches on the other hand do exhibit certain potentially
positive externalities. Thomas et al., (1996) concluded that
neighborhood churches are amenities that enhance
residential property values because they create positive
externalities such as a symbol of morality and serving as a
hub of commercial activities that draws people together for
worship and socials; providing peace in the form of a respite
from commercial and family concerns; operating schools
ranging from day-care for children and aged, secondary and
vocational, and in some cases, a university.
A study on externalities by Do et al., (1994) used information
on 469 single-family residential dwellings sold in
metropolitan Chula, Vista, California gathered between
January 1991 and September 1992, to test the null
hypothesis that proximity to a church building has no effects
on residential property values. Using a standard hedonic
pricing model, the study produced a regression equation for
the natural logarithm of selling price in terms of externalities
variables of distance and distance squared as follows:
Ln(PSi) = ....+ 0.6008*DISTi(10-4) – 3.5346*DISTi2(10-8)
................... (i)
A significant positive value of the coefficient of DISTi in the
resultant model (significant at the 5% level), and negative
coefficient of DISTi2 (also significant at the 1% level)
suggests that neighborhood churches exhibit negative
externalities on single-family house price with selling price of
a home increasing with increased distance from a church
building. Results indicate the effect of churches on sales
price is negative up to approximately 850 feet.
1,607.Isabela W Carmel, IN The call to prayer (5 times daily) is a public disturbance to
the community. In addition to this the area should remain
residential, because this building would decrease property
value.
1,608.Shobha Nadagatti Carmel, IN Need a peaceful neighborhood
1,609.Erin Wang Carmel, IN
1,610.T Hindman Carmel, IN
1,612.Bernie Wang Carmel, IN
1,613.Yuping Zhou Carmel, IN Against rezonning
1,614.Rinku Sehgal Carmel, IN
1,615.Mike Logan Carmel, IN
1,616.Datian Lin Carmel, IN
1,617.Blaine B.Carmel, IN This land was zoned residential for a reason. Congestion,
quality or life, and land value will be negatively impacted for
those that have been in and around the site for years. There
is no place for this in the middle of a residential area. Based
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Name From Comments
1,617.Blaine B.Carmel, IN (continued from previous page)
on disturbances to the community, there are other places in
other counties to consider.
1,618.Qin Sun Carmel, IN Residential area is for single family houses. Why We paid
premium price to buy the house here is to enjoy the green
and peace., not the noise, light pollution, traffics. There are
plenty of areas for public buildings. Why is it even
considered to build it in a residential area? Please leave the
green and peace for the kids, the neighborhoods!!
1,619.Lei Fu Carmel, IN
1,620.Nancy Meek Carmel, IN We are a Judeo Christian country and to put a huge Islamist
mosque in the center of our thriving community is not
appropriate. They say they only have 150 members. If so,
they don’t need a huge mosque. Who is putting up the
money for this property?
1,621.Ghada Tawfik Indianapolis, IN We need to keep this area residential and quiet These
Islamic centers will be very noisy due to the different
activities that will be in
-thank you for ur understanding
1,622.Gautham
Bavandla
Carmel, IN
1,623.Jennifer Wise Carmel, IN We purchased a home in this neighborhood because of light
traffic, pollution and noise. This center would threaten that
especially with the extra acreage for expansion.
1,624.James Wise Carmel, IN
1,625.Sha Cao Carmel, IN
1,626.Poula Hanna Indianapolis, IN
1,627.Nasim S.Carmel, IN This is a residential area and zoned for residential for a
reason. This area could not support the traffic this building
would create. This has nothing to do with religion for me and
is getting blown out of proportion. I would oppose anything
other than homes in this area. There are plenty of other
spots already zoned properly for this building and more
suited for the traffic flow. What about the people right there
that purchased their homes thinking that this would be a
residential area.
1,628.Jo Marimuthu carmel, IN I wanted my neighborhood to remain residential and like to
take my family for a walk in peaceful surroundings without
fear of traffic and strangers. It is not appropriate have
building where huge gathering (cultural program, wedding,
School/Classes) takes place more frequently and it becomes
public nuisance in many ways.
1,629.Ujwala Guduru carmel, IN Not interested to get commercially active facility close to
neighborhood area.
1,630.Emy George Carmel, IN
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Name From Comments
1,631.Krystal Slivinski Carmel, IN
1,632.Maddie Shaffner Whitestown, IN
1,633.Taha BenSaad Carmel, IN This property should remain zoned as residential only! There
are many other land in Carmel or the other nearby cities like
Westfield that should already be zoned for this type of
building and would be better suited for the ILC. I support
building Islamic center, but not in this location, they have
have to find the perfect location of it.
1,634.Jessy Z Carmel, IN This is strictly a residential area. Why is this even under
consideration? It would obviously disturb the tranquility of
the area and cause devaluation of area homes. We have
lived in Carmel for over thirty years. We moved here to be
able to enjoy the country setting so close to the city. If you
allow this to happen, you are chipping away at the
"essence"' of Carmel.This is a residential area and zoned for
residential for a reason. This area could not support the
traffic this building would create. This has nothing to do with
religion for me and is getting blown out of proportion. I would
oppose anything other than homes in this area. There are
plenty of other spots already zoned properly for this building
and more suited for the traffic flow. What about the people
right there that purchased their homes thinking that this
would be a residential area.
1,635.Anu Ganith Carmel, IN We moved to carmel 3 years ago, a retired couple with a 92
year old Mother who lived with us since 1976. I walk 4 miles
every day to enjoy scenery, trees, listen to birds and water
fountains. Plant more trees. Avoid buildings to create more
pollution and risk of riots. Residential should remain
residential to maintain property value plus health restoration
plus safe environment for the children in our community. You
zoned it residential. People had faith in you and built their
retirement homes. How can you take the joy out of the
departing senior souls? My mother enjoyed carmel so much
for 2 1/2 years and just passed. Please spare Carmelites!
1,636.maya metry indianapolise, IN we need to keep this area residential and quite- these
Islamic centers will be very noise due to the different
activities that will be in-
thank you for ur understanding.
1,637.Vishnuprasad
Yelthimar
Zionsville, IN
1,638.Ray Zhao Carmel, IN residential zone for residential buildings only.
1,639.Nermeen Ibrahim Carmel, IN We don’t need more traffic and this area is resident area not
business area
1,640.Mena Morcos Carmel, IN I feel as a person nearby not having it will keep me safe
1,641.Donia Beshir Westfield, IN
1,642.Ahila Neshan Carmel, IN Residential zone should residential area. Thank you
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Name From Comments
1,643.Amy Ade Carmel, IN
1,644.Pu Huang Carmel, IN My family has lived in Carmel for 8 years. We love our
neighborhood and want it stay peaceful. The proposed
building will bring a lot more traffic and noise to our area.
1,645.Jessica Bolous Winnipeg, Canada
1,646.Am K Carmel, IN
1,647.J K Carmel, IN
1,648.Jason Domalewski Carmel, IN
1,649.Remon Mina Carmel, IN This is not safe.
Too much noise.
Will lessen our property value .
They chosed this spot to annoy the new church at Shelborne
street.
1,650.Hanan
Abdelmasseh
Carmel, IN Carmel is a quite neighborhood, this will affect the whole
atmosphere and quality as it should stay as a residential
area . The presence of this center will not keep me and my
children safe any more . And it will decrease the value of the
property.
1,651.Stefanie Perni Zionsville, IN
1,652.Laura Tomase Cherry hill, NJ
1,653.Peter Karas carmel, IN
1,654.Eugene Kontarzhy Carmel, IN
1,655.Fnu Sanna Carmel, IN It will effect the property price, safety, increase traffic and
increase the noise.
1,656.Sunil Mummaneni Carmel, IN
1,657.liza hannna fairview, NJ
1,658.Minu Philipose Carmel, IN
1,659.David Samuel Carmel, IN I totally disagree as it affects the well-being, safety of
families.
1,660.Lid Kharkat Carmel, IN Well being for surrounded neighborhoods
1,661.Mary Rose Carmel, IN Traffic, Lighting, Noise in a residential neighborhood. We do
not want or need this here near our homes.
1,662.Anil Rao Indianapolis, IN
1,663.H Pankiw Mishawaka, IN The long term proposed plan of the ILC is going to be a 15
acre complex including amenities that will be bringing
members and others from throughout the state and abroad
to it seven days a week. This will cause a huge influx of
regular traffic into this small residential space which will
have a detrimental effect on the environment and the way of
life of the people who live here. The proposed design plans
to place a parking lot within 30 feet of the back yards of
multiple private residences. These parking lots will have
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Name From Comments
1,663.H Pankiw Mishawaka, IN (continued from previous page)
lights that will shine directly into these people’s homes all
night long. There will also be a sound system sending out a
call to prayer five times a day. It is so hard to understand
how the mayor and the zoning board can be ok with the
potential negative impacts on the current residents lives. My
hope is that the quality of life and the rights of the existing
residents will not be overlooked and infringed upon just
because an appeal has been made by a religious group. The
area was zoned residential and those who live here based
their decision to buy and build their homes on a plan that the
city of Carmel and the mayor proposed. It is time for the
zoning board and mayor Brainard to uphold that plan. It
would be in the best interest to find a win/ win for all
involved. Leave the area in question as residential as it was
intended and has been developed and help the Al Salam
Foundation find a commercially zoned parcel of land that will
meet their needs, allow them to grow, provide them easy
and adequate road access that can handle the influx of cars
and allow them to become a part of the Carmel Community
in a positive way.
1,664.C Mitchell Carmel, IN The long term proposed plan of the ILC is going to be a 15
acre complex including amenities that will be bringing
members and others from throughout the state and abroad
to it seven days a week. This will cause a huge influx of
regular traffic into this small residential space which will
have a detrimental effect on the environment and the way of
life of the people who live here. The proposed design plans
to place a parking lot within 30 feet of the back yards of
multiple private residences. These parking lots will have
lights that will shine directly into these people’s homes all
night long. There will also be a sound system sending out a
call to prayer five times a day. It is so hard to understand
how the mayor and the zoning board can be ok with the
potential negative impacts on the current residents lives. My
hope is that the quality of life and the rights of the existing
residents will not be overlooked and infringed upon just
because an appeal has been made by a religious group. The
area was zoned residential and those who live here based
their decision to buy and build their homes on a plan that the
city of Carmel and the mayor proposed. It is time for the
zoning board and mayor Brainard to uphold that plan. It
would be in the best interest to find a win/ win for all
involved. Leave the area in question as residential as it was
intended and has been developed and help the Al Salam
Foundation find a commercially zoned parcel of land that will
meet their needs, allow them to grow, provide them easy
and adequate road access that can handle the influx of cars
and allow them to become a part of the Carmel Community
in a positive way.
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Name From Comments
1,665.Timothy Martin Zionsville, IN
1,666.John Lethen Carmel, IN It’s ridiculous that this is even a consideration to shoe horn
such a large facility on that size piece of land. It has nothing
to do with religious racism.
1,667.Christi Van Ness Carmel, IN Increased traffic and this property is right in a residential
area and I feel the increased traffic will impact this
neighborhood and surrounding areas negatively.
1,668.donna kennedy carmel, IN
1,669.Sandra Baker Carmel, IN Keeping our homes a community
1,670.Myriam Denk steisslingen, Germany
1,671.Aleks
Pavolotskaya
Carmel, IN Carmel should remain green, friendly, family and warm
place. Totally against turning residential land into
commercial development .
1,672.Robert Webster Indianapolis, IN
1,673.Vadim
Redchanskiy
Carmel, IN Totally opposite to turning residential land into something
else. The land should stay residential for people's homes.
1,674.Christina Coe Greenfield, IN If something was something residential it needs to stay that
way. Residents bought in this residential area because they
thought there were only going to be homes around them. It's
not fair to go and change that because a certain group of
people want something else.
1,675.Julie Edwards Monrovia, IN My friend lives in the neighborhood and built specifically
because of no commercial property. It should remain the
way it is zoned.
1,676.Jason Swathwood Carmel, IN I am concerned with such a large development immediately
next to a residential area as well as with the traffic this would
create in the area. The expectation of homeowners in this
area was that this would eventually be a residential
development.
1,677.Margaret Brocker Indianapolis, IN
1,678.George Hanna Winnipeg, Canada
1,679.Whitney Nord Indianapolis, IN
1,680.Gwen Haney Oakland, CA Keep communities quaint
1,681.Jennifer Rindfuss Carmel, IN
1,682.Maha Sherif Carmel, IN
1,683.Donna Duffy Carmel, IN It’s in the best interest of the current residents to keep this
area residential. I think everyone can agree that the reason
we chose to live here is because the land is residential.
Putting a business at this location will have a negative effect
on the current and future property values.
1,685.Jacqueline Metry Carmel, IN Carmel is a residential community and is getting too
congested as it is with over development. Traffic congestion
is bad enough now more is not needed.
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Name From Comments
1,686.Svetlana
Pugachev
Carmel, IN Majority of my friends are living in this area. They all work
very hard and deserve the quiet place to relax. I am
supporting their well-being.
1,687.Hema Chitturi Carmel, IN
1,688.Sharon Spacke Carmel, IN I am very concerned about how the public in other areas will
react to this. Whether it will cause civil reactions in areas
that live in communities that are against this resulting in
disttructiomof property etc
1,689.Bill Fike Carmel, IN Beyond all the already stated reasons, this is a poor choice
that surely doesn't serve the members of the local Islamic
Community into the future. They will be cramped into a very
tight area and will have no room for growth.
Surely, they can find a place that serves the "Muslim
Communities of Indianapolis, Carmel, Zionsville, Westfield
and Noblesville" that will allow for their inevitable growth and
is not squeezed in the middle of a quiet residential
neighborhood. THIS plot of land is NOT any of that!
1,690.Allon Friedman Carmel, IN
1,691.Elona Beshara Carmel, IN
1,692.Thaddeus Eckerle Carmel, IN
1,693.Luke Eckerle Carmel, IN
1,694.Cindy Berlyn Zionsville, IN
1,695.Sophia Fedele Naples, FL
1,696.Jordyn Walls Carmel, IN
1,697.John Pearson Carmel, IN
1,698.Tracy Scott North Ridgeville, OH Leave residential neighborhoods residential
1,699.Brooke Warwick Knoxville, TN
1,700.Annette Sorkin Carmel, IN There are plenty of available commercial sites in and around
Carmel/Westfield for this project. Opposed to wedging it into
a residential area
1,701.Cynthia Dubose Carmel, IN
1,702.Stephanie Lewis Carmel, Turkmenistan 141st & Shelborne is not an appropriate site for the
proposed Islamic Life Center. Being nestled in between
homes and neighborhoods would be problematic as far as
traffic and noise. This would be better suited to a location
that is zoned commercial...there is plenty of open property
north of this location that is not already residential.
1,703.Nancy Hemphill Henryville, IN
1,704.Anthony Sorkin Carmel, IN Should avoid residential area
1,705.Rucha Phadnis Zionsville, IN I drive by the area everyday. It is zoned residential with a
good reason. The infrastructure does not support ANY
commercial/community center type of development.
1,706.Sara Hill Noblesville, IN
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Name From Comments
1,707.Craig Dietrich Carmel, IN
1,708.Van Dietrich Carmel, IN
1,709.Yen Nguyen Carmel, IN NOISE, LIGHT POLLUTION, and INCREASED TRAFFIC
will NEGATIVELY
1,710.Cong Nguyen Carmel, IN The ramifications of NOISE, LIGHT POLLUTION, and
INCREASED TRAFFIC will NEGATIVELY affect the
well-being, health, and safety of families already living in and
around this area.
1,711.Adel Youssef Carmel, IN
1,712.Sheref Nessem Fishers, IN Should avoid residential area
1,713.Tony Riad Carmel, IN I am a Middle Eastern myself, and based on my in depth
knowelefe of the nature of this facility and what activities it
may onvolve, i can tell that this facility will cause a lot of
traffic jams in the area 5 times every day. It may also cause
other issues.
1,714.Tim Lewis Wilkinson, IN Because my friend lives there
1,715.Michael Boshra Carmel, IN Because of traffic
1,716.Neveen Bebawy Carmel, IN
1,718.Samia Salib Westfield, IN 1- the value of our properties will decrease
2- the busy traffic
3- Muslims can use the streets in the Friday’s prayers
1,719.Julie Bannon Carmel, IN I live less than 1/2 mile from the location and am very
concerned that this special use of the land will increase
noise and light pollution.
1,721.Boules Salib Los Angeles, CA
1,722.Rana German Carmel, IN
1,723.Andrew Gendy Westfield, IN 1-Most of terrorists are Muslims
2- the busy traffics
3- worry about the radical culture in our community
1,724.Wafeek Aziz Carmel, IN Cost noise and traffic
1,725.Reda Moussa Westfield, IN
1,726.Reda Ayad Indianapolis, IN
1,727.Feriala Eshak Carmel, IN It’s a lot of traffic
1,728.Philip khalil Indianapolis, IN Because of traffic
1,729.Mita P Carmel, IN Traffic and noise increased
1,730.Michel Salib Carmel, IN
1,731.Aliaon Cook Carmel, IN I am very concerned It will effect the property price, safety,
increase traffic and increase the noise.
1,732.David Khosa Carmel, IN Increased noise and traffic
1,733.Mary Yousef Carmel, IN
1,734.Milad Tony Westfield, IN
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Name From Comments
1,735.Karen Tony Westfield, IN
1,736.Nancy Mosaad Westfield, IN
1,737.Hamid Rabany Carmel, IN I am middle eastern guy, but i am really really concerned
about it, cost noise and traffic ,that is going to be very bad in
the future specially at this area
1,738.Randa Lamie Westfield, IN
1,739.Sam Sam Carmel, IN
1,740.Fady Shehata Carmel, IN Bc this is a church and u can’t have that right next to a
church and we don’t want that
1,741.Matthew Tony Westfield, IN
1,742.John Michael Westfield, IN It will create traffic, pollution, and noise.
1,743.Mingming Ma Carmel, IN
1,744.Robert Martinez Carmel, IN I don’t believe that it belongs right near a church and it will
lower property prices and people worked hard to get their
homes and it will disturb the peace.
1,745.Matthew
LaFollette
Carmel, IN
1,746.Sarang Pathak Indianapolis, IN I have many of my friends living in the adjuscent community
and i am a prospect resident of this area. I believe this will
put pressure on current resources like infrastructure, light,
water and it will disturb this very prime residential area.
1,747.Elaine White Carmel, IN This is a residential community. Build your church, mosque
or synagogue in a COMERCIALLY DESIGNATED ZONE.
1,748.Nervan Ibrahim Carmel, IN
1,749.George S Carmel, IN The establishment or construction of an Islamic complex of
this huge size requires many urban planning and complete
change of the entire area, changing the path of roads and
removing neighboring houses and building bridges, in
addition to the development of some of the traffic signs to
explain the blocking of the road on Fridays for the purpose of
prayer..
1,750.Peter Gergis Carmel, IN
1,751.Ibrahim Hendy Carmel, IN Bad
1,753.Ab Ibrahim Hawthorne, CA
1,754.Engy Ibrahim Fishers, IN
1,755.Abanoub Ibrahim Fishers, IN
1,756.Sameh Beshay Westfield, IN The real estate value of the surrounding houses will drop
and this has happened to all the places where similar
organizations have been established, as well as the
occurrence of social disturbances. We will also see a clear
impact in the surrounding schools and the negative impact
on the population and traffic conditions.
1,757.Nova Mike Carmel, IN Because of traffic
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Name From Comments
1,758.Matthew Beshay Westfild, IN The decline in the relative value of the surrounding and
neighboring regions and this from a previously experiential
scientific perspective.
1,759.Mona S Carmel, IN Traffic concern..maybe a mosque can be built outside
residential area..
1,760.Aemia E Carmel, IN It will effect my family safety
1,761.Bhavini Adesara Carmel, IN It affects the integrity of our neighborhood and increases
traffic in and around our hood
1,762.David Riyad Carmel, IN project of this magnitude and high use intensity. The
ramifications of NOISE, LIGHT POLLUTION, and
INCREASED TRAFFIC will NEGATIVELY affect the
well-being, health, and safety of families already living in and
around this area
1,763.Charles DeMaio Carmel, IN
1,764.Shireesha
Vuppalanchi
Carmel, IN
1,765.JR SANDADI CARMEL, IN
1,766.Julia Sicklesteel Carmel, IN
1,767.Michelle Wiseman Carmel, IN I want to keep this area residential and prevent the increase
in traffic that would come with a business of any kind. There
would likely be a problem with parking and don’t want the
added danger of traffic inside neighborhoods where kids
play
1,768.Cheryl Armstrong Carmel, IN I am not comfortable with the unknown plans for the 9 acres
to the north.
1,769.Eric S Carmel, IN Unlike any other bussiness, there would be a huge noise
pollution. Minarets call to prayer 5 times a day, starting
before dawn and continuing into the late night. That would
be a huge noise pollution.
1,770.Enas Mekhail Westfield, IN The ramifications of NOISE, LIGHT POLLUTION, and
INCREASED TRAFFIC will NEGATIVELY affect the
well-being, health, and safety of families already living in and
around this area.
And also the property prices will go down
1,771.Todd Michael Carmel, IN I do not want this in my community. Will be the last time I
vote for Brainard for sure, if this goes through.
1,772.Pavan Subbagari Carmel, IN As a home buyer i don't want any of these commercial kind
of building's around residential areas, where kids play and
also Shelbourne and 141st intersection is very narrow which
would effect with traffic congestion.
1,773.Matthew
Meisenhelder
Carmel, IN Disorganized and unplanned. Not a logical area in regards to
the families living around that lot.
1,774.rania fekry carmel, IN
1,775.Aditya Reddy Carmel, IN I feel residentail area should not be used for commercial
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Name From Comments
1,776.C S Indianapolis, IN I echo someone’s previous comments that Carmel should
remain green, family friendly, and warm place. Totally
against turning residential land into commercial
development.
1,777.Izaak Landgraff Brownsburg, IN
1,778.Gail Michael West Lafayette, IN This was zoned for neighborhoods and should stay housing
neighborhoods. There are plenty of business zoned areas in
Carmel where they can build and that’s where they should
look to buy. When the present home owners built in that
area, they believed the plan that it would stay as housing
areas, and it’s totally wrong to now change the plan! Have
the ILC look elsewhere. Carmel planning should uphold their
original plan which is what people based their decisions on!
1,779.Diana Du Carmel, IN
1,780.Michael
Redchanskiy
Zionsville, IN
1,781.Gregory Klopper Zionsville, IN
1,782.Taylor McVey Carmel, IN
1,783.Marla Michael Carmel, IN
1,785.Leah Spede Alexandria, VA
1,786.Darren Browne Carmel, IN
1,788.Richard Michael Lafayette, IN This is zoned residential and there is plenty of other
comercial property to build this mosque on.
1,789.Cinda Clark Columbus, IN This happened in Columbus when a small church
expanded...adhacent to my back yard. Don't allow this.
Property values decline, there is a lot of added congestion
and noise, and, in a residential area it poses safety risks to
the children. Don't set this precedent.
1,790.Russell Van atter Carmel, IN No special use permit is justified for this development.
1,791.J M Carmel, IN It make no sense for anyone to put this ILC at 141st and
Shelbourne. To do this to current residence in the area is
horrible for the following reasons:
1. Traffic
2. Noise (ever heard a commercial dumptruck picking up
and dropping the large receptacle?)
3. Safety of children playing due to increased traffic thru and
around neighborhoods
4. This is not a tax paying organization of Carmel, yet you
expect us to pay to improve the roads around this area to
accommodate increased traffic?!?
5. Light pollution from 18 parking lot lamps, it doesn't matter
if they are facing down.
6. Decreased property values of current homeowners due to
each issue noted above
How could you even consider doing this to the people of the
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Name From Comments
1,791.J M Carmel, IN (continued from previous page)
community you vowed to serve!
I went to the meeting this past Sunday and became even
more disturbed at the flat out lies the leaders of the ILC
made:
1. That this would increase home owners property values.
Really, we already have realestate deals put on hold due to
the proposal. We have members of this organization living in
the area that don't want it to go here for all the points
mentioned above!
2. The video they posted was just a fund raising video and
wasn't their true vision? Really, how could they take money
from donors based off of false information?!! This was their
vision, who would pay for 14 acres of land if they were only
going to use 5? They stated no one else would sell them
land because of the nature of the buyer? Isn't that a whole
different issue and illegal? Why isn't the mayor all over that
one?
3. They stated Shelboure has mulitiple houses of faith on the
road. But they failed to mention that they were all built on
Commercial lots!
4. 7-12 cars a day, that's it in increased traffic (20 people)?
That's not true, their vision they stated is to serve Zionsville,
Carmel, Westfield, Sheraton and parts of Indianapolis! Why
would they want to build something of this magnitude for
7-12 people a day.
5. Peak traffic for children returning from School and parent
leaving to pick them up. My wife leaves to pick up the kids at
2:00pm to 2:15pm and return home at 2:40pm. Then must
turn around and get them to after school activities. Their
meeting ends at 2:30pm. How long do they expect it would
take 150+ people to leave their proposed property on
Fridays? That would be from 2:30pm thru 3:00pm easy.
They stated our concern was not true or valid.
Whey are we supposed to be welcoming neighbors when
they clearly don't care how their organization would impact
our lives and livelihood!!! Instead for sharing our concerns
we are labeled racist. Very sad to see the leaders of this
community such as the mayor support this project and not
support their citizens whom they created their nice lifestyle
off of.
1,792.name not
displayed
carmel, IN Property values, privacy, noise pollution, trash pollution,
residential area, unneeded, light pollution, traffic, SAFETY
1,793.Sue Lile Carmel, IN Traffic is getting worse in Carmel. We don't need anything
else that will add to that. Thank you
1,794.Charles Demler Carmel, IN
1,795.Joyce Boshra Carmel, IN
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Name From Comments
1,796.Ed Shaughnessy Carmel, IN Residential property zoning needs to be respected.
Homeowners purchase homes & expect to see little change
in zoning. This proposed development will negatively impact
home values, esp those of closest neighbors.
1,797.Thomas Michels Zionsville, IN Many proponents using guilt-tripping, moral bullying, and
empty virtue signalling to push this through. They of course
won't live near there but will lecture their idea of ethics to
those who do. For this alone they deserve to be denied.
1,798.Pradeep
murthaiah
Zionsville, IN Preserve residential pockets
1,800.Samuel Pellicone Carmel, IN This directly affects my family home. My parents have
invested so much into making this place our home. For
Carmel to allow such a cramped Special Use on this small
tract of land would be irresponsible development. We
welcome the development to Carmel but in a more
commercial setting to allow for Al-Salam’s vision
1,801.Divya Biswal Carmel, IN We bought our property in West Carmel considering it as an
area zoned as residential. It should continue to be that way.
The mosque can always be built in a different location that
has not been zoned and will not affect existing homeowners.
Please consider moving the mosque to an alternate location
that will not impact existing homeowners in West Carmel. I
do not understand why the 141st & Shelborne location has
been changed for 'special use' when its already zoned as
residential. Plenty of other vacant locations available that are
not zoned that can be considered for this project.
1,802.Rouda Atya Indiana, IN Traffic going to be bad and busy
1,803.Yihsien Wu Carmel, IN
1,804.Melissa Hoover Carmel, IN
1,805.Rachel Goddard Carmel, IN Increased traffic in a rural residential area is a real concern.
Happy With the project just not there!!!
1,806.Jeff Goddard CARMEL, IN
1,807.Aditya Biswal Carmel, IN increased traffic, increased noise. does not bring any benefit
to the community. An alternate site should be chosen for a
mosque,
1,808.Gregg Houghton Carmel, IN This seems to be another rushed, rubber-stamped
development that ignores homeowners already living in the
area.
1,809.Shane Campbell Carmel, IN This area has always been zoned as residential since we
moved out here in 1990. Please Do NOT
allow this Special use permit. I have invested my hard
earned money on my home and property. How about
building this church where the zoning is already in place. I
can’t even imagine the increase in traffic and noise this will
create. Besides the fact that the intersection of 141st &
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Name From Comments
1,809.Shane Campbell Carmel, IN (continued from previous page)
Shelborne has to be one of the smallest intersections. How
is it possible that it could pass any traffic flow test for
increased traffic? Please Do Not Allow this change to our
home area.
1,810.Prakash Alluri Carmel, IN
1,811.Cindy Bickel Carmel, IN
1,812.Shashikala Kollur Carmel, IN Too much traffic on a narrow road, close to my home
1,813.Alex Morozov Carmel, IN
1,815.Fei Tan Carmel, IN
1,816.Robin Ashburn Warsaw, IN
1,817.Robert H Carmel, IN This structure will be a detriment to the neighborhood. Build
it in a zoned commercial real estate location. Not in
someone’s neighborhood. That’s why you have zoning laws.
1,818.Linda Mitchell Carmel, IN
1,819.Stephanie
Busselberg
Fishers, IN I have family in the area and have been thru same situation.
People buy in certain areas for a reasons and want to
maintain their homes value.
1,820.Kelli Macy Carmel, IN 15 acres developed outside of existing zoning restroctions
right up against residential property is undesirable.
1,821.Dennis Breedlove Carmel, IN Intrusion into our residential area will have a negative impact
on property values due to a variety of reasons.
1,822.Jacqueline
Mardos
dyer, IN this will disturb the way of life for my family living there. After
many hardships they have found a happy, peaceful, quiet
and safe life that will be disturbed by 5 calls for prayers
daily, traffic and increased activity in their subdivision
1,823.Jan bojda dyer, IN disturbs the quiet subdivision my family lives in
1,824.Diane Mrkacek Crown Point, IN Too close to residential homes
1,825.Palanivel
Dhanabal
Carmel, IN
1,826.Randa Besbay Carmel, IN
1,827.Dina Sajeva Carmel, IN This property should be moved to a commercial area, not
the residential area, as proposed. This is to preserve
property values and quality of life for current and future
residents of the neighborhood and those surrounding.
1,828.Blake Callicoat Carmel, IN
1,829.Harini Kasamsetty Carmel, IN We moved to West Carmel about 2 years ago because we
liked the quiet neighborhood with little to no traffic. We
enquired the open land neighboring our home and confirmed
that the land is zoned for residential and trusted city and
zoning laws that it won't change. The proposed project
brings lot of traffic, noise and light pollution. Please keep it
as residential and don't break our trust.
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1,830.Y G.Carmel, IN I have a first hand experience living next to a mosque with a
minaret equipped with a loud speaker, broadcasting prayers
at 4 AM and throughout the day. It is very loud and
disturbing when wedged right into a residential area with
families with small kids. Traffic is another major concern not
to mention a congregation of at least 300 males, majority of
whom will not be residents from the nearby neighborhoods
which presents a huge safety concern for the women and
children residents.
1,831.jinglin liu carmel, IN
1,832.Dale Rawlings Flora, IN Not good at all
1,833.Venkata Boddu Carmel, IN I am planning to consider my future home in west Carmel but
now I am reconsidering
1,835.Ramadevi
Kairamkonda
carmel, IN We recently moved to this new house. We moved to this
location because of the quietness and serene location for
residents. I want to raise my voice to oppose this proposal of
ILC, which can disturb the peace in a calm residential area
with lot of traffic, sounds and lighting. We do not oppose if
somebody want to come, purchase a house and live. But we
really do not recommend places like hindu temples or ILC in
a highly dense residential area like Carmel
1,836.Stan Thompson Zionsville, IN Traffic, safety of children and grandchildren. Not in my
backyard. Trash, lights, noise. Space not large enough for
what they want
1,837.Sandee Ballard Crown Point, IN
1,838.Yafang Feng Carmel, IN Affect local home value
1,839.Melissa Barrington Wateeloo, IN
1,840.Vinayak Belamkar Carmel, IN
1,841.Mar Don Westfield, IN Lot of friends live here and it would be tough to go from now
on once the traffic increases on this road.
1,842.Jessze White Carmel, IN I live in Overbrook Farms and have major concerns about
any commercial build proposals in a zoned residential area.
Respectfully we would ask that this facility not be permitted
to be built in an area that should remain residential.
1,843.Heidi Gorman Westfield, IN I respectfully oppose this facility being built in this area as it
would add excessive traffic and population to a residential
area. This area was never zoned for commercial build.
Kindly reconsider this area.
1,844.Olfat Youssef Westfield, IN To much traffic in Carmel already and no need to add more.
1,845.Ramesh
Devanaboina
Carmel, IN
1,846.Thomas
Samuelson
Westfield, IN
1,847.William Roberts Carmel, IN We live in Shelborne Park and are very concerned with our
home values. Keep this a residential area.
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1,848.Candace Beidl CArmel, IN
1,849.Colleen Kinnunen Lemont, IL
1,850.gabri beidl carmel, IN
1,851.Owen North Carmel, IN I do not want the noise and all interruptions that comes with
the place of worship. This will distract my daily life and
interrupt my sleep.
1,852.Jason Moss Farmersburgs, IN Because I have family there
1,853.A T Carmel, IN
1,854.Heather Lee alexandria, IN
1,855.Brian Ye Plano, TX
1,857.Larry Ma Plano, TX
1,858.Michael
Gillenwater
Westfield, IN Last few years there have been way to many developments
in the area good farm land gone some house still not
occupied needs to stop
1,859.Charles Nakar Carmel, IN I live nearby
1,860.Anita M Bloomigton, IN We have a family there. I am unable to understand how can
those who are planning to build house of worship, build it on
so many people’s distress and losses? This is disappointing.
1,861.hongqian luo plano, TX
1,862.Jane Lee Carmel, IN
1,863.Marcy Carson Carmel, IN I have been driving North on Shelbourne at that intersection
for 25 years. That is a very narrow area with poor visibility at
the intersection. With the new neighborhoods recently added
the traffic has increased significantly. There is no way it
could support the added traffic.
1,864.Eric Spina Syacuse, NY
1,865.Valeriy Zelikman Indianapolis, IN All public religion building should be located out of
residential land where US people have a home. My kids
living here and they house will lost value, will noise from
speakers around, and huge traffic
1,866.Matt Macaluso Carmel, IN We believe the proposed project is more appropriate on or
closer to a commercial corridor in our community and should
not be shoe-horned into a clearly residential area.
1,867.Priya Bhargava Zionsville, IN
1,868.Wadie Ibrahim Indianapolis, IN
1,869.Elizabeth Watson Carmel, IN
1,870.Wendy Yi Allen, TX
1,871.Patricia Perry Carmel, IN The proposed mosque will drop our property values. My
husband and I moved here to be in a quiet, residential
community to enjoy our retirement. The land should remain
residential.
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Name From Comments
1,874.Susan Husselbee Carmel, IN The property is zoned for residential & should remain as
such. No exception should be made for the ILC
development. Residents will see their property values drop.
The area will be negatively disrupted by the increase in
noise & traffic.
1,875.Jue Zhou Zionsville, IN
1,876.Julio Z Plano, TX
1,877.Sandra Lyle Carmel, IN
1,878.Anna O'Cull Carmel, IN
1,879.James L Carmel, IN We moved to this location because of the quietness and
serene location for residents.
1,880.Larry O'Cull Westfield, IN I live less than 1 mile from this, and have for more than 25
years.
1,881.Lydia Hittle Noblesville, IN
1,882.Sterling Menke Pendleton, IN It is important to maintain proper zoning for families in quiet
areas. No one wants a large building generating noise, light,
and traffic pollution in their neighborhood.
1,883.Chen Zhang carmel, IN
1,884.Roxie Lamp Fishers, IN
1,885.Ray Wong carmel, IN this quite neighbour should be used only for residency.
1,886.Bob Palma Brownsburg, IN The question asks, "Why is this important to you?"
It's important to secure the integrity of ZONING LAWS.
There is no legitimate reason for this mosque to be located
there, and it should not be. The rights of area homeowners,
protected by extant zoning laws when they invested in their
homes, MUST be honored. Otherwise, why have them in the
first place?
We traverse that Shelborne Road corridor several times a
week to attend to babysitting our grandchildren in Westfield.
We well-appreciate the residents' remarks about the
obscene traffic backups that would result from even a
modest increase in traffic count, much less what would
ultimately result from this commercial monstrosity, which you
can be sure it will wind up being if it gets its nose under the
tent.
We bought our home in Hendricks County even though it
was adjacent to a functioning church, of which we are not
members and have never attended. In fact, there is but a
12-foot buffer from our property line to the church building,
and even it is a gravel driveway. The church building itself is
maybe 40 feet from the side of our home that contains two
bedrooms.
That's fine with us because we bought our home with that
understanding; it was zoned that way before we "came
along." Thus, we have no complaints, nor should we.
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1,886.Bob Palma Brownsburg, IN (continued from previous page)
But if it hadn't been zoned accordingly when we bought our
home 38 years ago, we'd have every reason to complain.
Had we bought and built in this petition's subject area and
the local Zoning Board was later intimidated by Carmel
Mayor Brainard's politically-correct mantra de jour and
allowed such a property to be built next door to our home,
we'd be deserved angry.
Why Carmelites continue re-electing Brainard is beyond a
reasonable person's understanding. You can bet he'll push
for this to further testify to his "open-mindedness" and
"inclusiveness" at the cost of property rights and liberty.
The traffic is bad enough in the area, through which we
travel to babysit our grandchildren in Westfield. This petition
should be summarily dismissed for multiple reasons.
1,887.Nancy Thomas Indianapolis, IN I have been looking at a property for sale in Carmel, this
would definitely stop me from moving to the area.
1,888.Ricardo Blanco Westfield, IN
1,889.Laura Fernandez Westfield, IN
1,890.Karen Peragallo Westfield, IN Our home is close to the proposed ILC development. I am
opposed due the traffic, noise and lighting that will
negatively affect our quiet community. Diminished property
values are a major concern.
1,891.Yi Gu Carmel, IN
1,892.Ruth Bertling Indianapolis, IN I was planning on relocating to Carmel, but that would
definitely stop me from moving there
1,893.Rafik Halim Carmel, IN
1,894.Roufael Hanna Carmel, IN
1,895.xin li Carmel, IN I live nearby
1,896.Kero Fahmy Carmel, IN I do not want the noise and all interruptions that comes with
the place of worship. This will distract my daily life and
interrupt my sleep.The proposed project brings lot of traffic,
noise and light pollution. Please keep it as residential and
don't break our trust.
1,897.Brendon Yusupov Carmel, IN Property value going down as well as many other reasons
1,898.Vladimir
Ostrovsky
Carmel, IN Any changes of zoning in any aria of Carmel is. Very
important to me
1,899.Zack Bobo Indianapolis, IN Live nearby and it gonna be too much noise
1,900.Peter Iskander Westfield, IN The proposed project brings lots of traffic, noise and light
pollution. Please keep it as residential and do not break our
trust.
1,901.Abanoub
Benyamin
Carmel, IN Because it will make a lot of busy and stop traffic !! And it's a
school area and will delay school Days
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Name From Comments
1,902.Alex Man Westfield, IN The proposed project brings lot of traffic, noise and light
pollution. Please keep it as residential and don't break our
trust.
1,903.Remy Butorin Carmel, IN Property values will be destroyed, their call to prayer via loud
speaker five times a day starting at sunrise will be a serious
noise issue.
1,904.Vinita Singh Zionsville, IN It is going to increase traffic and reduce property values.
Some of the patrons may not have good values and cultures
to our community and I will not not feel safe in raising my
children in this kind of environment.
1,905.Joan Billman Greencastle, IN I am attracted to Carmel for it's upscale look and its lovely
quiet residential neighborhoods. A huge center will bring
with it noise, lights, lots of traffic. I have many friends who
live in Carmel who ate extremely unhappy with this proposed
building and activity.
1,906.J Ma Carmel, IN I live nearby and I would like to keep this area as a quiet
residential area.
1,907.David Taylor Carmel, IN We believe this will bring down prooerty values and increase
146th street traffic as the primary route from fishers and
noblesville.
1,908.Arasi B Carmel, IN This property should be moved to a commercial area, not
the residential area.
1,909.Sharon Jungclaus Columbus, IN This is a residential area. This building needs to be in a
commercial area. Increased traffic around school and
residential areas are not a good idea.
1,910.Chengzhi Tang Carmel, IN The area was zoned for residential housing and that kind of
certainty is the main reason families chose to live in this
community. Plugging in such a big development as ILC that
would constantly bring lots people from out of town would
forever change the lives of the family in the nearby families.
The development would cause lots of issues such as heavier
traffic, noise, landscape change, all of which in turn would
causing severe drop of the value of the houses around the
development. It is simply unfair to all these people that will
be affected by the sudden change. There are lots of
available land in the closeby area that would not need to
negatively affect the neighborhoods. The ILC founders
should go and look for such land for theor development.
1,911.Yongxing Hao Carmel, IN
1,912.Ben Lin Carmel, IN As a long time resident near Shelborne, it has always been a
peaceful and quite community. I have enjoyed the silence
that the area comes with and I would like it to stay that way.
This religious building should be placed somewhere else
that is commercial and not bothering the peace of nearby
homeowners. It is even worse that there may contain a loud
speaker to broadcast a call to prayer 5 times a day. That is
disturbing the peace and silence of the community.
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Name From Comments
1,913.Keleigh Glover Greenwood, IN
1,914.fang Shi Carmel, IN
1,915.Lynn Lin Plano, TX
1,916.Hyo Kim Carmel, IN I do not want it coming in a quiet residence.
1,917.Marc Possini Carmel, IN This Comercial building structure will impact the properties
in a negative way. Build this structure in a
Commercially designated location!!! There are plenty of
commercially designated lands available. Why this location?
1,918.Irina Gladkov Carmle, IN This is not a commercial but residential area . I am very
concerned about the increased traffic , and housing values
in this quiet Carmel area
1,919.Karissa Grove Indianapolis, IN I have a location for this development that might work better.
If anyone knows how to pass this information over to the
appropriate person please email me. This property has more
acreage & a better commerical (less residents) location
however is not known to be for sale. Email:
Karissa.Grove@gmail.com
1,920.Di Wang Carmel, IN We want to maintain this community area as resident area
for homes, not for other purposes.
1,921.Pooja Garg Carmel, IN
1,922.Gail Thomas Carmel, IN Keeping the residential areas quiet and purely for having a
calm home life without extra traffic and congestion is very
important to quality of life and neighborhood home values.
1,923.rob Thomas carmel, IN The opposed Special Use would permit the construction of
the ILC in an exclusively residential sector of Carmel. This is
a PROBLEMATIC location for such a large development,
given the extremely close proximity to many surrounding
single family homes. This property is inadequate to
accommodate a project of this magnitude and high use
intensity. The ramifications of NOISE, LIGHT POLLUTION,
and INCREASED TRAFFIC will NEGATIVELY affect the
well-being, health, and safety of families already living in and
around this area. We will be forced to change our way of life
in order to shelter our families from the influx of congestion
and commotion into an otherwise undisturbed, residential
area.
1,924.Mukesh Mandala Westfield, IN This should be moved to a commercial area, not the
residential area.
1,925.Alexander
Varshavsky
Carmel, IN Problematic Location for such a large development.
Expectation of increased NOISE, TRAFIC INTENSITY will
NEGATIVELY EFFECT PROPERTIES PRICES IN THE
AREA.
1,926.Weihong lei Carmel, IN Residential Zone for residential buildings only
1,927.Susan Wang Carmel, IN Don’t build it in residential area. We need quietness in the
neighborhood.
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Name From Comments
1,928.Thomas Sams Carmel, IN I oppose for all the stated reasons
1,929.Maria
Cunningham
Westfield, IN
1,930.Rong Lin Plano, TX
1,931.Ajay Sharma Carmel, IN
1,932.Yansheng Du Carmel, IN
1,933.Billie Sumner Indianapolis, IN I drive through Carmel everyday and if this facility is that
large it will decrease the property value of Carmel. You know
that people will move out of Carmel because of this
structure.
1,934.Ann Bybee Carmel, IN This is a residential neighborhood. It belongs in a
commercial area, just like it was defeated on 146/Towne Rd.
This was wrong there ,it is wrong here for the same reasons.
Mayor Brainard, how about a mosque instead of a " boutique
hotel " ? I think that would better serve the community.
1,935.Lucy Parker Noblesville, IN Because of all the reasons others have stated in this
petition!
1,936.Hank Lee Carmel, IN
1,937.Larry Hu Carmel, IN I do not want all the noise and traffic interruptions that
comes with the place of worship. This will severely impact
my life. I am selling my house if this development is
approved. A lot of my friends and colleagues working for a
major pharma have the same objections.
1,938.Diane Smith Carmel, IN This is a residential area and the proposed construction will
negatively affect our community— it is too big, too tall and
has too manyparking spaces. The amount of traffic will also
be undesirable for our area. We thought we were buying
homes in a strictly residential area.
1,939.Beth McIntyre Carmel, IN Noise, Increased Traffic and large building in a residential
area.
1,940.Wagdy Tadrous Fishers, IN This is a PROBLEMATIC location for such a large
development, given the extremely close proximity to many
surrounding single family homes. The ramifications of
NOISE, LIGHT POLLUTION, and INCREASED TRAFFIC
will NEGATIVELY affect the well-being, health, and safety of
families already living in and around this area.
1,942.William Wood Carmel, IN
1,943.Alexandra
Schumacher
Carmel, IN
1,944.Michelle Lee CARMEL, IN
1,945.Judy Rasmussen Carmel, IN
1,946.Dr. Vamshi Murthy Carmel, IN Not in a residential area. Brings noise pollution etc.
recommend near 146th and meridian (commercial area)
1,947.Qian Yang Carmel, IN
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Name From Comments
1,948.Eleanor
Timberman
Carmel, IN Carmel has a high ranking as most livable cities partly
because we do have zoning and keep our community
residential where it should be. We have multiple venues for
community meetings and should increase diverse use, not
make separate groups for every special niche.
1,949.Zhidong Xu Carmel, IN Traffic is a big issue, close to my community
1,950.Tommy Kohli Carmel, IN Too large of a structure, Carmel lacks the infrastructure to
support increased Traffic and Noise. I live across a new
development, that has already overwhelmed the existing
traffic flow. Carmel the top livable city in the country should
have maintain certain standard. I oppose new development
of any type.
1,951.Om Narla Carmel, IN Its affects the neighborhood residential properties.
1,952.Rong Qi Avon, IN
1,953.Jason Boshra Carmel, IN
1,954.Jojo B Carmel, IN
1,955.Jojo M Carmel, IN
1,956.M M Carmel, IN
1,957.N M Carmel, IN
1,958.K B Carmel, IN
1,959.P E Carmel, IN
1,960.M E Carmel, IN
1,961.E M Carmel, IN
1,962.Marco M Carmel, IN
1,963.M N Carmel, IN
1,964.Maro M Carmel, IN
1,965.Gorge Emad Carmel, IN
1,966.G E Carmel, IN
1,968.Michael Smith Carmel, IN We thought when we moved here it was zoned residential
1,969.Yelena Lysenko Carmel, IN This site is not a right place for this architecture. It would be
too close to the neighborhood, crossroad is too smal and
narrow to support the future traffic.
1,970.Alec McGibbon Carmel, IN Important to show no impartiality towards any religious
organizations.
1,971.H G Carmel, IN It's not safety
1,972.Michelle You Carmel, IN I live at 141st and Shelbourne
1,973.Durga Perumalla Carmel, IN Live on 141st Carmel, it should be just for residential use
only.
1,974.Andre Kleyner Carmel, IN When the nearby residents were buying their homes they
were not planning on having a commercial building on their
backyards.
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Name From Comments
1,975.Aura Fragrance Indianapolis, IN This will change the culture of the surrounding area
1,976.John Stebbins Carmel, IN Zoneing, traffic , home values
1,977.SAM WILLIAM INDIANAPOLIS, IN WILL LEAD TO A SHARP DROP IN PRICES OF
NEIGHBORING LANDS
1,978.EVAN WILLIAM westfield, IN we do not want this culture invading this area
1,979.Carolyn Bodkin Carmel, IN
1,980.Yu Cheng Richmond, IN
1,981.Lingling Xie Carmel, IN
1,982.Chunzhi Wang Carmel, IN
1,983.Raj Pudhota Carmel, IN
1,984.Nova Emad Carmel, IN
1,985.Jermaia Gergis Carmel, IN
1,986.B G Carmel, IN
1,987.Besho Girgis Carmel, IN
1,988.Emad G Carmel, IN Because of traffic and noise
1,989.Emad G Carmel, IN
1,990.Marco Marco Carmel, IN
1,991.M M Carmel, IN
1,992.Marina Maher Carmel, IN
1,993.Mrmr Maher Carmel, IN
1,994.M H Carmel, IN
1,995.E M Carmel, IN
1,996.Koko E Carmel, IN
1,997.Mena E Carmel, IN
1,998.Bola E Carmel, IN
1,999.George E Carmel, IN
2,000.Jason M Carmel, IN
2,001.J M Carmel, IN
2,002.Jojo N Carmel, IN
2,003.Jojo B Carmel, IN
2,004.M B Carmel, IN
2,005.Joshua He Carmel, IN this is a residential area. we need a quit environment, and
less trafic.
2,006.Evaristo
Bernardes
Carmel, IN Live and have friends in the neighborhood
2,007.Prasanna
Ponugoti
Carmel, IN The location is inappropriate for this project.
2,008.Tim Hensley Rising Sun, IN To preserve the safety of residents.
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Name From Comments
2,009.Rebecca Dube Zionsville, IN I live on the very east side of Zionsville, just a few miles from
this location, and I am very much opposed to this proposed
project.
Traffic is one of the major considerations. I drive Shelborne
by this location multiple days a week, and I cannot imagine
what this will do to the area. Shelborne is only two lane all
through Carmel, and the intersection at this particular
location is very narrow. School buses often cannot even
make the turn. The traffic that would come with this
proposed development would be an absolute nightmare, not
just for all of us who drive the area, but especially for the
families living in such close proximity. The expected
activities (including the call to prayer 5 times a day and
nightly activities throughout the month of Ramadan),
particularly with the unpublished, though known, future
phases of the ILC, would bring such congestion throughout
the day and night. The additional traffic that will inevitably
cut through surrounding neighborhoods, with families with
young children/pets, is obviously a safety concern. Areas a
little further out also need to be considered. The
representative for this project admits this location is
desirable due to its closeness to Michigan Road. Several
roads in Zionsville running from Michigan Road to Carmel
will inevitably become cut through streets with a good deal of
traffic.
In addition, the noise and light pollution that this will add
would be absolutely inconsiderate of the current residents
and will ultimately degrade the area. The group requesting
this indicates there won’t be a call to prayer outside the
building, but that promise seems weak. Most mosques very
loudly broadcast a call to prayer five times a day outside the
building, starting very early in the morning. If those start, who
will actually put a stop to it?
Overall, this proposal makes absolutely no sense. This area
is zoned residential for a reason, and a project of this
magnitude needs to be put in a commercial area with the
infrastructure in place to accommodate it, such as the US 31
corridor. The group requesting this permit admits this will
bring visitors from throughout central Indiana, and this is not
something the location can handle or what the residents
should be forced to deal with. I cannot fathom how the mayor
of Carmel can even suggest this is a suitable location for this
project. I only hope the members of the Board of Zoning
Appeals do their job and uphold the common sense zoning
laws.
2,010.Kshitija Dube Carmel, IN
2,011.S Dube Carmel, IN
2,013.Medhat George Carmel, IN
2,015.M G Carmel, IN
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Name From Comments
2,016.Mike B Carmel, IN
2,017.Nova Mike Carmel, IN
2,018.Videha Chauhan Carmel, IN To maintain safety and peaceful environment in residential
area.
2,019.Bola Emad Carmel, IN
2,020.Terry Polk Carmel, IN
2,021.celina william westfield, IN will cause traffic congestion
2,022.Dinesh Mishra Carmel, IN Maintain this area as a peaceful residential area.
2,023.Soujanya Billa Carmel, IN
2,024.Robert Gorman Carmel, IN
2,025.Steven Saied Westfield, IN
2,026.Addi Kum Carmel, IN Proposal is to cover Westfield, Carmel and zionsville Muslim
population and then was told that only 150 will be in
congregation. I cannot buy this argument. How can I trust
that only 150 members are living in these 3 cities. If building
is build as per plan there will be more people show up just to
see the grand structure. If I go with the plan then people will
show up on weekend as well for other social activities.
Please move this to some other bigger place.
2,027.Yogander Dwivedi Carmel, IN I don't want it to affect our property values, don't want to
have all the traffic.
2,028.E S Carmel, IN
2,029.Marina Medhat Carmel, IN
2,030.Mrmr M Carmel, IN
2,031.M N Carmel, IN
2,032.Mero M Carmel, IN
2,033.Mena G Carmel, IN
2,036.Yogesh Garg Carmel, IN Preserve residential flovor of the area
2,038.Meco Coco Carmel, IN
2,040.Mena Maher Carmel, IN
2,042.Gogo Mike Carmel, IN
2,043.Jason G Carmel, IN
2,044.Nova F Carmel, IN
2,045.Koko G Carmel, IN
2,046.Keroles G Carmel, IN
2,047.Koko Koko Carmel, IN
2,048.Jojo Ja Carmel, IN
2,049.Mego George Carmel, IN
2,050.Bola George Carmel, IN
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Name From Comments
2,051.Hannah Liu Carmel, IN
2,052.Jun Li carmel, IN
2,054.Nancee Kimack Carmel, IN Why do we on the west side of Carmel have to be forced
AGAIN to have to agree to ANOTHER non-residential
building on Shelbourne in our neighborhoods. This property
is zoned residential. All the people who bought in the
surrounding areas were told houses, neighborhoods would
be built there NOT ANOTHER big building with hundreds of
people disrupting the neighbors and more excess traffic.
Take it to a more non residential area like along Michigan
road
2,055.Zachary Yauger Carmel, IN
2,056.Tota Basem Carmel, IN
2,057.Abanob Boshra Carmel, IN It's a residential area
2,058.Karen Wafek Carmel, IN It's effect home's value and traffic
2,059.Ben Liu Carmel, IN
2,060.Barbara Duke Carmel, IN Safety concerns.
2,061.Joel Vanags Carmel, IN
2,062.Stacy Davis Carmel, IN Preserving residential zoning is important.
2,063.Jianjun Zhang Carmel, IN To maintain the community peaceful, and reduce the
unnecessary traffic in this area.
2,064.Alisa Nalis Westfield, IN
2,065.Tom Thomson Carmel, IN The fact this is zoned for residential only and I’m concerned
about property values in traffic
2,066.Matt Zappasodi Westfield, IN
2,067.Rebekah Meldrum Carmel, IN This WILL bring down our property values!
2,068.Tricia Miller Carmel, IN
2,069.Kathy Kotzelnick Carmel, IN I do not want a residential/country to be over built. Plus
traffic is hard enough to drive in this area
2,070.Scott Bennett Carmel, IN Find another location
2,071.Susan Sigman Carmel, IN This area is set up to be residential and the streets can not
accommodate increased traffic of this magnitude. There is
already significant building on shelborne not far south near
the schools. I feel building and using the land in this manner
will decrease value of property and take away from the
neighborhood housing being built so close by.
2,072.Elizabeth Vannoy Carmel, IN
2,073.Rosanne russell Zionsville, IN The west side of carmel 131 got the hideous water tower,
put the mosque kn the east side!
2,074.mingsheng Wang Carmel, IN
2,075.Kanchan Sharma Westfield, IN
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Name From Comments
2,076.J. Housefield Carmel, IN The importance of preserving unity...the sad truth that lying
and not assimilating are clear tenants among this group
which is thus in opposition to “unity”.
2,077.Hong Hu Carmel, IN Neiborhood house value
2,078.Muller Soliman Carmel, IN
2,079.Vladimir
Ostrovsky
Carmel, IN It is change a face and dynamic of the Carmel
2,080.Jack McAfee Carmel, IN This building structure will hurt residential property values.
This building should be built on land zoned for COMERCIAL
USE !!!!
2,081.Najia Jin Carmel, IN By opposing the build of ILC on the Residential land will
preserve our house value in this area.
2,082.Lei Yan Carmel, IN
2,083.chengzhi zhu carmel, IN residential area, no rezoning.
2,084.Peter Zhu Carmel, IN We need to build a community in harmony. This has already
created a tension between residents and argument. No more
please. Thanks
2,085.Yuan Su Carmel, IN
2,086.Denise Sun Carmel, IN
2,087.John C.Carmel, IN Should maintain this residential area. Please DO NOT build
other structures.
2,088.Chi Wang Carmel, IN
2,089.Eileen Du Carmel, IN
2,090.Meihua Luo Carmel, IN
2,091.Sarasa Ponugoti Carmel, IN Just think about it-The agony every parent with little kids
have go through due to traffic especially during school days
and in summer.
My deepest concern is, this may limit or restrict kids outdoor
activities due to traffic, pollution etc.
2,092.Kim Kwon Carmel, IN
2,093.B SISTELOS Westfield, IN Being familiar with similar projects in the Chicago area, we
know this will negatively change the socioeconomic flavor of
the Carmel region forever.
2,094.Angela Grabovsky Carmel, IN I am against changing residential zoning
2,095.Qimin Li Carmel, IN I am against changing the residential zone. And I don’t want
the change to hurt our property value.
2,096.Jeanne Edwards Carmel, IN
2,097.Sheila Fraley Indianapolis, IN I live in Carmel Indiana in home place. I do not believe the
area is big enough for this mosque and will cause lots of
traffic and congestion in that area. It is a very bad choice of
location.
2,098.Luobei Zhu Carmel, IN oppose the residential zoning area for other purpose
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Name From Comments
2,099.Jeffery Gilaspy Carmel, IN This has nothing to do with religious freedom, it has to dim
with maintaining the property rights of the residential
neighborhood. This is a comercial structure, build it in a
COMERCIALLY ZONED LOCATION '!!!
2,100.Mei Zhang Zionsville, IN I am against changing the residential zone. And I don’t want
the change to hurt our property value.
2,101.Xiaoping Gu Carmel, IN
2,102.Debbie Carriger Carmel, IN This are a should remain zoned residential
2,103.Shaobo Zhang Carmel, IN Concerns the increased traffic, and the project may bring
down the value of my properties.
2,104.Arminta Inbody Carmel, IN We want to see this area remain for residential zoning.
2,105.Michael Vorsovsky Carmel, IN
2,106.Lisa Miao Carmel, IN
2,107.Richard Haas Carmel, IN Want this to be a single family home area. Helps with
housing prices.
2,108.Kent Welch Carmel, IN
2,109.Jan Hamilton Columbus, IN Doesn't belong in residential area
2,110.Kindle Hohlt Carmel, IN
2,111.Anne Marie Kohler Carmel, IN I didn’t understand what the big deal was at first so I decided
to drive by the location. I was shocked! I couldn’t believe
someone would actually allow ANY non residential structure
there. The lot is TINY and litterally right next door to houses.
Nothing belongs there other than houses. I truly have the
deepest sympathy for the neighbors involved if this gets
passed.
2,112.Angela Tellus Carmel, IN
2,113.Sarah J.Carmel, IN This structure needs to built in a commercial designated
location. We have enjoyed the peaceful and quite
community. We don't need more traffic and noise.
2,114.Ilya Grabovsky Carmel, IN Zoning should stay resident not commercial
2,115.Tao Shu Carmel, IN
2,116.Rob Clark Carmel, IN
2,117.Tom Chernosky Carmel, IN I am concerned about the disruption to the surrounding
neighborhoods of noise and increased traffic. I don't believe
this land can support this development
2,118.Irina Brodskiy Westfield, IN
2,119.john brown Carmel, IN This makes no sense.
2,120.Kimsey Kelley Carmel, IN It effects one of my best friends houses and the nice
environment he lives in. Which is not ok to just get rid of
2,121.Stacey Amaya Carmel, IN
2,122.Sandy Swartz Carmel, IN
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Name From Comments
2,123.Joel Amaya Carmel, IN It is a residencial aerea. This will only bring problems to the
community and adds no value
2,124.Matthew Inman Carmel, IN
2,125.Justin Barrett Carmel, IN
2,126.Karl Boles Carmel, IN
2,127.Gitas Jameikis Westfield, IN
2,128.Elizabeth Reuter Indianapolis, IN My issue is with the call to prayer, and allowing it would set a
terrible precedent. Having lived in a Muslim country for five
years, I know what the five times daily call to prayer means
for people living in the area. It is LOUD. Today’s prayer
times are at 6:36, 7:50, 12:58, 15:42, 18:07 and 19.21.
People would never have purchased their homes if they had
known there would be shouting over a loudspeaker starting
at that hour, and I doubt the city of Carmel will pay for them
all to relocate. Imagine if all the churches and synagogues
did the same. Surely there is a noise ordinance and would it
not apply equally to residents of all faiths? No objection to
any house of worship anywhere one is allowed, but without a
loudspeaker broadcasting any message whatsoever. No one
outside the walls of the mosque— or church or synagogue—
should have that forced upon them. I wouldn’t have thought
this even needed saying.
2,129.Nate Rubendall Carmel, IN
2,130.Kendall Hinton Westfield, IN
2,131.Victoria Bishay Carmel, IN I need to live in peace, quite place
2,132.Donald Birt Zionsville, IN This is too large for the residential area.
2,133.Anja Nitz Carmel, IN
2,134.Mary Hickd Carmel, IN It is a quiet residential area not s proper site for increased
traffic and a very large facility. There must be many places
not right in s residential area for this.
2,135.Dzsamelia Kiss Carmel, IN
2,136.Judi Culy Carmel, IN If the ILC grows, they will be landlocked. Most congregations
with the intent to grow find 10-15 acres or more with the
intent to grow. Those tracts exist just 1/4 mi north.
2,137.Richard Gregory Carmel, IN
2,138.Michael Culy Carmel, IN We live about 1/4 mile from this site. I agree with residents
behind the proposed site. It is clearly too small for a church
setting and will place parking lots essentially in the back
yards of very high value residential property. This plot of
land should remain residential to fit the neighborhood. The
church should be advised to look for a larger site with room
for future expansion if needed (15 to 25 acres minimum).
2,139.Michael Johnson Carmel, IN
2,140.Joseph Gardner Carmel, IN Traffic congestion, Noise, and Property values
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Name From Comments
2,141.wafa safi Carmel, IN I think it's better for them to find a larger land to fit in their
future vision.
2,142.Jeremy Stone Carmel, IN This plot of land isn't large enough for several horses.. I can't
imagine why any church would be build in that location , it is
definitely devaluing the homes around it and out of place
with the residental community setting , they need to find a
larger piece of land in Carmel, If Carmel is where they want
to be. The surrounding properties would most definitely lose
tremendous value in their homes those already built,
Surrounding the area. It's not about it being a mosque it is
just a terrible location for it .
2,143.Ross Estabrook carmel, IN
2,144.Riggs Overley Carmel, IN I have owned my 2.7 acres land track on the s/w corner of
141st and shelborne rd since 1978, my driveway is 300ft
from the proposed site, l can assure you I am only interested
in single family homes, any other use will undoubtably
impact and crush property values !!!, A secondary concern
affecting propert value is increased traffic congestion and
noise .
2,145.Rebecca Gregory Carmel, IN
2,146.Mark van
Westrum
Carmel, IN Keep residential land as zoned for houses
2,147.Nirmal Patel Indianapolis, IN
2,148.Priscilla Peterson Westfield, IN
2,149.Keith Murphy Carmel, IN
2,150.Lisa Buck Indiaiapolis, IN
2,151.Stephanie Hardy Carmel, IN
2,152.Dianne McArdle Pendleton, IN Too much traffic on community roads.
2,153.Michele Burbank Indpls., IN
2,154.Paul Moore Liberty, MO Know the neighborhood. It will decrease property values in
the area and increase traffic beyond what it can handle.
2,155.David Barker Noblesville, IN
2,156.Shane
Overley-Campbell
Carmel, IN This was zoned residential for a reason. This is ment to be a
quiet area where families are not subjected to loud noises
bright lights and heavy traffic. As stated by many others this
property is too small and will only leave the corner crowded
with no room for expansions!
2,157.Gretchen Stewart Zionsville, IN
2,158.Kris Brannan Indianapolis, IN Nature.
2,159.Pam Dunlap Westfield, IN
2,160.Sabrina Robbins Carmel, IN
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2,161.Hemang Patel CARMEL, IN I am building a new home near the proposed site. When I
started construction, I was told that the nearby area was
zoned as residential. This proposal is obviously not
residential. If I knew that this proposal was being
considered, I would have moved to Westfield.
This type of development should not be allowed in a
residential area. What is to guarantee that no expansion will
take place? What are the restrictions on noise?
2,162.Ermeen Marcos Indianapolis, IN
2,163.Yasser G Youssef indianapolis, IN
2,164.Jake Franks Carmel, IN Here are the facts:
1. The members of the Islamic Life Center have flat out lied
on multiple occasions
a. "Our video was not our true vision but just a fund raising
video" Well we now learn that was a lie as they do want to
build on the additional 9 acres. "We just want to be good
neighbors" Well, lying to your city, at the first BZA meeting
and new neighbors is a great start!
b. "This will increase your property values" WOW, but too
bad we already have cancelled realestate contracts due to
this project! What happens when your have too much
demand (as everyone trys to sell) in a market? Uneducated
guarantee or lie?!?
Everyone, take note: The President and main board member
Mahdi are both Mayoral appointees to Carmel!
Sad that this is all happening at the hands of those city
officials that vowed to protect and serve those in their
community, those who pay their taxes and support the city
officials lifestyles.
Is it fact that the mayor may not have any impact on the
BZAs decision? Hasn't that already happened though?
This organization isn't and won't even be a tax contributor to
our city but we will be forced to pay for all the road upgrades
and maintenance to roadways for all their members to come
in and out of our city.
Why did the BZA tell Drees homes least year that they
couldn't build have an entrance to their small neighborhood
off of 141st St because "This small road couldn't handle the
traffic" but not this huge project? Weird and bad politics.
Just like dozens of others, loud speaker prayer will be here
in 4 years. Say whatever you have to to get your foot in the
door, then get the rest later.
Sad so many families have been drug thru the mud and
unprotected by the politicians that promised to protect them.
Even at the hands of these very politicians.
2,165.S Samuel Indianapolis, IN
2,166.Jeana Haley Indianapolis, IN
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