HomeMy WebLinkAboutLetter #28 from Rosado Hill subdivisionN ovem ber 5, 2018
H AN D D ELI V ERE D
Carm el C ity C oun cil
A T TN : K evin Ri der, President
C arm el C ity H all
O ne Civic Squar e
C arm el, IN 46032
R e: R ezoning D ocket N o.18070001 Z
201 W . 10 6th Street/10580 N. Illinois Street
Applicant: PL Properties, LLC
President Rider and members of the Carmel City Council:
We submit this letter as owners of the Rosado Hill three-lot subdivision located immediately west
of the property at the southwest comer of 106th and Illinois Streets with respect to which PL
Properties proposes a rezoning from the S2 Residential district classification to B-1/Business.
The parcel proposed for rezoning for many decades contained a one-story ranch home owned and
occupied by Dr. John Pittman and his family, including Steve Pittman, a principal of PL Properties,
the developer. Dr. Pittman passed away in 2014. Dr. Pittman was our friend and cherished
neighbor. His home was demolished in 2017. When we purchased, platted, and built the properties
in the 9+/- acre Rosado Hill subdivision approximately a decade ago, we did not foresee that the
residential property to our east would become a commercial development. However, we agree
with Steve's analysis that the prospect of his old family property being redeveloped or utilized as
single family residential is highly unlikely.
In February of 2018, Steve Pittman approached us about his vision to build a single, high quality,
Class A professional office building, with appropriate protections for neighboring single-family
residences. To his credit, Steve elicited our thoughts and concerns prior to the rezoning. We
appreciate his approach to rezone the property to B-1/Business, rather than a more intense zoning
district that would be more disruptive to our quality of life. And we greatly appreciate the many
commitments associated with this development including to name a few limiting the project to one
building, prohibiting uses otherwise permitted in the B-1/Business district, limiting hours of
operation, construction of a buffering wall, planting and preserving screening trees, and
architectural and design requirements.
We have worked for many months on the language of the commitments included with this
rezoning. It has not always been easy but in the end, there was good faith compromise on both
sides. We are pleased with the final set of commitments PL Properties is submitting to the Council
in this rezoning and in reliance upon the content thereof, we enthusiastically support the grant
approval of this rezoning case.
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Finally, w e publi cl y thank Steve Pitt m an and Jo hn L evinson fo r their patience and their dili gen ce
effo rt s to accomm od ate our con cern s. T hey have acted m uch m ore lik e neighbors than develop ers
con cern ed only about the bott om line. F or that w e are gra tefu l. W e look fo rw ard to continuing
our coll aboration duri n g A D L S pro ceedin gs an d the developm ent and con stru ction of the offi ce
buil ding they propose fo r this site.
President R ider an d m em bers of the C oun cil , thank you fo r your pro fe ssional attention . W e
respectfu lly request your fa vora ble con sideration of D ocket N o.1807000 1 an d rem ain available
fo r addition al question s and inquiri es.
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Naval Sondhi
10545 Spring Mill Road
~~ Robert Boeglin
10555 Spring Mill Road
cc: President Rider (by first class mail)
Steve Pittman
John Levinson
Joseph Calderon
Murray Clark
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