HomeMy WebLinkAboutLetter #128 Mark & Gina Sell
Shestak, Joe
From:Gina Sell <magisell82@gmail.com>
Sent:Saturday, August 22, 2020 4:59 PM
To:Shestak, Joe
Subject:Ambleside PUD
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We are writing in protest of the Ambleside Point PUD.
We are not opposed to development but are very much opposed to the blatant disregard for zoning. Currently the
allowable amount of single family homes on this property is approximately 78, to ask for 260 is simply egregious.
My husband and I have lived on this portion of 146th for over 22 years and when we moved here we did so because
it was zoned for very low density single family homes. We made investments into our home believing it would stay
that way.
The Carmel Comprehensive Plan clearly states, “the public can base their expectations on the content”.
The developers have cherry picked what they want from the Carmel Comprehensive Plan, they failed to mention the
part of West Carmel that says:
Preserve the estate character of West Carmel by protecting large-lot residential areas and by requiring new
subdivisions to have large setbacks from and quality landscaping along perimeter roads. A 5 foot setback
from the road is totally unacceptable!!
Using the benchmark that this type of housing should be allowed because of the what is happening across the street
in Westfield is not valid. Westfield completely ignored their Comprehensive Plan. This subdivision is also on a
frontage road - not 146th.
Take a good look at 146th and Ditch. The commercial node was approved years ago and all they have is a
CVS. The rest of it are empty overgrown lots surrounded by apartments and the one along 146th sticks out like a
sore thumb. There is absolutely no development across from the proposed Ambleside Point PUD. This land has
been marketed for years. Westfield is concentrating their growth up on 32 and Grand Park. I’m not saying it won’t
develop but it will be years.
The traffic study does not adequately represent what will happen at 146th and Ditch. The study was done during a
time when there was no school in session as well as not taking into account the numerous people working at home
due to the pandemic. That is a tricky left turn to get on to 146th due to cars coming off the roundabout at high speed
and a steady stream of traffic along Ditch. There is a 16 pump gas station approved at 146th and Ditch with two
entrance/exits granted onto “old” 146th Street. Saddle Creek residents will be able to cut through to 146th adding to
the traffic burden. My neighbor who lives on the corner of “old” 146th has a driveway directly across from the
proposed gas station, tell me there won’t be cars blocking their driveway during peak drive times. Where is this
addressed in the traffic study?
But more then anything, should Ambleside pass then a precedent has been set and there is nothing to stop any one
of my neighbors with large parcels of land like ours to sell their land to a developer to put in high density townhomes
or apartments. Then you have devalued my property and any homeowners surrounding the new
development. Everyone seems concerned about how Saddle Creek will be impacted but the real impact is going to
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be for the estate homeowners to the east of this project. This financial impact is a very real concern for us and
should not be taken lightly.
There is nothing that the developer can do that will change that fact unless they are required to reduce the density
and remove the townhomes.
Thank you for your consideration.
Mark and Gina Sell
P.S. We have seen the bald eagle.
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