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Home My WebLink AboutDept Report 4-17-01 APRIL 17,2001 Carmel/Clay Plan Commission Agenda u Q CARMEL/CLAY PLAN COMMISSION April 17, 2001 - DEPARTMENT REPORT 2h. Docket No. 32-01 PP; Woods of Williams Creek Subdivision The petitioner seeks approval to plat a 73-lot subdivision on 74.78:l:: acres. The site is located on the northwest comer of West 136th Street and Spring Mill Road. The site is zoned S-l/residence. The petitioner also seeks approval of the following Subdivision Waivers: 32-01a SW seo 6.2.1 Suitability of Land Filed by David Barnes of Weihe Engineering for Williams Creek Woods LLC. The Department has met with the applicant on several occasions regarding floodplain issues and tree preservation and as they relate to the request by the applicant for the Subdivision Waiver. At this time the applicant is aware that they need to submit additional information to justify the request for relief from sca 6.2.1 regarding the Suitability of Land. sca 6.2.1 regarding the Suitability of Land states the following: Land subject to periodic flooding as determined by the FW and FP flood plain districts shall not be subdivided for residential occupancy nor for any other use which might involve danger to health, life or property or aggravate the flood hazard, and such land within any proposed subdivision shall be reserved for uses which will not be endangered by periodic or occasional inundation. Land subject to periodic flooding as determined by the FF flood plain district may be subdivided subject to reports, recommendations and approvals from the Indiana Natural Resources Commission. The Department recommends that this Item be forwarded to the Subdivision Committee on May 1, 2001. At that time the applicant should be prepared to justify their request for relief from the Ordinance standards. This should include a tree preservation plan, identification of the areas proposed for cut and fill, area to be cleared for the open drain and proposed easements and language in the covenants addressing these matters. At this time the Department can not support the request for the Subdivision Waiver. Page 2 ONE CIVIC SQUARE CARMEL, INDIANA 46032 317/571-2417