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CARMEL/CLAY PLAN COMMISSION
SPECIAL STUDIES COMMITTEE
DEPARTMENT REPORT
July 10, 2001
2. Docket No. 47-01 CA; The Retreat
Petitioner seeks Commitment Amendment approval to revise the approved Preliminary
Site Plan and No Build Zone. The site is located north ofl-465 and west of Westfield
Blvd. The site is zoned R-4 Residential.
Filed by Harry F . Todd of Gibraltar Properties for Gibraltar Properties, Inc.
The Plan Commission has approved commitment amendments regarding a minor revision to the
building layout along the northern boundary, a relocation of the tennis courts, a revision to the
clubhouse site plan, and elimination ofthe pier as well as the placement of a maintenance
building along the southern edge of the project.
The Special Studies Committee tabled consideration ofthe request to eliminate the path around
the lake to be considered at the July committee meeting.
The applicant indicated that the Army Corps of Engineers has identified areas on both the north
and south banks of the lake as pre-emergent wetlands and that installation of the path would
disturb these areas.
Last month the department recommend that the amendment be approved, but that the petitioner
be required instead to install a ten-foot-wide multi-use path along the length ofthe project's
Westfield Boulevard frontage.
The Department has visited the site and taken photos ofthe area in front of the site along
Westfield Boulevard are attached. At the June 5, 2001 committee meeting the applicant
indicated that the landscaping would prohibit the installation of a path. Based on the photos it
does not appear that the placement oflandscaping would interfere with the installation of a path
(see attached, original photos will be available at the meeting). In fact if the landscaping has
been placed in the right-of-way it will need to be relocated to an area outside the right-of-way.
The County Highway Department has confirmed that there is sufficient right-of-way as along the
west side of Westfield Boulevard to produce these improvements. The applicant dedicated right-
of-way pursuant to the county thoroughfare plan at the time the site was developed.
The Department believes that further review is necessary to determine the appropriate layout of a
path along Westfield Boulevard. The Department recommends that the Committee direct the
applicant to produce plans illustrating the installation of the path to be reviewed at the next
Special Studies meeting scheduled for August 7, 2001.
Committee Report 2001-07-10.rtf
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City of Carmel
CARMEL/CLAY PLAN COMMISSION
MEMORANDUM
Date: July 5, 2001
To: Plan Commission Members
From: Jon C. Dobosiewicz
Department of Community Services
Re: July 10 Plan Commission Committee Meetings - Department Reports
Please find attached Department Reports for the items contained on the July 10th Agenda for both
the Special Studies and Subdivision Committee meetings.
I have also attached a copy of the Agenda for each meeting for your convenience.
If you have any comments or questions please do not hesitate to call at 571-2417.
Very truly yours,
Jon C. Dobosiewicz
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ONE CIVIC SQUARE
CARMEL, INDIANA 46032
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