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CARMEL/CLAY PLAN COMMISSION
SPECIAL STUDIES COMMITTEE
June 5, 2001
9. 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 petitioner is requesting approval to amend Item 3(A) of the Commitments (Instrument No.
199909957849) made attendant to Docket No. 36-99 Z. The commitment holds the applicant to
develop the site in compliance with the Site Plan filed in conjunction with the aforementioned
petition. The petitioner seeks approval to make the following changes:
1. A minor revision to the building layout along the northern boundary of the site to
eliminate the need to install a retaining wall. This allows the petitioner to retain the natural slope
and complies with a request made by the Technical Advisory Committee.
2. Eliminate the path around the lake. The Army Corps of Engineers has identified areas on
both the north and south banks of the lake as pre-emergent wetlands. Installation of the path
would disturb these areas.
3. Relocate the tennis courts, revise the clubhouse site plan, and eliminate the pier. Tennis
courts originally shown adjacent to the Monon Greenway have been relocated to the north side of
the clubhouse. Placement of the tennis courts in proximity to the clubhouse necessitated the
relocation ofthe swimming pool to the west side of the clubhouse. The elimination of the pier
was made due to liability concerns.
4. A maintenance building has been included along the southern edge ofthe project. The
shed as currently located encroaches into the ISO-foot no-build zone established parallel to 1-465.
The petitioner further requests approval to amend Item 3(1) of the Commitments in order to
redescribe the ISO-foot no-build zone around the maintenance building.
With respect to the Site Pl:m l'Imendment olltlined in Pl'Irl'lerl'lph 1, the Depl'lrtment recommend~
l'Ipprovl'Il ::I~ reque~ted.
With respect to the Site Pll'ln l'Imendment olltlined in Pl'Irl'ler::lph 2, the De,pl'lrtment recommend~
thl'lt the l'Imendment he l'Ipproved, hllt thl'lt the petitioner he required in~te::ld to in~tl'll1 ::I ten-foot-
wide mlllti-lI~e pl'lth l'Ilone the leneth of the project'~ We~tfield ROlllevl'lrn frontl'lge.
With respect to the Site Pll'ln l'Imennment olltlined in Pl'Irl'ler::lph 1, the Depl'lrtment recommenn~
l'Ipprovl'lll'l~ reqlle~ted.
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With re~ect to the Site Phm ::Imendment Olltlined in P::Ir::lgr::lph 4, the Oep::lrtment recommenn~
th::lt the ~hen he permitten to rem::lin contineent npon the execntion of::l recorn::lhle rommitment
th::lt ~honld the rity, rOllnty, or ::Iny ~lIcce!':!':or eovernment::ll ::Ieency reqllire the remov::Il of the
m::linten::lnce hnilning in order to IItilize the 1 ~O-foot No-Rniln Zone, th::lt the hnilning will he
removen ::It the owner'~ expen!':e, ::Inn !':lIC~h eovernment::ll entitie!': will he heln in no w::IY li::lhle for
!':lIch remov::Il The Of',p::lrtment filrther recommenn~ th::lt the reqlle!':t to rene!':crihe the No-Rlliln
Zone ::ITOnnd the m::linten::lnce hllildine he nenied in f::lvor of the rommitment ~neee~ted ::Ihove.
Committee Report 2001-06-05