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CARMEL BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS
DEPARTMENT REPORT
May 22, 2006
Sh. Martin Marietta - Scale House
The applicant seeks the following use variance approval:
Docket No. 06040019 UV ZO Chapter 5.01 Permitted Uses
The site is located at 10851 Hazel Dell Pkwy and is zoned S-l/Residence.
Filed by ZeffWeiss oflce Miller LLP for Martin Marietta Materials.
General Info:
The petitioner seeks use
variance approval for a
scale house. The scale
house facilitates the
weighing of trucks
entering and leaving the
sand processing plant.
Use variance approval is
needed because this use
is not listed in the Zoning
Ordinance as a permitted
use in the S-l/Residence
district.
Analysis:
Currently, a residential
structure exists on the
subject site and is
proposed to be converted into the scale house. If you look at the legal description of the sand processing
plant in relation to the subject parcel, you can see that the sand processing plant parcel touches three sides
of the subject parcel. Also, across the street is the site of the old sand processing plant (which is now
located on the east side of Hazel Dell Pkwy). The sand processing plant east of Hazel Dell Pkwy received
use variance approval from the BZA on June 30, 2005. The land surrounding this site is within the
floodplain. This proposed scale house will be an additional component of the sand plant. The petitioner
has written that truck traffic will only travel south of the site along Hazel Dell Pkwy. Also, no additional
lighting will be added to the scale house at this time. A sign permit will be required for the new sign.
Findings of Fact: Use Variance
1. The grant of this variance will not be contrary to the public interest, due to the existence of
special condition(s) such that enforcement of the zoning ordinance will result in unnecessary
hardship because:
Three sides of the subject parcel are already being touched by a parcel approved for processing
sand & gravel. To the west, across Hazel Dell Pkwy, a gravel mine exists. The scale house will be
a component of the sand processing.
2. The grant of this variance will not be injurious to the public health, safety, morals and
general welfare of the community because:
The scale house will be a component of the sand processing, which is occurring on the parcel
adjacent to the subject site. The scale house will house offices and it will facilitate the weighing of
trucks entering and exiting the adjacent sand processing plant site.
3. The use or value of the area adjacent to the subject property will not be substantially
affected in any adverse manner because:
Three sides of the subject parcel are already being touched by a parcel approved for processing
sand & gravel. To the west, across Hazel Dell Pkwy, a gravel mine exists. The scale house will be
a component of the sand processing.
4. The need for the variance arises from a natural condition peculiar to the subject property
because:
The site is surrounded by floodplain. Three sides of the subject parcel are already being touched
by a parcel approved for processing sand & gravel. To the west, across Hazel Dell Pkwy, a gravel
mine exists. The scale house will be a component of the sand processing.
s. The granting of this variance does not substantially interfere with the Carmel/Clay
Comprehensive Plan because:
The area is already predominantly mining in nature. The surrounding land is within the floodplain.
The scale house will be an adjacent, complementary use to the sand processing plant.
Recommendation:
The Dept. of Community Services recommends positive consideration of Docket No. 06040019 UV.