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CARMEL/CLAY PLAN COMMISSION
DEPARTMENT REPORT
June 18, 2001
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Docket No. 125-01 Z; 136 Street & Rohrer Road PUDI Hunters Creek Office Park
Petitioner seeks favorable recommendation of a rezone from the B-3 (Business) and R-l
(Residence) districts to a PUD/planned unit development district on 5:c acres. The site is
located at the southwest comer of Marana Drive and Rohrer Road.
Filed by Charles D. Frankenberger of Nelson and Frankenberger for Hunters Creek Office
Park, LLC.
The applicant is proposing an office development at the southwest comer of Rohrer Road and
Marana Drive. Please refer to the revised informational packet provided by the applicant for a
layout and description of the proposed development. The information packet was distributed last
week with the meeting agenda. Several revisions have been made since the original request was
filed.
The Public Hearing for this item was held in November 2001. It has also been discussed at the
December 4th, January 8th and February 5th Special Studies Committee meetings. The petition
was discussed at the March 19th Plan Commission meeting under Old Business. It had received a
negative recommendation from the Special Studies Committee at the February 5th Committee
meeting. In light of proposed new information at the March 19th Plan Commission meeting the
item was sent back to Committee. The Committee met on June 4th to discuss the item and
forwards a negative recommendation back to the full Plan Commission on the revised request.
The Special Studies Committee forwards a negative recommendation to the full Plan
Commission by a vote of 4-1 on the PUD, as amended.
The Department recommends that this proposed PUD be forwarded to the City Council
with a favorable recommendation.
Background Information:
The Department has maintained from the time of the initial Public Hearing that we are in support
of the proposed rezone. The proposed development, in its previous and current forms, vummtee~
a building size, landscaping/buffering standards and architecture with maximum sensitivity to the
adjacent residential area in order to provide a transition between that existing residential and the
higher intensity commercial uses to the south and US Highway 31 to the southeast.
In summary, the intensity is nearly half of that previously requested. The proposed intensity of
use is significantly below what is otherwise permitted under the US 31 Overlay Zone. The
design of the proposed development (originally and even more so as amended), while not
preferred by the Department over the previous plan due to the reduced intensity, is far superior to
the type of transition that could be achieved under the current zoning (B-3/R-l, US 31 Overlay).