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CARMEL/CLAY PLAN COMMISSION
SPECIAL STUDIES COMMITTEE
DEPARTMENT REPORT
June 4, 2002
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Docket No. 125-01 Z; 136 Street & Rohrer Road POO/ 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~ acres. The site is
located at the southwest comer of Maran a 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
complete layout and description of the proposed development. The information packet was
distributed last week with the agenda and is dated June 4,2002.
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, the Commission sent the item back to committee.
The Department has maintained from the time of the initial Public Hearing that we are in support
ofthe proposed rezone. The proposed development, in its previous and current forms, f?1~r~ntp.p.~
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 ofthat 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).
The Department recommends that this proposed PUD, as amended, be forwarded to the
full Plan Commission with a favorable recommendation.
Committee Report 2002-6-4
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