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CARMEL/CLAY PLAN COMMISSION
SPECIAL STUDIES COMMITTEE
DEPARTMENT REPORT
February 5, 2002
3. Docket No. 135-01 Z, 136-01 CPA;
Home Place District Overlay Zone & Comprehensive Plan Policies
Petitioner seeks a favorable recommendation for the establishment ofthe Home Place
District Overlay Zone & Comprehensive Plan Policies. The area affected is generally
known as Home Place.
Filed by the Department of Community Services for the Home Place Task Force.
This item will be discussed at the meeting scheduled for Thllr~day, February 7th at 7 p.m.
The public hearing for this item was held at the December 18th Plan Commission meeting at
which time the item was forwarded to the Special Studies Committee.
The Special Studies Committee discussed the item at their January 8th meeting and continued it
to the February 5th meeting. Please find attached to this report the amended version of the plan
that reflects changes made to date.
The following is a reprint of the Department Report on this item to the full Plan Commission for
the December 18th meeting. It provides a brief overview of the process relating to the development
of the Overlay Zone and amended Comprehensive Plan policies.
The Home Place Task Force was formed to create Comprehensive Plan policies and an Overlay
Zone that would serve the Home Place area. Several factors make this area particularly sensitive
now and in the future for redevelopment. First, the US 31 upgrade with a potential interchange
to be located at I06th Street. Second, the recent road improvements on Pennsylvania Street.
Last, the availability of relatively reasonably priced real estate. These factors will make the
Home Place area even more viable for commercial development in the future. Recognizing this
and the need to protect the established neighborhoods, the Task Force set out to establish basic
design standards to guide commercial development and redevelopmen\ in the area.
Within the entire area (bounded on the east by the Monon Trail, on the west by Pennsylvania
Street, on the south by 1-465 and on the north by 116th Street), commercial development,
redevelopment, renovations, and additions would be required to comply with the general
guidelines for landscaping, lighting, parking, pedestrian circulation, and material storage. Those
properties falling within the Home Place Business District (around the intersection of 106th
Street & College Avenue) and the West Home Place Commercial Corridor (east side of
Pennsylvania Street) would have, in addition, site design, architectural, and buffer standards that
would ensure commercial development would be compatible with and sensitive to nearby
neighborhoods.
Committee Report 2002-2-5.rtf
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The proposed Overlay Zone and Comprehensive Plan policies attempt to foster growth in this
area by focusing commercial development in areas where it already exists and establishing
reasonable design standards to protect residential areas. The standards proposed are drawn from
the Comprehensive Plan policies and from standards established in other Overlay Zones
throughout the Township. The standards are based on significant public input and by examining
development patterns within the area. The goal is to maintain the urban village character while
accommodating future development or redevelopment.
The Department recommends that the Special Studies Committee forward this item back to
the Full Plan Commission with a favorable recommendation for action by the full Plan
Commission on February 19th.
The Plan Commission will be forwarding this matter to the City Council for final action.
Committee Report 2002-2-5.rtf
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