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CERTIFICATION OF THE CARMEL/CLAY.
PLAN COMMISSION'S RECOMMENDATION
ON THE PETITION OF THE CITY OF CARMEL
DEPARTMENTOFCO~TYSER~CES
TO AMEND THE CARMEL/CLAY ZONING ORDINANCE
PURSUANT TO INDIANA CODE 36~7~4~605
ORDINANCE No. Z-375~02
Home Place District Overlay Zone
To: The Honorable Common Council
Of the City of Carmel
Hamilton County, Indiana
Dear Members:
The Carmel/Clay Plan Commission offers you the.. following report on the application of the Department of
Community Services '('DockefNo. 135-01 OA) for/the Home Place Task Force petitioning the Commission to
establish Chapter 23E: Home Place DistdcfOVerlay Zone. The area affected is generally mown as Home Place,
bounded on the south by 1-465, on the north by East 116th Street, on the west by North Pennsylvania Street, and on
the east by the Monon Greenway, Hamilton County, Indiana.
The Carmel/Clay Plan Commission's recommendation on the petition of the Home Place Task Force is
FAVORABLE.
At its regularly scheduled meeting of February 19,2002, the Carmel/Clay Plan Commission voted ten (10) in Favor,
zero (0) Opposed, zero (0) Abstaining, to forward to the Common Council the proposed Ordinance No. Z-375-02
with a Favorable Recommendation.
Please be advised that by virtue of the Plan Commission's Favorable Recommendation, pursuant to IC 36-7-4-
607(e), the Council has ninety (90) days to act on this petition before it becomes effective as Certified by the
Commission. Ninety days from the date of this Certification is Thursday, May 30, 2002.
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R(amona HancocK, Secretary
DATED: March 1, 2002
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CARMEL CITY COUNCIL
March 18, 200t
5. Z-375-02, Home Place Overlay Zone
Petitioner seeks adoption of an ordinance for the establishment of the 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.
The Carmel/Clay Plan Commission forwards this ordinance to the Common Council with a
unanimous (10-0) Favorable Recommendation (see enclosed certification).
This Ordinance is one of three parts the Council will be acting on to implement the proposed
Home Place Overlay. This Ordinance establishes the text in the Zoning Ordinance. Another
item on this same agenda, Resolution No. CC-03-18-02-01, adopts new comprehensive plan
policies for Home Place (see tab number 7). Another Ordinance addressing the area where the
text will be applied to the zoning map, a map amendment will be submitted to the Council at
the April 1, 2002 meeting. The map amendment could be acted upon at the same time as this
ordinance.
The Department recommends that this item be forwarded to the Annexation and Land
Use Committee for review and that the Council adopt the Ordinance upon receiving a
recommendation from the committee.
Brief de~~ription and ha~kgrollnd information ~
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 106th 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
redevelopment 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.
The proposed Overlay Zone and Comprehensive Plan policies attempt to foster growth in this
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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.
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