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MEMORANDUM
TO: Carmel City Council
FROM: Adrienne Keeling *
Department of Community Services
SUBJECT: Item forwarded by the Plan Commission for action by the City Council
DATE: September 22, 2006
Please find information on the following item forwarded by the Plan Commission attached. This
item will appear on your October 3rd agenda.
Forwarded with favorable recommendation:
Ordinance Z-497-06 (Docket No. 06080022 OA):
Carmel Drive - Range Line Road Overlay Amendment
Petition to amend the Zoning Ordinance in order to amend the sunset provision in Chapter 23F:
Carmel Drive - Range Line Road Overlay Zone.
Filed by the Carmel Department of Community Services.
Please find enclosed the Plan Commission-certified ordinance to amend the Zoning
Regulations. The purpose of the amendment is to extend the sunset provision of the Carmel
Drive - Range Line Road Overlay Zone by one year to December 31, 2007.
The intent of the sunset provision was to allow time to prepare and establish a central
business district plan. Although a proper plan has yet to be achieved, we believe the Overlay
Zone is serving its purpose well in the mean time; that is to enhance the livability of Carmel
by encouraging a range of activities in mixed-use buildings, and establishing a pedestrian
oriented environment in buildings and a streetscape which are attractive and safely designed.
By granting the extension of the sunset provision, it will allow staff and local officials to
continue to use the standards in the Overlay as a valuable tool to achieve the highest quality
of development.
A few projects have been constructed in the corridor either under the regulation or influence
of the Overlay. The best example is the transformation of the comer of Carmel Drive and
Range Line Road. With its conversion from a single use structure to a multi-story, multi-
tenant building, the project provides for a variety of retail and services and is situated on the
site in a way that activates street life at the comer. Other examples, though variances were
granted, include KFC and the Companion Animal Hospital. Also of note is the building
currently under construction immediately east of City Hall, which will be home to the
Nightingale Home Health Care offices.
The information on this item has been arranged in the following format:
1. Copy of the Ordinance Proposal (Z-497 -06)
2. Copy of PC Certification
Council Report 2006-0922; Z-497
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Sponsor: Councilor Rattermann
ORDINANCE Z-497-06
AN ORDINANCE OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF CARMEL, INDIANA
An Ordinance Amending the sunset provision of the Carmel Drive - Range Line Road Overlay
Zone in the Carmel Zoning Ordinance
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Advisory Planning Law of the State of Indiana (contained in
IC 36-7-4), each unit of local government that wishes to adopt land use and zoning ordinances
must first approve by resolution a comprehensive plan for the geographic area over which it has
jurisdiction; and
WHEREAS, the 2020 Vision Comprehensive Plan (the "Comprehensive Plan") Docket
No. 16-96 CP was given a favorable recommendation by the Carmel/Clay Advisory Plan
Commission on August 20, 1996, and duly approved by Resolution No. CC-09-03-96-03 of the
Common Council on September 24, 1996, and is therefore the official Comprehensive Plan of
the City of Carmel and Clay Township; and
WHEREAS, the City wishes to maintain an orderly, consistent and streamlined Zoning
Ordinance; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Indiana Code 36-7-4-602 the Common Council is authorized to
amend the text of the zoning ordinance; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Indiana Code 36-7-4-610 and City of Carmel Ordinance No. D-
1600-02, the Carmel Zoning and Subdivision Control Ordinances are incorporated by reference
into the Carmel City Code;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Common Council of the City of
Carmel, Indiana, that, pursuant to IC 36-7-4-600 et seq. and after Docket No. 06080022 OA
having received a favorable recommendation from the Carmel Advisory Plan Commission on
Tuesday, September 19, 2006, it hereby adopts this Ordinance to amend the Carmel Zoning
Ordinance (Ordinance No. Z-289, as amended), as amended, to read as follows:
Section I:
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ZO CHAPTER 23F: CARMEL DRIVE - RANGE LINE ROAD OVERLAY ZONE
a. Amend Section 23F.18: Sunset Provision to read:
23F.18
Sunset Provision.
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This Chapter expires December 31, ~2007.
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Section II: All prior Ordinances or parts thereof inconsistent with any proVIsIon of this
Ordinance are hereby repealed.
Section III: This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage and
signing by the Mayor.
09/22/2006
Ordinance Z-497-06
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Ordinance Z-497 -06 PASSED by the Common Council of the City of Carmel, Indiana
this _ day of , 2006, by a vote of ayes and nays.
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COMMON COUNCIL FOR THE CITY OF CARMEL
Presiding Officer
Joseph C. Griffiths
Richard L. Sharp, President Pro Tempore
Kevin Kirby
Ronald E. Carter
Brian D. Mayo
Fredrick J. Glaser
Mark Rattermann
ATTEST:
Diana L. Cordray, IAMC, Clerk-Treasurer
09/22/2006
Ordinance Z-497-06
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1 Ordinance Z-497 -06 Presented by me to the Mayor of the City of Carmel, Indiana this
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9 Ordinance Z-497-06 Approved by me, Mayor of the City of Carmel, Indiana, this _
10 day of , 2006, at _.M.
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James Brainard, Mayor
ATTEST:
Diana L. Cordray, IAMC, Clerk-Treasurer
Prepared by:
John R. Molitor
Carmel Plan Commission Attorney
One Civic Square
Carmel, IN 46032
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Ordinance Z-497-06
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CERTIFICATION OF THE CARMEL PLAN COMMISSION'S RECOMMENDATION
ON THE PETITION OF THE CITY OF CARMEL
TO AMEND THE ZONING ORDINANCE
PURSUANT TO INDIANA CODE 36-7-4-605
ORDINANCE Z-497-06
An Ordinance to Amend Chapter 23F: Carmel Drive - Range Line Road Overlay Zone of the
Zoning Ordinance.
To: The Honorable Common Council
Of the City of Carmel
Hamilton County, Indiana
Dear Members:
The Carmel Advisory Plan Commission offers you the following report on the application to the
Commission (Docket No. 06080022 OA) to Amend Chapter 23F: Carmel Drive - Range Line Road
Overlay Zone of the Zoning Ordinance of the Zoning Ordinance, in order to modify the sunset provision.
The Carmel Advisory Plan Commission's recommendation on the petition is FAVORABLE.
At its regular meeting on September 19, 2006, the Commission voted seven (7) in Favor, two (2)
Opposed, zero (0) Abstaining, to forward to the Common Council the proposed Ordinance Z-497-06
with a Favorable Recommendation.
Please be advised that by virtue of the Commission's Favorable Recommendation, pursuant to IC 36-7-4-
607(e)(3), 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 the original Certification (September 20, 2006) is
Tuesday, December 19, 2006.
CARM~l PLAN COMMISSION
BY:
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R mona Hancock, Secretary
Carmel Advisory Plan Commission
Dated: September 20, 2006
Received
2006-0920; Z-497-06; PC Certification
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Carmel
Clerk- Treasurer