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CARMEL PLAN COMMISSION
SPECIAL STUDIES COMMITTEE
DEPARTMENT REPORT
September 5, 2006
2. Docket No. 06060018 DP Amend: Village CenterlPeripheral Retail-VOWC
The applicant seeks to modify the existing site plan and Development Requirements for
the Village of West Clay-Village Center and Peripheral Retail Area.
The site is located at Towne Road and 131 st Street, and is zoned PUD.
Filed by Keith Lash of Brenwick TND Communities, LLC.
The applicant seeks to modify three development requirements of the Village of West Clay PUD.
These proposed modifications are detailed in the information packet submitted by the petitioner.
This item was heard at the August 15th Plan Commission Meeting. Concerns raised at that time
included moving more retail use to Towne Road, altering the sign letter height from a small
pedestrian oriented size to a larger automobile traffic oriented size, and how the height for the
"City Homes" would affect their context in terms of visibility and blending with the rest of the
Village Center.
The proposed modifications are as follow:
1. Allowing 12 single family detached units (dubbed "City Homes") to be housing options
in the Village Center. These lots will not increase the density of the overall project.
Refer to the packet for example renderings of the intended home type for these lots.
2. Alteration of the boundaries between the "Peripheral Retail Area" and the "Primary Area
- Senior Housing". The Stratford Senior housing project initiated this alteration, with
hopes to move some of their cottage units closer to the main building - for better resident
accessibility. This request would be a land swap between areas, and would not change
the acreage for either use. It would not alter the amount of permissible square footage of
commercial uses for the "Peripheral Retail Area" or the number of units within the senior
housing project.
3. Elimination of the signage maximum height of letters, numbers, and graphical elements.
This character height limitation is an architectural restriction by the Village of West Clay.
Removing this limitation will not change the maximum allowable square footage for
signage, nor will it increase monument sign height.
The Plan Commission requested the following information to be submitted for review at this
meeting:
1. Question: Why is this item before the Plan Commission and not the City Council?
Answer: The governing PUD for the Village of West Clay gives jurisdiction to the Plan
Commission to consider and decide upon requested modification to any of the
Development Requirements specified in the ordinance other than those related to the uses
authorized in Sections 5 and 6 (Section 4.1 - Modification of Development
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2. Provide a blue line/red line version of the existing PUD and the proposed PUD.
3. Provide history of the Uptown Retail Area approval- and how this new proposal (Towne
Road area and signage alteration) is in line with that previous approval.
The Department will make a recommendation after the above items have been submitted
and discussed at this meeting.
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DeVore, Laura B
From: DeVore, Laura B
Sent: Tuesday, September 05, 2006 3:05 PM
To: DeVore, Laura B
From: Griffin, Matt L
Sent: Tuesday, September 05,20068:58 AM
To: Ann Walker (E-mail); Blaine Paul (E-mail); Carpenter; Charlie Frankenberger (E-mail); Dave Compton; David
Fineberg; Doug Staley Jr.; E. Davis Coots (E-mail); Gates; John Pearson; Keith Lash (E-mail); Kera; Mary Solada
(E-mail); Matthew Skelton (E-mail); Nancy Long; Paul Reis (E-mail); Sign Group; Steve Foster; Steve Pittman (E-
mail); Carolyn Schleif; Dan Dutcher; Jerry Chomanczuk; John R. Molitor (e-mail); Kevin Heber; Leo Dierckman; M
Rattermann; Madeleine Torres; Rattermann, Mark; Rick Ripma; Steve Stromquist; Sue Westermeier; Wayne
Haney
Subject:
Sorry all. Seems I sent an email, but didn't include the attachment.
Now see attached.
Matthew L. Griffin, AICP
Planning Administrator
Department of Community Services
City of Carmel
One Civic Square
Carmel, IN 46032
phone: 317.571.2417
fax: 317.571.2426
email: mariffin@G<u:mel.in..gQ\1
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