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MEMORANDUM
TO: Carmel City Council
FROM: Adrienne Keeling
Department of Community Services
SUBJECT: Items forwarded by the Plan Commission for action by the City Council
DATE: July 23, 2004
Please find information on the following favorable recommendation made by the Plan
Commission attached. These items will appear on your August 2, 2004 agenda.
Ordinance No. Z453-04 (Docket No. 150-02b OA) Patch IV - Ordinance Amendment
Petition to Amend several Chapters of the Carmel Zoning Ordinance. The purpose of this
amendment is mainly to clarify existing language, and to re-organize sections to make the
ordinance more orderly, consistent and user-friendly. However, some sections include new
language and/or new requirements.
Some of the more substantive changes include the following:
~ Adds DP and/or ADLS requirement to R-5, B-5, B-6, B-8, M-l, M-3 and OM
Districts.
~ Allows Retail uses in the Historic Range Line Road Sub-Area of the Old Town
Overlay.
~ Changes Chapter 24 into the Development Plan (DP) and Architectural Design,
Exterior Lighting, Landscaping and Signage (ADLS) Requirements.
~ Expands the scope of the Board of Zoning Appeals Hearing Officer process.
The information on these items has been arranged in the following format:
1. Copy of the Ordinance - Color-coded in an attempt to differentiate between the
various types of amendments proposed.
Note; this copy is marked with the old number Z-446-04; we will ensure that
signed copy is numbered Z-453-04.
2. Copy of Plan Commission Certification
If you have any questions please give me a call at 571-2417.
Council Report 2004-0123
CERTIFICATION OF THE CARMEL/CLAY PLAN COMMISSION'S
RECOMMENDATION ON THE PETITION OF THE CITY OF CARMEL
TO AMEND THE CARMEL/CLAY ZONING ORDINANCE
PURSUANT TO INDIANA CODE 36-7-4-605
ORDINANCE No. Z-453-04
An Ordinance to Amend most chapters of the Zoning Ordinance in order to add new provisions and
make several corrective amendments.
To: The Honorable Common Councll
or 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. 150-02b OA) to Amend Chapters 1: Title, Purpose, Authority and
Jurisdiction; 2: Compliance with the Regulations; 3: Definitions; 4: Districts & Boundaries; 5: S-
l/Residence District; 10: R-4/Residence District; 11: R-5/Residence District; 12: B-l/Business District;
13: B-2/Business District; 14: B-3/Business District; 15: B-4/Business District; 16: B-5/Business District;
17: B-6/Business District; 18: B-7/Business District; 19: B-8/Business District; 20A: I-I Industrial
District; 20B: M-l/Manufactwing District; 20C: M-2/Manufactwing District; 20D: M-3/Manufactwing;
20E: C-l/City Center; 20F: -C-2/0Id Town; 200: OL Old Meridian District; 23A: SR 431/Keystone
Avenue Overlay; 23B: US 31/Meridian Street Overlay; 23C: US 421/Michigan Road Overlay; 23D: Old
Town Overlay; 23E: Home Place Overlay; 24: Planned District Regulations; 25: Additional Use
Regulations; 25.07: Sign Ordinance, 26: Additional Height, Yard & Lot Area Regulations; 27: Parking &
Loading; 28: Nonconforming Uses & Exemptions; 29: Administration; and 30: Board of Zoning Appeals
of the Zoning Ordinance in order to add new provisions and make several corrective amendments.
The Carmel Advisory Plan Commission's recommendation on the petition is FAVORABLE.
At its regular meeting on July 20, 2004, the Commission voted seven (7) in Favor, zero (0) Opposed, zero
(0) Abstaining, to forward to the Common Council the proposed Ordinance No. Z-453-04 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 (July 21,2004) is Tuesday,
October 19,2004.
C~SION
BY . f L ./
Eeo Dierckman, Presiden
Received
mona Hancock, Secretary
Carmel Advisory Plan Commission
Dated: July 21, 2004
JUl 2 1 20J4
Carmel
Clerk- Treasurer
2004-0721; Z-453-o4; Patch IV Certification