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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes 01-16-24 5 Plan Commission Minutes 1-16-24 tenants so that we don’t have spill over into the neighborhood streets. Commissioner Hill agreed with Commissioner Zoccola in his desire to see final voting authority remain before the full Plan Commission not the sub-committee. A motion made by Kirsh and seconded by Campagna to send Docket No. PZ-2023-00227 to Commercial Committee meeting with final voting power to the full Plan Commission. Approved 6-0, absent Minnaar and Westermeier. 2. Docket No. PZ-2023-00280 SW: Fields Market Garden Parking in Floodplain Waiver – UDO 7.13.D: No Parking in Flood Hazard Area, Pervious Parking Requested. 3. Docket No. PZ-2023-00281 SW: Fields Market Garden Water Quality Easement Waiver - UDO 7.10.F.3: Floodway fringe plus 25 ft. buffer water quality easement, No buffer Requested. The applicant seeks two design standard waivers related to the floodplain for the Fields Market Garden urban farm at the North End development. The site is located at 270 W Smoky Row and is zoned UR/Urban Residential. Filed by Charlie Mattox with Crossroad Engineers on behalf of the Owner, Fields Market Garden, LLC. Petitioner: Charlie Mattox, Crossroads Engineers: • Parking within the floodplain and water quality easement is entirely prohibited per the UDO and only a very small portion of the lot is outside of the floodplain and over half is within the water quality easement effectively prohibiting any on site parking at all for this parcel. • Parking will be open to the public and serve the public and the proposed pervious pavement product will help maintain the natural infiltration present under the current conditions. • The waivers shall not alter bike or pedestrian plan. Trail along Smokey Row Road remains and bike parking will be provided. • All areas that would fall within the easement area will be pervious or planting beds. The greenhouse, henhouse, etc. will not be within the floodplain limits. • The floodway covers a majority of the property and will the additional 25-foot easement it creates a unique hardship of making the lot undevelopable without waivers being provided. • Some disturbance for dirt work will occur within the floodway to make sure all buildings are two feet above base flood elevation as required per Carmel and DNR regulations. Public Comments: None Department Report: Alexia Lopez • Petitioner is seeking two subdivision waivers for an urban farm. • Petitioner is proposing a permeable material for the lot and will be providing other flood mitigation as needed. • Planning and Engineering staff is of the opinion that due to the low intensity of the use as a farm, the permeable parking surface, and other flood plain mitigation that the waivers should be granted. Committee Comments: Buckler moves to suspend the rules to consider and vote on the item at the current meeting, seconded by Kirsh, motion carried 7-0, absent Minnaar and Westermeier. Grabow: Is the parking lot designed to be level or will it be slightly graded away from the floodplain so if there is runoff from the parked cars it won’t run into the floodplain? Mattox: Right now the whole site sheet flows northeasterly. The parking lot will be graded to roughly sheet flow following existing conditions. A motion made by Kirsh and seconded by Hill to approve Docket No. PZ-2023-00280 SW and PZ-2023-00281 SW Approved 7-0, absent Minnaar and Westermeier.