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NORTH END, FIELDS MARKET GARDEN
PLAN COMMISSION, OCTOBER 15, 2024
Rebecca McGuckin,
rebecca@oldtowncompanies.com
Charlie Mattox,
cmattox@crossroadengineers.com
History:I n 2 0 2 3 F i e l d s M a r k e t G a r d e n r e c e i v e d A D L S a p p r o v a l f o r a
g r e e n h o u s e a n d p a r k i n g l o t f o r t h e F i e l d s M a r k e t G a r d e n . A t t h a t
t i m e , w e a l s o r e q u e s t e d a w a i v e r f o r p a r k i n g i n t h e f l o o d p l a i n w i t h
t h e a g r e e m e n t t o u s e p e r m e a b l e p a v e m e n t .
A f t e r f u r t h e r r e v i e w o f t h e u s e o f g r a s s p a v e r s i n t h e F i e l d s M a r k e t
G a r d e n p a r k i n g l o t a n d a t t h e a d v i c e o f t h e C i t y E n g i n e e r , t h e p a v e r s
w e r e d e e m e d n o t c o n d u c i v e t o t h e c l i m a t e o r s u s t a i n a b l e i n b e i n g
d r i v e n o v e r r e p e a t a b l y , e s p e c i a l l y b y a s c h o o l b u s .
T h e s t r i c t a p p l i c a t i o n o f t h e U D O s t a n d a r d o f n o p a r k i n g i n t h e F l o o d
H a z a r d A r e a m a k e i t d i f f i c u l t b e c a u s e i t l i m i t s a c c e s s p r o x i m a t e t o
t h e p r o j e c t . T h e p a r k i n g w i l l b e u t i l i z e d b y v o l u n t e e r s , c u s t o m e r s
s h o w i n g u p f o r f l o w e r p i c k u p , o r f o r f i e l d t r i p s . T h e r e w o u l d n o t b e
o v e r n i g h t p a r k i n g . T h e r e i s n o t a c o n c e r n o f l i f e s a f e t y o r v e h i c l e
d a m a g e d u e t o s h o r t t e r m u s a g e . A d d i t i o n a l l y , n o t h a v i n g t o u t i l i z e
a s p h a l t a l l o w s f o r s o m e p e r c o l a t i o n w i t h t h e u s e o f g r a v e l a n d t h e
F r e n c h d r a i n , w h i c h a p p r o p r i a t e l y m a n a g e s d i r e c t i n g w a t e r o n s i t e .
T h e s e m a t e r i a l s a r e c o n d u c i v e t o a m o r e n a t u r a l i s t i c s e t t i n g .
Location
Smoky Row
WILL SUB AN IMAGE FROM THE EAST,
LOOKING WEST.
Fields Market Garden is located at
270 W Smoky Row in an Urban
Residential zone.
It is nearly adjacent to the North
End Development to the west and
the Monon Trail to the east.
Location
Smoky Row
About Fields Market Garden & the Project
Our goal is to engage with our neighbors, cultivate connections between
people and the earth, and see communities grow.
We provide meaningful employment within a walkable distance for our
nearby neighbors with intellectual or developmental disabilities.
Some of the produce grown here will be utilized at Freeland’s Restaurant.
Parking @ Fields Market Garden
Structures to Review:
parking
WAIVERS to Review:
Parking in Floodplain, UDO 7.13 D: No parking in Flood
Hazard Area, Gravel Parking Lot with 14 Spaces
requested
Gravel Parking, UDO 5.28 E.1: All parking lots shall be
paved with hot mix asphalt or concrete, Gravel
requested
Planting areasHoop
House
Green-
houseHead
house
parking lot
(14 spaces)
Smoky Row
Site Plan
Raised
Beds
PARKING
Site Plan