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HomeMy WebLinkAboutDept Report 04-22-02 ....~ fA :;.' ~ \, . \- Department Report Board of Zoning Appeals April 22, 2002 Page 9 of 12 ,.rlt 9h. - .lVIartin:Mal:ie~a Materials (UV-23-02) Petitioner seeks approval of a Use Variance of Section 5.1: Permitted Uses in order to establish a Sand and Gravel Processing Operation. The site is located 'on the northeast comer of East I06th Street and Hazel Dell Parkway. The site is zoned S-l/Residence - Low Density. In deciding whether or not the applicant has presented sufficient proof to permit the granting ofa variance of use, the Board shall determine in writing that: 1. The grant of this variance will not be contrary to the public interest, due to the existence of special condition(s) such that enforcement of the zoning ordinance will result in unnecessary hardship; and The property is currently almost entirely located within Flood Zone A. This makes the property virtually undevelopable for single-family residences. Hardship exists on this property to support the petition in the form of its restricted potential for residential development. 2. The grant of this variance will not be injurious to the public health, safety, morals and general welfare of the community; The Department is unaware of any aspect of this proposal that would be injurious to the public health, safety, morals and general welfare of the community. 3. The use or value of the area adjacent to the subject property will not be substantially affected in any adverse manner; The properties adjacent to this site are either in production for sand and gravel extraction; proposed for sand and gravel extraction; owned by the City of Carmel; or otherwise undeveloped. The grant of this Use Variance would result in the relocation of the legal, pre-existing, nonconforming sand and gravel processing operation located on the west side of Hazel Dell Parkway adjacent to the Kingswood Subdivision to this site, farther from the single-family residences. As such, the Department does not believe that the value of the area adjacent to the subject property will be substantially adversely affected. 4. The need for the variance arises from a natural condition peculiar to the subject property; The property is currently almost entirely located within Flood Zone A. This makes the property virtually undevelopable for single- family residences. Hardship exists on this property to support the petition in the form of its restricted potential for residential development. 5. The granting of this variance does not substantially interfere with the Page 9 #o".--~ :J .0' '\ Department Report Board of Zoning Appeals Apri122, 2002 Page 10 of12 .'\ CarmeVClay Comprehensive Plan. The approval would not interfere substantially with the Comprehensive Plan. See the report on Docket Nos. SU-24-02: SU-25-02: V-26-02~ and V-27-02 for the Department's comments on this petition. Page 10 ~-, .. .- -" Department Report Board of Zoning Appeals Apri122, 2002 Page 11 of 12 ,~. 10-13h. Martin Marietta Materials (SU-24-02; SU-25-02; V-26-02; V-27-02) Petitioner seeks Special Use approval of a Sand and Gravel Extraction Operation and an Artificial Lake. Petitioner seeks the following Developmental Standards Variances: V-26-02 ZO 5.2.2: Other Requirements ISO-foot setback V-27-02 ZO 5.2.2: Other Requirements 100-foot setback The site is located on the northwest comer of East 106th Street and Hazel Dell Parkway. The site is zoned S-l/Residence - Low Density. The proposed sand and gravel extraction operation will be conducted in a manner similar to the operation currently underway to the east of the Kingswood Subdivision - a floating dredge will remove material that would then be transferred to the processing facility relocated on the east side of Hazel Dell Road. There is no underground mining proposed with this petition. The estimated life of the extraction operation is fourteen (14) years. The operation will proceed in seven phases. the first three of which are located immediately south of the KinlZswood Subdivision. An eight-foot berm and additional landscape plantings are proposed to minimize the disturbance to the abutting residents. In addition. a six-foot fence will be placed to address safety issues. Truck access to the site will be from the existing entrance on Hazel Dell Parkway. and no access is proposed from East 106th Street. Noise from the dredge itself is minimal. Trucks will utilize strobes during back- up rather than an audible signal. Noise from the processing facility on the east side of Hazel Dell Parkway will be handled in a manner identical to the way in which the existing processing facility is addressed. The additional distance and existing vegetation on the east side of Hazel Dell Parkway should serve to make the processing facility significantly less of a noise disturbance than it is today. Representatives from the City's mining: consulting firm. Spectra. will be in attendance to address specific issues related to this petition. The Department is recommending favorable consideration of these petitions with the following: Conditions: 1. That the Commitments proposed by the petitioner be executed and recorded. 2. That the petitioner submit specific Landscape Plans for the bufferyards adjacent to the Kingswood Subdivision, and that approval of those plans be delegated to the Director. 3. That the cross sections be revised to address the comments of the Hamilton County Surveyor's Office and Hamilton County Soil and Water Conservation District regarding the slope to the water's edge and the provision of a safety ledge to a point five feet below the water's surface. Page 11