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City of Carmel
CARMEL PLAN COMMISSION
-MEMORANDUM-
Date:
To:
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September 7, 2007
Plan Commission Members
Adrienne Keeling
Department of Community Services
Re:
September 18th Plan Commission meeting - Docket No. 07080028 OA
Enclosed is the information packet for the following item. If you have any questions, please give me a
call at 571-2417.
Docket No. 07080028 OA: Carmel Dr - Range Line Rd Overlay Amendment
The applicant seeks to amend the Zoning Ordinance, Chapter 23F: Carmel Drive -
Range Line Road Overlay Zone, in order to extend the sunset provision.
Filed by the Carmel Department of Community Services.
Originally adopted in 2005, the purpose of the Carmel Drive - Range Line Road Overlay Zone is
to enhance the livability of Carmel by encouraging a range of activities in mixed-use buildings,
and by establishing a pedestrjan oriented environment in buildings and a streetscape which are
attractive and safely designed. Included within the Overlay Zone is a sunset provision mandating
its expiration at the end of this year. The original expiration date of December 31, 2006 was
extended by one year to December 2007. The Department is again asking for this date to be
extended by one year in order to provide more time to properly complete a Plan for the Central
Business District. If allowed to expire, staff and local officials would lose a valuable tool to help
achieve the highest quality of development in the area.
Overall, the Department is pleased with the results of the Overlay Zone thus far, and believes that
the public and business community would generally agree. A few projects have been constructed
in the conidor either under the regulation or innuence of the Overlay. The best example is the
southeast corner of Carmel Drive and Range Line Road. With its conversion from a single use
stmcture to a multi-story, multi-tenant building, the project provides a variety of retail and
services and is situated on the site in a way that activates street life at the comer. There are far
more pedestrians using Range Line Road in this area than in the past. Other examples, though
variances were granted, include KFC and the Companion Animal Hospital. Also of note is
Nightingale Home Health Care located immediately east of City Hall.
2006-0919; PC Memo
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ORDINANCE Z-###-07
AN ORDINANCE OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF CARMEL, INDIANA
An Ordinance Amending the sunset provision of the Carmel Drive - Range Line Road Overlay
Zone in the Carmel Zoning Ordinance
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\VHEREAS, pursuant to the Advisory Planning Law of the State of Indiana (contained in
IC 36-7-4), each unit of local government that wishes to adopt land use and zoning ordinances
must first approve by resolution a comprehensive plan for the geographic area over which it has
jurisdiction; and
\VHEREAS, the 2020 Vision Comprehensive Plan (the "Comprehensive Plan") Docket
No. 16-96 CP was given a favorable recommendation by the Carmel/Clay Advisory Plan
Commission on August 20, 1996, and duly approved by Resolution No. CC-09-03-96-03 of the
Common Council on September 24, 1996, and is therefore the official Comprehensive Plan of
the City of Carmel and Clay Township; and
WHEREAS, the City wishes to maintain an orderly, consistent and streamlined Zoning
Ordinance; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Indiana Code 36-7-4-602 the Common Council is authorized to
amend the text of the zoning ordinance; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Indiana Code 36-7-4-610 and City of Carmel Ordinance No. D-
1600-02, the Carmel Zoning and Subdivision Control Ordinances are incorporated by reference
into the Carmel City Code;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Common Council of the City of
Carmel, Indiana, that, pursuant to IC 36-7-4-600 et seq. and after Docket No. 07080028 OA
having received a favorable recommendation from the Carmel Advisory Plan Commission on
Tuesday, , 2007, it hereby adopts this Ordinance to amend the Carmel
Zoning Ordinance (Ordinance No. Z-289, as amended), as amended, to read as follows:
Section I:
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ZO CHAPTER 23F: CARMEL DRIVE - RANGE LINE ROAD OVERLAY ZONE
a. Amend Section 23F.18: Sunset Provision to read:
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Sunset Provision.
This Chapter expires December 31, ~2008.
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Section II: All prior Ordinances or parts thereot' inconsistent with any provIsion of this
Ordinance are hereby repealed.
Section III: This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage and
signing by the Mayor.
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Ordinance Z.###.07
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Ordinance Z-###-07 PASSED by the Common Council of the City of Carmel, Indiana
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COMl\10N COUNCIL FOR THE CITY OF CARMEI~
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