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HomeMy WebLinkAboutDept Report 08-07-07 CARMEL PLAN COMMISSION SUBDIVISION COMMITTEE DEPARTMENT REPORT August 7, 2007 1. Docket No. 06050020 PP: Clay Creek The applicant seeks approval to plat 30 lots on 29.971 acres and also seeks the following waivers: Docket No. 06050021 SW: sca Chapter 6.03.07 Cui-dc-sac Length - request to have cuI de sac in excess of 600 feet in length Docket No. 06050022 SW: sca Chapter 6.05 .0TOrientation of Home - request to allow dwellings to face internal street Docket No. 06050023 SW: sca Chapter 7.05.07 Clearing more than 15% mature woodlands The site is located on Hoover Road north of 116th Street and is zoned S 1. Filed by Charlie Frankenberger of Nelson & Frankenberger for MHE Development Co. LLC. The applicant is requesting approval of a primary plat consisting of 30 lots on 30 acres. As part of this plat a Thoroughfare Plan required segment of Meeting House Road would be constructed. Because the site is heavily wooded in areas, a waiver has been requested to allow the clearing of more than 15% of the mature woodlands. Part of the wooded area is located in the right-of-way of Meeting House Road; however, all clearing is subject to review by the Urban Forester. Please refer to the amended site plan in the revised info packet. Building elevations, as well as written site and architectural commitments, have been submitted. This item was last heard at the August 2006 subdivision committee meeting. Over the last 11 months, the petitioner has worked very hard with the adjacent neighborhoods and the City to come up with a viable plat that provides a collector road, as required by the 20-Year Thoroughfare Plan. Now, the petitioner has met the subdivision requirement far providing two points of access and for stubbing into an adjacent property (to the east) for possible future expansion and connectivity. The following items arc to be discussed at the August 7 Subdivision Committee meeting: 1. Scott Brewer, the City Forester, is still waiting on revised landscape plans, since the site layout has changed. There is still a concern about the percent of woodlands being removed. The petitioner has also committed to some reforestation efforts, and will work with the City Forester on this item, also. 2. An update on outstanding Carmel Engineering issues. The Engineering Dept. has no major concerns about the new layout. Many of these issues have been resolved through the petitioner's design alterations. 3. Per the petitioner, an owner of the property just south of this site has asked the petitioner to provide an easement for utilities and an easement for a drive way to his house. The petitioner told the adjacent landowner that they would provide for a narrow easement to serve only his land and his home, but that he would have to later return to the Plan Conmlission for approval to clear additional trees. At a neighborhood meeting, the adjacent landowner told them that this was acceptable to him. (Verification of this agreement is needed, since this person also provided written Remonstrance.) 4. There is some concern about lot #30 and the Gas Line easement that runs through it. Is there a way to make the southern boundary of the gas line easement the actually lot line? The Department of Community Services recoDlmends that these petitions be forwarded to the full Plan Commission with a favorable recommendation, only after all concerns have been addressed.