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CARMEL/CLAY PLAN COMMISSION
SUBDIVISION COMMITTEE
DEPARTMENT REPORT
September 3, 2002
4. Docket No. 39-02 OA, 40-02 OA
Amendments to the Carmel/Clay Zoning Ordinance -
Use Table Adoption & Definitions Amendment (Text Amendments)
The petitioner seeks to make amendments to the struchlre of the Ordinance relating to
L1ses, add definitions and group all definitions into Chapter three of the Ordinance.
Filed by the Department of Community Services.
The Department has done a final review of the LIse table to verify that it, as proposed, concurs
with the existing Ordinance. As a result of that review some revisions need to be made to the
proposed use table. The revisions include among other things:
1. The addition of the uses within the B-4 and M-2 zones that we are proposing to eliminate.
1 believe it is necessary to see these to complete the connection between the existing Ordinance
format and the new use table. With all of the referring back to and forward from other zones.
We will be using the "edited version" of the table as an administrative tool after the adoption of
the new "clean" table. The edited version with acronyrnswill allow us to track the consolidation
of uses.
2. The Department has added several "E" = excluded designations to the Overlays. These
will appear in Green on the table. TIns was done now, as opposed to later this fall, as we had
discussed returning the approved table to the Commission (Conunittee) this fall for a discussion
of, "are the appropriate uses permitted in the appropriate zones". We believe that it is
appropriate now, with the creation of the table. One thing that we have found is that the table
makes it all to clear the there are many uses pennitted within zones today that do not want to be
within the overlays.
3 . We also need to add some definitions and rearrange others. The way the definitions were
laid out does not coincide with the use label on the table. We need to conect this for ease of use
for the document. Also the definitions need to be amended to include the uses we are
consolidating. Where we consolidate several uses into a single category we want to list those
uses within the deFinition of the single new use category. This will provide certainty when
determining what category of us a location falls into so we have to make fewer, more subjective,
determinations.
1 will have copies to distribute for discussion at the meeting.
The Department recommends that the Subdivision Committee forward this item back to
the full Plan Commission with a favorable recommendation npon the conclusion of its
review.
Committee Reporl 2002-')-3
Background:
The proposed table would relocate and replace the use information contained within the entire
ordinance. This will make the process of identifying uses pennitted within the different zones
much more efficient. In addition it will allow the Plan Commission and Department to conduct
further review and revision to the table to assure the appropriate uses are permitted within each
zone. At this point we have identified all uses, grouped redundant uses into fewer categories, and
ensured that there are clear definitions for each and every use category. Few changes have been
made to the uses permitted under the current ordinance other than housekeeping related to
grouping of uses and the establishment of new definitions. In addition to providing definitions
for each use, we propose to move all definitions within the ordinance to the Definitions Chapter.
The following summary provides a brief overview of each of the three documents that has been
provided.
The first land use table is the final version that will appear in the Ordinance. It is broken down
with all of the uses along the left hand side, and all of the zones along the top of the table. A key
is provided at the top next to the title of the table. The intent of the table is to organize all of the
uses from the Ordinance into one location that is easy to use and understand, and also to
eliminate redundant uses that can be categorized into one single use. The table also eliminates
the need to search through the entire Ordinance to find where a specific use is permitted.
Another copy of the land use table is provided to show all of the changes that were made leading
up to the final version. Every use that has been grouped has been stlicken through, and there is
an acronym immediately following the eliminated use to show what single use has replaced it. A
list of the acronyms is being provided with the table.
A copy of the revised Definitions chapter is provided to show all of the new definitions created
from the land use table and the relocation of those definitions found elsewhere in the Ordinance.
Any new definition is highlighted in bold, and the source is in parentheses after the definition.
Any definition that has been relocated from another chapter has the source chapter in parentheses
after the definition.
Committee Report 2002-9-3