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Home My WebLink AboutCorrespondence Shestak, Joe From:Thomas, John G Sent:Thursday, April 17, 2025 2:01 PM To:Shestak, Joe; Willie Hall; Conn, Angelina V; Huff, Jarrod Cc:Warner, Caleb; O’Neal, Shelby; Prescott, Eleanor Subject:RE: drainage concerns for 863 Carey Rd area Follow Up Flag:Follow up Flag Status:Completed Thanks for the update, The plans for the project adequately demonstrated that the drainage from the project area would be conveyed in an acceptable manor, so no comments regarding the drainage were necessary. Additionally, the project is not located in the same localized drainage basin as the property across the street, so it should not exacerbate any existing drainage issues in that area. As Jarrod indicated below, please direct any existing drainage complaints to his attention, and if any unforeseen issues present themselves from this project, we can address them at that time. Sincerely, John Thomas, CPMSM, CPESC Storm Water Administrator City of Carmel Departments of Engineering and Storm Water 317-571-2314 jthomas@carmel.in.gov From: Shestak, Joe <jshestak@carmel.in.gov> Sent: Thursday, April 17, 2025 11:05 AM To: Willie Hall <whall@crossroadengineers.com>; Conn, Angelina V <Aconn@carmel.in.gov>; Thomas, John G <jthomas@carmel.in.gov>; Huff, Jarrod <jhuff@carmel.in.gov> Cc: Warner, Caleb <cwarner@carmel.in.gov>; O’Neal, Shelby <soneal@carmel.in.gov>; Prescott, Eleanor <eprescott@carmel.in.gov> Subject: RE: drainage concerns for 863 Carey Rd area Thank you, al for looking into this. Noted from the callers most of them had concerns from the stormwater runo? created from the backyard w/ Pool and Patio at 1142 Linden Lane. One of the neighbors that called lived at 1154 Linden Lane and mentioned a City Engineer came out to their property and told them to install a rock garden to help with the drainage. They mentioned after all the rain we had in the last few weeks; their backyard was under water. Joe Shestak Planner II City of Carmel Department of Community Services 1 Shestak, Joe From:Huff, Jarrod Sent:Thursday, April 17, 2025 11:21 AM To:Shestak, Joe; Willie Hall; Conn, Angelina V; Thomas, John G Cc:Warner, Caleb; O’Neal, Shelby; Prescott, Eleanor Subject:RE: drainage concerns for 863 Carey Rd area I spoke with Mrs. Larkin at 1171 Hemlock who expressed concerns about any further drainage this improvement may create. I gave her my contact information to give out to others if they have speciﬁc drainage concerns. If any speciﬁc concerns have come in with contact information, please send that to me so that I can reach out to them. Jarrod Hu?, P.E. Sta? Engineer Engineering Department One Civic Square Carmel IN, 46032 O?ice: 317-571-2441 Direct: 317-571-2309 Email: Jhu?@carmel.in.gov What's Happening in Carmel? From: Shestak, Joe <jshestak@carmel.in.gov> Sent: Thursday, April 17, 2025 11:05 AM To: Willie Hall <whall@crossroadengineers.com>; Conn, Angelina V <Aconn@carmel.in.gov>; Thomas, John G <jthomas@carmel.in.gov>; Huff, Jarrod <jhuff@carmel.in.gov> Cc: Warner, Caleb <cwarner@carmel.in.gov>; O’Neal, Shelby <soneal@carmel.in.gov>; Prescott, Eleanor <eprescott@carmel.in.gov> Subject: RE: drainage concerns for 863 Carey Rd area Thank you, al for looking into this. Noted from the callers most of them had concerns from the stormwater runo? created from the backyard w/ Pool and Patio at 1142 Linden Lane. One of the neighbors that called lived at 1154 Linden Lane and mentioned a City Engineer came out to their property and told them to install a rock garden to help with the drainage. They mentioned after all the rain we had in the last few weeks; their backyard was under water. Joe Shestak Planner II City of Carmel Department of Community Services Division of Planning & Zoning One Civic Square, Carmel, IN 46032 (317) 571-2419 | jshestak@carmel.in.gov 1 Shestak, Joe From:Willie Hall <whall@crossroadengineers.com> Sent:Thursday, April 17, 2025 11:01 AM To:Conn, Angelina V; Thomas, John G; Huff, Jarrod Cc:Warner, Caleb; O’Neal, Shelby; Prescott, Eleanor; Shestak, Joe Subject:RE: drainage concerns for 863 Carey Rd area Follow Up Flag:Follow up Flag Status:Completed I will chat with my reviewers to up to speed on the project and get you are response today. Thanks, Willie From: Conn, Angelina V <Aconn@carmel.in.gov> Sent: Thursday, April 17, 2025 10:59 AM To: Thomas, John G <jthomas@carmel.in.gov>; Willie Hall <whall@crossroadengineers.com>; Huff, Jarrod <jhuff@carmel.in.gov> Cc: Warner, Caleb <cwarner@carmel.in.gov>; O’Neal, Shelby <soneal@carmel.in.gov>; Prescott, Eleanor <eprescott@carmel.in.gov>; Shestak, Joe <jshestak@carmel.in.gov> Subject: drainage concerns for 863 Carey Rd area Good morning, everyone - The below BZA variance request will be heard at the Monday, April 28 BZA Hearing O?icer meeting: (V) Smith Garage Addition Setback Variance. The applicant seeks the following development standards variance approval for a garage addition on a corner lot: Docket No. PZ-2025-00068 V UDO Section 2.08 Minimum 20-ft rear yard setback required; 15-ft requested. The 0.48-acre site is located at 863 Carey Rd (Cool Creek North, Lot 160). It is zoned R- 1/Residence. Filed by Brianna Cushman and Lance Cleland, Rise Builders LLC., on behalf of Zechariah & Kristyn Smith, owners. Several neighbors have called in, already, voicing concerns about drainage in the immediate area, and one called in about the property to the north (across the street) having drainage issues. Also, building permit B-2025-00207 - 863 Carey Rd: Residential Building - Addition and Remodel is in review in ProjectDox, and Willie’s only review comment was regarding BPW approval for the new/additional curb cut. We want to make sure that this project has been thoroughly reviewed from a grading and drainage standpoint, so that we can conﬁdently add a note to the BZA Dept. Report that the Engineering Dept. has no concerns (and maybe that they will also investigate the drainage complaints). Is it safe for us to include that comment? Please let us know by the morning of Wed., April 23 (since the BZA Dept. Report will be ﬁnalized and distributed that afternoon). Thank you! Angie Conn, AICP Planning Administrator 1 Brianna Cushman <cushman.info@gmail.com> 863 Carey Rd. - Garage Addition, Rear Yard Setback Variance 3 messages Shestak, Joe <jshestak@carmel.in.gov>Tue, Apr 1, 2025 at 1:55 PM To: "Cushman.info@gmail.com" <Cushman.info@gmail.com>, "risebuildersllc@gmail.com" <risebuildersllc@gmail.com> Cc: "Shively, Matthew" <mshively@carmel.in.gov>, "Conn, Angelina V" <Aconn@carmel.in.gov>, "Warner, Caleb" <cwarner@carmel.in.gov> Good afternoon, Brianna: Thank you for your phone call today. The filing deadline for the April 28 BZA Hearing Officer meeting, has passed, but as we discussed, if you can submit your online application by today, we will accept and put your item on the April 28 meeting agenda. The deadline for your published public notice must be emailed to the Current in Carmel no later than NOON, Friday, April 4. Your building permit B-2025-00207 for 863 Carey Road was flagged for the proposed garage addition encroaching into the rear yard setback (eastern property line, corner lot). If you cannot amend your plans to move the addition structure out of the 20-ft setback, then a Development Standards Variance would be needed for rear yard setback. Your variance request will be the following: UDO Section 2.08: Minimum 20-ft rear yard setback required; 15-ft% requested. Also noted in your building permit, the current attached garage will be converted into living space and that the existing driveway will be removed. Since the existing garage will be converted to living space, it will not be counted towards the combined sq. ft. of the GFA of a private garage and/or Accessory Bldg. Planning Staff can be supportive of having your item heard by a BZA Hearing Officer, rather than the full 5- member Board of Zoning Appeals if you have Cool Creek North HOA approval, and the Carmel Engineering Department and Board of Public Works (BPW) doesn’t have any issues with your additional curb cut on Linden Lane. Please work with Caleb Warner of the Engineering Dept. Also, as we discussed, please provide us with a letter/email of support from the direct neighbor to the east at 1171 Hemlock Street – Thomas & Alecia Larkin. Hearing Officer Variance items have a lesser filing fee, a more compressed timeline, and are more likely to be approved. Attached is a Handout about the Board of Zoning Appeals (BZA) Hearing Officer Development Standards Variance process that contains all the instructions, checklist, public notice templates, affidavits, etc. Staff is here to help you go through this Variance process. With variances, you have to prove a practical difficulty or hardship as to why you cannot comply with the Carmel UDO. BZA meetings occur on every 4th Monday of the month. The filing deadline for a BZA HO meeting is 28 days prior to your meeting date. 4/14/25, 2:31 PM Gmail - 863 Carey Rd. - Garage Addition, Rear Yard Setback Variance https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?ik=ea9673affb&view=pt&search=all&permthid=thread-f:1828223839802257132&simpl=msg-f:182822383980225713…1/5