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Butler, Bric
From:Joshi, Anita
Sent:Wednesday, June 4, 2025 4:25 PM
To:Hollibaugh, Mike P; Butler, Bric
Subject:Fw: Short Term Rental in Windsor Grove II
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Another neighbor concerned about this rental
Anita Joshi, MD
Carmel City Council
West District
P: (317) 671-9442
E: ajoshi@carmel.in.gov
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From: Joshi, Anita <ajoshi@carmel.in.gov>
Sent: Wednesday, June 4, 2025 4:24:08 PM
To: Reed Hoyer <reedhoyer1@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Short Term Rental in Windsor Grove II
Dr Hoyer
I understand your concern regarding this issue. As a fellow physician the health and safety of our
community is of utmost importance to me.
The Board of Zoning Appeals hears these petitions for permits. These are approved by those members
who are a quasi judicial body and therefore cannot be petitioned directly. The city council will not be
voting on this issue, I will however forward your email to both Bric Butler who is the BZA meeting
coordinator and Mike Hollibaugh who is the director of the department for community service.
The meeting with a hearing officer normally takes place at 5:15 but a request to move this meeting to the
full BZA at 6:00 could be made in a request to Bric Butler. bbutler@carmel.in.gov
I will forward your letter now.
Anita Joshi, MD
Carmel City Council
West District
P: (317) 671-9442
E: ajoshi@carmel.in.gov
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From: Reed Hoyer <reedhoyer1@gmail.com>
Sent: Wednesday, June 4, 2025 1:03:55 PM
To: Joshi, Anita <ajoshi@carmel.in.gov>
Subject: Short Term Rental in Windsor Grove II
Dear Dr. Joshi,
My name is Reed Hoyer and I live at 2425 Londonberry Blvd., Carmel with my two children. I am a
hand and arm surgeon at the Indiana Hand to Shoulder Center, now part of OrthoIndy. Thank you for
representing Carmel's West District as City Councilor.
We have loved living in Carmel since 2021 and have appreciated the peacefulness of this beautiful
community and safety for our children to play outdoors especially in our neighborhood, Windsor
Grove and Windsor Grove II.
I was disappointed to learn from my neighbors and friends Helen and Brett Engbrecht that the owner
of 10470 Roxley Bend, Carmel has placed that house on Airbnb without a valid Carmel short term rental
permit and without Windsor Grove 2 HOA approval. I know that others have included the Airbnb listing
as well as the comment and confirmation on line from Vivian that they have already rented the house out
and they plan to rent out their house for the rest of the summer.
I have learned that although they are already renting the house out without a short term rental permit
from Carmel, that the owner has a hearing with the Carmel City Council for their Short-Term rental
permit on June 23, 2025. I am not an adjacent neighbor, but I would like to ask the Carmel City Council to
deny Vivian Cain's request for a short term rental permit for the following reasons.
Windsor Grove (and Windsor Grove II, which are directly adjacent and connected neighborhoods) is a
quiet, family-oriented residential neighborhood and the presence of Airbnb guests will jeopardize the
safety and cohesion of our community. I am concerned over strangers loitering while our children are
playing basketball or strangers speeding down our streets and potentially injuring our children riding
their bicycles.
The revolving door of Airbnb guests disrupts the peaceful atmosphere that made us choose to live in
Carmel and specifically in Windsor Grove I and II. Moreover, this could lead to decreased property values
for homeowners. Airbnb guests may be from out of town and may choose to not follow certain Carmel
ordinances such as the noise ordinance and we are concerned about dangerous conflicts, disturbances
and possible increase in crime with transient strangers in our small community.
Thank you again for serving our Carmel community. We appreciate your time and ask that you address
this with the Carmel City Council on our behalf, and ask you to vote No to Vivian Cain's short term rental/
Airbnb permit request at 10470 Roxley Bend, Carmel.
Please feel free to reach out to me by email or phone if you have any questions.
Thank you.
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Sincerely,
Reed Hoyer, MD
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