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HomeMy WebLinkAboutDept Report 08-05-03CARMEL/CLAY PLAN COMMISSION SUBDIVISION COMMITTEE DEPARTMENT REPORT August 5, 2003 1. Docket No. 77-03 Z; (03050030); Hearthview Residential PUD The applicant seeks to rezone a 6.5 acre parcel from R-1/Residence to a PUD (Planned Unit Development) District designation. The property is generally located at the southeast corner of 116th Street and the Monon Trail. Filed by Filed by Joseph M. Scimia of Baker and Daniels for Hearthview Residential. The applicant is requesting a favorable recommendation from the Plan Commission on their petition to rezone approximately 6.5 acres from R-1 Residential to a Planned Unit Development (PUD) District. The following items need to be addressed as part of the review for this request prior to the Plan Commission forwarding this petition to the City Council: Is the subject location, based on the Comprehensive Plan, an appropriate location for the proposed use? The subject site is on the border between low-intensity (up to 3 units per acre) and medium- intensity (3-5 units per acre) residential areas. To the north (across 116th Street) it is bordered by alow-intensity regional /community employment area. Items to note: a. Recommended buffers between this use and the lower intensity uses to the east and south include main roads, open spaces, and landscaping and screening. b. Is the intensity and scale of the proposed plan compatible with the surrounding residential uses? c. Is the site naturally buffered from low-intensity residential areas through the existence of at least one of the following: main roads, institutional buildings, open space, landscaping and screening? Do development standards (setbacks, building heights, landscape standards, and design requirements) reflect a character appropriate between lower intensity residential uses and the Monon to the west and future commercial to the north? Items to note: a. The PUD requires buildings 1 - 1 %z stories in height with brick and lap siding (see information booklet). b. The existing buffer along the Monon is preserved under this plan. c. The Department has recommended the plan be adjusted so that the two buildings at the south end face each other. This would reduce the number of homes facing the three single-family lots to the south from eight, as proposed, down to two. d. Is the plan providing pedestrian connectivity? The department has recommended that the applicant look at connecting the site The Department recommends that the Subdivision Committee forward this request to the full Commission after all comments and concerns have been addressed. Committee Report 2003-0805