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DEPARTMENT REPORT
JANUARY 21, 2010
1. Docket No. 09050010 OA: Carmel SmartCode Ordinance Amendment. (Z 535 09)
Adopt Article 3: CARMEL SMARTCODE as part of Carmel City Code, Chapter 10: Zoning
Subdivisions. The SmartCode contains new development regulations that will affect the area of Carmel
north of 116"' Street and bounded by US 31 and Keystone. Filed by the Department of Community
Services, on behalf of the Carmel Plan Commission.
2. Docket No. 09070013 Z: Carmel SmartCode Rezone (Z 536 09)
The applicant seeks to amend the Official Zoning map of Carmel /Clay Township to include the
proposed SmartCode. The area included is north of 116 east of US 31, and west of Keystone Avenue.
The zones to be added to the zoning map include T1/Natural Zone, T2 /Rural Zone, T3 -E /Sub -Urban
Estate Zone, T3 -L /Sub -Urban Large Lot Zone, T3 /Sub -Urban Zone, T4 /General Urban Zone, T5/Urban
Center Zone, T6/Urban Core Zone, and SD /Special District. Filed by the Department of Community
Services, on behalf of the Carmel Plan Commission.
The Executive Committee of the Plan Commission held a meeting on January 12 to discuss these items. The
Committee voted 3 -0 to approve the following motion to the Plan Commission:
That Staff does the administrative cleanup of the document text, and
That the Plan Commission sends these items to Council with a recommendation that DOCS Staff actively
participates in City Council's review of the draft and existing commitments and also makes suggested
additional changes.
The Department of Community Services (DOCS) recommends that the Plan Commission votes to send
these items to "City Council with a positive recommendation and with the Executive Committee's
recommendation stated above.
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