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DEPARTMENT REPORT
May 24, 2004
5h. Cherry Creek Estates, Sec lB, CA #3 - Amenity Area- Special Use
The applicant seeks special use approval for an amenity area.
Docket No. 04040003 SU Chapter 5.02 special uses
The site is located at southeast comer Hazel Dell Pkwy and Cherry Tree Rd. The site is zoned S-
I/Residence- Low Density. Filed by Bill Bryant of Stoeppelwerth & Associates, Inc.
General
Information:
The petitioner is
seeking approval to
build a bathhouse and
pool amenity area in
the S- 1 Residence
Zone. Per the Zoning
Ordinance, a private
recreational facility
needs special use
approval in the S-
1/Residence Zone. The
pool is around 1,458
square feet in area.
The amenity area will
include a bathhouse,
wading and swimming pools, parking lot, two playgrounds, basketball court and tennis courts.
Background Information:
Excerpt from April 21 TAC Minutes:
HOYES: You will need non-enforcement for the playground area. Section Four; it is in the
City of Carmel.
HILL: Curb cut approval from the Board of Public Works. What is that rectangular site?
BRYANT: The smaller tot lot.
HILL: We need a detail how the curbs will tie into the existing. Section Four that is a
wellhead site?
BRANT: Yes.
HILL: You will need to get with J. Duffy in Utilities (571-2451 ) to get a formalized
agreement. Regard the stretch of Cherty Creek Boulevard the loop on this is that a
City project?
DOBOSIEWICZ: No.
HILL: And the bridge?
BRYANT: We will do the bridge through Hamilton County. G. Hoyes and I have talked.
Stoeppelwerth is working on the cales and you will receive a separate set of bridge
plans. You had asked about the sidewalks on the cul-de-loops we would construct
them just like section one. Also the right-of-way does not go around it but becomes
common area with ingress/egress easement in concrete without curbing or
sidewalks.
GROVES:
WALTER:
SHUPPERD:
WALTER:
SHUPPERD:
GAJOWNIK:
BLANCHARD:
BRYANT:
BLANCHARD:
HOYT:
BREWER:
DOBOSIEWICZ:
BRYANT:
DOBOSIEWICZ:
BRYANT:
DOBOSIEWICZ:
New service list for you to fill out. Call in for your service. Will you need service at
the Basketball and Tennis Courts?
No lights on the courts.
Section Four this will come offthe main stub, Will you have gas for the pool?
Yes.
Jerry Wasson is your contact. He will need load requirements to size the meter.
The address for the amenity area is 14055 Wildcat Drive. Section Four Pacos Drive
is in two locations. You need to change that.
You need to show pool house showers, location of telephone, drinking fountain,
ADA ramp.
As part of the build'mg plan approval?
Yes.
I sent you a couple letters. Amenity building needs Knox-box. Section Four; on the
roadway's final coat install blue hydrant identification markers.
Called yesterday. Need separate Landscape Plans for both sections.
Get your Landscape Plan to S. Brewer as soon as possible.
We need this approved by Scot before BZA?
Yes before BZA May 24th' On the plat C200 sheet working with Utility for the
dedication of right-of-way Brazos Drive and long Cherry Creek Boulevard this is
similar to Section One to complete the curb without leaving this open patch of grass.
Complete the short section of the bridge as well and curb it. The amenity area the
most critical is landscape and that the parking meets the twentyffour feet (24') isle
and nine by twenty (9 x 20) or ten by eighteen (10 x 18) spaces. The ordinance
requires a minimum of 2,000 square feet pool area with two lifeguards and you show
1,458 square feet.
Do we need to submit a variance if we want to change that?
Yes. Get a Development Standards Variance application. Get that filed in the next
few days. Do some research and take into account the pools in the area.
Analysis:
The pool and amenity area will be landscaped accordingly, and the structure will be built with
unique materials, giving the neighborhood an aesthetic focal point. The petitioner has not responded
with certain requests made by DOCS.
Findings of Fact: SU
l.) The Special Use in the Flood Plain District, Ordinance Z-160, Section 21.6 as amended
does not apply and all prerequisites have been met by the Petitioner as verified by:
The site plan does not show the property in a flood plain.
2.)
The Special Use will be consistent with the Character and the Permitted Land Use of
the Zoning District and Carmel/Clay Comprehensive Plan because: the Comprehensive
Plan low-intensity residential area policy states that these areas should be served by and
accessible to... parks or playgrounds and schools and bicycle and/or pedestrian trails...
(Comp. Plan, pg.5-5).
3.)
The Special Use is physically suitable for the land in question because:
The pool house and pool are physically suitable for the site because it is in a common area,
so that residents may enjoy an amenity in the neighborhood.
4.)
s.)
6.)
The Special Use will not be injuriously or adversely affect the adjacent land or
property values because: The pool house and pool will increase or keep property values
the same, since the proposed use is an amenity to the neighborhood.
The Special Use will not adversely affect vehicular or pedestrian traffic flow, nor the
adequate availability of water, sewage, or storm drainage facilities or police or fire
protection because:
The poolhouse and pool will not affect the availability of facilities. All utilities already exist.
The Board has reviewed the requirements of the Ordinance Z-160, Section 21.3 (1-25)
as they relate to this Special Use, and does not find that those criteria prevent the
granting of the Special Use:
The site plan has been reviewed, and the meets all requirements for a pool, poolhousc, and
amenity area, except a commitment ora lifeguard and the pool being a minimum of 2000
square feet in area.
Recommendation:
The department recommends negative consideration of Docket No. 04040003 SU
due to the lack of required pool size and letter addressing lifeguards.