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DEPARTMENT REPORT
October 16, 2012
1. Docket No. 12080007 Z: Old Town Neighborhood Rezone.
The applicant seeks approval to rezone 22 parcels from the B-1/Business, B-3/Business and B-5/
Business District Classifications within the Old Town District Overlay Zone, Character Sub-Area to the
R-3/Residence, R-4/Residence and B-5/Business District Classifications within the Old Town District
Overlay Zone, Character Sub-Area. The properties are located along 1st Avenue NW, 1St Avenue NE, 2nd
Avenue NE, 1St Street NE, 2nd Street NE and 5th Street NE. Filed by the Carmel Dept. of Community
Services.
The Special Studies Committee returns this item back to the full Plan Commission with amendments and a
favorable recommendation. Committee discussion primarily focused on four properties at the south end of the
rezone area, nearest 1st Street NE. The Committee believes that a B-5/Business zoning is appropriate for those
properties; however, only if the property owners commit to a narrow list of permitted uses. If the property
owners are not agreeable to the list of permitted uses, then the Committee recommends their zoning to become
R-3/Residential.
The following information was enclosed previously:
• List of Permitted Uses for Commitment
• Revised Map to reflect B-5 properties with Use Commitments
Drafting of the Council Ordinance and Commitments documents are still under way, so the Department expects
to have more information available at the Oct. 16 meeting.
Recommendation:
The Dept. of Community Services (DOCS) recommends that the Committee forwards this rezone request to
City Council with a favorable recommendation.
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