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CARMEL PLAN COMMISSION
DEPARTMENT REPORT
October 16, 2012
5. Docket No. 12070023 SW: Gray Oaks Subdivision Waiver. (Public Hearing)
The applicant seeks the following waiver request from the Subdivision Control Ordinance:
Docket No. 12070023 SW: SCO Chapters 6.03.19 & 6.05.07—Access to Arterial Roads; Houses
must face a Secondary Arterial Road. The site is located at 14412 N. Gray Rd. and is zoned R-
1/Residence. Filed by The Old Town Design Group, LLC.
and
1. Docket No. 12050015 PP: Gray Oaks Subdivision. (Old Business)
The applicant seeks primary plat approval for 40 residential lots on 23.8 acres. The site is located at
14412 N. Gray Rd. and is zoned R-1/Residence. Filed bey The Old Town Design Group, LLC.
Please view the petitioner's revised informational packet fo f more detail. The petitioner seeks primary plat
approval for a residential subdivision of 40 residential lots on 23.8 acres, which equates to 1.68 units per acre in
density. This density is less than the 2.9 units per acre that is required by the Subdivision Control Ordinance's
Open Space Ordinance for the R-1 district. The minimum amount of open space required is 20% (4.55 acres);
they show 22% open space (4.94 acres), and there is a little more open space than that, but it does not qualify.
Also, the petitioner will commit to certain architectural standards. (The Subdivision entry sign will be presented
as a different petition and is not part of this primary plat petition.)
A Subdivision Control Ordinance (SCO) waiver is also requested for the six or so lots that are closest to Gray
Road, where the houses face away from Gray Road and front or Murphy Court and Wellswood Bend. The
petitioner has beefed up the planting strip along Gray Rd. and also added a masonry wall with iron fence to help
mitigate the view of the backs of houses from Gray Rd.
Variances:
The applicant received the following development standards variance approvals from the Board of Zoning
Appeals on July 23, with docket numbers 12060005 V through 1200009 V:
• front yard building setbacks reduced from 35-ft, down to 20-ft
• side yard building setbacks reduced from 10-ft, down to 5 ft
• aggregate side yard building setbacks reduced from 20-ft, down to 10-ft
• lot widths reduced from 100-ft, down to 90-ft
• increase in maximum lot coverage of 35%, up to 45%
Oct. 2 Committee meeting:
The revised plat and open space plan were discussed, with a few suggestions thrown around:
a. Behind Lots 1-4, show a staggered panel fence/wall, instead of a solid one (petitioner will do),
b. Adding a gravel or mulch path between the 2 ponds (petitioner will do), and
• c. Add to the covenants & restrictions that vehicles parked on the driveway cannot obstruct the sidewalk
(petitioner will do).
The Committee voted unanimously to send this item to the Plan Commission with a favorable recommendation.
Recommendation:
The Dept. of Community Services (DOCS) recommends that the Commission votes to suspend it rules of
procedure and approves the waiver this evening, as well as votes to approve the primary plat, with the
condition of complying with points a through c, listed above. ;
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