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SUBDM SION COMMITTEE
DEPARTMENT REPORT
November 4, 2004
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Docket No. 04070034 Z: Traditions on the Monon PUD
The applicant seeks to rezone approximately 11 acres from R-I/Residence and B-
2/Business Classifications to PUD/Planned Unit Development. The site is located
northwest of 136th Street and Range Line Road.
Filed by Jim Shinaver of Nelson & Frankenberger for Buckingham Properties, Inc.
Revisions have been made to the proposed site layout. Please refer to the amended information
booklet enclosed with this report. The changes will.be reviewed at the meeting. In addition, the
following comments were received from commissi°n members:
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Request to see enlarged site plan with revisions.
Request for additional parking spaces to be land banked for future need, if any.
Request to see parking comparison with other recent projects.
The Department recommends that the Subdivision Committee forward this item back to
the full Plan Commission after all comments and concerns are addressed.
Background:
The applicant is requesting a favorable recommendation from the Plan Commission to rezone the
subject property from the existing R-1 Residence and B-2/Business classifications to
PUD/Planned Unit Development.. Please see the information packet for an overview of the
proposal. The proposal includes Townhome units bound on the west by the Monon rail, south by
136th Street, east by Range Line Road and north by the Carmel cemetery and Ritter's Frozen
Custard. The applicant will return to the Commission with a Development' Plan and final
architectural materials, landscaping, etc. after final action by the City Council, if favorable.
Based on this fact we will want to get additional commitments from the applicant on building
materials (the renderings are 100% brick exterior) and the area of the property planned for the
Cool Creek North Trail extension. These issues have been discussed with the applicant and they
need to report to the Plan Commission on their proposed commitments.
The area north of 136th Street and west of Range Line Road is planned for medium and high
intensity commercial uses under the Comprehensive Plan. The subject property is north of
existing single-family residential use and larger lot residential to the west across the Monon
making the proposed use a reasonable transition between more intense commercial uses to the
north and east.
Committee Report 2004-1104