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Sponsor: Councilor Ratter.mann
. ORDINANCE NO. Z-4##-05
AN ORDINANCE OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF CARMEL, INDIANA
Art Ordinance alnendilzg building height restrictions in the C-l/City Center District and C-2/01d
Town District o/the Carmel Zoning Ordinance
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Advisory Planning Law of the State of Itidiana (contained in
Ie 36-7-4), each unit of local government that wishes to addpt land use and. zoning .ordinances'
must first approve by resolution a comprehensive plan for the geographic area over which it h~
jurisdiction; and
WHEREAS, the 2020 Vision Comprehensive Plan (the "Comprehensive ~lan'') Docket
No. 16-96 CP was given a favorable recommendation by the Cannel/Clay Advisory Plan:
Commission on August 20; 1996, and duly approved by Resolution No. CC-09-03-96-03 of the
Common Council on September 24, 1996, and is therefore the official Comprehensive Plan of
the City of Cannel and Clay Township; and
WHEREAS, the City wishes to amend development standards in the Zoning Ordinance
to match the plans for the redevelopment of the City Center and Old Town areas by increasing
building height restrictions; and
. .. WHEREAS, pursuant to Indiana Code 36-7-4.-602 the Common Council is authorized to
amend tlie.text of the zoning ordinance; and
WHEREAS, pursuantto Indiana Code 36-7-4~610 and City of Carmel Ordinance No. D-
1600-02, the Cannel Zoning Ordinance is incorporated by reference into the Cannel City Code;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Common Council of the City of
Cannel, Indiana, th~!!__Eurs~!.t~ JQ...~,6~~-4-600 et seq. and after Docket No. 05020023 OA
having received a r&v(if'<<i~.S.1ii..~~'.~'~i~g;a.lJ~[.~Jtt~ recommendation from the Carmel Advisory Plan
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Commission on Tuesday, ~':~~:~~~~J2~~~ 2005, it hereby adopts this Ordinance to amend the
Carmel Zoning Ordinance (Ordinance No. Z-289, as amended), to read as follows:
Section I:
CHAPTER 20E: C-l/CITY CENTER DISTRICT
a. Amend Section 20E. 04.01: Maximum Height - Residential Uses to read:
20E.04.01 Maximum Hei~ht - Residential Uses:
1. Adjacent to any residential use or zone: Perty fi'l;e (15) One hundred fiftv (150) feet
measured from street lrrade.
2. Adjacent to all other uses: Fifty five (55)One hundred fiftv (ISO) feet~lred from
street Iml.dc.
b. Amend Section 20E.04.02: Maximum Height- Commercial and Civic Uses to read:
20E.04.02 Maximum Height - Commercial and Civic Uses:
1. Adjacent to an existing or platted single-family residence or residential subdivision:
Forty five (15)One hundred.1lftv (150) feet mea.s.m:cd:from street Q:ra.dc.
Ordinance No. Z-4##-OS DRAFT
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03/30/2005