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please note that the hearing dates are quite often changed - check back here to keep track of the currently scheduled hearing date for the pending petitions click here for cases that have been decided by the City
5107 and 5100 Stirling Pointe Dr & 6823 Kirkwood Club Dr -- request to modify a commitment on building materials to allow wood or masonry -looking materials.
In discussions with Land Use Committee The committee meeting schedule for 2008 is a bit scattered. We will meet one Tuesday or Wednesday of each month at about 6:00 - 8:00 pm in the auditorium of the Decatur Public Library. Other dates may be used also, if a negotiation requires. If you have an interest in one of these cases you should contact Pat Andrews (856-3341) for agenda details. See below for scheduled Land Use Committee meeting dates. (click here) 5107 and 5100
Stirling Pointe Dr & 6823 Kirkwood Club Dr -- James & Barbara White,
Thomas & Tabitha Berry, and Richard & Linda Thompson, represented by
Theodore J. Blanford and Seth R. Wilson, request a modification of
commitment 3 of 88-Z-97, to allow additional siding materials similar in
appearance of masonry and wood to be utilized for single-family
dwellings on Lots 7, 26 and 27 of the Kirkwood Estates subdivision
(previous commitment required masonry and wood).
Land Use Committee Meeting Schedule for 2008
The following cases are awaiting hearings at City Hall: The Civic Council voted to support these petitions: 7704 S.
Mooresville Road - Request to vacate an alley behind the existing
Church property and to rezone 0.75 acre to SU-1 to provide for religious
uses. The Civic Council voted to oppose these petitions: Various
addresses in Camby Woods (7700 Camby Road, approximately) -- The Camby
Woods developer, represented by Michael Quinn, wants to rezone 15 acres
from single family D3 to apartments D6 . (from about 3 units/acre to about
7 units/acre)
7720 S.
Mooresville Road -- Request to rezone property from DA to C3C which
allows for simultaneous living and business activities. 5805 Stanley
Road -- Airport Suites Developers, LLC, represented by Thomas Engle,
requests a variance to drop the required number of parking spaces from 308
to 200. 5777 Decatur
Boulevard -- McCarren Logistics Partners, LP, wants to get a variance for
the McCarren Building (an industrial, multi-tenant, building in Ameriplex)
to allow the location of a "Pump it Up" indoor children's recreational
facility. 8900 W.
Mooresville Rd, 7652-8561 Gold Rush Way, 7647-7715 Firecrest Lane --
request to change zoning on 15.5 acres from triplexes (D7) and single
family (D4) to single family (D5) 6520 Ratliff
Road -- Larry White requests a variance to allow a 15 foot tall, 900
square foot, pole barn when Ordinances only allow for a 12.33 foot tall
accessory structure and the lot is already at the limit of allowed
accessory uses. various
addresses in Copeland Mills subdivision -- request a change in zoning
commitments to allow privacy fences in all areas of a yard permitted by
Indianapolis Ordinances. 5458 Varna Dr
-- Bobby Lee Carroll requests a Special Exception to allow a 2062 sq ft
manufactured home on this site 5039 Richard St
-- Jack Freund, represented by A. Douglas Stephens, requests a
variance to legalize the outdoor storage of two commercial dump trucks and
a commercial trailer, neither of which are allowed in a residential area. 5805 Stanley Rd
-- Midwest Logistics Partners, represented by Eugene Valanzano, request
modification of conditions set forth in a 1995 zoning petition, to remove
a restriction of building size limiting height to a miximum of 65 feet. 5649 Kentucky
Ave
-- Pleasant Heights Baptist Church is seeking rezoning of 0.973 acres from
DA to SU-1 to allow church office uses in the house on the corner of
Kentucky and Bar Del. The petitioners are also proposing a road from
the Pleasant Heights Baptist Church passing by the house and exiting onto
Bar Del. 7115 Camby Rd
-- Hal and Mary Strong request variances to allow construction of a 220
sq. ft. sunroom addition which would bring the total sq. ft. of accessory
uses to 124.6% of the house size (100% allowed), and, to legalize an
existing 720 sq. ft. detached garage which brings the total sq. ft. of
accessory building uses to 83.79% of the main floor space of the house
(75% allowed). 6719 Furnas Rd
-- George Clarke and Susie Haag request variances to legalize an existing
180 sq. ft. deck, 144 sq. ft. hot tub, and 216 sq. ft. sunroom that is 4
ft from the side lot line (5 ft required) and 10 ft. from the rear lot
line (20 ft. required). 8301 Trotter Rd
-- the Decatur Township Trustee is requesting a rezoning of 2.5 acres from
residential to special use to allow construction of a fire station. 6265 Kentucky
Ave -- Dodd Enterprises, represented by Mitch Sever, request a
variance to allow a gift shop to operate from a house, a variance to allow
a 64 sq ft sign in the front yard of residential property, and a variance
to legalize an existing 576 sq ft building. 7125 Mendenhall
Rd -- Jeff and Dana Malone request variances to allow the construction
of a 648 sq. ft. in-ground swimming pool and 854 sq. ft. deck which would
bring the total sq. ft. of accessory uses to 273.5% of the house size
(100% allowed), and, to legalize an existing 2880 sq. ft. barn which
brings the total sq. ft. of accessory building uses to 296% of the main
floor space of the house (75% allowed). 7041 Mann Rd
-- Walter and Theresa Hergenroether request variances to allow expansion
of an existing detached garage from a one story, 1040 sq. ft. building to
a two story, 2340 sq. ft. building. The proposed structure
would bring the total sq. ft. of accessory uses to 101.4% of the
total living space of the house (100% allowed) and bring the total sq. ft.
of accessory building uses to 126% of the main floor space of the house
(75% allowed). They also seek to legalize an existing minibarn that
has 0 feet setback from the rear lot line (5 ft. required). 4905 Kentucky
Ave (old Hardee's site) -- request for variances to legalize
a drive-through too close to a residence, a trash enclosure in front of a
building line (Thompson Rd), parking within a required yard (Thompson)
and without landscaping, parking within the required yard (Kentucky
Ave), and a 40-ft pole sign too close to the intersection of Thompson and
Kentucky. A Starbucks is expected to be put in this location. 5712 S High
School Rd -- requests a variance to legalize an existing 6 ft
tall fence with a 2.5 foot setback in the second front yard of a corner
lot (3.4 ft tall with a 25 ft setback allowed) various
addresses from 8000-8219 Milhouse - request to rezone 17.38 acres from
commercial/industrial and residential to all commercial uses. 3046 Southwest Dr
- Michael Eades, represented by Douglas
Stevens, requests a variance to legalize an existing 6 ft fence in
second front yard of a corner lot (3.5 foot max allowed), legalize an
existing 184 sq ft addition with only 11 ft front setback (minimum 25
feet required), and legalize an existing 1560 sq ft paved front yard
(ordinance limits paving in front yard to that space required for off
street parking). 435 & 2441 Kentucky Ave
- Southside Landfill, represented by Mary Solada, is requesting rezoning
of 82 acres from industrial to landfill uses. They also want a
variance to allow the buildings currently on this parcel to remain. 17 addresses in Copeland Mills - 17 homeowners, lead by Ryan
Hunt, request deletion of commitment #20 which bans fences with
more than 50% sight barrier in certain circumstances.
5529, 5539, 5543, 5551, & 5709 W. Hanna Ave and 4023, 4035, & 4115
Heiney Road - Airport Centre Realty, represented by Brian Touhy,
requests rezoning of 3.83 acres from commercial/industrial (CS) and
residential (DS) to the CS classification to provide a mixture of
uses permitted in C3, C4, and I2S and I2U districts. And approval of
modification of site plan to modify the site plan related to petition
2003-ZON-082 to incorporate the expanded boundaries of the CS district.
And, approval of modification of commitments related to petition
2003-ZON-082. |
The Petitioner files a zoning or variance request in City Hall. They must notify, by mail, all owners of lots either within 2 parcels from the one affected, or within 660 feet - whichever is less. They must also notify all registered Neighborhood Associations that claim the petitioner's land in their territory. The Petitioner is invited to meet with the Decatur Township Civic Council Land Use Committee. If we hear of the project before the Petitioner files, we may begin our discussions early. It is the intent of the Land Use Committee to review the proposal, discuss its impacts on the immediate neighbors and the Township as a whole. We may possibly engage in negotiating with the Petitioner about their proposal in the expectation that something better for our community might emerge. The Land Use Committee decides what position it will recommend the full Council take on the Petition (support, not oppose, or oppose). The zoning or variance petition is heard by the full Civic Council at its regularly scheduled monthly meeting. We hear the proposal from the Petitioner and comments for or against from any neighbors. The Land Use committee recommendation is stated, along with the reasons for that recommendation. Anyone in attendance may ask questions. All those who have been members of the Civic Council for 90 days, votes by paper ballot - either 'support', 'not oppose', 'oppose', or 'abstain'. The official position of the Decatur Township Civic Council is that which receives a majority of the votes cast. The petition is then heard downtown at the City-County Building (200 E. Washington St). A zoning request may first be heard by the Hearing Examiner and then by the Metropolitan Development Commission (MDC). A variance request is usually heard by one of three Boards of Zoning Appeals (BZA). The Land Use Committee sends representatives to these hearings to give a presentation on the reasons for the Civic Council position. Depending upon the Petition, there may be an appeal to the City-County Council of a decision by the MDC or BZA.
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