Zoning Cases

Agenda for Next Land Use Committee Meeting - scroll down for more details

February 19 -- Training room, 2nd floor Decatur Township Government Building

Petitions that will be discussed --

6801 Stanley Road -- request a variance to allow a 2nd house on one lot with a shared drive, parking area 37 feet wide (30 feet max allowed), and to legalize an existing detached garage too close to the lot line.

8325 Camby Road -- request rezoning of 1 acre from C3 to C4 to allow for the construction of a gas station & convenience store.

5501, 5521, & 5546 Mendenhall Road -- request rezoning of about 12 acres from DA to I2 to allow for the construction of office/warehouse buildings and mini storage buildings.

IMPORTANT : HEARING EXAMINER HEARING FOR SABEY DATA CENTER LAND USE PETITION -
February 26, 1:00 pm
City-County Building, 200 E. Washington Street, Indy

The Decatur Township School District has offered to supply at least one bus to transport Decaturites to the hearing. You can support or oppose the Data Center Land Use Petition - you just have to attend the hearing in order to utilize the bus transportation.

We will soon post more information and how you can sign up to take the bus.

ANNOUNCEMENT : The Decatur Township Civic Council members voted to OPPOSE the Sabey data center land use petition. The vote was 2 to support and 95 to oppose. This will be our position at the hearing on February 26 and beyond.

HOW YOU CAN HELP PULL THIS WAGON :
1) sign the petition opposing the data center (click here)
2) plan to attend the Feb 26 hearing
3) write an email letter of opposition and mail it to all three by cutting and pasting the following into the To: line of your email :
Bryce Patz <Bryce.Patz@indy.gov>; 'Bain, Joshua' <joshua.bain@indy.gov>; Pat Andrews <pcandrews@comcast.net>
4) tell your friends and neighbors

In Discussions with Land Use Committee

6801 Stanley Rd -- Claudia and Jose Aboytes, represented by Dave Gilman, seeks to allow a second home on the parcel.
STATUS: [2026-DV2-003 ] This petition is scheduled to be heard by the BZA on March 10. It is possible it will be delayed to April 14.

8300 Camby Rd -- A petitioner represented by Dave Gilman, seeks a rezoning to allow for construction of a gas station.
STATUS: [2026-ZON-001 ] This petition is scheduled to be heard by the Hearing Examiner on February 26. We will be filing to move the hearing date to March 23.

5501, 5521 & 5546 Mendenhall Rd -- A petitioner represented by Dave Gilman, seeks to rezone 12 acres from DA to I2 to build office/warehouse and mini-warehouse storage buildings.
STATUS: [ ] This petition has not yet been filed.

3889 W Perry St -- Alayna & Jayden Bridgman will seek a rezoning from D5 to C3 to allow for operation of a CBD store. This was initially filed as a variance. That petition was withdrawn on July 8 with the understanding that they would file for a rezoning. That rezoning has not been filed. The site continues to operate as a CBD store illegally. A legal file is now open and a pre-trial conference has been scheduled for Mar 18.
STATUS: [ ] The Variance petition was withdrawn, but the petitioner has failed to file for a rezoning.

Land Use Committee Meeting Schedule

February 19 March 19
April 16 May 15 June 18

All 2026 meetings begin at 6 PM in the Training Room of the Decatur Township Government Center / Fire station (5410 S High School Rd). Take the door at the rear of the building – stairs on your immediate left. The training room is half way down the hallway on your left.

Zoning Cases Awaiting Hearings at City Hall

The Civic Council voted to support these petitions:

The Civic Council voted 'not to oppose' these petitions:

The Civic Council voted to oppose these petitions:

Various addresses 6700-8210 Camby Rd & 6600-6833 Kentucky Ave -- Sabey Data Center Properties, LLC, represented by Mindy Westrick Brown, seeks to modify commitments from 2020-CZN-834 on 131 acres to allow for the construction of a data center with increase building heights, swapping of allowed uses, changes to berm heights, changes to building sizes, locations, and number, and to allow a substation. They also seek a variance of use to allow for the data center (not permitted) on this I-2 parcel. They also seek several variances of development standards to reduce the number of required parking spaces, increase the 50-foot maximum airspace building height to 75 feet, increase the allowed outdoor storage and operations from 25% of gross floor area to 120% and 160% for each of the two proposed buildings, and to reduce the distance of outdoor storage and operations from a protected district from 500 feet minimum to 200 feet.
STATUS: [2025-CAP, CVR-856 ] The Civic Council voted to OPPOSE this petition. It will be heard by the Hearing Examiner on February 26.

Zoning Cases that have been Decided

6501 Mann Road -- Kittle Property Group, represented by Joe Calderon, seeks to rezone 26.8 acres from DA to D7 in order to build a multi-family residential development.
STATUS [2025-ZON-077] The Civic Council voted to OPPOSE this petition. The petition was withdrawn on November 19.

3641 S Lynhurst Dr -- Crossroad Engineers, represented by Gregory Ilko, seek to rezone 3.44 acres from C7 and I4 to all I4 for heavy industrial uses, including outdoor storage and operations.

STATUS: [ 2025-ZON-095] This petition was withdrawn on October 9.

6801 Stanley Rd -- Claudia & Jose Aboytes, represented by David Gilman, are seeking to split a 2 acre residential lot into a 0.5 acre and a 1.5 acre lot. They are also seeking a variance to allow the larger lot to have only 15 feet of road frontage when 70 feet is required, and to allow the use of a septic system instead of hooking up to city sanitary sewer as required for a D3 parcel.

STATUS: [2025-CVR-833] This petition was withdrawn on July 24.

5338 W Edwards Ave -- Austin Young seeks a variance to allow a 6 foot privacy fence and detached shed in the second front yard of a corner lot.

STATUS: [2025-DV2-023] The Civic Council voted to SUPPORT this petition. This petition was approved by the Board of Zoning Appeals on July 8.

7515 Camby Rd -- Abigail Wojciechowski, represented by David Gilman, seeks a Variance to divide 1 6.9 acre D3 lot into three D3 lots so that two more houses can be built without connection to the public sanitary sewer (instead rely on septic systems). They also seek to plat these new lots. This petition was amended to request a waiver of the requirement to construct sidewalks and to donate right of way along Camby Rd to the City.

STATUS: [2025-CPL, CVR-805] This petition was APPROVED by the Hearing Examiner on May 29 and July 24.

6225-6245 Kentucky Ave -- Joe Calderon is representing a client who seeks to rezone about 3 acres from DA to C4 so a Speedway gas station and convenience store can be constructed.

STATUS: [ 2025-ZON-055] The Civic Council voted to SUPPORT this petition. This petition was APPROVED by the Hearing Examiner on June 26.

4446 Mann Rd -- Dave & Sons Properties, represented by David Gilman, seeks to rezone 0.75 acres from C3 to C4 in order to build a gas station.

STATUS: [2025-ZON-052 ] The Civic Council voted to SUPPORT this petition. This petition was APPROVED by the Hearing Examiner on June 12.

4925 Decatur Blvd -- Meritex Decatur LLC, represented by Ed Williams, seeks a Variance of Use to install three skyline signs on the front facade when only one is permitted.

STATUS: [2025-DV2-009] The Civic Council voted to OPPOSE this petition. It was withdrawn on June 10.

7030 Mann Rd -- Jose Cuevas, represented by Justin Kingen, seeks to rezone a 5.3 acre parcel from DA to DS. They also want to split this lot into two parcels and plat them at the same time as the rezoning.

STATUS: [2025-CZN,CPL-819] The Civic Council voted to SUPPORT this petition. This petition was APPROVED by the Hearing Examiner on May 29.

6900 Millhouse Rd -- DR Horton, represented by Brian Tuohy, seeks the rezoning of 11.2 acres from DA to D4 to all for the construction of 33 single family homes. This would be an expansion of the Cardinal Grove subdivision.

STATUS: [2025-ZON-012] The Civic Council voted to SUPPORT this petition. This petition was APPROVED by the Hearing Examiner on Apr 24.

3321 S Tibbs Ave -- PDJ's Lake, LLC, represented by James Hillery, seeks a Variance of Use in order to park an RV on an undeveloped residential lot.

STATUS: [2025-UV2-004] The Civic Council voted to OPPOSE this petition. This petition was DENIED by the BZA on Apr 8.

7300 S Mooresville Rd and 6402 W Southport Rd -- Arbor Homes seeks to rezone 48.4 acres from DA to D4 in order to develop a subdivision of 130 125 single family homes. This matter is returning for a new consideration and vote as significant changes have been proposed.

STATUS: [2024-ZON-097] The Civic Council voted to SUPPORT this petition. This petition was APPROVED by the Hearing Examiner on December 12. The MDC APPROVED this petition on Mar 5.

6700 Ralston Rd -- Gretchen Willkie, represented by David Gilman, seeks to rezone 27 acres from DA (agriculture) to DS to establish 9 3-acre lots.

STATUS: [2025-ZON-004] The Civic Council voted to SUPPORT this petition. This petition was APPROVED by the Hearing Examiner on Feb 27.

6545 & 6200 W Southport Rd -- Arbor Homes seeks to rezone 105 acres from DA to DP in order to develop a subdivision of 315 single family homes.

STATUS: [2024-ZON-098] The Civic Council voted to OPPOSE this petition. At the hearing the petitioner agreed to provide $920,000 for the improvement of two intersections, build houses with no vinyl, and build only one and two-story homes. Therefore the Civic Council position changed to SUPPORT. This petition APPROVED by the MDC on Feb 19..

7947 Camby Rd -- Arbor Homes seeks to rezone 22.9 acres from DA to D4 in order to build a subdivision of 50 single family homes.

STATUS: [2024-ZON-138] The Civic Council voted to OPPOSE this petition. This petition was DENIED by the MDC on Feb 19.

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