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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMAY 30, 2017 MINUTES OF THE JEFFERSONVILLE PLAN COMMISSION May 30, 2017 • Call to Order A meeting of the Jeffersonville Plan Commission was held on May 30, 2017 at 6:02 p.m. in the Council Chambers, First Floor, Jeffersonville City Hall, 500 Quartermaster Court, Jeffersonville, Indiana. Chairperson Dustin White called the meeting to order. • Roll Call The roll was called and those members present were: Duard Avery, Kathy Bupp, Rita Fleming, Lisa Gill, Dustin White, and Mike McCutcheon. Those members not present: Ed Zastawny. Also present were Linda Mills, Secretary, Shawn Dade, Planning&Zoning Coordinator, Nathan Pruitt, Planning&Zoning Director, Les Merkley, Planning&Zoning Attorney. (SECRETARY'S NOTE: ALL PLAT MAPS, PHOTOS, ETC. PRESENTED BEFORE THE PLAN COMMISSION ON THIS DATE CAN BE FOUND IN THE OFFICE OF PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT.) • Aonroval of Minutes The minutes of the April 25, 2017 meeting were approved as written on a motion made by Mike McCutcheon and seconded by Lisa Gill. Motion passed on a vote of 6-0. • Approval of Docket Lisa Gill made a motion to approve the Docket, seconded by Mike McCutcheon. Motion passed on a vote of 6-0. • New Business 1) PC-17-33 The next item to come before the Commission is an application filed by Jim Johns requesting approval of a final plat for property in the 3200 block of Utica Pike, and is located in the Wellhead Protection Overlay District. The property would create 14 lots and .08 miles of new streets, and the subdivision would be named River Commons. Rita Fleming stated that she will recuse herself from hearing this application. John Kraft appeared before the Commission and stated the following: Jeffersonville Plan Commission Meeting—May 30, 2017 Page 1 of 8 • Requesting approval for the Final Plat for River Common; • Drainage has been approved; • At the time of the presentation of the preliminary plat there were some questions regards to dedication of right of way for ingress and egress along Utica Pike; • There is a 25 foot right of way to be dedicated to the City; • Nathan Pruitt has had some conversation with David Blankenbeker regarding sidewalk issues but otherwise the final plat confirms to the Subdivision Control Ordinance; and • We are requesting final approval. Therefore, upon a motion made by Lisa Gill and seconded by Mike McCutcheon to approve the final plat of River Commons as presented. Motion passed on a vote of 5- 0 with Rita Fleming abstained from the vote. 2) ZO-17-03 The next item to come before the Commission is an application filed by City of Jeffersonville,Planning&Zoning Department recommending the following amendment to the City of Jeffersonville 2035 Comprehensive Plan which updates the Future Land Use Map. The update includes: 1. Transitioned all agricultural land to residential for future housing needs. (Preserved legacy farmland as open space.) 2. Transitioned the flood plain at Silver Creek to open space. 3. Changes made based upon new infrastructure improvements (e.g. I-265). 4. A new category called Mixed Residential. a. The new future land use category of Mixed Residential allows land to be used for single family development, but could also be appropriate for multi-family development. Nathan Pruitt stated the following to the Commission: • This was before the Commission at the last month meeting; • Proposing to transitioned all agricultural land to residential for future housing needs; • All existing agricultural zoned land will be as it is today; • This does not change any zoning,this is a guide book for the future that if and when zoning changed is considered what should we make that change to; • The second one is transitioned the flood plain at Silver Creed to open space; Jeffersonville Plan Commission Meeting—May 30, 2017 Page 2 of 8 f' • We should not build homes in flood plains; • Possibility of future trail systems along that water shed; • Number three, changes made based upon new infrastructure improvements(i.e. I-265); • The bridge was not opened when this was adopted so we looked at this area and adjusted the land uses in there; • The fourth item is mixed residential and we added a new category of future land uses; • We don't really know if it is going to be single family, multi family or a little bit of both but we want the option to do either or; • If a re-zoning comes before the Commission you consider which one would be better based on the applicant request; • We are not sufficiently mixed in our house style profile; • We have a lot of one style of housing but we don't have a lot of options across the board; • We have the four major changes; • With the agricultural uses, what we did was combined the definitions of what was previously agricultural by itself and then open space vacant; • You have a list that shows every single change that we have proposed; • For the most part this is the same as last time but we did not two major changes; • One is the Vissing Park area, the parcel at the corner of Middle Road and Port Road was industrial; • The Port does not own that land and I think that it would most likely go residential; • The other change we made in the northwest area with all the legacy farms are located we previously had mixed residential in there and there was some thoughts as to what that means and is it appropriate; and • We are proposing this a single family residential for now and we will have discussions over this area in the next few years of what happens here. Dustin White stated that there is a block at Pearl and Maple Streets that does not match the overall downtown use. Nathan Pruitt stated that this should match the rest of the area. Rita Fleming stated the following: • That Nathan and his staff have done a tremendous job; • The more parks the better, Paul and his crew do a wonderful job; • As we developed more residential I would really like to see us encourage people to considered more sustainable method of heating and cooling; Jeffersonville Plan Commission Meeting—May 30, 2017 Page 3 of 8 I P • Our drainage requirements are outdated; • Encouraging homeowners to install rain barrels and rain gardens; • We need to support that and get the developers on board with that way of thinking; and • I would like to the City build in a smart manner with green build and have a Green Committee. Lisa Gill stated that in the Veterans Parkway area it states to change the Meadow to open space, why would we want to do that. Nathan Pruitt stated the following: • Meadows is a piece of land that is owned by the City of Jeffersonville; • It is a mitigation site; and • It is wetlands and is slated to be a wetlands education center. Lisa Gill stated that Wohrle Road is already commercial and residential and you want to change that to mixed use, please define again mixed use. Nathan Pruitt stated the following: • Today the City has a concept that states that commercial should front of Wohrle Road; • It has single family that wraps around that; • We are advocating that he goes to mixed use and mixed use is a blend of uses; • The use blends a combination of both residential and commercial cultural and institutional or industrial uses are allowed solely commercial uses; • It could be one building it could be urban or village development; • The blend should be physically integrated and functionally related to create a center or community; • ,This use typically creates a greater variety in houses reduces distance between housing, workplaces and amenities, compact development and stronger neighborhoods with character and should be pedestrian and bicycle friendly; and • What it is basically saying is that we would like to have more blended uses in this area, it still gives the option that single family residents can front on Wohrle Road but that not the best use due to the nature of the roadway. Marty Chalfant, 2304 St. Andrews Road appeared before the Commission and stated the following: • My comment is specifically to the Wohrle Road Corridor; • Over the past several months there have been several neighborhoods and over 500 residents involved in a discussion with a developer at the corner of Wohrle Road and Charlestown Pike: Jeffersonville Plan Commission Meeting—May 30, 2017 Page 4 of 8 f • In addition the Drainage Board had conducted a hydraulic study that is looking at the overall impact of drainage for that entire area; • Not only that corner but Wohrle Road and any future development; • Right now the future land use map has it as M1; • The concerned is that if it is changed that and we understand that this is a guide, I realize that a lot of that is used to justified zoning change; • Given the fact that the neighbors have fought the drainage issue and fought to access development on that corner; • I would like on behalf of the neighbors if we could exclude the Wohrle Road area to be changed to Mixed Use; • We feel that it might be a door opening to come in and ask for a zoning change; • As Mr. Pruitt stated in his comments reading through, right now they can only put residential, low density multi-family residential if this is allow to change any institutional, industrial uses or solely commercial uses could be there; • That is a concerned for all the folks that live abutting that property and in that area; • There is single-family residence that live up and down St. Andrews and everybody is concerned about what is happening; and • Everybody is in favor of responsible growth and good development but we all concerned that this one corner now is a subject of this discussion to change the perimeter by which it is judged while we are still in the middle of all this discussion. Nathan Pruitt stated the following: • The future land use map and the zoning ordinance are completely different documents; • The property is zoned M 1 today and some commercial; • We also have M2 next to the mobile home park; • The entire corridor and be built tomorrow in a mixture of multifamily and commercial by right; • The zoning ordinance controls on what is required as it pertains to buffer yards, set back standards, units and sizes; • The future land use map today states that commercial is intended along with residential; • They can build today exactly what I'm proposing our future land map use to say mixture of commercial and residential; • This change will link this together; • I don't really see it a entitling anything beyond what is already allowed to be there; and • All of these re-zonings if they pursue rezoning would still have to come before Plan Commission and City Council. Jeffersonville Plan Commission Meeting—May 30, 2017 Page 5 of 8 i Therefore, upon a motion made by Duard Avery and seconded by Kathy Bupp to amend the change at the block of Pearl and Maple Streets and Spring to Chestnut Streets to Mixed Use to match the rest of the field. Motion passed on a vote of 6-0. Therefore, upon a motion made by Duard Avery and seconded by Rita Fleming to send a favorable recommendation to City Council to adopt the revisions to Future Land Use Map to the 2035 Comprehensive Plan as amended. Motion passed on a vote of 6-0. 3) ZO-17-04 The next item to come before the Commission is an application filed by City of Jeffersonville Planning&Zoning Department recommending the following amendment to the City of Jeffersonville Zoning Ordinance(2000-OR-61). This amendment would add a new overlay district titled the Quartermaster Summit Overlay District to Article 5, and amend Article 9 of the Zoning Ordinance. This overlay district will overlap and enhance portions of the Tenth Street Traditional Marketplace Overlay District, as well as the Commercial Corridor Overlay District. The intent of this overlay is to foster development in the area adjacent to Quartermaster Depot,to promote a mix of uses, to improve aesthetics and encourage quality architecture that references the historic Quartermaster Depot, and to promote walkability in this area adjacent to downtown. Nathan Pruitt stated the following: • This is the Quartermaster Summit Overlay District which is another overlay district that we are proposing; • This district abuts the Quartermaster Depot, this is an extremely historic structure; • The boundaries of the district go from Twelfth Street, Spring Street, Watt Street, E. 10th Street and Eighth Street; • There is amazing opportunity to get views of Louisville Skyline through new development; • This might be an office worker sitting in a brand new office building or residential; • We want to take advantage of those views; • We are proposing that this be a district that bounces off and improves the anchors that we already have; • We already have Quartermaster Depot and the Hospital; • I can see a nursing school coming in, education and training centers; • 1 can see a urban grocery and I can see some housing; • We have to keep in mind the 10th Street gateway is one of the first things that people see in our city; 3 • We have two other structures that were built that mimic the architectural structure, one is the liquor store and the other is the carpet store; A Jeffersonville Plan Commission Meeting—May 30,2017 Page 6 of 8 1 • The biggest thing here is architectural and we want to encourage walkability; • The biggest thing to keep in mind is that we want brick or natural stone,we want to limit unfinished materials such as EFIS unfinished woods,ply woods, vinyl's and sheet metals; • Those don't give the character that the other materials give; • We want to reduce setbacks but it is an option not a requirement; • It is an option to reduce down to 15 feet; • We want to reduce parking by 25%, we want to make this a little bit friendly to the pedestrian; • We are going to require sidewalk standards and street trees as a requirement; • The existing zoning of this proposed area is mostly C1, there is also C2, Institutional, OC and we have a little pocket neighborhood; • It is an older neighborhood and there is some property maintenance issue that they are having there; • There is not a lot of residential in this area; • Land use and zoning are two different things because your use could be grandfathered and have a different zoning so now this is looking at the actual land use; • There is 36.6 acres, 11 acres are commercial which is 31%, we have almost 25%vacant land, 16%of land is industrial,22% of office space, 8%of single family homes and only I%of the property that is multi-family; • There are not active uses that promote someone to be here; and • Future single family residential is proposed not to be permitted as new construction but any single family residential that is in the district today is grandfathered. After further discussion Dustin White stated that he is concerned that not everybody can afford a home and as we are making these plane it sound like you may be excluding this population. Nathan Pruitt stated the following: • This is not my intent; • We have to develop infill and provide options with housing price range and housing type range but at the end of the day sometimes location trumps your other goals; and • Would like to see a new neighborhood within this district. Therefore, upon a motion made by Duard Avery and seconded by Kathy Bupp to send a favorable recommendation to City Council to adopt the changes to the Zoning Ordinance regarding changes to Article 5 and amend Article 9. Motion passed on a vote of 6-0. Jeffersonville Plan Commission Meeting—May 30, 2017 Page 7 of 8 • Reports from Officers Committees and Staff None. • Adiournment There being no further business to come before the Plan Commission the meeting was adjourned at 7:15 p.m. Dustin White, Chairperson Submitted ills, Secret Jeffersonville Plan Commission Meeting—May 30, 2017 Page 8 of 8