HomeMy WebLinkAboutPC MAY 28, 2019 MINUTES
OF THE
JEFFERSONVILLE PLAN COMMISSION
May 28, 2019
Call to Order
Chairperson, Mr. McCutcheon, called the meeting of the Jeffersonville Plan Commission to order at
6:05 p.m. in the City Council Chambers,Jeffersonville City Hall, 500 Quartermaster Court,Jeffersonville, Indiana.
Roll Call
Members present were: Duard Avery, Chris Bottorff, Kathy Bupp, Ron Ellis, Lisa Gill, Dustin White (arrived at
6:10) and Mike McCutcheon. Those members not present: all present. Also present were Nathan Pruitt- Planning
&Zoning Director, Les Merkley- Planning&Zoning Attorney, Ashley Woolsey- Planning &Zoning Coordinator and
Peggy Hardaway-Secretary.
(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.)
Approval of Minutes
Motion made by Mr. Ellis to approve the April 28, 2019 Minutes, seconded by Mr. Bottorff and motion
passes 6-0.
Approval of Docket
Motion was made by Ms. Gill to approve the Docket with new business items tabled: #4 PC-19-21
Development Plan Approval Peyton's Barricade & Sign; #6 PC-19-23 Rezoning Family Ark both at the request of the
applicant, seconded by Ms. Bupp and motion passes 6-0.
Approval of Findings of Fact: None
Public Hearing Docket
Old Business: None
New Business
PC-19-28 Rezoning
The City of Jeffersonville filed a rezoning application for 3.46 acres of property located at 61 Louise Street.
The current zoning is M3 (Multi-family Residential) and the proposed zoning is R2 (Single Family Residential).
Mr. Les Merkley, City of Jeffersonville Legal Counsel appeared stating the Rezoning Application is withdrawn.
Mr. Nathan Pruitt Director of Plan Commission for the City of Jeffersonville requested approval of a Petition
for Plan Commission to Initiate Rezoning of Property and Order to Initiate Proposal for Rezoning of Property based
on misleading information from the applicant and that this project does not follow the Comprehensive Plan that was
adopted.
Mr. White arrived.
Mr. Merkley indicated that this process will require two public hearing to allow all parties an opportunity to
review and state their support, and or objections to the application.
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Public comments:
Mayor Mike Moore 803 East Court Avenue Jeffersonville—stated he believes the City Council, Plan
Commission and neighborhood was misled and that BWI did a poor job presenting their project. Tenth Street is a
big part of the Comprehensive Plan and if you look at the Optimist Club sight is for single family housing. This is not
a good sight for multi-family housing.
Mr.John Kraft,Young, Lind, Endres& Kraft 126 West Spring Street New Albany- request a motion to dismiss
based on Indiana Code; owner not notified nor applicant.
Mr. Merkley—application withdrew.
(Against) Dan Pierson 19 Louise Street—agrees this was misrepresentation of the project. Survey I took was
if I had an opinion, no, they turned my no into a yes. I believe we do need to help the needy so I did some research
and found a location on Eastern Boulevard before the 1-65 overpass.
(Against) Elizabeth Himmelheber 34 Louise Street—asked how the Board is appointed? Do it for Sandy
Heights. There were no signs, we were misled.
(Against) Kathy Brewer 59 Louise Street— I saw the sign up one day. Help the working poor—not
multifamily. I did not receive any letter. Canvasser talked to my husband about the park not the project.
(Support) Peggy Metzger—representing 61 Louise Street (Optimist Club)—Optimist members are growing
old, the building is getting old and no neighbors are volunteering to continue our programs. Our funds go to local
student scholarships. We see problems with graffiti on the fence and playground. There is a need for this project.
(Against) Larry Brown 17 Center Street—hates to see our community turn to this; how does this group know
what's best for us. There is no accountability. This is not the answer. Not in my neighborhood. No neighborhood
support.
(Against) Susan O'Neal 26 Center Street—indicated she asked Ms. Metzger of the Optimist Club to back out,
Ms. Metzger said it was going to be a nursing home. No one told me. It should stay residential.
(Support) Gary Hobbs BWI 5902 R 34th Indianapolis—no changes have been made, this is not rehab, not a
shelter. This is apartments for homeless and people with disabilities. It will be a successful project in Jeffersonville.
Property values will not go down. This is a fear issues based not on proper facts. We designed the structure with
input from the community. This is for people who are transitioning back into society. The rezoning request will not
stop this project—we can still build tiny homes. We represent the people without a voice—vote to help them be
accountable, to reconnect with family and get jobs. This location is next to Life Spring and we thought a supportive
community. Give us the opportunity to make this work.
(Against) Margaret Joiner 52 Louise Street—we care about our neighborhood. We are not heartless.
(Against) Alberta Turner 10 Sharon Drive—received no survey, no letter. Don't say we don't care. This was
misrepresented and should not be in a residential neighborhood. We have a voice, I care, and I am a care giver.
(Against) Phyllis Hilton 26 Louise Street—How many meetings do we have to attend to stop this project?
There will be no supervision, the story keeps changing, we are not afraid. This fear you talk about is happening
already: stealing and crime. Has 160 names of her survey with neighbors. This is not right.
(Support) Loyd Sprowl 1440 Central Avenue Indianapolis—what we did in Indianapolis was rehab a building
which brought property value up and this gave people an opportunity to better themselves. The notion not in my
backyard did not hurt us. My wife and I continue to support the program in our area.
(Against) Richard Bibelhauser 6138 Highway 111 Sellersburg—owner of two investment properties on
Center Street; low budget housing will bring down the property value of his investments. Did not receive letter.
(Support) Barbara Anderson Haven House for Homeless—I currently work with the homeless and 6 blocks
away is Life Spring. This is a $10 million project and it will be a great project. Maybe communication not handled
well. 57%of residents at Haven House is Jeffersonville citizens. We have limited low income housing and there is an
increase of homeless in Jeffersonville. We need to plan for this need. Haven House residents include a 92 year old
veteran, and older divorced women who have no place to go other than the shelter. If not here we need to find a
place for this; regroup—find a place for BWI in Jeffersonville.
(Against)Terri Jewel 28 Center Street—did not know anything about this. Attended both the Mayor's
meeting and BWI meeting—Life Spring was not present. We do not want police/ambulance making trips to our
neighborhood 3-4 times a day. The City is not capable of supporting special needs children.
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(Against) Kari Beeson 43 Louise Street—received no zoning information; this is the same project as the
Bridgepoint request.
(Support) Ryan Mitchell 226 St Andrew Avenue—managed this project and have met with the City four
times, probably had 20 e-mails and 20 phone calls. Bridgepoint had great support who liked the project just not in
my backyard. So we looked at 100+sights, met with the City, reduced it down to 6 sights that the City approved.
Purchased sight—we could not walk away. We have over 1,000+ hours in sight selection. This is something close to
Tenth Street, stores, bus line and Life Spring. Misleading? The Board did not tell us. We accumulated information,
which was not necessary and we did get recommendations. We done our best, never spent this much time and
money for a sight.
Mayor Moore—have you ever met me? Mr. Mitchell—no.
Mayor Moore—Mr. Hobbs hurt feelings of the neighbors with suggesting that they do not care. Mr. Burgess
was misleading with questions. Board we are here for the people. The Plan Commission, City Council and neighbors
were deceived.
(Against) Kelly Lehman 45 Louise Street—received no letter. Who will Optimist now sell to? Homelessness
is an important issue this is not the right setting. Yes we will have fears—with wire fencing, why is it needed?
Mr. Hobbs—it is important that I apologize; I did not mean you are not a caring community. We have been
here to meet, met with the Mayor, Kelly Burn to help the City with those without a voice. We have a passion to help
the homeless and disabled and give them a quality of life. An option is to build single homes. This is not a zoning
issue.
Close public comment.
Mr. Merkley—we did meet with BWI and advised that they hold public meetings and review the Tenth
Street master plan. We did not have the political canvasser survey questions or results and it is not true that the
City agreed to this. Before you tonight is to start this petition which will require public hearings to rezone this
property.
Ms. Bupp—I would like to address that BWI misrepresented the project and the survey information which is
why this Board sent a favorable recommendation to the City Council of the rezoning of this property.
Mr. White—There will be no City property tax used in this project; it will be supported by a State Grant. I
understood the project and I am for the project. Is the contract pending? Mr. Mitchell—no, but money is in escrow.
Mr. Merkley—there is no damage to BWI, no liability.
Mr. Bottorff—did the City Council misunderstand? Mr. White—no
Mr. Ellis—I voted in my City Council role because of the survey results Mr. Burgess reported. That BWI
contacted and met with neighbors. Life Spring—has no opinion for or against the project; but would support it if it
should happen.
Mr. White—I would prefer this be handled by the City Council; I have concern about a $1.7 million project to
stop it and I don't want to pay to stop this project.
Mr. McCutcheon—I was concerned that no objectors attended the first meeting.
Mr. Avery made the motion to grant the petition to initiate the re-zoning of this property, seconded by
Ms. Bupp, and motion passes 6-1 (White).
Mr. Pruitt—discuss dates for special meeting—meeting will be held June 25 at 6 p.m.
PC-19-19 Rezoning
Jack Fowler has filed a rezoning application for a 0.23 acre parcel located at 1001 East Tenth Street. The
current zoning is R3 (Old City Residential) and the proposed zoning is NC (Neighborhood Commercial). The zoning
request was filed in response to Planning and Zoning's initiative to "right-size" zoning in this corridor following
completion of the Tenth Street reconstruction project.
Mr. Pruitt presented for this property. We offered to property owners a one-time no fee zone change for
several properties along Tenth Street—this is one of those properties.
Public comment: support—none; against—none
Motion made to approve the request by Ms. Gill, seconded by Mr. Bottorff and motion passes 6-0. (Avery
out of Chambers)
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PC-19-20 Rezoning Request
Edward and Diane Henley filed a rezoning application for 2 adjacent parcels of property located at 903 East
Tenth Street and 905 East Tenth Street. These parcels are .10 and .11 acres respectively. The current zoning is Cl
(Small to Medium Scale Commercial) and the proposed zoning is NC (Neighborhood Commercial). This Zoning
request was filed in response to Planning and Zoning's initiative to "Right-size" zoning in this corridor following
completion of the Tenth Street reconstruction project.
Mr. Pruitt presented for this property. We offered to property owners a one-time no fee zone change for
several properties along Tenth Street—this again is two of those properties.
Public comment: support—none; against—none
Motion made to approve the request by Ms. Gill, seconded by Mr. Ellis and motion passes 6-0. (White out
of Chambers)
PC-19-22 Development Plan Application
Tajana Johann filed an application for development plan approval for property at 528 Spring Street. The
proposed development is a restaurant with outdoor dining planned for a future phase.
Representation: Shawn Vest 143 Second Street Charlestown
This will be our second restaurant; we currently own/run Charlestown Pizza. We plan to build additional
space for kitchen and have patio seating on the lot.
Mr. Pruitt—we will need lighting plan to review. Mr. Vest—currently no additional lighting planned.
Public comment: support—none; against—none
Board questions: none
Motion made to approve the application by Mr. Gill, seconded by Mr. Bottorff and motion passes 6-0 (White
out of Chambers).
PC-19-24 Development Plan Application
Richard Chism filed an application for development plan approval for part of the property at
5507 Highway 62. The proposed development is an approximately 4,500 square foot carwash.
Representation: Jennifer Caummisar-Kern, Accurus Engineering 2780 Jefferson Centre Way Suite 204
Jeffersonville
• Side setback 18.72 ft
• 0 foundation plantings provided —in lieu of fee to be paid
• Perimeter landscaping; 15 provide on side and rear; 0 at street
Public comment: support—none; against—none
Board questions: none
Letters/calls: none
Motion made to approve the application by Mr. Gill, seconded by Ms. Bupp and motion passes 6-0 (White
out of Chambers).
PC-19-25 Development Plan Application
Mike Leonard for Hogan Property Development Co filed an application for development plan approval for
part of the property at 600 West 9th Street. It is Lot 3 of Jeffersonville Gateway. The proposed development is an
approximately 3,500 square foot building restaurant with a drive thru and retain tenant space.
Representation: Kevin Young
• Dumpster within front setback; to enclose 3 sides
• Evergreens—3
• Deficit 14 trees on perimeter landscape
• Parking project into front and side setbacks
• 2 monument signs proposed 48 square foot maximum
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Board discussed lighting, and signs issues out of standard.
Public comments: support—none; against—none
Board Comments: none
Motion made by Ms. Gill to approve the application contingent on lighting plan to be reviewed by Staff and
review of dumpster material by Staff, seconded by Mr. Bottorff and motion passes 7-0.
PC-19-26 Rezoning Request
Scott Adams filed a rezoning application for approximately 1.19 acres of property located on Brookhollow
Way. The current zoning is M1 (Multi-family Residential) and the proposed zoning is R1 (Single-family Residential).
The applicant plans to build one single family house.
Representation: Scott Adams with Discovery Builders
Public Comment: support—none; against—none
Board comment: none
Letters: none
Motion made to approve application by Ms. Gill, seconded by Ms. Bupp and motion passes 7-0.
PC-19-27 Rezoning Request
Brandon Denton for Iron Street Partners LLC filed a rezoning application for multiple parcels off Highway 62
and Gottbrath Parkway that make up the Bridgepointe Commons Planned Development. The applicant is requesting
to make changes to the Planned Development Standards, specifically relating to building materials in the Aesthetic
Character Standards.
Representation: Camille Hesen Heritage Engineering 603 North Shore Drive Jeffersonville
• Propose to use 3 materials and no more than 60%of any one building material
Public comment: support—none; against—none
Letters: none
Board comments: none
Motion made by Ms. Gill to approve application, seconded by Ms. Bupp and motion passes 7-0.
Reports from Director and Staff
Mr. Merkley request Board to attend upcoming Speedway case with Judge Mediation Friday, May 31; Gill,
Bupp, Ellis and McCutcheon plan to attend.
Adjournment
There being no further business to come before the Plan Commission the meeting was adjourned
at 8:42 p.m.
Michael McCutcheon, Chair
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