December 7,
2006
The
Ellettsville, Indiana Plan
Commission met in
regular session on Thursday, December 7, 2006, in the Fire Department Training and Conference Room
located at 5080
West State Road
46. Frank Buczolich called the meeting to order at 7:45 p.m. asking for a moment of silence in remembrance of Pearl Harbor forty-five years ago and leading the Pledge of
Allegiance.
Roll Call: Members present were Frank
Buczolich, President; Ed
Bitner, Vice-President; Don Calvert, Terry Baker, William
Evans and Dennis Williamson. Sandra Hash,
Secretary and Frank
Nierzwicki, Director of
Planning Services were also present.
Approval of the Minutes
Ed
Bitner stated there was an amendment made and words added to a section of
minutes and then made a motion to accept the minutes for the November 2, 2006 meeting of the Plan Commission meeting as
amended. William Evans seconded. Motion carried.
New Business
Hasler
Annexation
Frank
Nierzwicki presented a
petition for voluntary annexation. The
property is two acres located at 312 Depot Road adjacent to the Wever and Burrell properties. They are requesting to have one parcel
annexed into the Town; once annexed it would be zoned commercial C-3 matching
the Wever property to the west.
According to Ellettsville Utilities,
public water and sewer is available near this site. The petitioner will have to hook on to the
Town’s water and sewer system. Before
any additional commercial-residential activity could occur at this site, the
Town Engineer and Director of Planning Services will review the on-site
retention plan. The developer would also
need to submit a grading permit for approval before any work could start on
this site. No signs have been requested
for this property. There are no added
costs for the Town to annex this parcel.
The required water and sewer hook on fees would cover the cost for
extending service to this parcel. Police
and fire protection are already in the area.
The total assessed valuation of this parcel, with improvements, is
approximately $56,200. A map was
provided with the Fiscal Plan to show the location of the property. The petitioner is aware of the cost
associated with hook on fees. Frank Nierzwicki clarified this is one parcel with one owner. Dennis Williamson asked if there is a home on this property. Frank Nierzwicki replied there is a house located on this property and
a road does go back to the house.
Ed Bitner made a motion we accept the Hasler
Annexation as a C-3, as documented. Dennis Williamson seconded. Roll
call vote: Frank Buczolich – yes; Ed Bitner – yes; Terry Baker – yes; Don Calvert – yes; William Evans – yes; Dennis Williamson
– yes; Sandra Hash – yes. Motion carried
7-0.
Privilege of the Floor – non Agenda
items
Ed Bitner noticed a new electronic sign at Jack & Jill
Daycare which was scrolling. He asked Frank Nierzwicki if he has found out anything on this. Frank Nierzwicki stated this sign has been on for a week or so. It has been passed on to the Town Attorney
for immediate action. He met with the salesperson,
Bob Holland, informing him of the “violation of the BZA and also the fact it
does not have a sign permit”. Frank Nierzwicki reiterated this has been turn over to the attorney
and he will handle it. There could be
fines involved. Ed wanted to make sure
something has been done since he made the report.
Don Calvert asked if there was any information on installing a
light at the Fire Department or the intersection of State Road 46 and Arlington Road. Frank Nierzwicki stated there was a request for a warning signal in
front of the Fire Station a year ago.
INDOT turned down a request for the warning signal and trigger
signal. A letter was signed by the Town
Board President and sent. Frank Nierzwicki will speak with the Town Council President and see if he would sign another
letter. The letters are sent to the
INDOT Seymour office; we have not heard anything back on the warning
beacon. We could appeal all this to the Indianapolis office. Frank Nierzwicki stated it took eight months for INDOT to determine
the stone from Bybee Stone was an eligible local donation.
William Evans has been on the Planning Committee for nine
years. He does not know if he will
continue the first of the year and wanted to say it has been nice working with
everyone.
Art Hayes approached the podium to discuss “parallel to the
street parking” in Kelli Heights. He spoke with
Frank Nierzwicki regarding the study he did on the parking in Kelli Heights. Art
researched the old ordinance and explained what it stated regarding minimum
widths for concrete sidewalks, where they should be placed and other
measurements of the shoulders. He feels
this can not be done legally because the sidewalk would be blocked. Frank Nierzwicki has been looking at different options. There is not one option that would solve all
the parking problems. Some areas in town
could accommodate extended driveways with the set up of the home and others
will not. In areas that have little or
no options to extend driveways; one option could be a pull off leaving two
tires on the street but that could affect the sidewalk issue. The reality of having sidewalks installed in
all areas would be very difficult or impossible to do. There have been proposals brought up but
nothing has been enacted or discussed.
Art stated he is not talking about putting sidewalks in because the old
ordinance did not require that. The new
ordinance requires sidewalks and trees. He
continued to speak about sidewalks, street parking and the Meadowlands. Frank Nierzwicki agreed to meet with Art to discuss his issues. Frank Nierzwicki announced he spent a lot of time with his assistant
this summer measuring the streets in Kelli Heights trying to find streets wide enough for on street
parking. He also had a discussion with
the Fire, Police and Street Departments.
Art Hayes spoke about the covenants in Kelli Heights from 1978 and Frank Nierzwicki stated “covenants are usually associated with people
within a neighborhood but do not take precedence over Town Codes”. Terry Baker commented fire trucks and ambulances are getting
bigger. Sandra Hash explained covenants
and restrictions are agreements between the property owner and the
developer. As a Town, we do not enforce
covenants and restrictions we use our Town Ordinances. Art Hayes made a comment about the October 12, 2006 minutes regarding a restriction on the number of
vehicles not people. Art Hayes would
like on street parking rather than parallel to street pull off parking. The last point he made was, in his opinion, Bynum
Fanyo being representative of both the Town and developer is a 100% conflict of
interest.
Adjournment
Dennis
Williamson made a motion for the meeting to be adjourned. Terry Baker seconded.
Motion carried. Meeting adjourned
8:26 p.m.