BELMONT PLACE AND STEEPLE CHASE HOMEOWNERS

On 07 June 2023, the city of Fishers Plan Commission held a board meeting to discuss a proposal brought forward by NVR, Inc. (i.e., Ryan Homes) for a planned residential and commercial development on the north side of 96th St and Georgia road.  The planning commission meeting is planning to reconvene in early August for further discussion on this property and we need your input and assistance.  Please respond to in support of the proposed petition. 

PETITION

• I am against any proposed rezoning of the 109 acres to a commercial designation.  
• I am against any proposed rezoning of the 109 acres to a residential designation that is less than current standards.  Any rezoning should be consistent with surrounding neighborhood lot size and building floor area (i.e., not less than 0.25 acres and a minimum of ~1,900 sq feet for single story or minimum of ~2,500 sq feet for 2-story) 
BACKGROUND INFORMATION

On 07 June 2023, a consideration was made to rezone of 109 acres from R2 Residential to PUD-M (i.e., a Planned Unit Development which is a variance to the established Fishers City's Unified Development Ordinance (UDO)(Document Viewer | Online Unified Development Ordinance (encodeplus.com)). The Flat Fork PUD would include a maximum of 220 single-family homes on the north side of 96th Street, between Georgia and Cyntheanne Road, and a C2 Commercial area at the northeast corner of 96th & Georgia.   There was NO proposal for the commercial property provided at the meeting, but a request was made to rezone it 2220 (fishers.in.us).   See photo below.  

The UDO lists several codes and requirements for residential districts ranging from R1 (largest lots, largest setbacks, etc.) to R5 which is the smallest residential district.  The current property under debate is currently zoned R2.  At the meeting, Ryan proposed a variance to build homes on properties that were significantly smaller than required by the UDO.   A comparison to the zoning allowances & agreements for surrounding neighborhoods as well as the current UDO code, is provided in below (data obtained from the UDO, Ryan’s proposal, and PUDs for Belmont Place (https://www.fishers.in.us/DocumentCenter/View/29342/Southeast-Fishers-PUD-Ordinance-061807 and SteepleChase(https://www.fishers.in.us/DocumentCenter/View/29354/071513B-REPEALED-Steeplechase  

We need your help to ensure this property is not zoned for commercial.  If it is rezoned from R2, it should be consistent with surrounding neighborhood standards.  Please respond and support this petition.   Thanks!