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Staff told the commission the plat meets the requirements of the Town of Avon Unified Development Ordinance and the zoning commitments associated with the property’s recent rezoning (Z.A. 24-11). Staff recommended a waiver to reduce the town’s standard 60-foot right-of-way for the subdivision’s internal streets to 52 feet, because the applicant proposes to maintain the town-standard pavement, curb, tree lawn and 5-foot sidewalk but reduce the utility strip behind the sidewalk from 5 feet to 1 foot; town public works confirmed the reduced utility strip is adequate for maintenance. The town’s recommendation noted a platted 20-foot drainage and utility easement behind the right-of-way that provides additional room for utilities.

Petitioner representatives from Pulte Homes said the plat otherwise complies with UDO standards, that the layout would provide about 5.33 acres (16.57%) of common open space — roughly double the R-2 minimum — and that the requested waiver is necessary to align the new internal streets with existing stubs in Whispering Pines to the north. The petitioner said construction plans, landscape plans and drainage calculations will be reviewed in the construction-plan/TAC process.

Three residents who identified themselves as members of the Vapour/Vapor family objected during the public hearing and submitted a written list of seven requests. Their written objections included: keeping their historic lane unchanged and with direct access to County Road 625 East rather than an acceleration lane; preserving sight lines at their driveway and planting only low-growing landscaping between the walking trail and 625 East to maintain visibility; concerns that the Whispering Pine South exit lane would not meet INDOT driveway separation rules; requests that the privacy fence commitments extend to their fence lines and that an easement obligating Whispering Pine South to maintain sections of fence be shown on the plat; removal of language on the plat that appeared to suggest existing trees on Vapour property were to remain under the Whispering Pine South plat; requests that Whispering Pine South stormwater not flow onto Vapour property and that Vapour property not be held responsible for maintenance; and a request that landscaping not cause water to collect on Vapour Lane.

Petitioner and staff responded that several of the Vapors’ concerns either address construction- or landscape-plan details that are resolved at the construction/TAC phase or concern properties outside the petitioner’s control. Staff and the petitioner also said County Road 625 East is not an INDOT road, so INDOT separation requirements did not control the town’s decision. The petitioner said Pulte had made drainage and maintenance commitments in its zoning commitments and would not exceed those commitments.

Commissioners debated the waiver request separately from the plat approval and discussed whether the reduced utility strip would limit town maintenance. After asking questions and receiving confirmation from staff and petitioner that required pavement, sidewalks and tree lawns would match the town’s 2A street standard and that a 20-foot drainage and utility easement exists behind the right-of-way, commissioners voted to grant the waiver allowing a 52-foot right-of-way. The commission then voted to approve the preliminary plat, noting that final construction and landscaping details will be reviewed administratively and through the town’s construction plan (TAC) process.

The commission’s approvals do not finalize landscape or construction plans; staff told the commission that final plat and construction-stage reviews will address many of the Vapors’ specific concerns and that staff will continue to work with the petitioners and affected neighbors.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Town of Avon Indiana Plan Commission Meeting - June 23, 2025","oneSentenceSummary","The Town of Avon Advisory Plan Commission granted a waiver to reduce internal right-of-way from 60 to 52 feet and approved the preliminary plat for Whispering Pine South, a 64-lot subdivision on just over 32 acres zoned R-2.","taxTitle","Avon Town, Hendricks County, Indiana","taxId",55764,"location","Indiana","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":77,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":78,"_41":79,"_43":80,"_45":81,"_47":82,"_49":83,"_51":84,"_53":85,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":86,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":87,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6189018,"Ray Skillman Mazda DPR continued after commissioners question building waivers and rear façade design",3535,3780000,7315000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5058871-e5b36525ada6bb325c1c65cb8c53e6b8&start=3780&end=7315","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5058871-e5b36525ada6bb325c1c65cb8c53e6b8/thumbnail_3780000.jpg","/articles/6189018/Indiana/Ray-Skillman-Mazda-DPR-continued-after-commissioners-question-building-waivers-and-rear-façade-design","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6189018-17e782d4d791a2e739aa71fc6c761a86/orig.mp4?Expires=1770803156&Signature=OunbSf9DBsUoy8FtK2f1I4VHhXruY0RF08n1ReAEWv1q-lI0KjQkxotMs6A8KA7Yoy-nSw3~F6z6BfdgAs82g7hifP5HjXtNE60eC1jrFI7eHDjwBupAZ1Yw97TjF8ii2DSIIn63Iqf60Al9Atmqs-x0~0rksV6VezyE~eOYF7pNhD4378pf6OWIXC7wbMHXV9RqwEalnWUq1dEvstqomZAusXgmRtuJS94W8LgBn6dKApam-kSWmxaLYnrBdD6TUQ749b00h2iVhdPdb6y9dgxzV~ik~oYFmwgFlq3nglTXUiNnANci3Q3~X-2EdjelECyXheedTlPlLKW8AalhWQ__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Advisory Plan Commission continued a development plan review for a proposed Ray Skillman Mazda dealership at the southeast corner of U.S. 36 and County Road 900 East after commissioners asked the petitioner to return with changes responding to several design waivers.

Staff described the site as roughly 6 acres in a C-2 zone located in tiers 1 and 2 of the U.S. 36 overlay and said the Board of Zoning Appeals had already granted variances for a 250-foot front setback and multiple rows of display parking. The petitioner sought a collection of design waivers to allow use of metal panels and expansive glass typical of national franchise dealership prototypes instead of the UDO’s masonry and articulation requirements, and a separate waiver to shift some required foundation plantings away from the building front into other landscape areas of the site. Staff said the project meets the UDO’s other development standards and recommended approval of the foundation-planting waiver because the applicant would meet the overall landscape-quantity requirement by relocating planting to other parts of the site.

The petitioner’s architect, Tom Montgomery, described the building as a roughly 40,000-square-foot dealership with a roughly 14,700-square-foot service department and a second floor of about 9,500 square feet. He said the design followed Mazda’s corporate prototype using aluminum composite material (ACM) panels, curtain wall glazing and painted precast concrete for the service-side elevations. The petitioner said similar materials are used at nearby dealerships.

Commissioners raised design concerns focused on the building’s east and south elevations — the sides and rear that will face Kingston Street and other secondary roadways — noting those elevations showed long, largely uninterrupted precast walls that lack the architectural articulation required in the UDO. Commissioners suggested the petitioner provide additional articulation, material variation or other architectural treatments on the non-fronting elevations (or alternate landscaping/screening) so the building’s rear and sides do not present an unbroken wall along streets that the town plans to use as secondary thoroughfares.

Recognizing the DPR consolidated multiple waiver requests, commissioners asked the petitioner to return with either design revisions that provide greater articulation/material variation on the long facades or an explanation why such changes are infeasible. The petitioner requested a continuance; the commission voted to continue DPR-25-08 to the July 28 meeting with no additional public notice required.

No members of the public remonstrated at the hearing. Staff and the petitioner will continue working on materials, detailing and construction plans; the commission’s continuation gives the petitioner time to refine the elevations and respond to commissioner direction.","The Advisory Plan Commission continued the development plan review for a proposed Ray Skillman Mazda dealership on U.S. 36 while asking the petitioner to revise or better justify multiple design waivers for the building’s materials and long, unarticulated side and rear elevations.",{"_33":89,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":90,"_41":91,"_43":92,"_45":93,"_47":94,"_49":95,"_51":96,"_53":97,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":98,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":99,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6189028,"Avon plan commission approves 3.95-acre replat dividing Miner property into two commercial lots",337,441000,778000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5058871-e5b36525ada6bb325c1c65cb8c53e6b8&start=441&end=778","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5058871-e5b36525ada6bb325c1c65cb8c53e6b8/thumbnail_441000.jpg","/articles/6189028/Indiana/Avon-plan-commission-approves-395-acre-replat-dividing-Miner-property-into-two-commercial-lots","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6189028-58efd24f96b6e2be2c2c02e19ebe2bbf/orig.mp4?Expires=1770803156&Signature=bXNWckRn0t0u8unMwJl7X87eRSHvfe~SheZcGjWdJUVuR~lE6glgct~9ehXCXjzDLNi3Ny8INZ7KYmNZiw~qF0gfF7p0UP5YbxyekIEJ5PBg9nzMfawPPmJNn1KAhVZlFYZAmXrJI7r5Mo5rEaHvh0rdZ5oIXdsWp48h0RODvK92ieHdw~SXj7e7opdsyuSyF7imhIh-WACocUoh8mwORa6Dl7iMp7Zev8FfXpzGwn6XFwDn-CY-dHwXcmAR0oe6XmowGNHEjWZKe0xZOfD8BCOyGmbdaFBcF1VSQtf-W4kZlz6YuFVCqtme4PvzgleL5J~JKw9UAyNRfoMR1c8TiQ__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Town of Avon Advisory Plan Commission approved a minor plat to divide a 3.948-acre parcel at the corner of 100 North and Avon Avenue into two lots, preserving an existing Hendrix Bank on Lot 1 and creating Lot 2 for future C-2 commercial development.

Staff said the proposed subdivision complies with the Town of Avon Unified Development Ordinance and requires no rezoning or variances. The existing driveway between the two lots will remain and be governed by an access easement so both lots retain shared access to 100 North. Staff recommended approval subject to the standard conditions listed in the staff report.

Petitioner Parker Mays of Banning Engineering said the applicant agreed with the staff report and asked the commission to approve the plat. Commissioners asked only brief procedural and access questions during the discussion, and no members of the public spoke for or against the petition during the hearing.

After a motion and second, the commission voted to approve the replat and adopted the findings of fact and conditions recommended by staff. No waivers or zoning changes were required for the request.

The commission’s action clears the way for administrative processing of the new lots; any future development of Lot 2 will require the usual permits and reviews under the UDO.","The Town of Avon Advisory Plan Commission approved a minor plat to divide a 3.948-acre parcel at 100 North and Avon Avenue into two lots, keeping the existing bank on Lot 1 and creating Lot 2 for future C-2 commercial development. Staff recommended approval subject to standard conditions.","actionData","errors"]

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