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Avon council approves Pulte Homes rezoning for Whispering Pines South after weeks of public pushback
Summary
Avon Town Council voted to rezone about 32 acres at the southwest corner of 625 and 150 S., and to modify 2003 written commitments, allowing Pulte Homes to develop a revised Whispering Pines South plan with 63–64 lots and new design and landscaping commitments.
The Avon Town Council on final reading approved a rezoning and a written-commitment modification that will let Pulte Homes develop the remaining Whispering Pines South parcel, a roughly 32-acre tract at the southwest corner of County Road 625 and 150 South.
The vote followed more than an hour of public comment at the meeting, during which neighbors asked the council to preserve the property’s previous development standards and to limit density. "Please reject this proposal," said Kurt Vaper, a Timber Bend neighbor who told the council his family has lived nearby for generations. Resident Michelle Logan told the council, "Is the proposed Pulte development going to be an investment for Avon's future? In my opinion, that answer is no."
The council and staff considered lengthy property-history material. Town staff and the developer said the site had been rezoned and committed under Hendricks County in the early 2000s and that the commitments and the site’s circumstances have changed since then. Paul (town…
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