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Council approves Michigan Road PUD after commitments, amid infrastructure concerns
Summary
The Carmel Common Council voted 5-4 to approve a planned unit development for the US 421/Michigan Road corridor by Edward Rose & Sons after the developer committed not to seek tax-increment financing and to prohibit drive-throughs; councilors debated traffic, public-safety and long-term economic strategy for the West Side.
The Carmel Common Council on July 7 approved an ordinance establishing a planned unit development (PUD) for the US 421/Michigan Road corridor, sending an estimated $2.2 million in park impact fees to the city’s parks capital account and drawing sharp debate over roads, safety and the city’s economic strategy.
The vote followed a presentation by John Davosiewicz of Nelson & Frankenberger, who represented the petitioner and said the developer, Edward Rose & Sons, had added two commitments: no request for tax-increment financing and no drive-through uses for the commercial frontage along Michigan Road. The council then voted 5-4 to adopt the ordinance with those commitments.
Councilors and staff said the project—proposed as multifamily housing with street-level commercial—would redevelop an underused industrial corridor but raised unresolved questions about traffic on US 421, stormwater and whether the city had pursued higher-value…
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