Drainage board approves Racetrack Market site plan after clarifying restrictive-covenant error

The Tippecanoe County Drainage Board on June 4 approved construction for the Racetrack Market site plan, subject to the conditions listed in the Burke review memo dated May 29, 2025, after county staff and the applicant clarified a restrictive-covenant item in the memo was an error.

The applicant’s engineer described the site layout: a convenience store and auto-fueling canopy at the front of the lot, commercial fueling lanes behind, and water-quality basins at the rear. The site was partially in a flood plain but the applicant said the property was released by FEMA, and the design team is coordinating required intersection improvements with the county highway department and INDOT.

On stormwater controls for fueling lanes, the applicant explained, “the commercial filling lanes, they're drained to basins under the canopy, and those go to an oil water separator,” and that the separator would be maintained under a routine cleaning schedule. A county reviewer explained that, per the county stormwater drainage ordinance, certain projects meeting standards may direct-release to major local streams; the applicant said the design addresses water quality before release to Wildcat Creek.

County staff identified a restrictive-covenant clause in the draft review memo requiring recorded restrictive covenants; the applicant and reviewer agreed it was a copy/paste scrivener error and asked that the item be struck from the memo. A reviewer asked staff to record the correction in the minutes.

A motion to approve construction per the Burke memo (with the restrictive-covenant item removed) was made, seconded and passed by voice vote.