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Plat committee approves Fishback Creek Overlook plat after narrowing sidewalk waiver
Summary
The Plat Committee approved the three-lot Fishback Creek Overlook plat (2025 PLT 045) while denying portions of a requested sidewalk waiver along Lafayette Road and part of West 80th Street; the committee approved a targeted waiver where drainage prevents sidewalks.
The Indianapolis Plat Committee on Sept. 10 approved the Fishback Creek Overlook subdivision plat (2025 PLT 045) for three lots at 8606 Lafayette Road after narrowing a requested waiver of sidewalk requirements.
The committee approved the plat subject to staff conditions and modified the petition’s requested sidewalk waivers so that sidewalks are required where feasible and denied along portions of Lot 3 where the land is flat and suitable for sidewalks. Committee members and staff said a limited waiver would remain for the western portion of Lot 3 where an 18-inch concrete stormwater drainage ditch and steep drop make sidewalks impracticable.
The decision followed a presentation from the petitioner’s agent, Evan Ladner, who said the plat would split two existing tax parcels into three and that Lot 1 is mostly within the FEMA 100-year floodplain and largely wooded. “The majority of Lot 1 is within the FEMA, hundred year flood plain zone A,” Ladner said, adding the request was not for new buildings and “there’s no correlated rezoning petition.”
City staff recommended denial of a complete waiver along Lafayette Road and for the portion of West 80th Street abutting Lot 3, while supporting waivers for the portions of Lots 1 and 2 along West 80th Street because of steep grade changes, heavy vegetation and narrow right-of-way that would require significant widening by DPW.
During discussion, Ladner and staff agreed to a middle-ground approach. Staff said it would support sidewalks “where the land is feasible and permits sidewalks” on Lot 3’s West 80th Street frontage and oppose waiverable sections where a sidewalk can reasonably be placed. The committee’s motion approved staff conditions 1–11, accepted a targeted waiver for the western portion of Lot 3 where drainage prevents installation, and denied the waiver for the eastern (flatter) portion of Lot 3 and Lafayette Road frontage.
Chairperson Wilson called the roll after a second and the motion carried.
The committee’s action requires the petitioner to revise the staff report commitments to reflect the split waiver language and to construct sidewalks where the committee denied the waiver.
