Plat committee approves multiple subdivision plats, grants waiver and continues Lafayette Road case

The Indianapolis Plat Committee on Aug. 13 approved a set of subdivision plats, granted a three-day notice waiver for a Ralston Avenue plat (2025 PLT 050), continued a petition for 8606 Lafayette Road (2025 PLT 045) to the committee’s Sept. 10 meeting to allow filing of a sidewalk-waiver request, and approved the vacation of a 12-foot east–west alley (2025 VAC 007) with conditions including closure of an existing curb cut and a requirement to restore a sidewalk connection within 18 months.

The actions affect multiple parcels across Indianapolis and include cases read during the meeting’s expedited docket. Planning staff told the committee that staff had “no opposition for this 3 day waiver request” for the Ralston Avenue plat. Evan Latner, the registered agent for the petitioner in the Lafayette Road case, told the committee, “I’m here in person today to request the continuance of that case to the next regularly scheduled hearing date on Sept. 10 for the purpose of submitting a waiver request in relation to the sidewalk requirements.”

Grant of three-day notice waiver — 2025 PLT 050 (Ralston Avenue): Committee members voted to grant a three-day waiver after staff said notices had been sent 20 days before the meeting instead of the required 23 days, and that staff did not oppose the waiver. The committee called the roll and recorded affirmative votes; one member identified themselves as recusing from the related expedited docket item later in the meeting.

Continuance — 2025 PLT 045 (8606 Lafayette Road): The petitioner asked to continue the Lafayette Road plat to the committee’s Sept. 10 meeting to submit a formal sidewalk-waiver request and to provide new notice. Planning staff indicated this was the first continuance for the case and had no opposition to the continuance; the committee approved the request and set the new hearing date.

Expedited docket approvals: The committee read an expedited docket that included multiple subdivision plats (cases read into the record included, among others, 2025 PLT 015, 2025 PLT 039, 2025 PLT 042, 2025 PLT 043, 2025 PLT 044, 2025 PLT 047, 2025 PLT 048, and 2025 PLT 050). A motion to approve the expedited petitions 1 through 9 passed; the committee noted a recusal by a member from one docketed item. One docketed item was identified as continuing or pending and was not approved at this time.

Vacation approval with conditions — 2025 VAC 007 (First East–West Alley south of 19th Street): The committee voted to approve the petition to vacate the 12-foot alley, waive a hearing on assessment of benefits, confirm and adopt Declaratory Resolution 2025 VAC 007, and make the vacation subject to the rights of public utilities under IC 36-7-3-16. The approval included a commitment that the existing curb cut along the eastern portion of the vacated alley be closed and that a sidewalk be restored to connect to the existing sidewalk network within 18 months of approval.

Other procedural notes and recordkeeping: Staff alerted the committee that a temporary easement recorded under instrument number A202400009067 must be affixed to the final plat for the 7525 McFarland Boulevard submission. At the meeting’s close staff asked committee members to sign findings of fact and outstanding plat forms that were not signed following earlier hearings.

The committee’s next regular hearing date was set for Sept. 10; petitioners and their representatives were informed to provide any required supplemental filings and notice prior to that date.