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Plan committee forwards Jackson's Grant Village Section 3 development plan to full commission after technical clarifications
Summary
Developers said outstanding engineering, tree‑preservation and ADA ramp details are being resolved; the Plan Committee voted to forward the primary plat and development plan for Jackson's Grant Village Section 3 to the full Planning Commission for final action.
Republic Development asked the Carmel Plan Committee to accept a primary plat and development‑plan for Jackson’s Grant Village Section 3 on Sept. 30 and the committee voted to forward the application to the full Planning Commission after staff and the petitioner agreed to resolve outstanding technical comments.
Doug Wagner of Republic Development said the proposal adds 12 townhome units to the Cunningham parcel and that staff comments received in earlier review rounds have been largely resolved. Wagner said the development required placing 3–5 feet of fill to bring sanitary and stormwater infrastructure to the site and that engineers and planners accepted a design that combines stairs with a switchback ADA ramp to connect to the existing path along 116th Street.
Wagner told the committee the applicant had updated plans to provide 20‑foot alleys and 20‑foot separations between buildings to satisfy Fire Department concerns and that the team was coordinating on tree‑preservation issues. Alexia Lopez of the Planning and Zoning Office told the committee staff had met with the petitioner and engineering and that engineering was comfortable with the plan subject to final project‑doc comments.
Committee members requested a rendering of the ramp/116th Street frontage to verify that required perimeter landscaping and handrail details will be compatible with existing neighborhood expectations. Staff agreed to require the ramp and railing details in project documents and to notify committee members when the submitted drawings are available for review.
A motion to forward the primary plat and development plan to the full Planning Commission passed unanimously in the committee vote recorded as 8–0 to forward the item to the Planning Commission for final action. The committee’s motion included the condition that outstanding project‑doc comments and remaining technical staff comments be addressed prior to final stamping and that staff circulate the ramp drawing when added to project documents.
The petitioner will continue to work with engineering on outstanding technical comments and the tree‑preservation plan; staff said final plan approval remains subject to clearance of those project‑doc items.
