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Hearing examiner continues Monon-area residential modification to June 26 for more plan detail
Summary
A modification-of-commitments petition for a Monon-trail–area residential portion of a larger CS-zoned site was continued to June 26 to allow petitioner and staff to reconcile unit counts, parking and garage locations with the approved 2021 plan.
The hearing examiner continued petition 2025MOD011—seeking administrator approval to modify commitments and site plans for the northern portion of a larger CS development near the Monon Trail—to the June 26, 2025 hearing for additional information and limited testimony.
Petitioner Christopher White said the residential component (Area B) that fronts the Monon Trail has been the subject of extensive prior review and that revisions were submitted to address staff and parks comments. White said the current submittal reflects unit- and layout changes from the conceptual materials but that he believed staff's exhibit of the approved 2021 site plan did not reflect the final plan that was approved at zoning.
Staff (Jeff and Des) told the examiner that the most significant differences in the submitted plan compared with the approved plan were a roughly 25% reduction in unit count, an increase in parking, and relocation of garages so that parking and garages would be more visible from the west side. Staff expressed concern that those changes move the proposal away from the village mixed‑use character described in the comprehensive plan and make the administrator-level approval inappropriate without additional coordination. Staff requested time to review the submitted materials against the approved plan and to discuss the trail and right-of-way commitments with Parks and DPW.
The petitioner argued the revised layout reflects realistic parking needs (petitioner cited a 1.6 parking-per-unit ratio) and clarified that trail commitments have been made and some trail work is already underway. The hearing examiner told parties she did not feel she had sufficient information to make a recommendation at the hearing and continued 2025MOD011 to the June 26 hearing, asking parties to limit testimony and to work with staff to reconcile unit counts, green‑space calculations and garage/parking placement prior to the continued date.
No final recommendation was made at the June 12 session; the item will return to the hearing examiner on June 26 for additional testimony and a staff report update.
