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Committee hears concerns about US 31 sub-area plan on housing, lighting and map boundaries
Summary
Carmel’s Land Use Committee discussed the US 31 sub-area plan with residents urging clearer lighting standards, protection for affordable neighborhoods and tighter map boundaries; staff said the plan is guidance (not zoning) and will return with revised wording and map demarcations on Feb. 4.
The Land Use Committee spent the second half of its meeting discussing the US 31 sub-area plan, hearing residents’ concerns about mapping, lighting standards and the potential effect of mixed-use redevelopment on existing, more-affordable neighborhoods.
A resident asked that Market District be removed from the sub-area plan to prevent the area from being redeveloped at greater height or density. Another attendee urged the committee to address lighting intrusion, saying Carmel’s commercial lighting “glows. It doesn’t glare,” and recommending the plan use fixture…
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