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Council approves rezoning for 2.6-acre Cedar Crest site with use and noise commitments
Summary
On final reading the council approved rezoning 2.6 acres from B1 to B3 for a neighborhood-style self-storage facility and an automotive service use, subject to recorded commitments limiting uses, hours, noise and requiring additional construction and tree preservation measures.
The Zionsville Town Council voted 6-0 on March 2 to approve Ordinance 2026-03 rezoning about 2.6 acres west of downtown (Cedar Crest) from B1 to B3 to permit a self-storage facility and an automotive service use under voluntary recorded commitments.
Planning director Mike Dale summarized the application and the plan commission’s favorable recommendation subject to voluntary commitments included as Exhibits E and F in the council packet. Attorney Jeff Jacob and petitioner Sam Shidler told the council the proposal is intended to be a "neighborhood-centric" self-storage use, not an industrial storage yard, and described the project's layout and history in the Zionsville Place corridor.
Key commitments include prohibiting most typical B3 uses not compatible with adjacent residential areas, limiting hours of operation, requiring 24-hour video recording, preserving healthy non-invasive trees on the north and west property edges, and construction measures designed to reduce operational noise at the auto service building (R-30 plus additional insulation to reach a higher R-value, 2x6 framed walls with spray foam and cellulose overlay, and use of quieter air-compressor technologies). The petitioners also committed to shift the auto service building southward where engineering permits to reduce impact on neighboring homes.
Councilors emphasized the petitioner’s outreach to neighbors and noted the planning commission reviewed the commitments. Several council members said additional commitments offered since the plan-commission hearing addressed their primary concerns, including noise and adjacency to residences.
Motion and vote: Counselor Norris moved to approve on final reading with Exhibits E and F (commitments); Counselor Samson seconded. The council approved the ordinance 6-0.
Next steps: Petitioners will proceed with a replat and development plan; staff will work with applicants on detailed engineering, drainage and fire-department access as required.
