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Lenar Homes presents 'Kelly Landing' master plan; council flags traffic, drainage and phasing concerns
Summary
Lenar Homes described a 396-acre, 10-year master-planned community called Kelly Landing for McCordsville, including roads, trails, an 11-acre pond and resort-style amenities. Council members pressed the developer on traffic at SR 67/rail crossings, emergency access, drainage and annexation paperwork; neighborhood meeting and plan-commission dates were set.
Taylor Navar, an entitlements manager with Lenar Homes, presented a first-reading overview of “Kelly Landing,” a proposed 396-acre master-planned residential community northeast of McCordsville.
Navar said the phased plan would be developed over roughly 10 years and include a mix of housing types, a centralized amenity center with a resort-style pool and a roughly 10,000-square-foot clubhouse, an approximately 11-acre pond, a new roundabout at County Roads 500 and 900, more than a mile of internal trail connections, and an anticipated maximum density of about 2.575 dwelling units per acre with roughly 44% open space. “Kelly Landing offers a unique opportunity for a master planned community that’s been intentionally designed,” Navar told the council and residents.
Why it matters: The scale of the proposed development would add hundreds of homes and new travel patterns to the town, creating potential traffic, safety and infrastructure impacts that fall partly under county, state and railroad jurisdictions.
Council members questioned the developer about traffic, drainage and emergency access. Elected officials asked whether Lenar had coordinated with INDOT, CSX and the county on proposed realignments and signaling near State Road 67 and railroad crossings, and how the town and developer would ensure safe ingress/egress to isolated "executive" pockets within the site. Navar said Lenar has submitted a traffic study to staff, will continue coordinating with agencies and intends to begin infrastructure and road work on the western edge of the site as phase one.
A nearby resident, Jordan Bossy, told the council the annexation map shown at the hearing appeared to include a parcel he recently bought. “I just want to make sure that we aren’t anticipating annexing into the town at this time,” Bossy said, and asked that buffers and landscape plantings be installed early so trees are established before new homes overlook existing yards. Bossy also raised existing drainage concerns on his property, warning that increased impervious surface upstream could worsen flooding.
Developers and staff addressed a string of procedural and technical questions: whether voluntary annexation paperwork included all seller signatures and trust attestations, how utility and roadway phasing would be scheduled, and what product types and price points would appear in early phases. Navar said Lenar is working with nine landowners, plans a neighborhood meeting the week of Sept. 8 and anticipates a plan-commission public hearing on Sept. 16 before returning to council—targeted for an Oct. 14 council agenda—once plan commission completes its review.
Next steps: Lenar will host a neighborhood meeting and appear before the plan commission in September; council directed staff and the developer to continue coordination with INDOT, CSX and the county on traffic and railroad crossing safety and to clarify annexation documents and trust signatures in the petition materials.
The town did not take final zoning or annexation action at the Aug. 12 meeting; these remain pending plan commission review and future council votes.
