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Developer previews major rezoning for 103‑acre Ganton parcel; commission asks for environmental protections
Summary
New Albany Company introduced a proposal to update the Ganton CPUD to allow medical and office uses, apply urban-center residential standards and contemplate extending Ganton Parkway; staff and the developer emphasized protecting the Rose Run Creek headwaters and committing to parkland.
Representatives for the New Albany Company presented an informal introduction to a proposed update of the Ganton CPUD zoning text, a plan that would modernize rules for roughly 103 acres and seek to attract medical users, change residential standards and anticipate extension of Ganton Parkway.
Aaron Underhill of Underhill & Hodge told the Planning Commission the 1998 CPUD no longer reflects current market and code practice and that the company intends to allow medical and professional office uses in subarea 1 while applying the urban-center code for residential subareas. "We are positioning the Ganton area … and we'd like to position this site to have standards that will attract medical users," Underhill said.
Tom (introduced by the applicant) described the parcel as about 103 acres divided into three subareas: roughly 25 acres for medical/professional uses (subarea 1), about 16 acres of office campus in subarea 2 and about 65 acres on the south side of the new parkway for residential uses and civic/park space. Tom and commission members discussed the headwaters of Rose Run Creek, noting that a preservation easement currently covers it and that the developers expect to work with staff on potential public dedication of land along both sides of the creek.
Commissioners pressed on traffic, grading and alignment details for the proposed Ganton Parkway extension; the developers said those items remain to be worked out with city engineers. The presenters said they will return with draft text, plat and subsequent preliminary/final development plans and that the project will proceed through the Architectural Review Board and City Council in future hearings.
Next steps: The applicant will prepare zoning-text amendments and plat materials and return to the commission for formal review; no formal action was taken at this introductory session.
