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Commission approves rezoning for 30-acre New Albany development; gatehouse to be handled separately
Summary
The Planning Commission approved rezoning ZC-71-2024 and preliminary plat PPL-76-2024 for a 30.04-acre New Albany development with conditions requiring Parks & Trails approval of brick sidewalk/leisure-trail changes and moving the proposed gatehouse into a separately regulated subarea.
The New Albany Planning Commission voted unanimously on Nov. 18 to approve a rezoning application for a 30.04-acre property and the associated preliminary plat for a new residential development, subject to conditions requiring Parks & Trails Board sign-off on sidewalk and trail changes and a separation of a proposed gatehouse into its own subarea for detailed review.
Planning staff said the application proposes 40 lots (an increase from a previously platted 36 lots), and noted the applicant intends to use parkland-bank credits to offset a shortfall in on-site open space. "The applicant intends to offset the shortage of parkland by using the NACo parkland bank credits on record with the city," a staff presenter said.
The applicant’s representative walked the commission through design details: two subareas (29 units and 11 units), brick sidewalks proposed in place of portions of an 8-foot asphalt leisure trail (roughly 1,000 linear feet), parking and lot standards for Subarea 2 that allow 0 lot lines for cluster homes, and a plan to regrade and replant a stormwater basin and nearby wetlands. On the gatehouse, the developer said the feature will be handled as a separate subarea so that setbacks, architecture and potential tree preservation can be resolved at final development plan review.
Commissioners raised questions about the gatehouse, setbacks and how the brick sidewalk would transition from the wider leisure trail. One commissioner asked whether the gatehouse — a house-like structure near the golf course — should have separate setbacks; the commission adopted a condition to re-label that parcel as Subarea 3 and to address the gatehouse standards at the final development plan stage.
The motions to accept staff reports into the record, to approve rezoning ZC-71-2024 with the recommended and additional conditions (Parks & Trails approval and Subarea 3 for the gatehouse), and to approve preliminary plat PPL-76-2024 passed by unanimous roll call.
The applicant will appear before City Council for readings on Dec. 3 and Dec. 17; if council approves the rezoning, the applicant must return to this commission with final development plans for design details, parkland, buffering and architectural standards.
