WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.680 - I'm going to call to order this work session the Monroe County Board of Commissioners. It is 00:00:03.680 --> 00:00:05.320 - Thursday, April 10th. We have 00:00:05.320 --> 00:00:09.200 - Two items on our work session agenda 00:00:09.200 --> 00:00:13.520 - Mr. Myers and mr. Smith 00:00:13.520 --> 00:00:20.960 - The first being I see mr. Myers online the first being ordinance 2025 - 11 00:00:20.960 --> 00:00:28.160 - Thank you, can you hear me? All right, we sure can thank you. Good morning. Okay, great 00:00:28.680 --> 00:00:32.500 - Just a quick correction. This is our easy - 25 - one 00:00:32.500 --> 00:00:35.760 - And this is the Sunset Hill rezoned 00:00:35.760 --> 00:00:41.720 - 100 parcels to be rezoned from high development residential to residential one 00:00:41.720 --> 00:00:44.760 - so I will go through the 00:00:44.760 --> 00:00:49.560 - Report here that's included in the packet and then at the formal session whenever the commissioners 00:00:49.560 --> 00:00:50.640 - select to have that heard 00:00:50.640 --> 00:00:55.040 - I will have a presentation with the PowerPoint to be presented at that time 00:00:55.040 --> 00:00:57.760 - so 00:00:57.760 --> 00:00:59.240 - Let's begin 00:00:59.240 --> 00:01:01.280 - So this went through the Planning Commission process 00:01:01.280 --> 00:01:06.030 - it went through the administrative meetings as well as the formal session of the Planning 00:01:06.030 --> 00:01:06.960 - Commission and 00:01:06.960 --> 00:01:12.340 - As a summary of what this petition is about is the Monroe County Board Commissioners 00:01:12.340 --> 00:01:17.560 - Requested to rezone approximately 100 parcels from high development residential to residential one 00:01:17.560 --> 00:01:22.290 - rationale provided by the commissioners relates to the selected area exhibiting the established 00:01:22.290 --> 00:01:25.800 - neighborhoods with the majority of homes utilizing septic systems the presence of 00:01:25.800 --> 00:01:30.280 - karst and sinkhole features in the area and the recently approved historic preservation overlay 00:01:30.280 --> 00:01:30.920 - that was granted to 00:01:30.920 --> 00:01:37.100 - 25 parcels of this subject area as I stated it's approximately 100 parcels totaling about 00:01:37.100 --> 00:01:41.840 - 64.44 acres in this section under REZ - 25 - 1 00:01:41.840 --> 00:01:47.660 - It's in section 6 of Perry Township and there's a address list and included in the packet that has 00:01:47.660 --> 00:01:49.160 - table one as the title 00:01:49.160 --> 00:01:53.460 - Those are all the part properties that will be addressed under this rezone 00:01:54.280 --> 00:01:58.670 - The petition sites are all currently zoned high development residential per the county development 00:01:58.670 --> 00:01:59.140 - ordinance 00:01:59.140 --> 00:02:05.220 - Which was approved by the county commissioners on December 18th, 2024. That was ordinance number 20 00:02:05.220 --> 00:02:06.420 - 24 - 61 00:02:06.420 --> 00:02:11.720 - As a part of that approval the commissioners requested planning staff to begin a rezone of the area 00:02:11.720 --> 00:02:12.160 - shown 00:02:12.160 --> 00:02:15.960 - In this report 00:02:15.960 --> 00:02:22.850 - Within county jurisdiction from that new high development residential zone to residential one or 00:02:22.850 --> 00:02:23.400 - RES 00:02:24.040 --> 00:02:29.720 - So as a bit of history this these properties that are included in this portion of the packet 00:02:29.720 --> 00:02:34.880 - Under REZ - 25 - 1 we're all part of the former fringe areas of the city 00:02:34.880 --> 00:02:40.930 - Of Bloomington's planning and planning and zoning jurisdiction. Excuse me until that interlocal 00:02:40.930 --> 00:02:42.560 - agreement ended in the in 00:02:42.560 --> 00:02:49.740 - 2011 and there was a mix of different zones throughout this portion of the of the 00:02:49.740 --> 00:02:52.280 - County under Sunset Hill neighborhoods 00:02:53.000 --> 00:02:55.000 - that had different 00:02:55.000 --> 00:03:01.750 - Classifications under that 1997 cities zoning districts or the former fringe areas as we called 00:03:01.750 --> 00:03:02.100 - them 00:03:02.100 --> 00:03:06.420 - so as part of the CDO these areas were all 00:03:06.420 --> 00:03:11.160 - blanket rezoned to high development residential and as I said before the 00:03:11.160 --> 00:03:15.840 - Board of Commissioners after that initial approval of that CDO 00:03:15.840 --> 00:03:20.160 - stated that they would like to see a rezone happen for this area as well as 00:03:20.680 --> 00:03:26.600 - Rez - 25 - 2 & 3 which fellow planner Sean will address during his 00:03:26.600 --> 00:03:31.400 - Presentation and you will note that a lot of the information from both of our reports are very 00:03:31.400 --> 00:03:32.900 - similar because they are both 00:03:32.900 --> 00:03:39.400 - Going from high development residential to residential one. So information that's regarding HD to 00:03:39.400 --> 00:03:39.740 - RES 00:03:39.740 --> 00:03:44.320 - Will be the same the main differences between the two 00:03:45.700 --> 00:03:50.740 - Petitions here today is that the Sunset Hill area contains properties that are also 00:03:50.740 --> 00:03:56.920 - Designated as historic preservation with the overlay and then in Sean's there are 00:03:56.920 --> 00:04:02.300 - Several properties that have multifamily uses currently operating on them 00:04:02.300 --> 00:04:08.360 - Whereas this particular petition the Sunset Hill petition only has one property that's exhibiting 00:04:08.360 --> 00:04:09.460 - in the pre-existing 00:04:09.880 --> 00:04:16.480 - Multifamily use which you can see on the screen. These are the properties listed 717 South Analee 00:04:16.480 --> 00:04:17.360 - Lane through 00:04:17.360 --> 00:04:20.000 - 725 South Analee Lane 00:04:20.000 --> 00:04:22.200 - Those are all on one parcel and they're all 00:04:22.200 --> 00:04:29.920 - As you have multiple residences on one parcel, it's considered a multifamily use. So actually 00:04:29.920 --> 00:04:35.210 - the one of the conditions of approval that was set by the Plan Commission and planning staff for 00:04:35.210 --> 00:04:36.920 - this particular petition is that 00:04:37.200 --> 00:04:42.220 - This particular property that's operating as multifamily be excluded from the rezone 00:04:42.220 --> 00:04:48.270 - Because we would basically be creating a zone that's more non-compliant with its current use of 00:04:48.270 --> 00:04:50.660 - multifamily on this particular parcel 00:04:50.660 --> 00:04:55.120 - We'll come back to that at the end with the full recommendation from the planning staff and the 00:04:55.120 --> 00:04:56.280 - Planning Commission's 00:04:56.280 --> 00:04:59.160 - recommendation as well 00:04:59.160 --> 00:05:04.880 - So here is the location map. These are all the highlighted parcels for the Sunset Hill 00:05:05.440 --> 00:05:10.980 - Rezone under this particular petition. You'll note that they're all zoned HD high-development 00:05:10.980 --> 00:05:12.180 - residential 00:05:12.180 --> 00:05:16.440 - and this is a West Bloomfield Road off to the south and 00:05:16.440 --> 00:05:21.730 - West third streets up here to the north. It's kind of cut off from the map and then you have the 00:05:21.730 --> 00:05:22.200 - course 00:05:22.200 --> 00:05:24.500 - South Corrie Lane that cuts through this property 00:05:24.500 --> 00:05:27.360 - But these properties, excuse me 00:05:27.360 --> 00:05:32.250 - This is that table one that lists all of the property owners and their addresses that are impacted 00:05:32.250 --> 00:05:33.760 - by this rezone 00:05:34.400 --> 00:05:39.320 - And then on the far right column you'll see acreage and I highlighted all the parcels that are 00:05:39.320 --> 00:05:40.160 - going to be above 00:05:40.160 --> 00:05:45.120 - the one acre minimum lot size that is required for the 00:05:45.120 --> 00:05:47.360 - RES zone 00:05:47.360 --> 00:05:48.400 - now 00:05:48.400 --> 00:05:53.840 - RES zone is a particular zoning district. It does have a minimum lot size requirement of one acre. 00:05:53.840 --> 00:05:54.320 - However 00:05:54.320 --> 00:06:00.160 - It does have provisions in within the code that allow for properties to be under one acre 00:06:00.720 --> 00:06:04.960 - As long as other design standards can be met. So it's not such a strong 00:06:04.960 --> 00:06:09.440 - Threshold as it can be in other zoning districts when it comes to the minimum lot size 00:06:09.440 --> 00:06:15.280 - But it is worth noting that there are only a few properties that are above that threshold 00:06:15.280 --> 00:06:17.840 - technically speaking 00:06:17.840 --> 00:06:19.840 - But again as long as other 00:06:19.840 --> 00:06:23.280 - You know design standards are met. There is no issue with minimum lot size 00:06:23.280 --> 00:06:25.760 - and in fact 00:06:25.760 --> 00:06:29.600 - If there were an issue with minimum lot size because maybe you can't meet a setback requirement 00:06:30.400 --> 00:06:35.830 - The planning department would only require that variance procedure for the setback not the minimum 00:06:35.830 --> 00:06:36.400 - lot size 00:06:36.400 --> 00:06:40.560 - So it's just more or less an informative piece of information 00:06:40.560 --> 00:06:45.600 - and this column here is to give you an idea of the scope and the 00:06:45.600 --> 00:06:47.360 - the 00:06:47.360 --> 00:06:50.160 - The range of lot sizes that are within this 00:06:50.160 --> 00:06:52.000 - area 00:06:52.000 --> 00:06:56.160 - So you can see a couple of them here highlighted that are above that one acre 00:06:56.160 --> 00:06:58.480 - threshold 00:06:58.480 --> 00:07:01.440 - I'm just going to keep scrolling. There's a few more here 00:07:01.440 --> 00:07:05.920 - And we can come back to that table if needed 00:07:05.920 --> 00:07:09.040 - Here is the zoning map 00:07:09.040 --> 00:07:14.560 - As you can see the hatched parcels are the ones that receive the historic preservation overlay 00:07:14.560 --> 00:07:20.420 - That was also adopted in december of last year, specifically december 18th 00:07:20.420 --> 00:07:25.920 - And the historic preservation overlay does not impact the underlying zoning district 00:07:25.920 --> 00:07:32.080 - It just allows for a flexibility of uses through the activation of the historic adaptive reuse 00:07:32.080 --> 00:07:37.600 - classification that can allow for certain properties that are under that overlay to 00:07:37.600 --> 00:07:42.480 - Have a bit more flexibility in what they kind of have what uses that are allowed on their property 00:07:42.480 --> 00:07:46.800 - They do have to go through the historic preservation board review for the certificate of appropriateness 00:07:46.800 --> 00:07:49.360 - if they need to do any sort of exterior changes 00:07:49.360 --> 00:07:52.800 - or additions to their homes because that is part of the 00:07:53.440 --> 00:07:58.610 - Historic preservation overlay to kind of maintain that character of the properties in some of the 00:07:58.610 --> 00:07:59.840 - neighborhood area as well 00:07:59.840 --> 00:08:04.800 - So if you have any questions about sort of preservation overlay we can come back to that 00:08:04.800 --> 00:08:08.400 - this section of the packet now talks about the 00:08:08.400 --> 00:08:13.430 - District characters between the residential one district and the high development residential 00:08:13.430 --> 00:08:14.000 - district 00:08:14.000 --> 00:08:19.830 - So I won't read all this verbatim because it is in the packet, but it does provide a district 00:08:19.830 --> 00:08:20.960 - character and a purpose 00:08:21.520 --> 00:08:24.080 - For each of those districts for reference 00:08:24.080 --> 00:08:29.200 - And then here on the bottom of this page. I went ahead and noted that the res zone 00:08:29.200 --> 00:08:33.760 - Contains 26 permitted uses and 10 conditional uses 00:08:33.760 --> 00:08:37.760 - Conditional uses meaning that it goes to the board of zoning appeals 00:08:37.760 --> 00:08:43.280 - At a public hearing and then must meet all of its conditions in order to receive approval 00:08:43.280 --> 00:08:49.760 - And then the hd zone contains 28 permitted uses and seven conditional uses 00:08:49.760 --> 00:08:53.440 - Now on the screen, um is a breakdown of those permitted uses 00:08:53.440 --> 00:08:57.850 - As well as the conditional uses that are available in each of these districts. So starting with 00:08:57.850 --> 00:09:00.080 - residential one. I highlighted the 00:09:00.080 --> 00:09:05.520 - Uses the land use classifications that are different than the other 00:09:05.520 --> 00:09:12.030 - Zoning district or the hd district if there's an asterisk. It means that there are standards that 00:09:12.030 --> 00:09:13.040 - are included in the 00:09:14.400 --> 00:09:21.440 - Zoning or zoning ordinance that those standards must be met or they can potentially apply for a 00:09:21.440 --> 00:09:23.280 - variance to a particular standard if they can't meet them 00:09:23.280 --> 00:09:29.800 - So, um, you'll see here agricultural traditional roadside stand temporary accessory dwelling units 00:09:29.800 --> 00:09:31.200 - and attached and detached 00:09:31.200 --> 00:09:36.060 - Residential storage structure are all uses that are permitted in the res zone that are not 00:09:36.060 --> 00:09:40.800 - permitted in the hd zone or perhaps they're in the conditional use section instead 00:09:42.320 --> 00:09:48.860 - Conditional uses for the res zone two family dwelling child care center collection container 00:09:48.860 --> 00:09:53.520 - facility artisan crafts food and or beverage production and cafe slash coffee shop 00:09:53.520 --> 00:10:01.270 - Moving on to the hd zone. You'll note that multifamily dwellings are permitted in this district and 00:10:01.270 --> 00:10:04.080 - they did not appear in the former 00:10:04.960 --> 00:10:12.920 - So we have multifamily dwellings three to four units, multifamily dwellings five plus units, senior 00:10:12.920 --> 00:10:13.280 - housing, single family attached dwellings three to five units 00:10:13.280 --> 00:10:18.650 - Two family dwelling is now in the permitted section instead of the conditional section and child 00:10:18.650 --> 00:10:19.680 - care center 00:10:19.680 --> 00:10:25.880 - Then in conditional uses we have firearm sales retail sales small scale so we can come back to any 00:10:25.880 --> 00:10:31.760 - of those differences with respect to the use uses permitted in each district if we have questions 00:10:33.280 --> 00:10:39.600 - Next is the design standards tables another comparison here between the res zone and the hd zone 00:10:39.600 --> 00:10:46.350 - So the minimum lot widths change a little bit minimum lot size as I stated before maximum and 00:10:46.350 --> 00:10:54.100 - previous cover does change as well as the setbacks so side and rear yard setbacks this should be 00:10:54.100 --> 00:10:56.160 - highlighted excuse me for that oversight 00:10:57.600 --> 00:11:06.390 - And then let's see here we've got on the next page the hd zone's differences so minimum lot width 00:11:06.390 --> 00:11:10.080 - for the hd zone because it is a more dense classification 00:11:10.080 --> 00:11:15.740 - Was 50 feet with the minimum lot size of 0.14 acres then you can see the maximum and previous cover 00:11:15.740 --> 00:11:22.500 - calculations are a bit different there as well as well as setbacks so we have five and 10 feet 00:11:22.500 --> 00:11:25.440 - which was an hd zone and the res 00:11:26.000 --> 00:11:34.680 - zone is 10 and 20 feet. Front yard setbacks are determined by the roads classification so those 00:11:34.680 --> 00:11:38.000 - rarely change between the districts 00:11:38.000 --> 00:11:46.960 - Okay site conditions and infrastructure it does have access these areas have access through South 00:11:46.960 --> 00:11:52.460 - Corrie Lane, West Piper Lane, South Annalee Lane, West Wiley Street, West Corrie Drive or West 00:11:52.460 --> 00:11:53.520 - Bloomfield Road 00:11:54.240 --> 00:11:58.170 - None of the petition sites are located in the environmental constraints overlay also known as the 00:11:58.170 --> 00:12:03.090 - Lake Monroe watershed and there is no floodplain designated on the petition sites however there is 00:12:03.090 --> 00:12:10.160 - evidence of karst and sinkhole features across this area within the Sunset Hill region 00:12:10.160 --> 00:12:18.150 - So here's just some aerial imagery to give you an idea of how the area looks with respect to the 00:12:18.150 --> 00:12:19.200 - bird's eye view 00:12:20.880 --> 00:12:26.540 - Here we have the comprehensive plan so in the Monroe County urbanizing area it was designated as 00:12:26.540 --> 00:12:27.520 - mixed residential 00:12:27.520 --> 00:12:34.000 - And then this section of the report covers that 00:12:34.000 --> 00:12:39.490 - Discussion of the comprehensive plan between the two phases there was a phase one comprehensive 00:12:39.490 --> 00:12:43.440 - plan and a phase two so just kind of provide some information on 00:12:44.320 --> 00:12:51.660 - Where the county was looking to establish some development in the in the county basically providing 00:12:51.660 --> 00:12:57.730 - some guidelines of how that development should look and what type of infrastructure should be there 00:12:57.730 --> 00:12:58.000 - etc 00:12:58.000 --> 00:13:05.100 - That's this map just also it reiterates that it's a mixed residential district as part of the 00:13:05.100 --> 00:13:06.480 - comprehensive plan 00:13:06.480 --> 00:13:12.640 - And it's also listed as urban infill neighborhood or N1 00:13:12.880 --> 00:13:18.160 - And then again this map just indicating that the N1 district they're located with the yellow star 00:13:18.160 --> 00:13:24.400 - I also included the property notice letter that was sent out by planning staff on behalf of the 00:13:24.400 --> 00:13:30.960 - commissioners that provided information to property owners regarding the planning commission 00:13:30.960 --> 00:13:31.680 - hearing 00:13:31.680 --> 00:13:36.930 - As well as contact information for the planning department and if they had any questions to contact 00:13:36.930 --> 00:13:37.600 - us and such 00:13:38.800 --> 00:13:45.940 - It also included a map as well that indicates what properties were a part of this rezone and as 00:13:45.940 --> 00:13:47.920 - well as a little bit of a background as well 00:13:47.920 --> 00:13:53.760 - It also included a list of all the names and addresses that were 00:13:53.760 --> 00:14:01.840 - A part of this rezone just so that they were all aware of who and where the rezone was occurring 00:14:03.280 --> 00:14:07.950 - And then we also sent out a lot of neighbor notice letters. So there's a state statute that 00:14:07.950 --> 00:14:09.040 - requires a certain 00:14:09.040 --> 00:14:17.530 - Distance away from affected parcels that we have to notice as well. So this letter very similar to 00:14:17.530 --> 00:14:20.240 - the one prior went out to all of those neighbors 00:14:20.240 --> 00:14:25.840 - That included information about their neighbors properties being impacted. It also did provide that 00:14:25.840 --> 00:14:30.560 - same information about the background, as well as the map and also provided a 00:14:31.200 --> 00:14:38.560 - A the same list to, you know, reiterate that if your name is not on this list, you are not impacted. 00:14:38.560 --> 00:14:42.970 - But if you have questions, please contact the planning department or attend the meeting of the 00:14:42.970 --> 00:14:44.160 - Planning Commission. 00:14:44.160 --> 00:14:51.160 - So I'm going to scroll through here. This section is the findings of fact. So this is just for your 00:14:51.160 --> 00:14:55.280 - review. This is just standard procedure for the planning department to provide this information. 00:14:55.840 --> 00:15:01.740 - I'm going to continue to scroll through here at the end of last few pages here. We do have some 00:15:01.740 --> 00:15:07.270 - letters of support and or opposition. So we did receive some communication from the Greater Bloomington 00:15:07.270 --> 00:15:10.560 - Chamber of Commerce. This is a letter of opposition. 00:15:11.920 --> 00:15:21.450 - Basically providing a stance that they are pro-density growth. So this information was provided to 00:15:21.450 --> 00:15:27.190 - the Plan Commission as in this packet for your review, and then we also have a few emails that were 00:15:27.190 --> 00:15:34.100 - received by the Planning Department regarding, I think this one here is for support, liking to see 00:15:34.100 --> 00:15:38.740 - single residents only, and that they were surprised to learn that the neighborhood had been 00:15:38.740 --> 00:15:40.400 - designated as high density. 00:15:41.360 --> 00:15:49.050 - This one here, another property owner or neighbor or neighbor that was concerned about the 00:15:49.050 --> 00:15:54.410 - properties being designated as high density, and reiterating that many of the neighborhood 00:15:54.410 --> 00:16:00.560 - constituents remonstrated against annexation because they did not want to have high density. 00:16:00.560 --> 00:16:04.000 - See this one here. 00:16:06.720 --> 00:16:15.360 - They support all of the rezones, providing some background here for their support. 00:16:15.360 --> 00:16:23.040 - And we can come back to any of those necessary, but they are in the packet for your review. 00:16:23.040 --> 00:16:30.240 - And now that brings me back to the Plan Commission's recommendation as well as staff's. So staff 00:16:30.240 --> 00:16:32.960 - and the Plan Commission recommended approval. 00:16:32.960 --> 00:16:37.680 - Plan Commission voted six to two to forward this petition to the Monroe County Board of Commissioners 00:16:37.680 --> 00:16:39.120 - with a positive recommendation. 00:16:39.120 --> 00:16:47.360 - Including a condition of approval, which is one, omit the property at 717 South Anna Lee Lane 00:16:47.360 --> 00:16:52.960 - through 725 South Anna Lee Lane from the rezoning request due to its status as a pre-existing 00:16:52.960 --> 00:16:54.320 - multifamily development. 00:16:54.320 --> 00:16:56.720 - So I will now take any questions. 00:16:58.160 --> 00:17:03.040 - Thank you so much. Commissioner Major, do you have questions? 00:17:03.040 --> 00:17:11.000 - I had a couple of questions I think that were relevant to both rezones, but I attended the Planning 00:17:11.000 --> 00:17:11.840 - Commission meeting 00:17:11.840 --> 00:17:18.160 - that evening up until really the Planning Commission discussion began. So I have a pretty good 00:17:18.160 --> 00:17:18.720 - background. 00:17:18.720 --> 00:17:24.480 - And just for the public's knowledge, what happened to leave these out of the CDO process? 00:17:27.440 --> 00:17:33.120 - So these parcels were included in the CDO process. They were all rezoned from their former fringe 00:17:33.120 --> 00:17:41.040 - districts to the high development residential zone. But it was at that time the commissioners 00:17:41.040 --> 00:17:48.160 - at that time requested that planning staff revisit this area and the areas that Sean will cover 00:17:48.160 --> 00:17:55.920 - and request that those be rezoned again from the HD zone to the residential one zone. 00:17:56.160 --> 00:18:04.240 - And if and if I might fill in a little bit more info, we addressed other properties like this, 00:18:04.240 --> 00:18:10.640 - but failed to address these two when we were doing our work sessions. And so I, you know, 00:18:10.640 --> 00:18:17.360 - I take responsibility for that. But recognizing it that we had left this out of that re-examination 00:18:17.360 --> 00:18:26.800 - process, we didn't bring it for an amendment at the last 11th hour. Instead, we opted to 00:18:26.800 --> 00:18:37.520 - ask for this process. It's very unusual for us to ask for any planning permit process petition, 00:18:37.520 --> 00:18:43.120 - et cetera. It's not typical, but this is, I consider this like a correction to the CDO, 00:18:43.680 --> 00:18:49.840 - but we wanted to go through the public vetting process. Yes. And so that's sort of the process 00:18:49.840 --> 00:18:53.840 - we're working through now. Yes. And I think this was explained at the Planning Commission. 00:18:53.840 --> 00:18:59.040 - Basically, these areas were just overlooked at the time, and they sort of have, you know, 00:18:59.040 --> 00:19:04.480 - this helter skelter zoning designation because they had been the former fringe, in the former 00:19:04.480 --> 00:19:13.680 - fridge area of the city. So, and it's basically just remedy that. Yeah. And I would say as well, 00:19:13.680 --> 00:19:23.040 - I am still not, although I voted in support, good being better than, good being better than 00:19:23.040 --> 00:19:30.720 - not passing it at all. I voted in support of it, but, you know, for me, on this petition and the 00:19:30.720 --> 00:19:40.320 - next one, for example, on this one with Anna Lee Lane, that would still not meet HD standards. 00:19:40.320 --> 00:19:49.120 - It's still outside of those standards. So I'm not sure why it matters, right, that we pull it out. 00:19:49.120 --> 00:19:54.800 - So I'm still conflicted on that, and it's also part of the historic district. So that particular 00:19:55.520 --> 00:20:02.480 - set of addresses. Yes, and I believe at the planning meeting, Susan Brackney was one that 00:20:02.480 --> 00:20:08.880 - very eloquently went into the historic reasons for the historic designation and explained that 00:20:08.880 --> 00:20:14.320 - they've asked for and received an assessment from the National Register of Historic Places 00:20:14.320 --> 00:20:19.520 - that these areas would be appropriate for inclusion and they're going forward with that process. 00:20:20.560 --> 00:20:28.000 - Okay, yes. And my question, I had one other question, which was what, if we complete this 00:20:28.000 --> 00:20:32.880 - down zone, what other percentage of properties in the Sunset Hill area, and then I'll ask the 00:20:32.880 --> 00:20:38.640 - second question when we come to the Maple Grove Baby Farms area as well, will become nonconforming? 00:20:38.640 --> 00:20:46.400 - Yes, that's a great question. So in order to analyze what is nonconforming, we would have 00:20:46.400 --> 00:20:52.160 - to provide a rather robust study of all the properties, which can be very challenging 00:20:52.160 --> 00:20:59.360 - because it would require us to evaluate the setbacks of every structure throughout all of 00:20:59.360 --> 00:21:05.590 - these parcels. And the data that we use on Beacon GIS, those parcel lines are not always 100% 00:21:05.590 --> 00:21:06.400 - accurate, 00:21:06.400 --> 00:21:12.480 - so we wouldn't even be fully confident in the analysis based on the data that we have. 00:21:12.480 --> 00:21:18.960 - I will say that working with the GIS coordinator, Dr. John Beighton, he's been assisting planning 00:21:18.960 --> 00:21:30.800 - to provide at least a framework that you can look at that shows basically a calculation of existing 00:21:30.800 --> 00:21:37.440 - cover on each of these parcels, just using information from the Accessor's Office about 00:21:37.440 --> 00:21:43.840 - structures on each of those parcels and such. So it can give us an idea of what that nonconformity 00:21:43.840 --> 00:21:48.960 - can look like with respect to maybe maximum impervious cover. But again, there's some 00:21:48.960 --> 00:21:54.880 - limitations in acquiring that data, so it won't be as accurate as we would hope, but it is 00:21:54.880 --> 00:21:55.280 - somewhere 00:21:55.280 --> 00:22:02.640 - that we can look and get an idea. That information is still being compiled, so we hope to have all 00:22:02.640 --> 00:22:02.720 - of 00:22:02.720 --> 00:22:10.240 - that information ready by the next formal session. Excellent. Thank you so much, and thank you for 00:22:10.240 --> 00:22:17.600 - your excellent and thorough presentation. Thank you. Yeah, and I appreciate that. And it is a good 00:22:17.600 --> 00:22:24.160 - reminder that it's not the lot size, it's the setbacks that matter. And ironically, we had 00:22:24.160 --> 00:22:30.240 - the surveyor sitting on the Planning Commission telling us he didn't know what the setbacks were, 00:22:30.240 --> 00:22:37.360 - but that should be his job. So I don't know, I know the GIS isn't accurate. I don't know why 00:22:37.360 --> 00:22:46.400 - that's true. Well, I do know why that's true, but it's frustrating that these kinds of 00:22:46.400 --> 00:22:53.360 - questions can be thrown out there and the answer is not known. And even with this data, 00:22:53.360 --> 00:22:56.880 - that's just going to give you ground cover. That's not going to give you anything else. 00:22:56.880 --> 00:23:01.520 - Yes, it's just a bite at the apple. Yeah, I, you know, and as I said at that meeting, 00:23:01.520 --> 00:23:09.040 - I've lived on a non-conforming lot for 30 years. So, and I've been okay. Built a garage, 00:23:09.040 --> 00:23:16.960 - you know, added onto the house. It's all good. It's all good. It happens a lot, but I think the 00:23:16.960 --> 00:23:25.600 - biggest issue, if you look at the HD designation for high density zoning, is it says access to 00:23:25.600 --> 00:23:32.640 - public services. Sewer. We don't have that. The sewer is there for some, but not all the properties. 00:23:32.640 --> 00:23:38.160 - Sewer for the apartment building across the street. Yeah, that's it. Gotcha. So everyone 00:23:38.160 --> 00:23:45.680 - else is on septic. And this is an area with cars features and a lot of environmental sensitivities 00:23:45.680 --> 00:23:52.160 - that you could think, oh my gosh, how are we doing septic on 0.8 acres? Well, we are, 00:23:52.720 --> 00:23:59.040 - but we wouldn't do that now, you know. So it is already an environmentally sensitive area, 00:23:59.040 --> 00:24:03.840 - in addition to being historic. And if you spend time there, you see the farms and the hobby farms 00:24:03.840 --> 00:24:11.680 - and it has a very different feel than other parts of the county for sure. Yes, yes. I've been 00:24:11.680 --> 00:24:11.920 - through 00:24:11.920 --> 00:24:15.840 - both areas and they definitely do because they're those little islands. Yeah, they are. In the 00:24:15.840 --> 00:24:16.000 - middle 00:24:16.000 --> 00:24:25.040 - of Bloomington, yes. All right. Thank you. Thanks so much. Is Sean present to do the... 00:24:25.040 --> 00:24:32.960 - Yes, he is. And let me just offer one more piece of information from planning staff's 00:24:32.960 --> 00:24:41.600 - recommendation that was mentioned with respect to, you know, moving some of these parcels and 00:24:41.600 --> 00:24:48.000 - Sean will cover some of these as well from removing them from the designation. And the idea behind 00:24:48.000 --> 00:24:53.760 - that is we understand that those properties still will be pre-existing, non-conforming with respect 00:24:53.760 --> 00:25:00.080 - to maybe some certain design standards, but it's about being pre-existing, non-conforming with 00:25:00.080 --> 00:25:06.000 - respect to use. Right. So if their land use is not permitted, then they have to go through another 00:25:06.000 --> 00:25:11.600 - process called a use variance, which occasionally that bar is set pretty high. There needs to be 00:25:11.600 --> 00:25:18.320 - hardship shown. So it can be a little bit more challenging for property owners that need a use 00:25:18.320 --> 00:25:23.600 - variance compared to simple design standards variances that might just be setbacks. So I just 00:25:23.600 --> 00:25:29.600 - want to make that clarification. Yeah, I appreciate that. I slid over that and I shouldn't have. So 00:25:29.600 --> 00:25:34.160 - thank you for that, Drew. Appreciate it. Of course. Yep. And then I will turn it over to Sean. 00:25:34.160 --> 00:25:44.320 - Good morning, commissioners. Can you hear me? Sure can. Good morning. All right. Let me just share 00:25:44.320 --> 00:25:44.560 - my 00:25:44.560 --> 00:25:56.560 - screen real quick. Okay. Are you able to see that? Yes. Okay. Perfect. All right. So Drew did a 00:25:56.560 --> 00:26:04.880 - fantastic job giving you guys the rundown of all the different planning operations that go into 00:26:04.880 --> 00:26:12.320 - these rezones. So I will try not to repeat myself and just kind of focus on maple grove baby farms 00:26:12.320 --> 00:26:19.520 - and what's unique about this petition. I do want to just provide some sense of clarity. So 00:26:20.720 --> 00:26:28.640 - there are in total 138 parcels in this rezone request. However, some of those include duplicate 00:26:28.640 --> 00:26:34.320 - parcels. So that's why it's actually 132 parcels. So I just wanted to make that 00:26:34.320 --> 00:26:41.200 - decision clear for the record. Let me go ahead and jump around here. I might be doing some jumping 00:26:41.200 --> 00:26:49.040 - around to try to avoid some redundancy. So here on the screen, sorry, let me zoom out a little bit. 00:26:50.320 --> 00:26:56.400 - We've got all of the highlighted areas includes all the parcels that are included in this rezone. 00:26:56.400 --> 00:27:06.240 - So they are all currently HD. You'll want to note that the only major roadway to access all these 00:27:06.240 --> 00:27:15.760 - parcels is from West 3rd Street. So this includes the roadways on South Johnson, South Fairfield, 00:27:17.760 --> 00:27:24.640 - North Kimball, and then also I believe it's West Evergreen. So all of these streets 00:27:24.640 --> 00:27:37.520 - derive access from West 3rd Street. And let's see, let's focus on some of these areas. So 00:27:37.520 --> 00:27:43.200 - like Drew's petition, there are even more so with this petition, there are some multifamily 00:27:43.200 --> 00:27:50.880 - developments that do already exist in this neighborhood. And I have those outlined in 00:27:50.880 --> 00:27:59.920 - yellow on the screen here. I will note that there are two mobile home parks that are included 00:27:59.920 --> 00:28:00.320 - within 00:28:00.320 --> 00:28:06.640 - this petition. And I did just want to clarify that their use is not permitted outright, even if 00:28:06.640 --> 00:28:06.960 - they 00:28:06.960 --> 00:28:14.480 - do end up retaining their HD zoning. So I just wanted to make that clarification, as well as the 00:28:14.480 --> 00:28:21.840 - multifamily development that's off of South Fairfield Drive. So while that is permitted 00:28:21.840 --> 00:28:30.000 - for a multifamily, what was permitted in 2014 would actually exceed the standards in the high 00:28:30.000 --> 00:28:38.480 - development residential zone. So as it currently stands, the CDO has a limit of 30 units on a lot, 00:28:38.480 --> 00:28:47.280 - and what was approved in 2014 was 43. So however, even if they do retain that HD zoning, they are 00:28:47.280 --> 00:28:53.600 - still pre-existing non-conforming, but they are in the correct zoning district for multifamily 00:28:53.600 --> 00:29:01.520 - development. I just wanted to bring up those facts a little bit. We do have, to the northwest, 00:29:01.520 --> 00:29:09.360 - there is a single-family detached dwelling development, but they are all on the same property. 00:29:09.360 --> 00:29:21.040 - And then off of, let's see, is that Beaumont Lane? There is, I believe, three structures that are 00:29:21.040 --> 00:29:21.200 - on 00:29:21.200 --> 00:29:30.000 - that property where they contain residences. So there's kind of a mixed use of different types 00:29:30.000 --> 00:29:36.720 - of development here in this neighborhood. And let me again jump around here. 00:29:36.720 --> 00:29:47.440 - So similar to Drew, we did kind of do an analysis of what are the lot sizes of the properties 00:29:48.160 --> 00:29:56.400 - in these neighborhoods. And for reference, 108 or about 82 percent of all of the parcels in the 00:29:56.400 --> 00:30:02.960 - Maple Grove Baby Farms are less than an acre. And that leaves the remaining 24 to be greater 00:30:02.960 --> 00:30:10.320 - than an acre. And I do have those lot sizes listed here. Highlighted in yellow represents all of 00:30:10.320 --> 00:30:10.560 - the 00:30:10.560 --> 00:30:15.440 - parcels that are greater than one acre. And then the remainder, of course, are less than an acre. 00:30:16.720 --> 00:30:23.200 - So there is some disparities when it comes to lot size in the area. 00:30:23.200 --> 00:30:27.760 - I think it's worth noting. Sorry, let me jump around again. 00:30:27.760 --> 00:30:37.200 - Discussing the site conditions and infrastructure. Also similar to the Sunset Hills, there are 00:30:37.200 --> 00:30:43.360 - certain properties that have access to sewer. And those were the previous properties that I 00:30:43.360 --> 00:30:49.440 - discussed that were highlighted on the screen in yellow. So those properties have previous 00:30:49.440 --> 00:30:56.800 - agreements with City of Bloomington Utilities to have access to sewer. But that sewer line that 00:30:56.800 --> 00:31:03.120 - you see in green on your screen has not been extended to the surrounding properties. So 00:31:03.120 --> 00:31:10.640 - the, you know, the density that is there that requires the sewer is already in place. 00:31:11.920 --> 00:31:17.600 - The sewer extension, as far as we know, is not being extended to the other properties at this time. 00:31:17.600 --> 00:31:31.360 - We did for this petition, I did receive a mixture of letters of opposition, but also letters of 00:31:31.360 --> 00:31:40.240 - support. Most of the letters of support came after the Plan Commission meeting on March 18th. So I 00:31:40.240 --> 00:31:46.960 - can include all correspondence for the final hearing for the formal session in this packet. But 00:31:46.960 --> 00:31:55.520 - essentially the primary opposition were from the owners of the current multifamily developments. 00:31:55.520 --> 00:32:03.680 - So for instance, 101 South Fairfield Drive, that was that 43-unit multifamily 00:32:04.400 --> 00:32:11.200 - development that was approved in 2014. You know, they of course voiced their concerns about being 00:32:11.200 --> 00:32:19.280 - rezoned from HD to RES. There were some other correspondences from other property owners, 00:32:19.280 --> 00:32:26.880 - although they did not give specific addresses or parcel numbers just stating that they 00:32:27.920 --> 00:32:33.860 - own property but they would like to, you know, still be able to utilize that multifamily 00:32:33.860 --> 00:32:34.800 - designation. 00:32:34.800 --> 00:32:47.040 - And essentially this kind of, you know, this brings me to staff's recommendation. So the 00:32:47.040 --> 00:32:51.760 - Plan Commission did vote six to two to four this petition to the Board of Commissioners with a 00:32:51.760 --> 00:33:01.120 - positive recommendation. Also to incorporate planning staff's condition which was to omit 00:33:01.120 --> 00:33:09.760 - the properties at 101 South Fairfield Drive, 2542 West Evergreen Drive, 415 North Kimball Drive, 00:33:09.760 --> 00:33:16.720 - 215 North Johnson Avenue, 325 North Johnson Avenue, and 2312 West Beaumont 00:33:16.720 --> 00:33:23.920 - Lane and 120 South Kimball Drive from the rezone request due to their status as pre-existing 00:33:23.920 --> 00:33:30.960 - multifamily development. So I can take any questions that any of the commissioners may have. 00:33:30.960 --> 00:33:36.800 - Thank you so much. Comments or questions, Commissioner Medeira? 00:33:36.800 --> 00:33:42.320 - Like I said, I did attend all of the Planning Commission meeting and so I heard the 00:33:42.320 --> 00:33:46.720 - questions and answers that were given at that session, plus I think that the only remaining 00:33:46.720 --> 00:33:55.440 - question I have was aptly answered in response to the Sunset Hills portion, which is that it's not 00:33:55.440 --> 00:34:01.280 - possible really to know with any definity what percentage of properties would be non-conforming. 00:34:01.280 --> 00:34:07.440 - And to some extent, that is most irrelevant because those properties would be sort of 00:34:07.440 --> 00:34:14.080 - grandfathered in its pre-existing non-conforming anyways. No, thank you so much for your excellent 00:34:14.080 --> 00:34:26.160 - presentation. All right, so would you like to hear this next week, April 17th, at our meeting? Okay. 00:34:26.160 --> 00:34:29.840 - Is that work for everyone at Planning? 00:34:33.120 --> 00:34:42.320 - I think so. I just want to double check with Dr. Baten that that information will be available. 00:34:42.320 --> 00:34:48.480 - I'm fairly certain it will be by that time, but I will let you know if there needs to be any sort 00:34:48.480 --> 00:34:57.360 - of change. Yeah, I appreciate that. I think the issue, we're not going to be meeting on the 24th, 00:34:57.360 --> 00:35:06.560 - so we could then, it would then move to May 1st. I think the thing for me is, while it is always 00:35:06.560 --> 00:35:13.600 - good to have more information rather than less, my concern is that it's not portrayed as 00:35:13.600 --> 00:35:14.240 - information 00:35:14.240 --> 00:35:24.240 - you can hang a hat on. It is guidance, general, possibly accurate, most likely true information, 00:35:24.240 --> 00:35:32.880 - and so I, for me, I don't know how to use that kind of, you know, but it is always good to have 00:35:32.880 --> 00:35:40.000 - more information rather than less though. So let's shoot for next week and then keep us posted. 00:35:40.000 --> 00:35:48.640 - Sounds good. Great, thank you both so much. We appreciate you and I just want to thank you again 00:35:50.160 --> 00:35:56.480 - for your work on this on behalf of the Board of Commissioners as your client. We appreciate 00:35:56.480 --> 00:36:00.240 - your hard work. You both did a great job through this whole process. I appreciate that work. 00:36:00.240 --> 00:36:10.960 - Thank you. Thank you. And just to point out, some of these are the properties that have mobile 00:36:10.960 --> 00:36:11.360 - homes 00:36:11.360 --> 00:36:16.880 - on them and they would not work under HD. You actually have to have a PUD for a mobile home park 00:36:16.880 --> 00:36:22.720 - because we would ensure that you have a storm shelter but they're pre-existing. So do you leave 00:36:22.720 --> 00:36:30.720 - them in HD? I don't know. I mean I that we did that's the vote but again good over perfect. 00:36:30.720 --> 00:36:38.320 - Yes they're problematic under either either yes yeah so all right okay and then that other 00:36:38.320 --> 00:36:45.120 - apartment building is way too big. Yes right so 43 units instead of 30. Yeah so it's just a lot 00:36:45.120 --> 00:36:50.240 - it's a lot. It's it's not conforming no matter what. No matter what we zone it it's not conforming. 00:36:50.240 --> 00:36:58.960 - All right okay anything else Ms. Purdy, Mr. Cockrell? Brilliant thank you all 00:36:58.960 --> 00:37:04.960 - so much. We are going to be adjourned. Thanks Katz. 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