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Adoption of minutes and continuances
- The commission adopted the June 18, 2025 meeting minutes by roll call (vote announced as 6 to 0).
- Continued: Case 2025 CZN CVR 828 (East 32nd Street) was continued to the July 16 commission meeting with notice (motion approved 6-0).
- Continued: 2025 ZON001 at 4150 North High School Road was continued two weeks to July 16 to allow time to assemble commitments and documents (motion approved 6-0).

Resolutions (taken as a block)
The commission read and then voted to approve five policy/resolution items as a block (roll call vote 6-0). The items read into the record included: 20 25 A 0 2 5 (preliminary economic revitalization area resolution for Thunderbird CC Land Partners LLC, 6900 English Avenue, recommending up to 10 years real property tax abatement); 20 25 A 0 2 6 (preliminary ERA resolution for Roche Diagnostics Operations Inc., 9115 Hague Road, recommending 10 years real property tax abatement); 20 25 A 0 2 7 (preliminary ERA resolution related to personal property tax abatement—staff clarified that it is a personal property tax abatement); 2025 C 0 0 1 (authorizes DMD to negotiate an agreement with Coalition for Homelessness Intervention and Prevention for the “street to home” rental assistance initiative using opioid settlement funds as noted in the packet); and 20 25 P 0 0 9 (authorizes an interlocal cooperation agreement with the city of Lawrence related to administrative and development-plan approvals).

Petitions of no appeal and zoning petitions taken as a group
- The clerk read a list of petitions of no appeal recommended for approval; the commission then took a block motion and approved a set of zoning petitions (10 petitions taken and approved as a package by vote 6-0). Specific docket numbers were read into the record during the meeting and are part of the official minutes.

Other actions
- The commission upheld staff/hearing examiner recommendation and denied petition 2025 MOD 3 (motion carried by vote announced as 6 to 0).

Contested items referenced elsewhere in the meeting
- Two items with substantive hearings received separate coverage in the record: 2025ZON037 (Carrollton Commons rezoning) and 2024CVR855B (variance at 1527 E. Twelfth Street). ZON037 was approved 6-0 (see separate article). CVR855B was approved 5-1 after an appeal (see separate article).

Meeting close
- The commission adjourned with a motion and a closing wish for a happy Fourth of July.

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Petitioners, represented by land-use consultant Paul Lambie, asked the commission to reduce the ordinance’s 60-foot setback for a Category 1 stream (Pogue Run) to 25 feet for the project so that two of the proposed lots could be built with fronts along Twelfth Street. Lambie and builder Micah Hill told the commission that without relief one of the three lots (Lot 2) would be forced into an impractically deep front setback (roughly 170–200 feet), leaving the lot effectively unusable for the single‑family development pattern intended.

Why it matters: The property, roughly two acres, includes Pogue Run along its western boundary. The stream-protection corridor standard is intended to preserve waterway and bank condition; staff argued the requested reduction would encroach about 35 feet into the 60-foot corridor and said the applicant could instead adopt a different layout that would allow development without a variance.

Petition and evidence: Paul Lambie said the applicants initially sought and secured a hearing‑examiner variance for the rear lot (Lot 3) to sit farther back so the owners could retain and maintain the deeper parcel. Lambie said the petitioner submitted an alternate layout to staff that staff interpreted as proof that developing without a corridor variance was feasible; Lambie said that view conflated feasibility with the legal standard of “practical difficulty.”

Builder Micah Hill, who has experience building in the neighborhood, said the proposed plan places two homes at the street frontage in a pattern consistent with nearby properties and preserves mature trees along the stream bank. Hill said the site historically contained a house at the Lot 3 location and that the project aims to avoid removing old-growth trees while preserving the neighborhood fabric.

Staff position and environmental considerations: Department of Metropolitan Development staff recommended denial, arguing the applicant’s layout choices created the hardship and that an alternate layout could preserve the stream corridor while allowing buildable lots. A staff speaker read the ordinance’s Category 1 definition, which characterizes Category 1 streams as perennial channels where aquatic organisms are normally present; staff noted Pogue Run is listed as a Category 1 stream in the ordinance. Petitioners countered with a letter from the Marion County Soil and Water Conservation District supporting a 25-foot setback for the project and submitted eight neighborhood letters of support.

Vote and outcome: After discussion and questions about runoff, tree preservation and construction erosion control, the commission cast six ballots: five in favor and one opposed. The clerk announced the tally as six ballots cast, five yes votes and one no vote; 2024 CVR855B was approved. The petitioners agreed to erosion‑control measures and other standard construction stormwater commitments described in their packet.

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The rezoning, filed as 2025ZON037 by Carrollton Commons LLC, will allow developers to build 25 three-bedroom townhomes with one dedicated garage per unit, two buildings fronting Carrollton Avenue, a rear courtyard/gathering space with a gazebo and 10 guest parking spaces. The petitioner and local supporters said the project converts a vacant, roughly 1-acre parcel that has sat unused for decades into for-sale housing targeted at first-time buyers.

Why it matters: The site is in a Near North Side neighborhood where commissioners and supporters said more housing is needed, but staff opposed the DP rezoning because of concerns about building massing, an unfavorable floor-area ratio and insufficient livability/open space for the proposed density. The commission’s unanimous vote overrides staff’s recommendation and permits a development pattern proponents say is consistent with other recent infill projects nearby.

Petitioner attorney Misha Rabinovich told the commission the site has been vacant for more than 25 years and that the proposed plan is “nearly identical to other recent townhome developments on the Near North Side” that received MDC approval in 2021. Petitioner Eric Armstrong said the project team worked with city departments and the city architect and that lender Community First Bank underwrote the project “right around $375,000 a home,” with down-payment assistance to improve affordability.

Staff objections: A Department of Metropolitan Development staff member recommended denial at the hearing, citing several technical metrics. The staff presentation said the proposal would exceed the district’s floor-area-ratio maximum (0.6) and fall short of the minimum livability-space ratio (0.66), with the plan showing a livability ratio of about 0.385. Staff also said much of the project’s units would not present to the street, reducing street activation, and that the site is mid-block rather than located at a neighborhood collector, greenway or other “preferred” spot identified in the pattern book.

Opposition and responses: A neighborhood speaker raised concerns that nearby townhome projects have struggled to sell and said current mortgage rates and resale data suggest the product might not be viable. The speaker also warned that garages often become storage and that on-street parking could increase. John Thompson, the owner of a nearby industrial building, testified in support and described a history of investing in Near North Side redevelopment. Councilor Gibson spoke in favor of the project, calling it a way to bring “much-needed housing at an affordable price point.”

Project details and conditions: The petitioner said building heights will be capped at about 33 feet and that final building elevations will be submitted for review by the city architect and staff. The plan includes added landscaping to meet the green-factor requirement and an amenity space with a gazebo. Petitioner testimony said the project provides two alley access points with garages oriented for alley access and that the team added parking after hearing neighbor concerns.

Vote and next steps: The commission cast six ballots; the clerk announced six \"yes\" votes and zero \"no\" votes, and the rezoning petition 2025ZON037 was approved. Commissioners did not specify additional conditions beyond the usual requirement that final elevations be reviewed by the city architect and Department of Metropolitan Development staff.

The developer and backers said they will proceed with final design and permitting steps and that financing with Community First Bank and down-payment assistance programs are in place to market the homes as for-sale units for first-time buyers.

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