25 June 2018 Dearborn County Plan Commission Meeting Notes

25 June 2018 Dearborn County Plan Commission Meeting Notes

Present: Dennis Kraus, Jr., Chairman, Russell Beiersdorfer, John Hawley, Mark Lehman, , Michael Lynch, Jake Hoog, Bill Ullrich, Jim Thatcher, and Eric Lang

Also Present: Mark McCormack, Plan Director, Nicole Daily, assistant planner, and Andy Baudendistel, Attorney.

Title VI statement read as legally required by Baudendistel

ACTION ON MINUTES- April 23 and May 21 minutes were approved.

OLD BUSINESS:

NEW BUSINESS:

Request: Primary Plat Approval for a Major Subdivision; Morgan’s Ridge Subdivision, Phase VI Applicant: Maxwell Development, Inc. Site Location: Th western portion of Raiders Ridge Dr., approx. 1,300 feet from the intersection of Raiders Ridge Dr. and Mt. Pleasant Rd Legal: Sec. 29, T7, R1, Map #01-29 Township: Logan Size: Approx. 38.61 Acres E.

Mark McCormack presented the staff report. This is in the area where General Drive meets up with Raiders Ridge Drive. Recently they looked t about 11 acres of this area. Many of the lots are in the rezone area from April meeting. There is a fair amount of existing residential development in that area. Some of this is zoned Ag due to topography. This is a major subdivision according to the code book. There will be more detail in the second phase of the review process. Existing structures will remain per developer. Emergency access needs to be discussed. Stormwater will be designed and calculated at the next stage in the improvement plan stage. Site distance issues are not really a problem at Mt Pleasant. There is a pond on the site near the roadway proposed so they may talk about that for a potential barrier. There is construction activity along General Drive. McCormack showed pictures of the site from all directions. Developer is open to getting a bike trail or multi modal trail in there. The road section to extend Raiders Ridge will only be serving 12-13 units. Original traffic study done will cover this part of the subdivision also. Seven letters sent with 6 confirmed received. The owner of the pond asked about the walkway and if there would be any additional phases. One letter was sent back as unclaimed. 

Mark Lehman asked about the other phases having trails or sidewalks. McCormack said none were done. He noted that a bike lane MIGHT be able to be painted in.  Lehman noted that our ordinance now requires some greenspace between the road and the path. McCormack thought the ordinance needed to be updated on that concept anyway. Also some people are trying to get this area connected to Bright. Lehman asked also about the existing driveway to the house on Lot 90 that wraps around the stormwater facility. Steele Rd access does in around lot 86 and wraps around the southern edge of the pond. There are sharp turns. 

RANDY MAXWELL- had nothing to add really. He discussed the options for the pathway and connections to the convenience store for example on the north end of Raiders Ridge. 

Public Discussion:

Sandra Weisgerber- (sp?)- Basically from what she heard tonight and before she thinks they are concerned about developing in a responsible manner. She is concerned about a north entrance. She knows she has no control over that. She wants to know of this is responsible development. She thinks this is to Maxwell’s favor, but not to hers. 

Cindy Harding- daughter of Sandy and Mike Weisgerber- she heard a comment about using something as an emergency access as a worse case scenario. Steele Road access has not been resolved in her opinion. Do you have a plan for that? This goes thru Phase VI flat- and goes thru the heart of that property. It’s been pushed over to make it steeper as shown in plans. She showed a diagram to the board of that on her phone. Multimodal would not be heavy enough for emergency vehicles. She wants to hear a resolution as to how they will fix that - for a major subdivision. 

Sandra Weisgerber- asked Maxwell directly if why would provide access to the north of their property. 

Randy Maxwell-  told her those two lots were already sold. They did provide access on another phase. She is 800 ft away. He is not trying to intentionally hurt anybody.

End Public discussion.

Board discussion:

Eric Lang said this appears to be a logical progression of what is already developed. They have accommodated some topography issues. 

Mark Lehman- this its very close to our ordinances and no variances were requested which means it fits our ordinance well. 

Dennis Kraus, Jr- there is an opportunity for a multimodal trail here. 

Russell Beiersdorfer- wants to see it in writing so that they know it is going to have a trail that is useful. He commended Maxwell on the trail and Maxwell said they would do it and put it in writing.

Lang motioned and Lynch seconded- Preliminary Plat was approved as presented.

ADMINISTRATIVE:

Review Ordinance changes- McCormack wants to do more research before presenting this.

Comprehensive Plan Update- The board has had that for about a month. They had started this process a couple years ago. The Port and some Transportation studies are possible considerations. Projected to get older in the county and lose our younger population for  while. 

Thatcher asked if this update has been shared with One Dearborn. 

McCormack said that spending time getting a current land use map updated would be really helpful. 

Public Safety and Economic Development from the Port potential should be looked at. 

Chris Mueller- Getting current accurate data would be the biggest help to decision making. updating all our maps for current uses. 

McCormack will finish more of the update tomorrow. He may work with the cities to see about doing land use work in their areas. 

Probably no July PC Meeting.

Meeting adjourned at 8:50 PM 

Christine Brauer Mueller

Lawrenceburg Township