With a storm outside and power out inside City Hall, the Warsaw Plan Commission held its short meeting Monday night in the dimly lit basement.
Both of the replats presented to the board were given preliminary and final approval.
The first request for a preliminary and final replat was from applicants Kimpel & Associates (surveyor) and Petro Family LLC (owner) to subdivide one lot of 1.93 acres into two lots with an average size of 0.965 acres. The tract of land is south of Escalade Parkway.
City Senior Planner Justin Taylor said the replat was reviewed for its conformity to the subdivision control ordinance and the section regarding planned unit developments (PUD). The proposed lots meet the development standards for a subdivision within the PUD.
“Since this subdivision does not include any additional public infrastructure, I recommend that you grant the preliminary and final replat approval for the Petro PUD subdivision,” Taylor said.
Rick Keeven, commission vice president, asked what the intention of the lots were. Taylor said the intention was to subdivide it so the lots would be “more attractive to developers.”
“So they want to do something with it eventually?” Keeven said. Taylor said the lots are already developed with a restaurant and strip mall (Red Apple, Karma, etc.) on them.
There were no remonstrance to the petition and it was unanimously approved.
The next petition also was from Kimpel & Associates and Petro Family LLC, who requested to subdivide 3.92 acres into three lots with an average size of 1.31 acres.
Taylor said the replat of lot 3 in the Escalade Park subdivision “is necessary to promote development” and was “reviewed for its conformity to the subdivision control ordinance.”
In a Commercial-3 zone, there is no minimum lot size, but the minimum setback requirements are 25 feet for the front yard, 20 feet from adjoining residential and a 20-foot minimum rear yard. The property is north of the new Fairfield hotel and south of Physicians Urgent Care.
“Our recommendation is the same as the last one. Since this subdivision does not include the addition of any public infrastructure, I recommend that you grant the preliminary and final approval for this replat of lot 3,” Taylor said, noting that they didn’t receive any comments on it.
Diane Quance, commission member and city councilwoman, asked if the lot had frontage. Taylor said it does.
Neighboring property owners Jamie Thompson and Seth Helser expressed some concern about traffic and ingress and egress. Taylor told them at this point, no plans have been submitted. At a recent meeting, Mayor Joe Thallemer said a car wash was planned for part of the area.
“Everything that develops into here will have to comply with” regulations, Taylor told Thompson.
“I think we just wanted to know what was going on out there,” Helser said after Keeven asked them what their concerns were.
Thompson said she was concerned with the parking cuts and traffic. Helser said he didn’t see a problem with it.
Quance asked them if one of their concerns were the speed through there because she represents that district and she hears “a lot of concern” about that.
“I think right now everybody kind of zooms through there because nothing is there. Once the building gets started and everybody starts developing out there, I think it’s gradually going to slow itself down,” Thompson said.
Helser said Bob (Petro) wants the same thing everyone else out there wants, and Thompson said she trusted Bob.
Once discussion ended, the commission approved the replat unanimously.
