Plan Commission - Regular Meeting
The Plan Commission approved a petition to convert a single-family home into a duplex, requiring a zoning change from R2 to R3. Additionally, the commission approved a request to re-plat two existing lots, allowing two houses currently spanning the property line to each occupy a single, separate parcel, which included a waiver for minimum lot size.
About this meeting
- Government Body
- Plan Commission
- Meeting Type
- Plan Commission
- Location
- Anderson, IN
- Meeting Date
- August 25, 2026
Transcript
32 sections
The individual house will be enlarged and transformed into a duplex. The petitioner's plans are in your files. They are towards the end. They are quite detailed. There are demolition plans, renovation plans and new construction plans. There is also a foundation plan and plans concerning the safety of people. The petitioners have submitted demolition plans, planning to remove or demolish the upper floor of the existing house. Here is the house. In your file, you have drawings of the existing structure. But it is essentially about removing the top of this structure of one and a half storey that you see here and there. Ensuite, il prévoit de construire une nouvelle extension de 1719 pieds carrés à l'arrière.
Et revenons à mes dessins.
C'est la zone ombrée que vous voyez avec des hachures. C'est la partie qu'ils veulent ajouter à la maison existante actuellement, sur la propriété. Cela donnera un duplex de 30 de rilles pieds carrés. The new extension in the back respects the city's standards for a 5-foot lateral back and a 20-foot back. The unit in front of the duplex will include two rooms, a living room, a kitchen, a small basement, a bathroom. You have a floor plan in your file to follow a porch and a closet. The rear unit or east of the duplex will include three rooms, a living room, a dining room, a kitchen, a cellar, two bathrooms, a porch, a closet and a sanitary void. The whole of the new duplex will have a new slope of 6x12 and a total of 13 windows in the entire building. 2 of the windows make 2 x 3 and 11 of the windows make 3 x 5. Les plans de construction montrent que les deux unités du duplex seront séparées par des murs spécifiques. Je m'excuse. Une construction murale qui comprend le type suivant de plaques de plâtre avec banc de coupe-feu et scellé et scellé. Coupe-feu. J'essaye de déchiffrer mon écriture. Un coupe-feu sur la partie inférieure du plâtelage du toit et du mur avec des cloisons sèches se prolongeant jusqu'au bas du plâtelage du toit. Each unit of the duplex will be equipped with a smoke detector with an integrated carbon monoxide detector. I presented the drawings to the construction commissioner. He agreed. However, he wishes to examine these drawings with one of our inspectors before they receive a complete approval. Regarding the recommendation, the personnel recommends the approval of the zoning change proposed from R2 to R3 to R3. Basically, the house, as shown in the previous drawings, is located in a neighborhood entirely in the R2 zone. It wishes to move to R3, which would allow to install a duplex unit on this property. Here are the reasons for an approval. The property concerned is surrounded by other pre-existing residential uses, all individual houses. The zoning proposed in the R3 residential area is not in conflict with the urban planning of the city because the R3 category authorizes residential uses. The petitioner submitted detailed plans for demolition, construction and renovation in order to create additional housing for people in need and the plans submitted respect the city's standards regarding lateral and rear retreats as well as the minimal security issues of people. Do you have a list of conclusions and facts in your file? Recommended letters have been sent since May 15th. A legal announcement was published on May 16th. The petitioner is present. Nadja, if you want to come closer to the podium, introduce yourself. Give your address and be ready to answer.
My name is Nadja Tuss. I live on 1406 Walden Street. I know you know this house. My name is Gori. I got it from another Gori. 1406 Walton Street, Anderson, Indiana.
Questions for the petitioner? Would you like to add anything to the presentation of M. Steyer? He's always doing good work. Like David's concerns the last time concerning the building that had no separation or fire cut and all the rest. It seems that they covered everything. The watch.
It seems that everything has been treated. It looks like it would be an improvement compared to what it is.
Well, this is how the system works. You came in front of us, you had to change things, you did it. So now it's good.
Anyone in the audience has any questions, comments, complaints?
No, we don't see any. Are we ready to hear a motion on petition 626? Do not forget to add the conclusions of the facts if you have examined them.
I propose to approve the petition 626. And after having examined the conclusions of the facts, they support the entire petition.
We have a motion and a support to approve the petition 626 with the conclusions of the facts that support this petition. Can we proceed to a nominal appeal of the members of the Commission please? And M. And M. Spencer. Thank you for doing what was necessary. Oh, okay. So you know the file very well, don't you?
The second and last petition is petition 926. This is a new petition for two plots submitted by CHH Anderson LLC and Josh Campbell. The property is located on the plans on the right here. The property is indicated in gold on the map on the wall. It is located in the northeast corner of West 25th and Morton streets. The two lots represent about a quarter of Acre. The zoning is residential R3, which allows single-family houses or duplexes. The two lots are occupied, curiously, by two modest vinyl houses that cross the border between the two fields.
Let me show you the two photos.
The problem is that to get a mortgage loan from a credit institution, your house has to be on a single lot and this one rides two lots. orienté, est-ouest, est. Nous avons vraiment besoin que les lots soient orientés nord-sud pour que chacune ait son propre terrain séparé. C'est donc l'objectif ici de redécouper ces lots. En gros, effacer la ligne qui passe au milieu et la faire pivoter pour avoir une ligne nord-sud entre les deux maisons. Un peu d'historique sur ces maisons. Ces lots, oui, les lots concernés sont les lots 8 et 9 du lotissement Bears Fairview. Les deux maisons, je m'excuse. Oui, les deux maisons sont sur les moitiés est et ouest des deux lots. La maison ouest, celle au premier plan, au demi-classe 146, Morton Street, a été construite en 1951.
C'était il y a seulement 75 ans.
La maison A, au 401 West 25th, a été construite en 1925. Il y a 101 ans.
C'est cette maison-là.
The actual cutting of this lot where these two houses are located was carried out in 1891. This goes back 135 years. So yes, we go back a little in history here. The applicant wishes to present himself before the Commission of Urbanism, as I said, to re-cut these lots in order to orient them north-south instead of the current orientation, east-west. In fact, the separation limit between these two lots goes right through the middle of the house, which means that they are not accepted by credit institutions for the acquisition of a loan or a mortgage. The new plan shows that the two new lots created will be called 8a lots, containing four zeros. 0a lots. 9a lots, containing six 180 square feet. La taille minimale des lots dans une zone R3 est de 6,00 pieds carrés. Nous avons un lot qui est en dessous de ce seuil de 2,00 pieds carrés. Le pétitionnaire vous a adressé à un courrier sollicitant une dérogation à l'exigence de taille minimale des lots. Encore une fois, l'approbation du remembrement et de la dérogation permettra à l'actuel propriétaire des deux maisons de les vendre à des acheteurs distincts éligibles à des prêts hypothécaires. This property is not in conflict with the Global Urbanism Plan. It is considered a traditional residential area. The team adds that no improvement of public infrastructure is involved in this remodeling. Therefore, no engineer estimation or financial guarantee is required. For our part, we recommend the approval of the remodeling project in 2 lots of the 8 and 9 plots of the Berth Fairview lot, for the following reasons. The two pre-existing houses on the proposed remodeling are considered as non-legal uses because they were built in 1925 and 1951, that is, before the requirements of the current zoning. The creation of the remodeling in two new lots places the two pre-existing houses on individual grounds as required by the municipal ordinance on the control of the lots. The creation of the remuneration in two lots corresponds to the requirements of the mortgage lenders according to which the houses must be located on individual lots. If the Commission of Urbanism chooses to approve the remuneration in two lots of the 8 and 9 plots of the Bairds Fairview lot, the motion should be formulated as follows. I propose to approve petition 926 for a remuneration of bills 8 and 9 of the Baird-Sphereview lot, then to transmit it to the Council of Public Works for the acceptance of the remuneration, of the servitude, of the commitments, of the dedications and of the derogation relative to the minimum size of the bills. The legal opinion was published on August 11th. No certified letter is required for a remuneration, and I repeat, the derogation letter is in your file. The engineer in charge of the remuneration, Steve Ceres, is here to answer any questions.
M, Ceres, you know the procedure very well. Steve Ceres, 920 Main Street, Anderson, Indiana.
As Tim said, it's another one of these situations that seems to be multiplying, and I've had another one that has appeared since. The same kind of situation. No one owns them, but she can't sell them or anything else in the current state of things to anyone. And I know that he also made some renovations on his properties. So we are here to ask the Commission of Urbanism to authorize us to divide these questions from the members of the Commission.
It's quite logical, isn't it? Yes, it reduces the number of lots that are out of derogation or, let's say, out of code. It seems to be a good idea. Does anyone in the audience have any questions, concerns or objections?
We need you every week, every month. Since there are none, we are ready to act.
Don't forget to add to your motion for request 926, there is a derogation for the minimum size of the lots, I think it's 8a, isn't it? Yes, 8a. I think it's 8a. And the size of the lot.
Yes, we tried to use the same number of lots and add an a in this way. That facilitates the search for titles or others in the future.
Do we need a statement for this? Just a question.
Mr. President, I propose to approve request 926 for the rescheduling of laws 8 and 9. Transmission to the Council of Public Works. In order to accept the services, the questions concerning the minimum size of... You have added something about...
We have a motion and a second to approve request 9.26 of the 8 and 9 in 8A and 9A. Can we have a call? Nominal of the members of the Commission, please. Mika. M. M. M. And M. Spencer.
And good luck.
And it looks like we have another one coming.
Yes, it's a car.
That's all I have. Thank you very much.
Thank you.
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