Neighbors contacted about selling their homes to make way for the development say St. Vincent Health is behind it. But a St. Vincent spokeswoman said the organization does not have “details to share” at this time.
City officials say the new regulations would allow adult businesses in about 4 percent of Bloomington.
In September, the Carmel Board of Zoning Appeals denied a variance request from Forrest and Charlotte Lucas to allow for large gatherings on their massive West 116th Street estate. That decision hasn’t stopped the parties.
The Metropolitan Development Commission rejected a request from local developer Keystone Realty Group to rezone the site near Keystone at the Crossing to make way for a 60,000-square-foot office and retail building.
Noblesville resident Mona Whitfield had planned to operate a B&B out of the 95-year-old house at 1135 Conner St. In addition Monday, the Noblesville Board of Zoning Appeals approved a request for an events venue at 206th Street and State Road 19.
Carmel officials are cracking down on parties that neighbors say are creating too much noise and traffic. In the city’s crosshairs right now: Forrest and Charlotte Lucas.
Only about eight acres in Bloomington, accounting for less than 1 percent of the city, are available to adult bookstores, movie theaters, novelty stores and similar businesses.
The 350 acres is mostly farmland but does include about a dozen homes.
The city is considering eliminating the highway’s Corridor Overlay, which prohibits residential use and restricts retail, parking, and building locations and sizes.
Officials say the new rules eliminate redundancies and establish three new zoning districts that better reflect the city’s growth.
The bill comes on the heels of Carmel’s recent decision to send letters to 28 residents who rent out their homes on Airbnb, stating that they are in violation of city zoning laws.
The result is a victory for local governments that want to thwart homeowners from offering their houses on Airbnb—but not for homeowners in those communities who wish to use such services to make extra money.
Opposition is growing to the city of Carmel’s order that homeowners remove their properties from Airbnb listings.
Local officials are taking steps to preserve the vacant land surrounding the 35-acre Ikea site near Interstate 69 and 116th Street for office development.
Developers that stripped a high-profile parcel on the north side of its trees months ago to prepare the site for a $13 million senior living center did so without receiving proper permitting.
Several residents of the historic downtown neighborhood fear the center will bring excessive noise and trash to the area, in addition to creating more parking problems.
City Councilors soon will weigh tighter rules for stores and restaurants along I-69 to streamline the "hodgepodge" of development standards and give them greater say over new projects.
The company wants to rezone the 15.4-acre site from residential to commercial to prepare it for possible redevelopment as an office park.
The potential development, known as 200 West, would have included a mix of single-family homes, multifamily housing and a commercial section on a 4.3-acre property to the west of Sycamore and Main streets.
A decade-long struggle by Zionsville to keep a big-box retailer outside the town’s boundaries might be coming to an end, with the Boone County town on the losing end of the battle.
