“If a neighborhood is nice like this one, you don’t expect criminals to show up,” he said. It was unfair to assume that crime would come with the gas station, Singh added. Singh said the gas station would not be open 24-hours and the other mall outlets, possibly a barbershop and restaurant, would benefit the neighborhood. “I live two miles away and I plan to send my 2-year-old daughter to Fishback Creek.”
“The school and the playground and where children get off buses doesn’t face the property,” he said. The property would have a retention pond and the gas tanks would be built in accordance with city and state law, with safeguards to protect against spilling if something did go wrong. Singh said the gas station would be 1,000 feet from the creek and would be connected to the same sewer lines as the school. They (residents) had all this time to do something about it why didn’t they do anything for 30 years?” said Singh, owner of Three Mile Properties. “It has been zoned like this for 30 years. Gurpreet Singh, the owner of the proposed strip mall, called the objections “baseless” and said he has met every city requirement. “As a parent our job is to protect our children and when you put a strip mall across the street from a school that puts them in danger,” she said. 86th St., where her third-grade daughter and fifth-grade son are enrolled. Fishback Creek Elementary is across the street from the site at 8301 W. Stephanie Leavell, a mother with four school-age children said she’s concerned the Traders Point gas station would be a threat to their safety. If approved, they would push the number of gas stations in C-3 zones from about 80 to more than 100. “There’s a lot of activity all the time around them now.”Īfter learning of the impending change, builders lined up to file 21 new applications in March and April. like they were four decades ago when these zoning classifications were written,” said John Bartholomew, a spokesman for the city’s Department of Metropolitan Development. “These aren’t just a garage with a mechanic that closes at 5 p.m. They now must be built in areas with heavier industry because of the traffic and noise they attract and lighting they need around the clock.
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The zones generally permit light retail such as clothing and beauty shops, and office services such as Kinko’s near residential neighborhoods.īut a task force that recently overhauled the county’s 40-year-old zoning code determined that the C-3 designation was outdated for mini-mart gas stations, many of which stay open all night. The City-County Council passed an ordinance April 20 by a 26-0 vote that placed a moratorium on gas stations in areas zoned for small businesses, called C-3s. “But no commercial has been placed here in 30 years and it just doesn‘t reflect the pattern of development,” said Helsel, a property appraiser. Residents contend the gas station isn’t needed because there are 30 in a 5-mile radius of the location. Helsel said residents are concerned that the tanks could leak into Fishback Creek, which feeds Eagle Creek Reservoir, the drinking water for 500,000 residents. “There is a huge environmental concern because a creek that flows right into a reservoir is right by that property,” said Michael Helsel, a resident near a proposed strip mall, gas station and convenience store at 8562 Layfayette Road in Traders Point. To the editor: Your article detailed a number of advantages that people who moved to Indiana felt were important.Īs a former resident of Indiana, I thought the article did not mention a significant drawback to moving there: Now you have to live in Indiana.In a furious dash to beat a looming deadline, developers filed 21 applications to build new gas stations across Indianapolis before a zoning change became law last month.Ĭity officials said all or most of the last-minute applications should be approved if they meet the basic standards of the old zoning code.īut in one Northwest side neighborhood, residents are continuing to fight a permit, asserting it is a threat to drinking water and their children’s safety. Just wondering how many Black or Latino people were given this warm welcome. I noticed that the new Hoosiers in your article are white. When I went to Indiana University, the Grand Dragon of the KKK lived nearby. Whoever I voted for in Indiana did not win an election, and my brothers who live there have a hard time getting government benefits that are more easily available next door in Illinois. The winters are lousy and long, and the neighbors probably voted for Donald Trump and Mike Pence. I graduated from Indiana University, less than an hour from Noblesville - Hicksville then, apparently low-cost paradise now.īut I’m not tempted by its move-in bonus and huge house for under half a million.
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