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Duplexes to become triplexes? Porter planners table Summer Tree again

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By JEFF SCHULTZ

Wednesday saw no decision on the proposed multi-unit development on four lots on the northeast corner of Summer Tree subdivision as the Porter Plan Commission voted unanimously a second time to table the request.

Town Director of Development and Building Commissioner Michael Barry told the Commission he, along with town planner Jim Mandon and Commission attorney Laura Frost, had marked up what they saw as needed revisions on the proposed amendments to Summer Tree’s planned unit development ordinance, covenants and plat and passed them along to the developers late last week.

The surveyor for the project, Charles Ray of The Duneland Group, said he would ask for a continuance so the developers have time to make the adjustments with suggestions from their attorney.

Ray said that developers Dan Fowler and James Metcalf are now considering triplexes with an extra garage unit instead of duplexes. One of the concerns expressed by Summer Tree residents during the Oct. 7 public hearing was on-street parking. The plans then included a one-car garage per duplex and a driveway parking space for another vehicle.

Frost agreed with planner John Kremke that changing the buildings over to triplexes may mean that the public hearing will need to be opened again.

“The public has to have a chance to comment on what is ultimately being proposed,” Frost said.

“We’re just making sure that things are done properly so it doesn’t have to keep getting tabled to any more meetings,” Kremke told Ray.

Plan Commission President John Eriksson thanked the developers for their patience and said “we’ve got a lot of questions we want to find answers for.”

One of the questions he said is whether or not the new development will require the creation of a homeowner’s association for the properties and how the covenants will be enforced years from now, not just at the present time.

 

Posted 10/22/2015

 
 
 
 

 

 

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