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.