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Arbor Homes PUD Isabelle Farms moves thru Shelbyville Plan Commission; challenge to new commission member, Rolling Ridge connection

Arbor Homes proposed housing development, Isabelle Farms, was before the Shelbyville Plan Commission Monday.  A plan commission with a different look with a change in personnel.

 

Common Council appointed plan commission member Joanne Bowen was replaced on the commission by Common Councilman Nathan Willis following an abstention by Bowen that led to a tie of the plan commission vote at a previous meeting.

 

That change prompted a challenge by local attorney Bob Adams.

 

Shelbyville city attorney Jennifer Meltzer responded to that at the podium in a move that involved an informal vetting of Willis as a commission member.


 


The meeting continued with the commission hearing from Paul Munoz with Arbor Homes that some lots have been lost due to resizing of lots to deal with setback requirements.

 

 

The development involves 83 acres of land surrounded by the City of Shelbyville.  The property is located east of Mausoleum Road on the east side of Michigan Road and between Michigan Road and State Road 9. The property is adjacent to Knauf Insulation to the east, Ryobi Die Casting and other industrial uses to the west and Rolling Ridge subdivision to the North. The property is contiguous to a detention pond/pit to the south.

 

Joanne Bowen, longtime resident of neighboring Rolling Ridge, spoke in favor of Arbor Homes but against opening Rolling Ridge to traffic from the new homes.  She joined several from Rolling Ridge who feel much the same.

 

 

The Plan Commission, ultimately, voted in favor of the current Arbor Homes presentation which includes connecting the two neighborhoods for traffic.  The commission said the move would favor fire and safety.

 

Plan Commission director Adam Rude explains where the proposal goes from here.

 

 

The proposed development will include approximately 263 detached single-family dwellings.

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