Arbor Homes’ preliminary plat for the Isabelle Farms subdivision was approved Monday by the Plan Commission.
Following a long discussion at May 22 meeting, the plat approval vote was postponed until the June meeting so Arbor Homes could include a 30-foot buffer around the entire development that was originally discussed at a 2021 meeting.
The plat design submitted for the May meeting did not include the buffer.
The new design cost the subdivision five lots lowering the total to 249. A total of approximately 150 trees have been added to the project to fill out the buffer zone, according to Arbor Homes’ representative Lantz McElroy.
While there are still drainage issues being worked on, Arbor Homes would like to break ground on the 83-acre subdivision located at approximately 1350 N. Riley Highway in the spring of 2023.
In other plan commission business Monday:
- Forwarded a favorable recommendation to the city council regarding a rezone of the residence at 118 E. Hendricks St. in Shelbyville from Business General to R1 (single family residential). Evie Bartlett, representing property owners Harold and Loretta Meloy, appeared before the commission asking for the rezone to convert a house that was formerly a lawyer’s office into a residential home to be sold. The house is currently vacant.
- Forwarded a favorable recommendation for a rezone of 1706 McCall Drive from Business General to Light Industrial so the property owner, Sanjivan Bual, can build a mini-storage facility. The property is currently vacant.
- Forwarded a favorable recommendation to the city council to annex the property at 852 Highland Drive at the request of the property owners, Dean and Linda Spurlin.
