Developers Have Big Plans For Indian Trail Neighborhood
The wide-open spaces in the Indian Trail neighborhood attract developers with a magnetic force. For years, plans for potential housing developments in the area have been popping up like pumpkins in October. Here is a brief wrap-up of upcoming and pending North Side land-use projects.
The preliminary plat hearing for the Western Real Properties Inc. site at 8440 N. Parkway will be held at 9 a.m. Tuesday.
The 118,325-square-foot plat sits west of Indian Trail Road, bordered by Pacific Park, Fotheringham Street and Parkway Drive. Plans call for dividing the land into 12 lots for single family residences.
A prior application sought a rezone of the land to allow multiple-family dwellings. Since that request was denied, no public opposition has been recorded.
Harlan Douglass’s Windhaven property remains in land-use limbo until certain traffic issues are resolved, said Andrew Worlock of the city zoning staff.
The 44.47-acre property west of Indian Trail Road and north of Barnes Road calls for the development of 285 lots. As a planned-unit development, all streets will be private, to be owned and maintained by the homeowners association, Worlock said.
Plans for the development also show five parks, ranging from about 2,800 square feet to nearly 8,500 square feet.
Property owner Bob Frisch has applied for a rezone of the second phase of the Crestview Estates development at 1500 W. Strong Road.
Developers originally designed the area to contain 28 lots, but as the plans progressed, they realized some of the land would have to be set aside for drainage ditches.
Currently zoned as residential suburban, the area requires a minimum standard lot size of 11,000 square feet with a width of at least 80 feet. Frisch wants to keep the 28 lots by rezoning the area as R1. That would allow a minimum standard lot of 7,200 square feet and a minimum width of 60 feet.
Phase I of the Crestview Estates would contain 13 lots, Phase II would contain 15 lots. Worlock said the only difference between RS and R1 zoning is the permitted lot dimensions.
Of the pending Indian Trail projects, most public objection has been in response to the proposed preliminary plat at 2016 W. Strong Road.
The Kosta’s Addition area comprises 18.75 acres of Five Mile Prairie. The application submitted by Thomas, Dean and Hoskins Inc., seeks the division of the land into 34 lots for single family residences.
Neighbors currently enjoying open fields have expressed disapproval of the development plan, raising concerns of increased flooding and traffic.
Plans show the creation of a 4.6-acre evaporation pond to hold storm water. Residents wonder if it will be lined, if it will attract mosquitoes, if it will be dangerous for children, who will be responsible for maintenance and whether or not it will successfully contain runoff.
Other concerns focus on the area’s presence as a wildlife habitat for Canada geese and endangered bird species.