By Noah Crenshaw | Daily Journal
A proposed apartment complex on Greenwood’s far southwest side cleared its first hurdle during a plan commission meeting this week.
The Greenwood Advisory Plan Commission gave the proposed development a favorable recommendation, allowing the vacation of previously established drainage and utility easements for the Swartz Crossing Commercial Subdivision, located near the intersection of State Road 135 and Stones Crossing Road.
The easements needed to be vacated to better accommodate the proposed complex, and would also help with future development on other lots, the developer said.
The more than 90-acre subdivision is already partially developed, said Derek Snyder, with CrossRoad Engineers, which represents the property owners. Franciscan Health built a medical building on part of the property in 2018. Citizens Bank also built on the property.
There is no infrastructure east of Franciscan Health, Snyder said during the meeting. The easements were platted, but not constructed.
The area was previously platted in 2019. The replat was requested earlier this year due to the proposed housing development, according to city documents.
Based on early renderings shown at the meeting, 11 buildings would be built around a relocated retention pond. A roundabout will also be constructed near the apartment complex’s entrance, but away from Stones Crossing Road, city documents show.
It is not clear yet how many apartments would be built or what they would cost. They would be located in the Center Grove school district.
The new development requires the developers to relocate and enlarge a retention pond. They also had to move sanitary easements for the new development, according to city documents.
The sanitary sewer is in an area previously assigned to Bargersville, before being reassigned and rerouted following Greenwood’s annexation of the area.
The city’s Board of Public Works and Safety and planning commission both have to give the easement vacations consideration and approval before it goes to the Greenwood City Council.
The board gave it a favorable recommendation on July 19, with a condition that the ordinance vacating the easements be simultaneously passed with an ordinance allowing for the re-plat and new easements. The board did not want the property to be without a platted easement for any period of time.
The commission’s recommendation was sent to the city council for final approval. It will come before the council for a public hearing at its Aug. 9 meeting.
