Pulte Homes is asking to rezone approximately 24 acres on Greenwood’s east side in order to build a 55-lot single-family residential development.
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A strip of land between Five Points Road and Combs Road could become a strip of houses if the city council OKs a rezoning request.
Pulte Homes of Indiana came before the Greenwood Advisory Plan Commission Monday requesting to rezone about 24 acres of agricultural land between Combs Road and Five Points Road to residential medium for a 55-lot single-family home development. The nine-member plan commission voted unanimously to issue a favorable recommendation for the project, sending it to the city council for final action in the next few weeks.
The developer first came before the plan commission for the proposal on June 12, however, they requested and later received a continuance on the public hearing as Pulte was still working out an issue about road improvements with the city.
Pulte’s latest development is unique in a few ways, as it has a cutout for a single-family home that is not part of the project, said Rex Ramage, director of land planning and entitlements for Pulte Homes. The proposal is also located between two previously approved projects that are expected to bring an estimated 600 homes to the area.
The proposed development would be located directly west of Sagebriar, an up to 519-home Del Webb active adult community also planned by Pulte Homes. It’s also directly east of Ridgetop, an Arbor Homes development that will consist of 80 lots. The original Ridgetop proposal was 120 lots, but it was trimmed down to 97 before having a final plat of 80 lots approved earlier this year.
The homes would feature a mixture of materials. Some homes would be ranch-style, while others would have two-story floor plans, Ramage said.
All of the homes would range in price from $350,000 to $500,000, he said.
For the last few months, Pulte Homes and city planning staff have been working out an issue regarding some of the city’s requirements for the entrance on Five Points Road. The city wanted the lanes for turning into the development to be longer than what the developer had planned to make sure there weren’t any issues, Ramage said.
In order to do this, Pulte Homes would have to own the parcels to the north and south, which they do not. They had approached the landowners about acquiring the land, but they declined, he said.
Since June, Pulte Homes and the city were able to reach an agreement on the entrance. Now it will have two northbound lanes, a southbound lane and a southbound right turn lane around the area of the entrance. One of the northbound lanes will be a passing blister, eventually becoming one northbound lane farther north, Ramage said.
One person spoke out against the project during the first half of the public hearing in June. John McManus, who owns the single-family home that is cut out from the rest of the development, expressed concerns about safety and noise that could be caused by the development.
“Five Points Road is a drag strip,” McManus said in June. “Police officers could sit out there all day long, and write ticket after ticket after ticket.”
He was also concerned about adding more traffic on Five Points Road, he said.
No one else from the public spoke about the project during either half of the public hearing.
