The Fishers Plan Commission delayed a recommendation to the City Council on a proposal to change zoning rules in a specific area on the east side of the city.  The land at issue is along Florida road, on either side of 113th Street, nearly to Southeastern Parkway and Atlantic.

The staff-recommended change would transform the zoning from R2 (normal residential housing and density) to Estate Residential, which would only allow large, 1 acre, very expensive homes.  Plan Commission Member and Fishers City Councilman Pete Peterson said that area of land needs to be set aside for corporate executives as Fishers begins to attract more corporate headquarters.

The land owners, and many current residents of that area, testified against the recommendation during the public hearing.  Those complaints led to commission members failing to approve a favorable recommendation to the city council  by vote of 6-3. The vote to delay consideration of the zoning proposal passed 8-1.

Plan Commission legal counsel cautioned members that even though the Plan Commission voted to delay a recommendation, the city council is free to consider the rezoning change since a public hearing has been held.

If the City Council does not consider the matter at the May session, the Plan Commission will vote on the rezone proposal at its June 7th meeting.