The Bel Canto apartment proposal would have constructed 292 units on the southeast corner of East 136th Street and Cyntheanne Road, but the Fishers City Council Monday night unanimously voted to deny the zoning change required to move the project forward.

Residents in the area of northeast Fishers commenting at the March 2nd Plan Commission public hearing were in agreement that they did not want this project built at that location.  The Plan Commission voted unanimously to recommend a denial of the zoning change.

The Planning and Zoning Department staff recommended the proposal be denied for a number of reasons, but particularly because the 2040 city comprehensive plan does not envision apartments in that location.

That area is currently zoned for commercial use and needed the zoning change in order to move forward with a residential development.  The council action denying the rezone request means the Bel Canto apartment project will not be built at that location.