The Fishers Plan Commission unanimously gave the City County a positive recommendation for certain areas of the city to have “low impact” overlay districts, allowing certain commercial operations in traditionally residential areas. Planning & Zoning Director Ross Hilleary says such areas can provide a buffer for neighborhoods from heavily traveled roads or other more intensive commercial areas.
City Councilor Pete Peterson, also a member of the Plan Commission, emphasized this overlay proposal does not change the zoning currently in place. If a residential area would be proposed for commercial rezoning, that would need a public hearing and vote by the Plan Commission, and action by the City Council.
Examples of low-impact commercial operations would be medical offices, offices in general, beauty/hair salons, day spas and nail salons.
For more details on these proposed overlay areas, use this link.
So the first question I would have is — how fast do the fiscal bullies descend onto these property owners and force them out of their property so a new strip-center/bland office building/creepy generic 3 story town-row houses can be “developed”?
If this goes like the property takeover at 116th & Holland, people should be wary of allowing this to proceed in the typical unchecked fashion the current administration operates by.