The 32.6 acre site is located at the southwest and southeast corners of the New Albany-Condit Road (State Route 605) and Central College Road. The area is shown in red on the map below.

Yes. The applicant’s intent is to create a hamlet development as recommended in the Engage New Albany Strategic Plan. The zoning text meets or commits to meeting all of the hamlet development standards found in the Engage New Albany Strategic Plan as the development review and approval process continues. These standards are included below:

• The gross density of a hamlet development is not to exceed six (6) dwelling units per acre.
• A hamlet development should be comprised of about 75% developed land to 25% parks and open space.
• A hamlet development should include a civic green space open to the public located near the center of the development.
• A hamlet development should include a ratio of approximately 200 square feet of commercial uses for every 1 dwelling unit to ensure a vibrant mixed-use development. Commercial uses include administrative, business, and professional offices; retail stores; restaurants; hotels; and personal services. Drive-thru businesses should be limited within the site in order to preserve the pedestrian-oriented character of a hamlet. Any commercial uses located south of the Sugar Run stream corridor may not count toward this ratio.
• Commercial uses must include some mixed-use commercial located around the civic green.
• Ground floor and commercial uses in a hamlet should be complementary in nature with other uses on-site to encourage activity throughout the day, rather than at peak times.
• Buildings may not be taller than 50 feet in height around the civic green, at least 250 feet from Central College Road and SR 605/New Albany-Condit Road, nor taller than 40 feet at the perimeter.
• Public streets within a hamlet should be lined by buildings, with exceptions for limited drives, public spaces, and properly screened parking.
• Garages should face the rear of lots. No garage doors may face primary streets.
• Parking must be integrated throughout the site through on-street parking on public streets, surface parking located behind primary buildings, limited surface parking located beside primary buildings, and structured parking. Surface parking lots must be properly screened from the street.
• Drive locations should be kept to a minimum and the placement of buildings should encourage pedestrian activity.
• Anyone seeking to build a hamlet development must submit a parking model to demonstrate sufficient parking is provided for the mix of residents, employees, and visitors to the site; shared parking among complementary uses is strongly encouraged on the site and the installation of excess parking is discouraged. If the tenants of the hamlet significantly change or if the use mix changes, the developer must resubmit the parking model to city zoning staff for review.
• A hamlet development proposal must include an overall master plan for the area showing how it fits together appropriately in terms of connectivity, site layout, uses, and aesthetics.
• A hamlet development is expected to go through the Planned Unit Development (PUD) rezoning process. The city’s Architectural Review Board (ARB) should review final development plans.
• A hamlet development proposal must reference the applicable chapters of the New Albany Design Guidelines & Requirements (DGRs).

As part of the rezoning application, the applicant submitted a student impact statement as required by City Code Section 1111.03(h). A student impact statement includes a yield factor for each housing type proposed to be developed on the site at the time of the rezoning application. This impact study can be accessed by clicking here.

On October 18, 2022, city staff met with the New Albany-Plain Local School District to obtain actual student enrollment numbers for each housing type within the city corporate boundary. The student population numbers are for the 2022-2023 school year. The city staff obtained student population for all flats and townhomes, select single family subdivisions and the total number of students within the city corporate boundary. The number of housing units is from city permitting data. This information is provided in a memo that may be accessed by clicking here.

The approved final development plan can be accessed by clicking here.