Tuesday the Burns Harbor Advisory Plan Commission is being asked to consider concept review of a 9.72-acre development that would have a total of 60 single-family attached residences in single-story paired patio homes.

The site is the northwest corner of Domon Lane and U.S. 20 west of State Road 149. The area is zoned for single-family residences and is bounded by The Village subdivision to the west, undeveloped land to the north, to the east by several businesses and to the south by U.S. 20.

The commission meeting begins at 7 p.m. at the town hall, 1240 N. Boo Rd. The petition of Robert L. Lewis is the only business. His project is the first in town to be submitted as a planned unit development or PUD following adoption earlier this year of an ordinance allowing them. Previously, developments that varied from town code had to have variances granted by the Board of Zoning Appeals first.

Under a PUD the Plan Commission and developer can negotiate such variances. Lewis is requesting reducing the front, rear and side-yard setbacks, reducing the lot width to almost half, reducing the single-family lot size from 9,600 square feet to 2,800 square feet, and increasing the maximum allowed dwelling units from three per acre to 6.5 or a density of 13 lots per acre.

One 0.61-acre outlot facing U.S. 20 is listed as an undetermined commercial use.

Tuesday's meeting is an opportunity for the commission to review and make suggestions regarding Lewis' proposed PUD. If in order a public hearing on the primary plat would be set. Secondary plat approval also is required. A final decision on the PUD, which is a zoning change, is up to the Town Council.

Posted 5/7/2007