Villages of Whispering Oaks patio home development gets OK

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January 26, 2010

20 unit development will be off Salem Noble Road

By DAVID A. MANN The News and Tribune Tue Jan 26, 2010, 10:49 PM EST

The Jeffersonville Plan Commission gave final plat approval Tuesday night to a proposed patio home development off Salem Noble Road.

The plan, for which commission members gave unanimous approval, is for a five-building development. Each building would contain four patio homes for a total of 20 units on a 3.4 acre tract of land.

Greg Furnish, of 21st Century Development, Inc., said the new development would be the first section in a four-section development that would contain a total of 80 units. Construction of that first section would likely begin in the next few months, he said.

The development will be called the Villages of Whispering Oaks, not to be confused with Whispering Oaks, an already developed subdivision in the same area. It too was developed by 21st Century Development.

Brian Fogle, assistant planning director, said the final plat approval is mandatory, but not typically a controversial process. If someone had shown up to the meeting to speak against the project, it would have been moot because preliminary approval had already been given. No one showed up at the meeting to voice opposition to the project.

Preliminary approval for the project was actually given more than five years ago, when the area was a part of unincorporated Clark County, rather than Jeffersonville. It was annexed into the city in 2008, Fogle said.

In other business:

• The board approved a development plan from Black Diamond Pest Control to redevelop and move into a property at 4911 Hamburg Pike, formerly Graham Nurseries. The company is based out of New Albany and the location would be used as its new offices.

A representative said the move would likely not take place until early next year as the company's busy season is approaching.