Town of Sellersburg: Unified Development Code Public Survey

What this survey is about. Sellersburg is updating its Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) for the Town Center (TC), Downtown (DT), Downtown Neighborhood (DTN), and Gateway Overlay (GO) districts. THE UDO is the Town’s rulebook for how land can be used and how new buildings and improvements are designed.

This survey focuses on four areas: the Town Center (TC), Downtown (DT), Downtown Neighborhood (DTN), and Gateway Overlay (GO) districts, shown on the map below. Your answers will shape the recommendations presented to the Plan Commission and Town Council.

Understanding what the Town controls and what it does not: The Town’s job is to set fair, clear standards for development in its community. The rules for what can be built and how it should look and function. By law, those standards must apply equally to everyone; When this survey asks what you would like to “see more of,” it is asking which uses the rules should allow and encourage not which specific businesses the Town will build.

Town of Sellersburg Map: Red-Pink and Hatched areas are where proposed UDO changes being considered

SECTION 1 · WHAT YOU WANT TO SEE: USES, PARKING & EXISTING PROPERTIES

2.Which uses, if any, do you feel are not appropriate in these districts?

Other (please specify)

None, the market should decide

3.Which statement best reflects your view on parking and building placement in the Town Center and Downtown districts?

Require buildings close to the sidewalk with parking behind or beside them, even if that means fewer spaces

Balance the two by encouraging walkable placement while keeping current parking requirements

Prioritize parking availability, even if buildings sit farther back from the street

Unsure / need more information

4.In your experience, parking in downtown Sellersburg is:

Generally adequate

Adequate but poorly marked or hard to find

Inadequate, more spaces are needed

I do not visit downtown often enough to say

5.When an existing property changes owners or changes use, how should the Town handle standards it does not currently meet?

Require full compliance with current standards whenever a use or owner changes

Require partial compliance, addressing the most visible items first and phasing in the rest

Allow existing conditions to remain unless the building is substantially expanded or rebuilt

Provide flexibility or assistance for small and locally owned businesses to comply

Unsure / need more information

SECTION 2 · PRIORITIES FOR DOWNTOWN AND THE TOWN CENTER

6.How important is it to you that the Town updates its development rules for downtown, the Town Center, and the gateway corridors?

SECTION 4 · BUILDING DESIGN AND THE GATEWAY CORRIDORS

8.Going forward, how strong should design and exterior material standards be in the downtown and Town Center districts?

Much stronger than today, with specific requirements for materials, windows, and building form

Somewhat stronger, focused on street-facing facades, signage, and entrances

About right as they are today

Less restrictive, because current standards discourage investment

Unsure / need more information

9.Which design elements matter most to you?

Exterior materials such as brick, stone, and wood, with limits on metal or vinyl

Building height and how new buildings relate in scale to their neighbors

Storefront windows and doors facing the sidewalk

Signage size, lighting, and design

Parking located behind or beside buildings rather than in front

Landscaping, street trees, and sidewalk furnishings

Screening of dumpsters, loading areas, and mechanical equipment

10.How well do the Town’s I-65 interchanges and entry corridors present Sellersburg today?

Very well

Adequately

Poorly

No opinion

11.What would improve the gateway corridors most?

Higher building design and material standards along the corridors

More landscaping, buffering, and screening between the road and parking lots

Tighter control of signage, billboards, and pole signs

Better sidewalks, lighting, and street trees

Restricting uses such as outdoor storage, salvage, or heavy industrial near the interchanges

Gateway signage and public art identifying Sellersburg

Nothing, the corridors work well

SECTION 5 · NEIGHBORHOOD COMPATIBILITY

12.When a business or development is built next to an existing single-family neighborhood, which protections matter most to you?

Wider setbacks, meaning more distance between the new building and existing homes

Landscaped buffers, berms, or evergreen screening

Solid fencing or masonry walls

Limits on building height near the property line

Lighting standards to prevent glare and light spillover onto homes

Noise limits and restrictions on hours of operation, deliveries, and trash pickup

Locating parking, loading, and dumpsters away from the shared property line

Stormwater and drainage protections

SECTION 6 · DATA CENTERS AND OTHER NEW USES

13.Do you believe data centers should be allowed in Sellersburg?

Allow them in appropriate districts with clear standards for setbacks, screening, fire safety, and decommissioning

Allow them only case by case through special exception review

Prohibit them in Sellersburg

Unsure / need more information

14.How should the Town handle battery energy storage facilities?

Allow them in appropriate districts with clear standards for setbacks, screening, fire safety, and decommissioning

Allow them only case by case through special exception review

Prohibit them in Sellersburg

Unsure / need more information

15.How should the Town handle commercial solar energy?

Allow them in appropriate districts with clear standards for setbacks, screening, fire safety, and decommissioning

Allow them only case by case through special exception review

Prohibit them in Sellersburg

Unsure / need more information

SECTION 7 · ADDITIONAL COMMENTS

16.Is there anything else the Town should know as it updates the Unified Development Ordinance?

SECTION 8 · ABOUT YOU
All responses are anonymous.

17.Where is your primary residence located within the Sellersburg community?

Inside Sellersburg town limits

Sellersburg area, outside town limits

Elsewhere in Clark County

Outside Clark County

18.What is your connection to Sellersburg?

I live in Sellersburg community

I own a business in Sellersburg

I own property in the Town Center, Downtown, Downtown Neighborhood, or Gateway Overlay area

I work in Sellersburg

I develop, build, or invest in property in Sellersburg

I visit Sellersburg to shop, dine, or attend events

Other (please specify)

20.Do you own or rent your home?

Own

Rent

Prefer not to say

Other

22.Q23. What is your gender?

Female

Male

Prefer not to say

23.Which race / ethnicity best describes you?

Multiple ethnicity / Other (please specify)

24.How familiar are you with the Town’s current zoning and development regulations?