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CARMEL, INDIANA
Docket No 14050024 V— Height of Monument Sign
Petitioner Kite Greyhound, LLC and Kite Realty Group
Variance PUD Ord Z-344, Sec 11.3 C 3 To allow maximum sign height of 13 feet(10 feet
allowed)
FINDINGS OF FACT - DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS VARIANCE
1 The approval of this variance will not be injurious to the public health, safety, morals and general
welfare of the community because.
it works to address the negative impacts of road construction on 146th Street and US 31/North
Meridian Street along the north and west boundary lines of Greyhound Commons commercial
center, which has created problems in visibility of and navigation/access to the center The
proposed minimal increase in maximum height of the multi-tenant monument sign will enhance the
public health, safety and general welfare of the community by allowing the traveling public greater
time and distance for locating and navigating through traffic to the commercial tenants within the
center, which, in turn, will also benefit the community by enhancing the value of the property and
the ability to attract new tenants to the remainder of the available land in the center
2 The use and value of the area adjacent to the property included in the variance will not be affected
in a substantially adverse manner because:
the proposed signs will adequately identify the center, promote the existing tenants' business and
foster business attraction to the remaining developable land in the center at a sign location that is
internal to the larger regional commercial node and not adjacent to residential uses
3 The strict application of the terms of the Zoning Ordinance to the property will result in practical
difficulties in the use of the property because
of the significant detrimental impact otherwise imposed on Greyhound Commons due to the lack of
adequate identification of the center and its tenants within a regional commercial node, which
impact has been caused by the widening of and additions to the adjacent roadway network and the
upgrade of U S 31 to interstate highway status. These improvements have substantially increased
the elevation of the adjacent roadway from the elevation grade at the base of the proposed sign
making the increased height necessary for adequate visibility
DECISION
IT IS THEREFORE the decision of the Carmel Board of Zoning Appeals that Development Standards
Variance Docket No 14040030 V is granted, subject to any conditions stated in the minutes of this Board,
which are incorporated herein by reference and made a part hereof
Ad.pted this a 3 day of , 20 / 4'
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SECRETARY, Carmel Board • Zo • Appeals
Conditions of the Board are listed on the back. (Petitioner or his representative to sign)
CARMEL BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS
Carmel, Indiana
Docket No 14050024 V— Height of Monument Sign
Petitioner Kite Greyhound, LLC and Kite Realty Group
Variance* PUD Ord Z-344, Sec 11 3 C 3 To allow a maximum sign height of 13 feet (10 feet
allowed)
FINDINGS OF FACT -DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS VARIANCE (Ballot Sheet)
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DATED THIS eRg DAY 00"4, 20 14
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