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Carmel Board of Zoning Appeals
Hearing Officer
November 26, 2018 Meeting Minutes
Location: Carmel City Hall Caucus Rooms, 2"d Floor, 1 Civic Square, Carmel, IN 46032
Hearing Officer: Mr. Brad Grabow
Staff Present: Angie Conn, Planning Administrator
Joe Shestak,Administrative Assistant
Legal Counsel: John Molitor
Time: 5:30 p.m.
Public Hearings:
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(V) Freddy's Frozen Custard & Steakburgers.
The applicant seeks the following development standards variance approvals:
2. Docket No. 18100003 V UDO Section 3.91.A Min.30' wide greenbelt required along US 421, 19'
width proposed.
3. Docket No. 18100004 V UDO Section 3.95.F Drive-Thru location at rear of tract required,North
side of building proposed.
The site is located at 9701-9703 N. Michigan Rd., on North Augusta Subdivision Lots 8 &9. The site is zoned
B2/Business and US 421 Michigan Rd. Corridor. Filed by Rick Lawrence of Nelson& Frankenberger on behalf
of ICT, LLC.
Petitioner: Rick Lawrence:
• With me are Blake Epperson, Alec Kent, Eric Glessner-engineer, and Matt Pleasant of Nelson& Frankenberger
• Two lots are incorporated into this project
• We applied for an ADLS
• The drive-thru wraps around on the east and north side of the building.
• The drive-thru is pretty consistent with others in this area along US 421
• The view of the drive-thru will be blocked by the Freddy's building driving northward and by the Holiday Inn while
driving southward
I • Landscaping will be planted along the drive thru access,as noted in Tab 5 in the info packet
• Passed out exhibit of the greenbelt proposal
• The ROW takes up more space than the rest of this area on US 421. This created a setback issue of the greenbelt
width. The intent is to keep it as grass and not pavement.
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Public Comments: None
Department Report: Angie Conn:
• Their variance requests are pretty straightforward
• The petitioner needs to clarify the total number of plantings.
• We recommend positive consideration of both variances
Eric Glessner: We intent to plant the required number of plantings. We are just asking for the amount of area we are
required to do the plantings. We have been working the Urban Forester prior to our filing. We believe he is in support of
our landscape plan.
Board Comments:
Brad Grabow: On the north end of the property,what is the Japanese zelkova? Eric Glessner: It's a tree. It has a vase
shape to it. It's worked really well in some other properties we have done along this corridor. Brad: Would there be
shrubs mixed in with those trees at a lower height? Eric: We will have a couple in there,but we don't have much room.
We are placing additional landscaping such as evergreen trees. We are proposing four additional spruces along the
property line to provide screening. Brad: I see now it's a mixture of zelkovas and Norway spruces.
Brad: If the drive-thru use is granted,and with the S-1 zone adjacent to the east,how would you avoid the drive-thru
speaker being aimed horizontally towards the residential area to the east? Can the speakers be mounted overhead or
angled downward? Blake Epperson: We can work with the speaker supplier on this and typically they are on the curb.
Maybe the speaker can be put at an angle? Brad: Through the ADLS process,this will be questioned because of this
drive-thru/commercial use being immediately adjacent to an S-1 district.
Brad Grabow: The current plan shows 20 more spaces than required per the UDO. What does the Freddy's franchise
suggest is the proper parking ratio? Blake Epperson: 50 to 55 parking spaces. We are more of a sit down,casual
restaurant,rather than a truly fast food in-and-out approach. Our guests will spend a little more time and the extra parking
will accommodate that.
Brad Grabow: What's percentage of sales for drive-thru vs.sit down? Blake Epperson: Drive-thru is 40%of sales.
Brad: If you can lose some of the parking,you can add some additional landscaping,buffering,or a wall to buffer the
sound of the drive-thru speakers. Blake: The extra parking spots will help. We don't want to be parking in the
residential areas.
Approved 1-0
Meeting Adjourned at 5:42 p.m.
1116.Brad ra.Iw— earin_ •fficer J Shestak Recording Secretary
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