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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes BZA 07-22-19 Board Comments: Leo: Are we here only for the permitted use of the hotel on the 1st floor only? The hotel use is permitted. John Molitor: Correct,the hotel use is permitted on this site.The ordinance refers to the hotel rooms on the 1"floor.We are deciding whether or not if this creates an unnecessary hardship for them. Leo: Are the trails the remonstrators speak of private or public? Angie: They might be trails that are part of the neighborhood. They are subject to the HOA maintaining them. Most neighborhood trails are open to the public. They are platted that way. Some HOA have private trails and there is signage for that. Leo: For this case, is the trail public or private? Angie: I will have to look into this. John Molitor: I do believe that most of the trails in this neighborhood are private. The trails along Illinois Street along the ROW are public trails. Kent: Are there any rooms on the 1st floor? Rick Lawrence: There are no guest rooms on the 1st floor. The guest rooms will be on floors 2 through 4. The only thing on the 1st floor are the common areas such as the lobby,guest check-in, exercise room, laundry room,bike storage,and an area they can eat a grab-and-go breakfast. Kent: I have never seen a hotel where you had to go to the 2'floor. So you would want the lst floor to be retail and office space? Angie: Yes, Staff discussed that this type of requirement is common in places like Chicago and New York where it has retail and commercial uses on the 1"floor. Jim: What types of retail uses on the 1st floor are you thinking of? Rick Lawrence: Something that would be complementary to the adjacent office park. A small restaurant,or a dry cleaner. We don't have any specifics yet. Jim: A full service hotel is permitted on the 1st floor,which would have a restaurant in it. Rick Lawrence: There are two types of hotels that Carmel identifies. A full service hotel contains a conference and banquet room space. A 24-hour full- service hotel. The general hotel we are proposing only has hotel use on the upper floors. The 1s1 floor would be a combination of retail and commercial use,along with the common areas of the hotel. Jim: Most of the hotels like this in Chicago are located in the downtown area. I haven't seen this in an office park. Does the developer have any experience with this type of hotel in this type of location? Rick Lawrence: We are trying to accommodate the Planning Staff request of the 1st floor use. Sam Patel,Saamrajya LLC: Generally this type of hotel would have guest rooms on the 1" Ifloor. With the request to have retail located on the 1"floor,we would find something that can complement the area. Brad: Do you own other properties that have commercial leasing components to them? Sam Patel: We do not.The hotels are usually full-service hotels. Brad: Have you looked into to what businesses you want to obtain here? Sam Patel: Yes Sue: The developer listed,for safety reasons,the hotel decided to locate the hotel lobby and breakfast areas on the 1' floor. Can you explain the safety reasons? Rick Lawrence: Studies have shown if people have to congregate,the 1st floor is a better place to do so if there were an emergency and they had to exit the hotel. A Motion made by Leo and seconded by Jim to approve Docket No. 19050016 UV. Denied 4-1, Grabow (V)Take 5 Quick Lube. The applicant seeks the following development standards variance approvals: 2. Docket No. 19060009 V UDO Section 3.95.F Drive-thru vehicle stacking/outlet at rear of site required,Stacking/outlet in front yard requested. 3. Docket No. 19060010 V UDO Section 3.99 Min.2,500 sq.ft.gross floor area for principal building required; 1,500 sq.ft.requested. The site is located at 9799 N.Michigan Rd.on 0.66 acres of land(North Augusta Subdivision,Lot 4).The site is currently zoned S1/Residence,pending a B3/Business rezone,and is within the US 421 Overlay Zone. Filed by Elliot Smith of Baldwin Capital Partners,LLC. I Petitioner: Elliot Smith: • I'm a local franchise of Take 5 Quick Lube • Presented elevation of what the building will look like. We are still working with Staff to work out some details. • We provide an in-and-out oil change service. Customers will remain in their car during the duration of the oil change.9 minutes is our average time for an oil change. 3 BZA Meeting Minutes 7-22-19 • Presented a site plan, for our variance request, the Ordinance does not allow stacking in the front yard. Our difficulty is this site is located on the corner of 98'and Michigan. This creates two front yards for our building. There is no rear yard. Stacking which would occur along 98' Street, would be at most one car at each bay. Stacking will not be visible from Michigan Road. • The site is only 0.66 acre. The parcel is very small and narrow. We tried to put a 2,500 sq. ft. building on this site, but complying with the Ordinance setbacks, buffer yards, greenbelts, parking, and drainage made it very difficult to do this. Public Comments: None Department Report: Angie Conn • It's one of the last residential lots on the US 421 Corridor. It will be rezoned to commercial through their petition with the Plan Commission. • Most of the stacking will occur in the rear of the building, and you can't really see it from Michigan Road • They are requesting a 40%reduction from the 2,500 sq. ft. requirement • We recommend positive consideration of both variances Board Comments: None A Motion made by Leo and seconded by Kent to approve Docket Nos. 19060009-10 V Approved 5-0 John Molitor: I would ask for the Board to delegate the responsibility to prepare the Findings of Fact for Docket No. 19050016 UV. Motion by Jim and seconded by Kent to delegate the Finding of Facts for 19050016 UV to the BZA legal counsel, Mr.John Molitor. Approved 5-0 Meeting adjourned at 6:52 p.m. 11 :-.- Brad Grabow—Vice Pre dent J Shestak—Recording Secretary 4 BZA Meeting Minutes 7-22-19