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HomeMy WebLinkAboutDepartment Report 11-25-191 CARMEL BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS – HEARING OFFICER DEPARTMENT REPORT NOV. 25, 2019 (V) BMV Signage. The applicant seeks the following development standards variance approval: 1. Docket No. 19100004 V UDO Section 5.39.I.2 1 sign allowed, 2 requested. The site is located at 271 Merchants Square Dr. It is zoned B8/Business. Filed Lee Faulkner of Sign Solutions, Inc. on behalf of the Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles. General Info & Analysis: The Petitioner seeks variance approval to place a 2nd wall sign on the west façade of the building. The BMV tenant is located within a multi-tenant ground floor building. The site has three street frontages: Medical Dr., Merchants Square Dr., and AAA Way. Please see the Petitioner’s informational packet for more detail on the variance request. Currently, one wall sign faces south towards Merchants Square Dr., (BMV | BMV Connect). The Petitioner would like a 2nd wall sign that faces west towards Merchants Square Dr., Because the BMV is only permitted one sign per street frontage, a variance is required to allow the second sign (to face west). The logo wall sign facing west is 49 sq. ft. in area and fits within the spandrel panel. It is the BMV seal. One wall sign exists on the south façade (BMV | BMV Connect) and has already been approved. The Planning Dept. supports this variance request. The Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) states the following for signage for tenants within a Multi-Tenant Ground Floor Building: i. Per Tenant: [1] One Awning, Projecting, or Wall sign per Street Frontage (maximum two). [2] One Secondary Projecting sign per tenant Façade, maximum two for pedestrian identification along a sidewalk. [3] One Wall sign for the rear parking lot Public Access Entrance Facade if the building has a Front Yard with a depth of less than fifteen feet. ii. Per Building: [1] If a Building has more than one Street Frontage, One Ground sign may be installed for the Street Frontage without Awning, Projecting, or Wall signs per Section 5.39(I)(2)(a)(i)[1] above (max. 3). [2] A building owner with two or more Street Frontages may elect to transfer a permitted sign from one Street Frontage to another. [3] However, no more than two signs shall be oriented to one Street Frontage as follows: One Projecting or Wall Sign and one Ground Sign. Petitioner’s Findings of Fact: Please refer to the petitioner’s Findings of Facts included in their info packet. Recommendation: The Dept. of Community Services recommends positive consideration of Docket No. 19100004 V.