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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZ-256 Rooftop AppurtenancesZ-160, SEP 2 $ 990 RECEtVED AS AMENDED: WHEREAS, the Carmel Plan Commission for the City of Carmel, Indiana, has, by resolution recommended that a change in a certain section of the Carmel Clay Zoning Ordinance; and WHEREAS, it is in the best interests of the citizens of Carmel and Clay Township, Indiana, that Carmel Zoning Ordinance Z-160, as amended, be further amended; NOW COME, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARMEL, INDIANA, THAT: Upon approval by the appropriate authority chimney stacks, church spires, monuments, flagpoles, water towers, stage towers, scenery lofts, or transmission/receiving towers may be erected to the minimum height appropriate unless prohibited by other laws or ordinances. Essential mechanical or utilitarian rooftop appurtenances shall be screened, and upon approval by the appropriate authority, such items and their screening may be erected to the minimum height appropriate unless prohibited by other laws or ordinances. Such appurtenances shall be defined as, but not limited to cooling towers, elevator bulkheads, conveyors, heating ventilation air conditioning equipment (HVAC), and roof top stairway access structures. IT IS FURTHER ORDAINED: That these sections of the Carmel Zoning o~dinance amended as of ~, - ~-~// COMMON COUNCIL FOR THE CITY OF CARMEL, INDIANA By: Dorothy P~a~cock Presiding Officer shall be ATTESTATION: Su~n Jones -- ~erk-Treasurer DOCD SEP 2 6 ]99O RECEIVED APPROVED: Dorothy P~ancl Mayor, City of Carmel ATTESTATION: ~C~-JT~asurer Z-256 ORDINANCE AMENDMENT FOR ADDITIONAL HEIGHT OF ROOFTOP MECHANICAL APPURTENANCES On September 18, 1990, the Carmel\Clay Plan Commission approved unanimously (12 - 0) a zoning ordinance amendment Which regUlates more or less the height of rooftop mechanical appurtenances. The current ordinance (see below) states ected to any height not prohibited by other laws. Earlier that the listed items may. be er _ ' 'n the ability for building height this year the City (.;ounce] passed an ~tmendment restnct~ g to be increased for additional building setback. The amendment (Z-256) that is before you now, is a sister requirement of the additional height amendment (i.e. you have restricted the height of the building, but still allow a penthouse to be unrestricted as to height - someone could put on a three story penthouse). In addition this amendment better defines the types of mechanical appurtenances and allows the appropriate body a review process. The following is the current ordinance and the proposed ordinance amendment: Current ordinance reads as follows: Chimney stacks, church spires, cooling towers, elevator bulkheads, fire towers, monuments, conveyors, flagpoles, penthouses, stacks, tanks, water towers, stage towers or scenery lofts, transmission towers, or essential mechanical appurtenances may be erected to any height not prohibited by other laws or ordinances. Proposed ordinance amendment: Upon approval by the appropriate authority chimney stacks, church spires, monuments, flagpoles, water towers, stage towers, scenery lofts, or transmission/receiving towers may be erected to the minimum height appropriate unless prohibited by other laws or ordinances, echanical or utilitarian rooftop appurtenances shall be Essential atoned upon approval by the appropriate authority, such items screened, and their screening maybe erected to the minimum height appropriate unless prohibited by other laws or ordinances. Such appurtenances shall be defined as, but not limited to cooling towers, elevator bulkheads, conveyors, heating ventilation air conditioning equipment (HVAC), and roof top stairway access structures. DDC DT\Z256PENT