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Carmel Plan Commission
COMMERCIAL COMMITTEE
Tuesday, March 29, 2022 Meeting Minutes
Location: Cannel City Hall Caucus Rooms,2'Floor, 1 Civic Square,Cannel,IN 46032
Members Present: Alan Potasnik(Chair),Kevin Rider,Dubbie Buckler
Members Absent: Jeff Hill
Staff Present: Alexia Lopez(Planning Administrator),Aliza Shalit(Recording Secretary),Mike Hollibaugh(Director
of DOCS)
Legal Counsel: Sergey Grechukhin
Time of Meeting: 6:00 PM
The Commercial Committee meet to review the following items:
1. PZ-2022-00034 ADLS Amend: Circle K Rebrand—College Plaza.
The applicant seeks approval for signage and brand modifications/updating. The site is located at 10598
College Ave.It is zoned B-1Business and is located in the Homeplace Business Sub-Area Overlay District.
Filed by Amy Leska of Corporate Identification Solutions on behalf of the owner.
2. PZ-2022-00036 ADLS Amend: Circle K Rebrand.
The applicant seeks approval for signage and brand modifications/updating.The site is located at 545 S.
Rangeline Road. It is zoned B-1Business and is located in the Rangeline Road Overlay District. Filed by Amy
Leska of Corporate Identification Solutions on behalf of the owner.
Petitioner: Amy Leska:
Representative for Circle K on behalf of Corporate Identification Solutions. We are proposing to rebrand both fueling
stations from Shell to Circle K brand. On the canopy we are proposing to remove the red bar lighting and Shell colors
and to install the tri-color ACM which is not illuminated.As for the main ID sign,the pylon signs,they are both short
monument signs,will be rebranding from Shell to Circle K.
Department Report: Aliza Shalit:
Location presents a canopy with red,white, and yellow stripped ACM Panels. The proposed update keeps
within a similar color scheme in this case with red being the predominant color and a small white and orange
stripe at the bottom. An illuminated Circle K and logo sign on the E and W at the College Avenue location
and N and S at S. Rangeline faces is also proposed. The existing lighting will be removed. Staff supports
updating the ACM panels which would provide a refreshed look to the location but does not support the
canopy signage. Updates to the pumps are also proposed and are acceptable if signage remains at 3sf or less.
Measurements of signage portion of updated gas pumps will be required during permitting stage. The
proposal also includes an update to the Monument Sign face. On the College Ave. sign,the exiting Shell
panel will be replaced by price scrollers with a blue background. Right now,the sign does not have the
required landscaped area. A landscape plan for this monument sign will be required per City Sign Standards.
On the S. Rangeline location, the Shell logo will be replaced by the Circle K logo, and the pricing signs will
be replaced by scrollers using a blue background for unleaded fuel and green for Diesel. An updated
landscape plan for this monument sign will be required per City Sign Standards. When it comes with issues
Iwith the locations,on the College Ave. side, while reviewing the application we noted that the location
presents outdoor ice storage freezers as well as propane storage, it also has a dumpster with no enclosure
present, as well as no bike parking. On the Rangeline side,there were commitments made in 2019 per
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Docket 19010010ADLS Amend regarding the addition of a bicycle rack and the removal of any material or
product storage from outdoor locations and they are still there and there is still no bicycle parking present,
there are two outdoor ice storage freezers, a propane storage unit, and large stacks of firewood for sale
between the gas pumps, right now today, I checked this morning.
Staff is supportive of the updates being proposed, with the condition that they update all the items that they
committed to before on the Rangeline location and add the bicycle parking on the College location as well as
removing all the outdoor storage and on the College side they would have to include the enclosure for the
trash bin. There was one more item that we noted, on the S. Rangeline location, a new approximately 200sf
accessory building has been installed immediately adjacent to the primary building which was not previously
there and Staff is requesting the petitioner to contact the Building Code Services Department to make sure
the building is within code. They will need to provide details on what is stored within and the exact square
footage, because depending on the square footage and what's inside there are different requirements for
permits and installation. There is a slight issue of upkeep of the S. Rangeline location trash enclosure, this is
the exterior building, and this is the trash enclosure.
Committee Comments:
Kevin: 106 'and College,I am pretty sure that somewhere down the road,we are looking at a roundabout there, is that
correct?Does this accommodate the right-of-way that we need?
Sergei: It does, in fact that particular parcel is not included in our right-of-way position. The way it is designed avoids
this parcel entirely.
Kevin: I don't like when we have commitments and then somebody comes back two and a half years later and wants
something new and never completed the original commitments. If I was making the decision myself,and I am not,I
would table this,tell them to fix those things and then come back and see us. That is just my opinion. I don't like when
we ask for things and don't get them. The additional building, sneaking it in when Rangeline's being constructed is
also inappropriate,I would not ask building services if it meets code,I would ask it to be removed. We have made it
very clear if they want to upgrade Rangeline Rd.they must upgrade it,and that means bring the building to the road
and start over again. There is a Rangeline Rd. Overlay.You are not upgrading that property without meeting the
Rangeline Rd. Overlay.
Alan: I would say I agree with everything Kevin said. If it's not done now, it's not going to get done and it will keep
going on.I move that we table these two petitions until those items are brought into conformance
Kevin: Second.
A Motion made by Alan Potasnik and seconded by Kevin Rider to table Docket Nos.PZ-2022-00034 ADLS
Amend and PZ-2022-00036 ADLS Amend until the are brought into conformance.
Approved 3-0,absent Hill.
3. Docket No.PZ-2021-00205 DP/ADLS: 11335 N.Michigan Rd.Apartments.
The applicant seeks site plan and design approval for a new development with 4 future outlots and an
apartment complex(244 units). The site is located at 11335 N. Michigan Road. It is zoned B-3Business&
Residential and is located within the US 421 Overlay zone.Filed by Ryan Wells of REI Real Estate Services,
LLC.
Petitioner: Ryan Wells,Rick Lawrence,Jon Dobosiewicz:
Rick Lawrence attorney with Nelson& Frankenberger: For the record,my name is Rick Lawrence,attorney with
Nelson&Frankenberger here in Cannel,with me tonight is Ryan Wells with REI Real Estate Services,and Jon
Dobosiewicz with Nelson&Frankenberger as a Land Planner and Ruth Muller to answer any architecture questions.
Ryan Wells: I want to walk through changes we have made since we first came before the Plan Commission and what
the current plan looks like.Originally the plan was for 244 apartment units,that has been reduced to 236 units. When
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