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CARMEL PLAN COMMISSION
DEPARTMENT REPORT
AUGUST 16, 2022
2. Docket No. PZ-2022-00118 DP/ADLS: The GOAT.
The applicant seeks site plan and design approval for a building addition/remodel on 0.2 acres. The site is located
at 220 2nd St. SW in Frank Hawkins Addition Lot 1. The site is zoned B-2 and is within the Old Town Overlay,
Character Sub Area. Filed by Ben Bemis of CEC Inc. on behalf of Kevin Paul, owner.
Project Overview:
This site is located at the northwest corner of Monon Boulevard and 2nd Street SW. The parcels to the west and
northwest are zoned R-2/Residential and are within the Old Town Overlay Character Sub-Area. The parcel
directly north is owned by the Carmel Clay Historical Society and is zoned C-2/Mixed Use. To the east across
Monon Boulevard are the Old Town on the Monon apartments and some businesses, zoned C-2/Mixed Use.
Further southeast is the Midtown PUD, where Sun King and the Allied Solutions Buildings are located. Directly
south is The Railyard mixed use building with apartments, restaurant/retail space and an interior parking garage.
It is zoned C-2/Mixed Use.
Unified Development Ordinance (UDO)
Standards
this project MEETS:
Old Town Overlay, Character sub-area:
• Minimum lot width – 60’ required, 74’
existing
• Addition placed in line with existing
building facing east front yard
• Side yard setback – 5’ west required and
proposed
• Materials of addition are consistent with
Principal Building
• Pedestrian connectivity is provided from the
front door to the sidewalk
• Parking – 5 spaces existing
B-2 District:
• Building height – 60’ tall allowed, about
19’4” proposed on addition
• Bicycle parking – 4 spaces required and
provided
Unified Development Ordinance (UDO)
Standards NOT MET or unknown:
• Maximum lot coverage – 70% allowed, %
unknown proposed
• Rear yard setback (north) – 5’ required,
4.73’ proposed
• Roof shape – partial gable proposed and
allowed, partial flat roof – not allowed
• Dumpster screening not yet provided
• Signage – details have not yet been provided
Site History:
• The City tried to rezone this parcel to C-2 in 2020, however, that was determined inappropriate. The
Board of Zoning Appeals (BZA) should hear a new Use Variance (UV) case, as they approved Bub’s
Café UV in 2007.
• The Petitioner filed the UV request, along with ten variances. The UV was denied, and the remaining
variances were tabled indefinitely, one was withdrawn.
• The Hamilton County Superior Court issued an order vacating the vote of the BZA’s decision to deny
the UV.
• The Petitioner submitted the Rezone request to change the zoning of this site to B-2/Business and later
withdrew the UV and other variances.
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• Through the Plan Commission (PC) process, commitments were made, which pared the allowed B-2
uses down to what B-7 would allow. These are entitled “Covenant Attendant to Rezone Application”
and are attached.
• In the “Rezone Application Commitments”, DP and ADLS approval for the site will be required, hours
were restricted, a “neighbor hot-line” is established, no “grab and go” alcohol is allowed, and no outdoor
speakers will be installed.
• After working through the proposed commitments at the final PC meeting, PC members voted to
forward this item to City Council with a Favorable Recommendation 7-0.
• City Council worked through the commitments and voted to approve the rezone to B-2, 7 to 1, with 1
not present.
Site Plan, Parking, Active Transportation, and Engineering:
• The overall site layout and access is not changing. The existing restaurant/bar/patio will remain.
• Sidewalks on the south and east will remain.
• The existing open yard north of the existing building and patio will be “filled in” with a building
expansion to accommodate additional restroom facilities and seating areas
• The existing 5 parking spaces accessed via 2nd St. SW will remain
• There is an existing storm sewer line, along with other utilities such as the City’s Fiber Optics line
running along Monon Blvd. that the City wants to remain as is today. The Petitioner has agreed to push
the building back in order to leave these utilities as currently installed.
• 2nd Street SW is classified as a Local Road, which requires 56’ total right-of-way (ROW). 50’ exists and
is consistent across the entire street. This was an agreement with the City when the Railyard (south) was
proposed.
• Monon Boulevard ROW is about 140’ total. No additional ROW is needed. Improvements were made
providing sidewalk, bicycle path, parking spaces, and underground utilities/infrastructure along the
property frontage.
Architectural Design:
• Design of the addition was done to keep in character with the existing building.
• The addition needed to solve the primary past issues – large outdoor gatherings/noise and lack of
restrooms.
• The proposed building addition will have a new central entrance and connection hallway for patrons and
servers, a second bar, additional tables, and 6 additional restroom stalls.
• Rough initial counts show about 124 new seats in the proposed addition. Petitioner, please provide an
updated floor plan with seat counts.
• Please note there are about 70 seats in the current building.
Lighting:
• No new lighting information has been provided at this time.
Landscaping:
• Landscaping space is limited with the proposed building purposely filling in the existing greenspace on
the site.
• The addition has been reduced on the east edge, creating about 12’ of planting space along Monon
Boulevard.
• The Urban Forester has provided comments and continues to work with the Petitioner through Project
Dox.
Signage:
• One sign per street frontage is allowed for a single tenant building.
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• This site has two street frontages – Monon Boulevard and 2nd St. SW.
• The Petitioner has not indicated if additional signage will be sought or if existing signage will be altered.
DOCS Remaining Comments/Concerns:
• Please continue working with Staff through Project Dox and providing all unknown information listed
above.
Recommendation:
The Department of Community Services recommends the Plan Commission forwards this item to the
September 6 Commercial Committee meeting for further review and consideration.
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Jennifer Hayden
Hamilton County Recorder IN
Recorded as Presented
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RE -ZONE APPLICATION COMMITMENTS
Tomahawk Holding, LLC, Owner of the Real Estate located at 220 2nd Street SW in Frank
Hawkins Addition Lot #1 ("Property") the legal description of which is attached hereto as Exhibit A
and doing business as The GOAT, in consideration of the approval of its Re -Zone Application for the
Property from R-2 to B-2 commits as follows:
1. The Owner agrees to expand and reconfigure the building from which the GOAT was
operating its tavern business at the Property in the manner substantially set forth in the
plans and drawings submitted to the Carmel Common Council ("Council") by architect
Dan Moriarity (the "Expansion"). Prior to commencing the structural modifications to the
existing facilities and site, the Owner shall submit a Development Plan and Architectural
Design, Lighting, Landscaping, and Signage ("ADLS") application to the Department of
Community Services (the "DOGS") for Carmel Plan Commission review and approval, and
shall further obtain all necessary permits (i.e., building permit, stormwater permit), as well
as any required variances from the Carmel Board of Zoning Appeals. The Owner shall
further comply with any applicable provisions of the Carmel Unified Development
Ordinance, as amended, which is incorporated herein by this reference. The Owner
commits to not resume any business operations whatsoever at the Property until the
Expansion has been fully constructed and a Certificate of Occupancy is issued by DOCS.
2. The Owner agrees to end outside and pergola patio food and bar services at 7:00 p.m. daily
and close exterior doors and windows, including all garage doors and windows between the
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interior seating area and the pergola patio area, so that only interior service will occur after
that time, and to remove outside patrons from the outdoor and pergola patio seating area by
7:45 p.m. The Director of the Carmel Department of Community Services (the "Director")
and the Owner agree to periodically review outside and pergola patio food and bar services
to determine whether the outside service area needs to be enclosed with permanent glass
windows. If it is determined by the Director in writing, in his sole discretion, that the
outside or pergola patio service area has become a nuisance based on substantiated
complaints or is otherwise in violation of these commitments, Owner agrees to immediately
discontinue the use of the outdoor and pergola patio service area until such time as it is
fully enclosed with permanent glass windows. The Owner may file with the Council a
written request for review and reconsideration of the Director's written decision within 10
days of said decision setting forth in detail the facts supporting the Owner's request for
reconsideration. The request shall, if reasonably possible, be heard by the Council within
30 days from the date of filing. The Owner agrees to comply with the Director's decision
during such period of reconsideration.
3. The Owner agrees to establish and maintain a "neighbor hot-line" phone line for neighbors'
concerns. Owner will provide a weekly report to DOCS and the Council that includes the
number of calls made to the hotline, along with a summary of each call, during the first 3
months of the Property's operation.
4. The Owner agrees to refrain from "grab and go" service and require patrons to consume
purchased alcohol on the Property.
5. The Owner commits to end alcohol service at 11:30 p.m. Sunday through Thursday and
12:30 a.m. on Friday, Saturday and holidays and close the physical facility 30 minutes
thereafter. The Owner agrees to end alcohol service and close the business earlier if a
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majority of other restaurants with alcohol service located within a 2-block radius of the
Property adopt earlier closing hours than those provided in this paragraph.
6. The Owner commits to use no outdoor speakers.
7. These Commitments shall be in effect until they are modified or terminated. These
Commitments shall only be modified or terminated by the procedure prescribed in Indiana
Code § 36-7-4-1015(b)(5) or as prescribed herein.
8. These Commitments are binding upon the Owner and the Owner's successors, assigns and
grantees with respect to the portion of the Property owned by such successor, assign and
grantee and during such successor's, assign's and grantee's ownership, unless modified or
terminated by the City Council pursuant to the requirements herein; however, these
Commitments shall terminate as to any part or parts of the Property for which the zoning
district or classification is later changed.
9. The Director shall record these Commitments and any modifications thereof with the
Recorder Office of Hamilton County, Indiana and shall provide a copy of the recorded
Commitments to the Owner. Owner agrees to reimburse DOCS for the fees charged by the
Office of the Hamilton County Recorder to record these Commitments and any subsequent
modifications.
The foregoing commitments are made this 9th day of March
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2022.
TOMAHAWK HOLDING, LLC
D/B/A THE GOAT
n«usqned W.
By:
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STATE OF
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COUNTY OF 14niyk')
Before me, the un rsigned NOTARY PUBLIC, in and for said County and State, personally appeared
101 _, the Managing Member of Tomahawk Holding, LLC
dba he GOAT, who acknowledged executing the foregoing Re -Zone Application Commitments for and
on behalf of said Tomahawk Holding, LLC dba The GOAT.
Witness my hand and Notarial Seal this Aday of „ , 20 as
My CoP zission No./Ex 7ir ion:
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After recording return to:
City of Carmel
One Civic Square
Carmel, IN 46032
Printed
PPY PCB HOLLY J. HARMEYER
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SEAL"= Hamilton County
Commission Number NP0737982
I P, PAMyCommissionExpires
December 15, 2029
I affirm, under the penalties for perjury, that I have taken reasonable care to redact each and every Social
Security number from this document, unless it is required by law. Jon Oberlander, Esq.
Instrument prepared by: Jon Oberlander, Esq., Interim Corporation Counsel, City of Carmel, 1 Civic Square,
Carmel, IN 46032.
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EXHIBIT A
The East Half of the following described real estate: Part of the East Half of the Southeast Quarter
of Section 25, Township 18 North, Range 3 East, beginning 560.44 feet South and 468 feet EastoftheNorthwestcornerofsaidEastHalf; thence South 132 feet; West 132 feet; North 132 feet;
and East 132 feet to the place of beginning, being Lots 1 and 2in Frank M. Hawkins Addition to
the City of Carmel. ALSO a vacated alley 25 feet East of and adjacent to said property as set outinVacationofPublicWayrecordedApril22,1994 as Instrument Number 9419040, EXCEPT that
portion of the land conveyed to City of Carmel, Indiana in Warranty Deed recorded January 18,
2018 as Document No. 2018002345.
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Jennifer Hayden
Hamilton County Recorder IN
Recorded as Presented
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Cross Reference to Deed: 2019-59216
COVENANT ATTENDANT TO RE -ZONE APPLICATION
Tomahawk Holding, LLC, Owner of the Real Estate located at 220 2nd Street SW
in Frank Hawkins Addition Lot # 1, ("Property") the legal description of which is
attached hereto as Exhibit A, Covenants with The City of Carmel that if the Property is re-
zoned fromR-2 to B-2 the Owner Covenants to Restrict Permitted Uses to the following:
1. Cultural/Entertainment Permitted Use
Art and music center
Art gallery
Restaurant, without drive-thru food sales
2. Education Permitted Use
None
3. Industrial Permitted Use
Artisan, Industrial
4. Institutional Permitted Use
None
5. Office Permitted Use
Clinic or medical health center
General office
Professional office
Research laboratory/facility
6. Recreation Permitted Use
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8.
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Park, public
Retail and Service Permitted Use
Dry cleaning (without on -site plant)
Financial institution
General Service (express mail collection, online purchase drop)
Wholesale Sales
Temporary Permitted Use
Food stand
Sales, seasonal, outdoor
Special event, outdoor
Accessory Permitted Use
Automated teller machine(ATM)
10. No Special Uses or Special Exceptions shall be permitted
TOMAHAWK HOLDING, I.I.C.
D/B/A THE GOAT
OocuSlgned by:
By: LWiVl FAUN,
Kevin Paul, managing member
STATE OF
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COUNTY OF
Before me, the undersigned TARY PUBLIC, in and for said County and State, personally
appeared /14' the Managing Member of
Tomahawk Holding, LLC dba The GOAT, who acknowledged executing the foregoing Covenant
Attendant to Re -zone Application for and on behalf of said Tomahawk Holding, LLC dba The
GOAT.
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Witness my hand and Notarial Seal this'day of _(/T'/ 20
My Commission No./Expiration:
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HOLLY J. HARMEYERmooPPvne` Notary Public, State of Indiana
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After recording return to:
City of Carmel
One Civic Square
Carmel, IN 46032
I affirm, under the penalties for perjury, that I have taken reasonable care to redact each and every
Social Security number from this document, unless it is required by law. Jon Oberlander, Esq.
Instrument prepared by: Jon Oberlander, Esq., Interim Corporation Counsel, City of Carmel, I Civic
Square, Carmel, IN 46032.
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EXHIBIT A
The East Half of the following described real estate: Part of the East Half of the Southeast Quarter
of Section 25, Township 18 North, Range 3 East, beginning 560.44 feet South and 468 feet East
of the Northwest corner of said East Half; thence South 132 feet; West 132 feet; North 132 feet;
and East 132 feet to the place of beginning, being Lots 1 and 2in Frank M. Hawkins Addition to
the City of Carmel. ALSO a vacated alley 25 feet East of and adjacent to said property as set outinVacationofPublicWayrecordedApril22,1994 as Instrument Number 9419040, EXCEPT that
portion of the land conveyed to City of Carmel, Indiana in Warranty Deed recorded January 18,
2018 as Document No. 2018002345.