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Paul G. Reis
600 East 96th street
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Indianapolis, IN 46240
Direct Dial: (317) 684-5369
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ATTORNEYS AT LAW
July 20, 2006
Matt Griffin
Department of Community Services
City of Carmel
One Civic Square
Carmel, IN 46032
Re: Zoning Consent for development standards variance request
Dear Matt:
I am enclosing herewith a conformed photocopy of the Zoning Consent granted by
Washington National Life Insurance Company, as successor by merger to Bankers National Life
Insurance Company, Winegardner & Hammons, Inc. authorizing the filing of a certain
development standards variance request with respect to certain real estate owned by Washington
National Life Insurance Company located north and west of the intersection of 122nd Street and
Pennsylvania Street in Carmel. Please include this Zoning Consent in your file for this filing
made by Winegardner & Hammons, Inc. last Friday.
To the extent that you have any questions, or if I can be of any assistance to you, please
do not hesitate to contact me. Thank you very much for your cooperation and assistance.
Best regards,
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Conn, Angelina V
From: Reis, Paul G. [preis@boselaw.com]
Sent: Thursday, July 13, 2006 10:23 AM
To: Griffin, Matt L; Conn, Angelina V
Cc: Mary Zurbuch
Subject: Consent for Variance Petition
Matt and Angie:
This is to confirm my telephone conversation with Matt concerning the filing of the owner's consent for a variance
petition to be filed with respect to the 8 acre+/- parcel owned by Washington National Life Insurance Company,as
successor by merger to Bankers National Life Insurance Company, located west of the intersection of 122nd
Street and Pennsylvania Street. Winegardner & Hammons, Inc. is filing this petition to seek a variance concerning
the permitted sign area. Due to work schedules and vacations of the authorized officers at Washington National
Life, we may not be able to file the consent with the petition by tomorrow's filing deadline. If this is the case, it is
our intention to file the consent as soon as possible next week.
Thank you very much for your cooperation and assistance.
Best Regards,
Paul
Paul G. Reis, Esq.
Bose McKinney & Evans LLP
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Tentative BZA Variance r~quests will be for:
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. Reduced parking~ ($4'8'T applic fee)
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. Ground sign height
,.. Total sign square footage for the site
. . Greater than 65% lot coverage??? ..
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Showllabel road rights of way.
--.. What is the lot coverage percentage? Per the US 31 overlay, it must be ~65%. Lot coverage includes building
footprints and pavement.
..; Signage: see sign ordinance. Will this be a multi-tenant building & multi-tenant building complex or just a single
tenant?
-Ground sign detail/elevations needed.
The signs are huge! -
Protection of existing trees has been overlooked.
Line up east entry drive with 122nd Street.
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There is minimal landscape buffering.
Reduction of 64 parking spaces is a concern. There may be too much going on on this site.
-Bike parking is required.
- Loading area faces Meridian Street.
.......... Perhaps reduce the number of hotel rooms, angle the parking spaces, and rotate the building?
Architecture:
-- Parapets on east / west elevations. Roofline should be more consistent.
Hotel & attached conference building don't seem to match in terms of style & quality. The conference center
needs more work.
Label building materials on building elevations.
The east & west facades are very plain. They need additional windows, even spandrel.
- Make the presence of the restaurant more obvious, maybe with an entrance for those who are visiting, but not
staying in the hotel.
- Conference center: use light wells/domes for addition height and day lighting. .- \CJ SV-~ U~.
- West elevation: the standing metal seam is not in keeping with the upscale conference center
image; cast stone would be better.
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WINEGARDNER & HAMMONS, INC.
Professional Hotel Management
Writer's Direct Number 513-794-2437
Facsimile 513-794-2595
Email: Bill.OBrien@WHlHotels.com
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June 28, 2006
Via Federal Express
Mr. Matthew L. Griffin, AICP
Planning Administrator
Department of Community Services
One Civic Square
Carmel, IN 46032
Re: Carmel/Clay Advisory Board of Zoning Appeals ("BZA")
Application ofW&H Realty, Inc. (the "Applicant")
Dear Matt:
Please allow this letter to serve as a follow-up to our discussions of Monday, July 26.
At the outset, our objective is to provide copies of what we propose to submit for the
BZA Hearing on August 28. (Submission of final documents will occur on or before July
13.)
The documents that we include are the following:
1. The Application for Board of Zoning Appeals Action - Development Standards
Variance Request.
2. The June 26, 2006 Development Plan Book describing the Renaissance Hotel
Project (the "Project").
3. Full-size (30" x 42") copies of the schematic drawings referenced in the above
described Development Plan Booklet. The drawings enclosed are the following:
A. Property Boundary Plan
B. Parking Concept Plan
C. Building & Landscape Area Setback Site Plan
(513) 891-1066 . Fax: (513) 794-2590. Web Address: whihotels.com
4243 Hunt Road, Cincinnati, Ohio 45242
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June 28, 2006
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E. Site Plan
D. Landscape Site Plan
F. Building Elevations
G. Floor Plan
H. Boundary survey showing the location and providing a legal description of
the five tracts or parcels (the "Development Site") that define or describe the "7.96-acre
site for the proposed Project."
4. The Hamilton County Recorders GIS Map showing the tax map parcel number for
the five tracts comprising the Development Site.
The following documents have not yet been completed:
1. The listing of adjacent property owners whose property is adjacent to the
Development Site.
2. The affidavit signed by the owner approving our application to the BZA.
3. The notification to the BZA confirming publication ofthe request to the BZA for
the zoning variance.
4. The affidavit of publication reflecting publication of the notification referenced in
the preceding paragraph.
As you know, all of this documentation is intended to support the Applicant's request for
two specific zoning variances, which are as follows:
1. A reduction in the number of required parking spaces; and
2. A variance for the site and building signage with respect to location, quantity, and
area that will comprise the signage package for the Project which signs are more fully
described as:
A. The wall sign on the south side;
B. The wall sign on the north side; and
C. The double-sided ground signage at the entry drive.
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Mr. Mathew Griffin
June 28, 2006
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Matt, my objective in submitting this information to you is to allow us to have discussion
and dialog on the following:
1. The completeness and general sufficiency of the document included with this
transmittal letter; and
2. The mechanics for completing and otherwise obtaining the requisite information
necessary to complete the items (identified above) that are not included with this
package.
It is my hope that we can complete this review either on Thursday afternoon or Friday
morning of this week.
Thank you again for all the cooperation you have extended to us and the interest that you
have shown in this Hotel Project.
Sincerely,
~RDNER & HAMMONS, INC.
T'J~eyer
Senior Vice President-Construction
P.S. Matt, we recognize that when we make the final submission, it will be necessary
to include duplicate of the items enumerated in this letter. Given that this is not a formal
submission but is rather intended to facilitate a discussion tool to enable us to properly
complete a formal submission to BZA, we have included only one copy of the documents
with this letter.
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