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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes COM 09-05-23in landscaping on private property, and no one kept it up after the tenant left. It looks like a field of weeds, but with a closer look there may be some plants that are worth saving on the Rangeline frontage, on the private property side, between multiuse path and the parking. Scott Perkins: We are adding a sidewalk, improving pedestrian access through that area. .toe Calderon: We have to coordinate some things with the Urban Forester as well as public works. Kirsh: One of the trees on the frontage was put back in, so the trees to the north may already be there. Keesling: Do you mean died and replaced again? Kirsh: Yes. A Motion made by Christine Zoccola and seconded by Adam Aasen to approve PZ-2023-00141 ADLS Amend: Lake City Bank Remodel contingent on final variance approvals and TAC approvals. Approved 4-0. 2. Docket No. PZ-2023-00183 ADLS Amend: Carmel Salt Caves & Spa. The applicant seeks approval for exterior building modifications and site improvements to remodel an existing salon into a new spa offering salt therapy treatments. The site is located at 10696 N. College. It is zoned B- 1/Business and is located within the Homeplace Overlay District in the Business Sub -Area. The existing building is listed on the Carmel Clay Historic Architecture Survey as a contributing building. Filed by Skye Winslow. Petitioner: Skye Winslow I want to thank Christina, Rachel, Bill Holt, Aliza, Chris Rohr, Daren Mindham, Alex Jordan, and John Thomas. I am grateful to be here, I had a brain tumor and got very sick and could not walk. This is my adventure to give back to the community. I have lived in Carmel 30 years, and I can see how much staff cares. I am hoping to elevate Homeplace. We moved there about 7 years ago and want to stay and give back. This is over a one -million -dollar investment. The are manmade caves, with about 20 tons of Himalayan salt that surround the walls. We have a cave builder who has made over a hundred of these around the country, hers are the very best. We have some salt caves in Indiana, but none as elevated as these. They are good for salt therapy, respiratory therapy, great for Iung and respiratory as well as skin issues. When you sit in caves for about 45 minutes, you breathe these microparticles, like standing at the ocean, it cleans out the lungs. HSA can pay for it. We are also adding an infrared sauna, and another therapy for heavy metal detox. There will only be 3 therapies in the room. I am a certified hypnotherapist. I help people with phobias, PTSD, depression, and pain. Caves are about therapy. Listening to guided meditations, helps people stop smoking, work is used in over 3,000 hospitals around the country. This is a historic building built in 1916 for the Fisher family. The portico stays and will be enclosing the front porch because we need more space to have people recline in the salt cave. We are moving the front door over, with beautiful brick steps coming up into a retail section of the building. ADA bathroom with a wheelchair lift in the back. Large cave will be downstairs toward the front and can accommodate 12 people. We also have two more seats that are community seats for fire fighters (they have a lot of respiratory issues — this service will be free for Carmel FD) and another chair for those who have difficulty paying for medical needs. The second floor will have another smaller salt cave (6 people), detox, and another restroom. The basement is Only for employees. Department Report: Rachel Keesling: Once it was determined that this building was on the historic register, it was an elevated effort to make sure we kept everything as true to the original design as possible. We made sure windows were added back and aligned with dormers above when enclosing the front porch. Moving the front door to the left (south) will be more functional for them and it will stay true to the building's character. Sky found a new front door that is period specific to keep the character intact. Brick is already painted; she will give it a refresh. The siding will be yellow and cream white on all four sides. Parking will stay the same, new landscaping will be added on the rear of the property. The use is allowed. The only outstanding item is to work with TAC through the ProjectDox review process. Recommend approval tonight. Committee Comments: Christine Zoccola: Glad you are doing a paint refresh; the colors will be charming. Adam Aasen: Any kind of waste output? Skye Winslow: No. Salt is antimicrobial, antibacterial, we even have UVC lights, so it kills all viruses when people leave the room. It's a very clean place. Aasen: No bags of salt you are disposing of. Skye Winslow: We bring in about 20 tons of Himalayan salt and there is 6" of salt on the ground. It's chunks and boulders glued to the wall. They must stay at about 70 degrees to keep the glue from coming loose. Aasen: No environmental impact? Skye Winslow: No. There is something called a Halo generator that crushes the salt 2 Commercial Committee Minutes 9-5-23 (pharmaceutical grade) and shoots out these microparticles which help your lungs clear out and is very healing to the body. Kirsh: Does it wear out? Skye Winslow: We don't have to bring any more salt in, it will be self-sustaining. If it ever must come out it can be melted. Skye Winslow: 21 piers are added into the ground, it will all be waterproofed, every ,joist is being sistered to make it structurally safe. A Motion made by Christine Zoccola and seconded by Adam Aasen to approve PZ-2023-00183 ADLS Amend: Carmel Salt Caves & Spa contingent TAC approval. Approved 4-0. 3. Docket No. PZ-2023-00202 ADLS Amend: Boneyard Bar & Restaurant. The applicant seeks approval for exterior building modifications and site improvements to remodel an existing retail space into a new bar and restaurant with outdoor seating. The site is located at 904 W. Main Street. It is zoned UC/Urban Core and is not located within any overlay zone. Filed by E. Davis Coots, on behalf of the owner, Kevin Paul. Recused: Chaka Coleman Petitioner: E. Davis Coots Representing Kevin Paul who is starting a new business known as The Boneyard, owned by Warthog Cabbage, LLC at 902-904 W. Main St., former Scotts Pool and Bergen Auto Repair building. The East portion of this building will be used to create an indoor/outdoor venue for restaurant bar purposes. • Site plan: The site plan has gone through several updates after staff comments. There has been a discussion about the necessity to comply with the Thoroughfare Plan to dedicate the necessary road right-of-way off the east portion of the property for the purposes of a new n/s street to be built along the east boundary between this property and the American Legion. There is no timeline from the Engineering Dept. and the project has not been funded. We agree to dedicate 25ft right-of-way upon the issuance of a building permit for the structure but reserved, through a license agreement with the City, the ability to use that 25ft until the road is built in the future for outdoor recreation area. • Parking: The two tenant spaces that make up this 902-904 address are two separate buildings that adjoin. The Boneyard portion (east) is approximately 2,100 sf. Parking standards require one parking space per 100sf. We have 15 parking spaces in front and another 5 along the east boundary, with this we meet the requirement. Mike suggested, and we agree, to bank the parking on the west until a tenant occupies the west portion of the building. We may bank that space for future parking. Most clientele are going to be from The Signature building to the north and across the street on the SW corner of Old Meridian. Josh Kirsh: When you say "bank" the parking, what do you mean? Coots: Leave it empty/not construct it now. There will be an outdoor venue, it is intended to include recreation facilities, bocce ball, shuffleboard court, etc. Vehicular parking is short by 21 spaces for entire building, and we are reducing the number of parking spots until the usage of the West portion of the building is determined. ■ Lighting Color: There will be sconce lighting in the front of the building and in front of the new door on the SE corner of the building and a couple more on pillars that divide the front doors. There will be no new light poles in the parking lot or surrounding the building other than the string lights draped across the recreation area in the back, which will be shut off after evening activities cease. Building color will be Tricorn Black and Iron Ore similar to The GOAT. • Landscaping: Although not required per the Ordinance, we will landscape along our boundary with street trees as approved by Daren Mindham once the W. Main St. reconstruction is done. Kevin intends to landscape around the interior of the building, but right now there is a lot of parking asphalt up to the front of the building and along the west side. All the asphalt in the rear of the building has been removed and replaced with a porous gravel for the recreation area. • Signage: The sign is as shown, and it meets ordinance in terms of size. A future tenant on the west portion of the building will also have a sign facing Main St. • Bike parkiniz: Located at the SE corner of the building. ,We are working through TAC comments with the various departments. Department Report: Rachel Keesling: Commercial Committee Minutes 9-5-23