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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes COM 11-15-23ue Q Ci'oty Carmel Plan Commission COMMERCIAL COMMITTEE Tuesday, November 15, 2023 Meeting Minutes Location: Carmel City Hall Caucus Rooms, 2°a Floor, 1 Civic Square, Carmel, IN 46032 Members Present: Joshua Kirsh (Chair), Christine Zoccola, Adam Aasen, Chaka Coleman Members Absent: None Staff Present: Rachel Keesling, Aliza Shalit Legal Counsel: Ally Lynch-Mcgrath Time of Meeting: 6:00 PM The Commercial Committee met to review the following items: 1. 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. Previous concerns: ■ Parking issues have been resolved: both next door at the American Legion as well as across the street at the Signature. Kevin reached out to both and received email responses from The Signature confirming that Boneyard customers and employees are welcome to use the public portion of their parking structure subject to the limitations set forth in the parking agreement between The Signature and the City of Carmel (CRC agreement requiring the reservation of spaces for residence tenants of the mixed -use development). There will be ample spots for overflow. The site plan has been redesigned and parking onsite complies with the Ordinance requirements for this use and with adjacent parking on the street parking requirements are exceeded by 9 additional spaces. ■ Bike racks have been relocated closer to the front door and are now within 50 feet of the front door. A second bike rack has been added where the dumpster used to be. ■ Answered all staff comments on ProjectDox. Department Report: Rachel Keesling: At the last meeting there was a misunderstanding of what was intended for the inside and outside of this space leading to a misconception of the amount of parking needed. After reviewing the interior design of the space, the amount of parking required has been reduced significantly due to the amount of seating also being reduced. They meet the requirements for the restaurant side parking and retail parking for the other half of the building. Other changes made to the site plan: • Updated parking: shows where other parking spaces will go instead of leaving the West side of the building as grass or vacant, planning out for parking now. • New dumpster enclosure location: it is not too far back on the site, but far enough so it is not at the front of the building (partially concealed) with the normal required enclosure and will be accessible by trash truck. • More details have been provided on the fencing around the back. • Provided color elevations for the outside of the building. No major changes, just a more formal submittal for the elevations, which we are in support of. Concerns have been addressed. We will ask you to approve this contingent finalizing all ProjectDox review comments. Commercial Committee Minutes 11-15-23 Committee Comments: Christine Zoccola: It looks like you have one table, four chairs, and a picnic table. I assume there will be more seating outside in the garden area. Kevin Paul: Yes, we are still planning. We have other utilities we need to accommodate. There will be a couple of firepits and few picnic tables. Zoccola: Even with that we are still good for parking? The reality is that there will be more people. Rachel Keesling: The outdoor seating does not contribute to the parking counts. We focus on the inside number of seats. They removed tables and added pool tables. Kevin Paul: We tried to address suggestions/concerns from our last meeting. We worked with companies around to provide or sponsor charging stations for bikes and cars. Tried to create high efficiency parking. Hyundai will provide a charging station. We have tried more high efficiency parking, EV VIP programs, as well as a lease program with apartment complexes, etc. Adam Aasen: I feel more comfortable with new calculations. If parking does become an issue later, please seek other agreements with other neighbors or we can build -in parking restrictions if that becomes an issue. Mind the noise, be aware of the neighbors nearby. On -street parking we said 11 spots, what is the time limit on that? Josh Kirsh: Mr. Kashman is thinking about the next year, and will not align perfectly with the timeframe, but probably in the next 12 months. The Main St. project will be more of an issue for this business opening. Kirsh: I like the charging station idea. How many KWs are they? Kevin Paul: Hyundai did a site survey, and we are working with Duke, so we had to upgrade all the power, they will be sufficient for appropriate timing. Kirsh: Did you explore the suggestion about valet battery service? Kevin Paul: Exploring, but it will be Bosh specific because Petego has too many variations of batteries, chargers, and frames. A Motion made by Christine Zoccola and seconded by Adam Aasen to approve PZ-2023-00202 ADLS Amend: Boneyard Bar & Restaurant subject to final approvals of remaining comments on ProjectDox. Approved 3-0. Chaka recused. 2. Docket No. PZ-2023-00189 DP/ADLS: Midwest Eye Institute at The Bridges. The applicant seeks site plan and design approval for a new, two-story medical office building on 5.4 acres. The site is located at the NW corner of Illinois Street and 11 Ith Street and west of the KAR office building. The future address will be 11220 Illinois Street. It is zoned PUD (The Bridges Z-550-11) and is not within any overlay district. Filed by Kylie Bright Schuler of American Structurepoint on behalf of the owner, Cornerstone Companies. Petitioner: Kylie Bright -Schuler We have sent RaeheI all the requested information and answered all the comments on ProjectDox. We have provided her with the interior bike parking information that she requested and are moving forward with the proposed and approved revised site plan_ We plan to address the landscape plan comment we received today. There are no issues with this. Department Report: Rachel Keesling: 1 spoke with Daren Mindham (UF) regarding today's landscaping comments. It seems that he was looking at the plan incorrectly as far as where the roundabout around i 11 ' St. is located. The landscape needed to be evergreen trees and it was not. They will make the change during the next round of comments. David Littlejohn has suggested that there should be a bike rack that is floor mounted that would be able to accommodate different types of bikes and heavier bikes that cannot be lifted onto a rack. Jeff Savit: That room is plenty big to be able to accommodate this request. Josh Kirsh: Maybe a U-rack or a wall mounted hoop that somebody can anchor to. Rachel Keesling: We wanted to keep working with the layout of the parking to make sure it makes sense by looking at ways to make the parking lot more traditional in layout and asked how many spaces would be available for Phase 3 even though it is not part of this project, but we want to see how that would work out. We especially would like to add a sidewalk through the middle of the parking lot (from the SW across the site, will be through the middle of the site). Now we have a set plan for Phase 3 when that comes along. We are in support of all these changes. They reduced the lighting height for the parking lot to match the medical office building and the apartments that had agreed to 20ft. The photometric plan looks good. We recommend approval subject to finalizing comments on ProjectDox and changing the landscaping plan to meet the Ordinance requirement. Committee Comments: Christine Zoccola: Will the sidewalk be raised or flat? How will you keep it separated from the rest of the parking lot? Kyle: There is a curb on both sides of the sidewalk and there are crossing markings as well. Zoccola: As far as 2 Commercial Committee Minutes 11-15-23