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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCombined Committee Mintues 09-03-24City of Carmel 1 Combined Residential & Commercial Committee 9-3-24 Carmel Plan Commission COMBINED RESIDENTIAL & COMMERCIAL COMMITTEE Tuesday, September 3rd , 2024 Meeting Minutes LOCATION: Council Chambers, City Hall Members Present: Joshua Kirsh (Co-Chair), Sue Westermeier (Co-Chair), Dubbie Buckler, Adam Campagna, Shannon Minnaar, Christine Zoccola, Jeff Hill Staff Present: Mike Hollibaugh (Director), Christina Jesse (Planning Administrator), Bric Butler (Recording Secretary), Alexia Lopez (Planning Administrator), Aliza Shalit (Sign Specialist), Alli Lynch-Mcgrath, (Legal Counsel), Sergey Grechukhin (Legal Counsel) Meeting Time: 6:00 p.m. 1. Docket No. PZ-2024-00120 ADLS Amend: Restructured Chiropractic. The applicant seeks design approval for exterior modifications to the building. The site is located at 3940 W 96th St. It is zoned B-2/Business and is located within the US 421 Overlay zone. Filed by George Small of Design Point, Inc. Petitioner: George Small: • Small provided existing and proposed graphics of the building at 3940 W 96th Street. The building currently is painted light blue and has a roof with window dormers. They are revamping the outside by removing the dormers and repainting the building white with black awnings. • Additional landscaping will be provided with black mulch overall removing a lot of white landscaping rock currently present. Department Report: Christina Jesse: • Proposed improvements for the location consist of repainting the building white except for the unpainted brick wainscot. Also provided will be a new entrance feature, new windows, new awnings, new light fixtures, new signage, and bike parking. • Landscaping and parking designs will be brought to the standards approved in the 1996 DP ADLS. • The only current issue noted by staff is that the property currently has AC units blocking sidewalk access along the rear of the building. The owner has committed to relocation of the units once they need to be replaced to a parking island along the rear of the property. Staff is in favor of this commitment. • Staff recommended approval subject to the aforementioned commitment. Committee Comments: Minnaar: When they move the air conditioning units will they be contained? What is it going to look like? Will they be able to be seen from the street? Jesse: So, the units will be placed in a parking island along the rear of the building. There is a one-way traffic pattern around the building, so anyone entering the building will be passing by them, but they are proposed to be screened with some plantings, ideally tall grass or shrubs. Westermeier: Was there any thought put into connecting this building with the building to the west? Jesse: There were some easements that were brought up and then some landscaping concerns from our urban forester, so they just wanted to remain with the plan from 1996. Commissioner Hill thought there was a slight variation in the sidewalk between the before and after graphics. The petitioner confirmed that the sidewalk was to be unchanged and that it was simply artistic variation. Kirsh: This is not in the River District this is in the 421 Overlay so what kind of concession had to be made as it fell into the 421 Overlay?