HomeMy WebLinkAboutPlan Commission Information Booklet 11-20-07.docPaul G. Reis, Esq.
Carmel Plan Commission
Carmel, Indiana
November 20, 2007
Docket No. 07090015 DP/ADLS
Development Plan and Architectural Design, Exterior Lighting,
Landscaping and Signage
West Carmel Drive Retail Center
Development of Meijer Outlot Northeast of Intersection of
126th Street/Carmel Drive & Pennsylvania Street
Retail Real Estate
Development Plan & ADLS Approvals
West Carmel Drive Retail Center
Carmel Plan Commission
Docket No. 07090015 DP/ADLS
Retail Real Estate
BOSE McKINNEY & EVANS LLP
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. Development Summary
2. Aerial Photo of Site
3. Site Plan
4. Landscape Plan
5. Building Rendering
6. Building Elevations, Floor Plan, Transparent Glass Calculation
7. Signage Plan
8. Photometric Lighting Plan & Light Fixtures
Development Plan & ADLS Approvals
Docket No. 07090015 DP/ADLS
Retail Real Estate
BOSE McKINNEY & EVANS LLP
WEST CARMEL DRIVE RETAIL CENTER
DEVELOPMENT SUMMARY
Thomas English Retail Real Estate, LLC is proposing the development of a new retail building on the
Meijer outlot located northeast of the intersection of 126th Street/Carmel Drive and Pennsylvania Street. (Please
see aerial photo under TAB 2.) The site is approximately 1.73 acres in size and a part of the Meijer Zone in the
Old Meridian Office District zoning classification. It is located north of the Hamilton Crossing retail center, south
and west of the Meijer store and the Meijer Convenience Store and east of the Opus North office development.
The proposed development plan for a multi-tenant retail building is consistent with and supportive of the
comprehensive plan and the Meijer Zone of the Old Meridian District.
The proposed development proposes a retail building area of 10,600 square feet with retail entrances on
the south and west fronting Carmel Drive and Pennsylvania Street. The building has been located on the site to
conform to the development standards of the Meijer Zone and to comply with the Meijer site requirements.
(Please see the site plan under TAB 3.) The building has been designed in accordance with the architectural and
development standards for the Old Meridian District-Meijer Zone. However, although the west facade of the
building is not immediately adjacent to an Open Drive or public street, the building has retail entrances on the
west facade to enhance the west facade of the building and to take advantage of the visibility along Pennsylvania
Street. A development standards variance has been filed to allow for this design. (Please see the building
rendering and building elevations under TABS 5 and 6 respectively. Site landscaping has been designed in
accordance with the Old Meridian District standards. (Please see the landscape plan under TAB 4.) A signage
plan is being proposed, consistent with the Zoning Ordinance, to provide a consistent look with respect to the
signage. A variance is being sought to provide small, simple, name only tenant signage on the north facade to
identify the tenants to the traffic using the main east-west and north-south Open Drives on the Meijer site. (Please
refer to the Signage Plan under TAB 7.) Exterior lighting for the parking areas has been designed to comply with
the lighting requirements of the zoning ordinance. Cut sheets of the proposed fixtures for the parking areas and
the accent lights on the buildings together with the photometric lighting plan are included under TAB 8.
Respectfully submitted,
Paul G. Reis, Esq.
Bose McKinney & Evans LLP
Attorneys for Thomas English Retail Real Estate, LLC
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