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CARMEL PLAN COMMISSION
DEPARTMENT REPORT
DECEMBER 16, 2008
3H. Docket No. 08700011 DP Amend/ADLS: Weston Pointe - Outlot 2 -Firestone
The applicant seeks site plan and design approval for an automobile repair facility. The site is located
north of 11055 Michigan Rd. and is zoned B-2/Business within the Michigan Rd Overlay Zone. Filed by
Janue Shinneman of Weihe Engineers for Firestone Service Center.
The applicant seeks approval of a complete auto care store. The site is located in an outlot of dre Weston Pointe
Retail Center. Building materials proposed are primarily brick, stone veneer, and split faced block. Please view
the petitioner's informational brochure for more detail.
DOCS Staff s outstandin¢ review continents:
L Please give an update on the approval status h~om the Forestry Dept, Hamilton County Highway Dept or
INDOT, and Hamilton County Surveyor's Office.
2. Please provide a copy of the proposed site plaid overlaid upon an aerial photo of the retail center.
3. Provide the landscape lighting details/specifications (if applicable).
4. Show/label the mechanical equipment location and how it is screened from view.
5. Please consider using LEED or `green' site and building practices, such as solar panels, skylights, native
plant species, bio-swales, etc.
6. Please think about replacing some of the excess number of parking spaces with green space.
7. BZA: Variance will be required for not having 8-ft Offsets (recessions or projections) for buildings 90-ft or
longer', per Section 23C.09.D.
8. BZA: a variance may be required for the Building base landscaping (foundations plantings) not surrounding
the entire building.
9. BZA: variances will be required for signage facing north and east. Also, for total number of signs and the
total sign sgiuv e footage exceeding 75 sq. ft.
10. signage: there are two multi-tenant ground signs along Weston Pointe Dr. for the whole development. Will
you be using one of the sign panels?
t 1. Note: Directional signs are permitted (and exempt), as long as they 3 sq ft in area or less and under 3 ft tall.
12. Note: there is already a BZA variance granted to not have a 6-ft wide perimeter planting strip, adjacent to
the 30-ft wide greenbelt.
13. Lighting Plan -foot-candles cannot exceed 0.3 foot candles at the property lines.
14. The lighting plan in the info packet is labeled Crystal Flash Noblesville. Please change this text.
The Dept. of Community Services recommends the Commission forward this item to the January 6
Committee meeting for further review and discussion.