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SPECIAL STUDIES COMMITTEE
DEPARTMENT REPORT
DECEMBER 1 2009
3. Docket No. 09110030 ADLS Amend: Meridian Technology Center, Firestone Global Research and
Development Lab. The applicant seeks approval for signage, exterior building modifications, and a bio-
swale /rain garden. The site is located at 11799 College Dr. and is zoned B -2 /Business. Filed by Joe Scimia
of Baker Daniels for Firestone Industrial Products, LLC.
The applicant seeks approval for site and building modifications. These include changing several windows to
overhead doors, adding several a man doors, and adding a chiller and cooling tower (if needed). Several parking
spaces will be removed from the site and replaced with lawns, ponds, fountain, and land banked parking. Please
refer to the petitioner's info packet for more detail.
The applicant is proposing two signs for the site. This is allowed because the building has frontage on two public
streets. A wall sign is proposed at 74.8 sq. ft., and 115 sq. ft. is allowed by the Sign Ordinance. This sign will be
individual, internally illuminated red letters centered over the building entrance. A ground sign is also proposed at
65 sq. ft. and 6 feet tall; 75 sq. ft. and 6 feet tall is allowed by the Sign Ordinance. Petitioner, please provide the
horizontal dimension of the sign; it is not shown on the rendering. The sign will be individual aluminum
dimensional letters mounted to a decorative wall. They will be black in color and externally illuminated. There is a
slight concern over in- ground lighting for this sign. It has been used before in other locations and businesses often
come back later asking for approval for a different fixture. The Department will support these fixtures so long as
the Petitioner knows of the potential maintenance issues and is okay with them. The Department sees no other
issues with these signs and recommends approval.
The Dept of Community Services (DOCS) recommends that the Committee votes to approve this item after
all comments /concerns are addressed. (This item requires a Plan Commission Committee vote, and possibly
BZA variance approval for not providing the required total number of required parking spaces.)