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Carmel /Clay Board of Zoning Appeals
SPECIAL USE APPLICATION
Docket No. 09120016 SU Windspire Turbine In Business District
Carmel /Clay Board of Zoning Appeals Public Hearing
6:00 pm January 26, 2010
Petitioner: Indiana Municipal Power Agency
11610 North College Avenue
(317) 428 -6716
Architect: Perkins VonDeylen Architects
c/o Scott Perkins, Scott Schafer
(317) 803 -7900
Attorney: Bose McKinney Evans LLP
c/o Joseph D. Calderon
(317) 684 -5331
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
1 Findings of Facts (ballot sheet)
2. Findings of Facts (question sheet)
3. Statement of Variance and Support
4. Aerial photograph location map
5. Carmel Clay Zoning Map
CO Wind Turbine Location Aerial Site Views
7 Cl Overall Site Plan
8. L l Landscape Plan with Elevation Diagram
9. Windspire information and specifications
Finding of Facts (ballot question sheet) 1, 2
CARMEL /CLAY BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS
Carmel, Indiana
Docket No.: 09120016 SU Windspire Turbine Tower In Business District
Petitioner: Indiana Municipal Power Agency
FINDINGS OF FACT SPECIAL USE (Ballot Sheet)
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CARMEL /CLAY BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS
CARMEL, INDIANA
Docket No.: 09120016 SU Windspire Turbine Tower In Business District
Petitioner: Indiana Municipal Power Agency
FINDINGS OF FACT SPECIAL USE
1. The premises in question is particularly physically suitable for the proposed Special Use because:
there is adequate open space outside of the required greenbelt to locate the windspire turbine tower and meet the
technical requirements in order for it to work properly.
2. The Special Use will not injuriously or adversely affect economic factors, such as cost /benefit to the community
and its anticipated effect on surrounding property values because:
most of the adjacent properties are commercial, the property to the east will be largely screened by the existing
office building, the windspire turbine tower has landscaping surrounding it to mitigate aesthetic concerns, it has
been designed on a vertical axis to operate quietly only producing 6 dBA above ambient, it represents an accessory
use of the property, and society will benefit from the demonstration of a clean alternative energy project.
3. The Special Use will be consistent with social /neighborhood factors, such as compatibility with existing uses and
those permitted under current zoning in the vicinity of the premises under consideration and how the proposed
Special Use will affect neighborhood integrity because:
the windspire turbine tower is an accessory use supporting a commercial office building located in a commercial
business park, the height of the tower is less than the height of buildings permitted in the B -6 zoning district, and it
will not operate in an intrusive fashion.
4. The Special Use will not injuriously or adversely affect the adequacy and availability of water, sewage and storm
drainage facilities and police and fire protection because:
the windspire turbine tower does not use water, nor does it contribute anything to the sanitary storm system.
Further, it does not require any significant impervious surface. Because the windspire turbine tower is not an
"occupied" special use, there will be no anticipated need for additional police /fire protection.
5. The Special Use will not adversely affect vehicular and pedestrian traffic in and around the premises upon
which the Special Use is proposed because:
the windspire turbine tower is located internally to the site, away from the greenbelt perimeter, sidewalks and all
public streets, so as to not interfere with the use of sidewalks or streets by pedestrian or vehicular traffic. It will also
be located outside of the existing parking lot.
DECISION
Yes No: The Board has reviewed the requirements of Ordinance Z -160, Section 21.03 (1 -26) as they relate
to this Special Use, and does not find that those criteria prevent the granting of the Special Use.
IT IS THEREFORE the decision of the Carmel /Clay Board of Zoning Appeals that Special Use Docket Number
09120016 SU is granted, subject to any conditions stated in the minutes of this Board, which are incorporated
herein by reference and made a part hereof.
Adopted this day of 20
CHAIRPERSON, Carmel /Clay Board of Zoning Appeals
SECRETARY, Carmel /Clay Board of Zoning Appeals
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Conditions of the Board are listed on the back.
(Petitioner or his representative to sign).
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Statement of Variance and Support 3
IMPA Energy Renewable Energy Project
Docket No. 09120016 SU Windspire Turbine in Business District
STATEMENT OF VARIANCE:
The Petitioner, Indiana Municipal Power Agency, has filed a Special Use
Application request to install a vertical wind turbine on their parcel of property
consisting of 3.94 acres located at 11610 North College Avenue, Carmel, Indiana.
The property is zoned B -6 and the wind turbine will be an accessory use
supporting the existing commercial office building.
STATEMENT OF SUPPORT:
The Petitioner, Indiana Municipal Power Agency, desires to integrate the
Windspire wind turbine as a demonstration project for the community in which to
illustrate how wind energy is captured and converted into renewable "green"
electrical power. Included in the operation will be a monitoring system
displaying real -time electrical power generation readings.
The Windspire vertical -axis wind turbine is 30 feet tall overall with a slender
profile of 4 feet in diameter. This slender profile enables it to function in close
proximity to buildings and parking areas, and the virtually silent operation makes
it appropriate for populated areas.
Aerial photograph location map 4