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CARMEL PLAN COMVIISSION
SPECIAL STUDIES COMMITTEE
THURSDAY APRIL 1, 2010
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CARMEL CITY HALL
One Civic Square
Carmel, Indiana 46032
6:00 PM
Members Present: Kevin "Woody" Rider, Rick Ripma, Susan Westermeier
Members Absent: Steve Stromquist, Madeleine Torres
DOCS Staff Present: Director Michael Hollibaugh, Christine Barton- Holmes, and Rachel
Boone; also Legal Counsel John Molitor.
Also Present: Ramona Hancock, Plan Commission Secretary
The Special Studies Committee considered the following items:
1. Docket No. 10020011 ADLS Amend: Pyramid Corner North Signage
The applicant seeks approval to add the color red to the sign package for a new tenant: Stop Shred.
The site is located at 4006 W. 96th St. and is zoned B- 2/Business within the Michigan Rd./US 421
Overlay Zone. Filed by Steven Jaeger of Stop Shred.
Present for Petitioner: Jim Leahy, Premier Sign Group, Rucker Road, Indianapolis; Steve Jaeger, owner Stop
and Shred, located at 4006 West 96` Street.
Overview:
New tenant, Stop Shred
Now six locations for this relatively new business
Current business colors are black/white and red
Would like to maintain company "branding"
Requests red be allowed on signage
Department Report, Rachel Boone:
Sign package for this multi- tenant center currently has black/white and green externally illuminated
letters
Internal illumination OK
25% logo rule would apply; needs formal approval
Dept is OK with red color
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Committee Questions /Comments:
Need to give people identity for their business
John Molitor: Ordinance does not specifically limit colors
Motion: Sue Westermeier "To approve Pyramid Corner North Signage, Docket No. 10020011 ADLS Amend,
internally lit sign, including red color, with a logo that is limited to 25% of the total sign area." The motion
was seconded by Woody Rider, Approved 3 -0.
2. Docket No. 10020012 ADLS Amend: Silver Convenience Center Fueling Center (Shell)
The applicant seeks approval for exterior building modifications, a gas canopy with pumps, and
landscape signage changes. The site is located at 808 W. Main St. and is zoned OM/MU Old
Meridian District, Mixed Use Subarea. Filed by Jim Koch of Convenience Centers, LLC.
Present for Petitioner: Brian Crofts, P.E., Civil Site Group; Don Tharp, Convenience Centers, LLC
Previously a Marathon Station at this location
Leak discovered in tanks now mitigated
Shell would like to come to this site
Site has been approved for variance for use as fueling station
Gas canopy columns will be masonry
Canopy will have yellow and red horizontal stripe
No canopy signage or logos proposed
One "Food Mart" wall sign proposed
One 6 -foot tall ground sign proposed with brick surround and cornice on top
No variance required for signage
Department Report, Christine Barton- Holmes:
Petitioner has verified colors
Roundabout issue discussed —will be built on US 31 time -table
Signage would have to be moved in conjunction with right -of -way for roundabout
Dead /dying trees to be replaced as part of landscape package
Department Report—Signage—Rachel Boone:
Once roundabout is installed, ground sign will be in right -of -way
Signage has bricks on sides, cornice on top
Landscape will be in place, aesthetically pleasing
Ordinance allows two signs —one wall, one ground
Signage on pumps is under three square feet and allowed
Signage not allowed on canopies
Canopy colors: red, yellow, and all the way around
Committee Questions /Comments:
Problem with asking petitioner to pay to move signage after roundabout installed
Colors should go all the way around canopy
Tenn?
Don Tharpe, owner, Convenience Center:
Shell has a long term lease
New technology provides for leaks being contained —would leak inside itself, not into the environment
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Comments, Brian Croft:
Regarding Signage —would submit petition to Board of Public Works requesting to move sign if in
right -of -way
Currently, would like to construct sign as proposed
Motion: Woody Rider, "To approve Docket No. 10020012 ADLS Amend, Silver Convenience Center
Fueling Center (Shell) with colors all the way around." The motion was seconded by Sue Westermeier,
Approved 3 -0
Adjournment: 6:20 PM
R ona Hancock, Secretary
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