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SPECIAL STUDIES COMMITTEE
DEPARTMENT REPORT
March 2, 2004
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Docket No. 04010002 DP/ADLS - Mike's Express Carwash
The applicant seeks to construct a new carwash facility. The site is located at 1250 S
Range Line Road. The site is zoned I-l/Industrial.
Filed by Charlie Frankenberger of Nelson & Frankenberger.
The applicant is requesting approval of a Development Plan and ADLS for the construction of a
Mike's Car Wash facility.
Comments and concerns raised at the public hearing include the following' Prohibiting stuffed
animals displays, not allowing signage on trash cans, traffic circulation on the site, and
addressing staff concerns.
Background'
Variance requests have been submitted concerning ground signage proposed along Range Line
Road and menu type signs adjacent to the building that the ordinance permits exclusively for
restaurant drive-thru uses. The department is in support of relief to allow the menu type signs
provide the applicant meets the maximum size allowed by ordinance.
This item was presented at the January TAC meeting. Unresolved items include access to Range
Line Road and Carmel Drive as it relates to the number of curb cuts and their alignment. This is
an issue that the applicant will need to address with the Carmel Engineering Department.
Staft concerns'
1. Design' The Department would request that the Commission spend a considerable
amount of time reviewing the building design and site layout. The Commission should be
concerned with how Mike's can design a building to respect the local community character of
Carmel. This is not an exercise in how Carmel can make a space for the franchise architecture
Mike's builds everywhere else. A building design that is more compatible with the community
identity of Carmel is desired. Carmel continues to make strides in reshaping the Range Line
Corridor and this proposal should not be an exception. The City desires to encourage
commercial corridors that create a sense of place and identity for the community.
2. Signage: The proposed signage is not in compliance with the ordinance. The applicant is
proposing signage that is closer to being in compliance with today's standards that the existing
signs.
The Department recommends that the Special Studies Committee forward this item back to
the full Plan Commission after all comments and concerns are addressed.
Committee Report 2004-0302