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HomeMy WebLinkAboutPacketBingham · McHale~ attorneys at law Variance Requests 2700 Market Tower 10 West Market Street Indianapolis, IN 46204 317.635.8900 bimzhammchale.com West Carmel Marketplace Duke Construction, Limited Partnership By Mary E. Solada, Esq. 04050029 V 04050030 V 04050033 V 04050034 V 04050035 V 04050036 V 04070009 V 04070010 V 9901 Michigan Road (approximate address) For September 21, 2004 Carmel Plan Commission Carmel/Clay Board of Zoning Appeals Duke Construction, Limited Partnership Informational Packet 04050029 V 04O5O030 V O405OO33 V 04050034 V O4050O35 V 04050036 V 04070008 V 04070009 V 04070010 V TABLE OF CONTENTS Tab 1 .................... Narrative of Variance Requests Tab 2 .................... Site Plan Tab 3 .................... Landscaping Plans Tab 4 .................... Elevations Tab 5 .................... Commitments WEST CARMEL MARKETPLACE DUKE CONSTRUCTION, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP SEPTEMBER 27, 2004 CARMEL/CLAY BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS NARRATIVE OF VARIANCE REQUESTS 04050029 V O4O5OO3O V 04050033 V O4O5OO34 V O4O5OO35 V 04050036 V 04070008 V 04070009 V 04070010 V (Foundation Plantings) (Access To Tracts) (Sign Number and Type) (Wall Sign Area) (Ground Sign Area) (Ground Sign Height) (Ground Sign Copy Area) (Fagade Projections/Recessions) (Facade Material Change/Horizontal- Vertical) Duke Construction, Limited Partnership, proposes a significant commercial development at approximately 9901 Michigan Road. The West Carmel Marketplace development will consist of three multi-tenant retail commercial buildings, totaling 186,000 square feet. Toward this end, Duke Construction has undertaken a thorough DP/ADLS procedure through the Plan Commission. Prior to the Board of Zoning Appeals hearing, the petitioner has engaged in a substantial public process, including two full Plan Commission hearings, three Special Studies Committee meetings, multiple meetings and communications with the Department and/or other public agencies, and multiple meetings and communications with adjoining neighborhood interests. This effort has resulted in a development proposal which meets the needs of the community in the west Carmel vicinity. Likewise, the overall development scenario represents an attractive and appropriate proposal, with significant attributes in keeping with tho intentions of the US Highway 421/Michigan Road Corridor Overlay zone, and with significant design and other protections afforded the adjoining neighbors. The final overall development proposal for consideration by the Board of Zoning Appeals contains nine variances of the ordinance standards. These are described as follows' Variances Requested Foundation Plantings (23C.10.02,2): The primary multi-tenant building (located at Retail Pkwy and Commerce Dr) would have no foundation plantings along the east side of the building. The "B" Shops buildings (located along the US 421 frontage) would have 3-foot wide foundation plantings along the east side of the buildings. The Ordinance requires a minimum of 5 feet wide. Access to Individual Tracts (23C.13): A new primary entrance drive, being 99~ Street, to be a dedicated public street, would be established intersecting US 421. Additionally, one right- in/right-out would be provided along US 421 near the south property line. The Ordinance prohibits new curb cuts along US 421. Sign Number and Type (25.07.02-11, b): The development would have five multi-tenant building complex signs, with two of these being east of the "B" Shops buildings. The Ordinance allows for a maximum of three. Wall Sign Area (25.07.02-09,,c): Five wall signs for the individual tenants of the primary multi- tenant building (Retail Pkwy and Commerce Dr) would each be 225 square feet. The Ordinance allows for a maximum of 115 square feet each. Ground Sign Area (25.07.02-11, c, i)' Two ground signs, identified as "Sign A", located along the Michigan Road frontage (one at Retail Pkwy and one at 99t~ Street), would each be 180.5 square foot. Tho Ordinanco allows for a maximum of 75 square foot. Ground Sign Height (25.07.02-11, d, i): Two ground signs, identified as "Sign A", located along the Michigan Road frontage (one at Retail Pkwy and one at 99~ Street), would each be 14'10" tall. One ground sign, identified as "Sign C", located at Commerce Dr and Retail Pkwy, would be 7'9" tall. The Ordinance allows for a maximum height of 6 feet. Ground Sign Copy Area (25.07.02-11, g): Two ground signs, identified as "Sign B", located behind the "B" Shops buildings, would each contain a Changeable copy area of 71%. The Ordinanco allows for a maximum 2/3 Chan§eable copy area, or ~%. Facade projections / recessions (23C.09, D): The primary multi-tenant building (located at Retail Pkwy and Commerce Dr) fa~;ade would not have building offsets along each facade. The "B" Shops building (located along the US 421 frontage) would have 4-foot building offsets along the front facade. The Ordinance requires a minimum 8-foot offset at a minimum of each 60-foot interval along each facade. Facade material change / horizontal-vertical (23C.09, D): The primary multi-tenant building (located at Retail Pkwy and Commerce Dr) front fagade contains material changes along vortical lino$. Tho Ordinance provides for only material chart§es alon§ horizontal lines. Variance Rationale Foundation Plantings: The primary multi-tenant building (located at Retail Pkwy and Commerce Dr) and the "B" Shops Buildings (located along the Michigan Road frontage) would have foundation plantings consistent with, or exceeding, the standard set forth by the adjacent retail commercial building to the north, including a lack of foundation planting area on the east side of the building. This development scenario, aside from being consistent with the adjacent scenario, is to accommodate the location of loading facilities. Significant perimeter landscape treatment is proposed, above and beyond the ordinance standard, and finished masonry fagade treatment will encompass all sides of the buildings. Additionally, significant landscaping is proposed within the large parking area west of the primary multi-tenant building in multiple landscape islands therein, in contrast to the existing interior parking landscaping scenario adjacent to the north, which is nearly devoid of landscape islands. The superior design, aesthetic, and functional intentions of tho US Highway 421-Michigan Road Corridor Overlay 7one and B-3 primary district are realized, within the overall development proposal, with which the foundation planting vadanco is but one element. Access to Individual Tracts' The petitioner-controlled property contains five (5) Michigan Road curb cuts (Retail Parkway being one, and four additional cuts south of the existing Porter Paint facility). The intent of the access provision of the US 421-Michigan Road Corridor Overlay Zone is to reduce curb cuts, by providing common entrances and frontage roads. The overall design scenario would reduce the number of curb cuts along this frontage from five (5) to three (3), being a 40% reduction, and with the southernmost access strictly a right-in/right-out. The overall design scenario would provide common entrances for multiple users. The overall design scenario would provide for a private frontage road, generally parallel with Michigan Road. Additionally, the Thoroughfare Plan specifically recommends the 99th Street point of access, where proposed. These multiple factors create an overall benefit and compliance with the intent of the access provision of the Overlay Zone, despite requiring a deviation for the establishment of the new primary entrance roadway and the right- in/right-out. A traffic analysis has shown that when the proposed development traffic volumes are added to the roadway network, the near-by intersections along Michigan Road will operate at acceptable levels of service during the peak hours with tho proposed Commerce Drive extension and the proposed signalized access at 99th Street. The near-by intersections include 96th Street, 106th Street and Retail Parkway. An access point along Michigan Road is proposed that will align with 99th Street. It is also proposed to install a traffic signal at this access when the traffic volumes are warranted. When the signal is installed, the flow of through traffic along Michigan Road can be maintained through the coordination of signals. A traffic analysis has shown that adequate distance for storage and progression will be provided between the proposed signalized access and Retail Parkway. The following are benefits of the proposed signalized access: The signalized access will reduce the traffic volumes at the 96th Street and Michigan Road intersection by providing an alternative route for vehicles traveling to and from the west along 96th Street, by way of Commerce Drive or Mayflower Parkway. When considering the proposed development traffic, the signalized access could reduce the traffic at the 96th Street intersection by as much as 222 vehicles over the AM and PM peak hours. Traffic volumes will significantly increase at the intersection of Michigan Road and Retail Parkway if it is used as the sole access for the proposed development. Traffic projections show that with the proposed Commerce Drive extension the intersection volumes, without the additional access for the proposed development and related dispersion of traffic, would increase by approximately 20% above the existing traffic volumes. Sign Number and Type: The placement of two additional freestanding multi-tenant building complex signs would not impact the Michigan Road streetscape or aesthetic intentions of the standards of the sign provisions of the ordinance, since they would both be located east of the "B" Shops buildings, over 200 feet from Michigan Road, and in proximity to a private interior access drive. Additionally, the freestanding signs are proposed to be consistent with the overall design theme. The superior design, aesthetic, and functional intentions of the sign provisions of the ordinance are realized, within the overall development proposal, with which the sign number and type variance is but one element. Wall Sign Area: The placement of wall signs for the primary multi-tenant building (located at Retail Pkwy and Commerce Dr), which exceed the sign area standard, is necessary because the development scenario does not propose a large single tenant user ("big box"), which would accommodate significant building identification and scale-based visibility. Relative alignment of the primary multi-tenant building, with the established large single tenant building to the north, promotes design compatibility, but also results in visibility challenges for such a multi-tenant building, given the existing frontage development along Michigan Road. Additionally, the wall signs for the primary building are further limited to internally illuminated individual letters, one (1) or two (2) lines of copy, maximum letter height of four (4) feet, and colors limited to blue, green, white, bronze, or other color as approved by the Plan Commission. Given these circumstances and limitations, the superior design, aesthetic, and functional intentions of the sign provisions of the ordinance and the US Highway 421-Michigan Road Corridor Oveday Zone are realized, within the overall development proposal, with which the wall sign area variance is but one element. Ground Sign Area: The placement of two (2) multi-tenant building complex ground signs, which exceed the sign area standard, is necessary because the development scenario does not propose a large single tenant user ("big box"), which would accommodate significant building identification and scale-based visibility. Relative alignment of the primary multi-tenant building, with the established lar§e single tenant building to the north, promotes design compatibility, but also results in visibility challenges for such a multi-tenant building, given the existing frontage development along Michigan Road. Additionally, all ground signs are further limited to white or bronze lettering on a cream opaque background. The ground signs are proposed to be consistent with the overall design theme. The superior design, aesthetic, and functional intentions of the sign provisions of the ordinance and the US Highway 421-Michigan Road Corridor Oveday Zone are realized, within the overall development proposal, with which the ground sign area variance is but one element. Ground Sign Height: The placement of three freestanding multi-tenant building complex signs which exceed the sign height standard is necessa~ because the development scenario does not propose a large single-tenant user ("big box"), which would accommodate significant building identification and scale-based visibility. Relative alignment of the primary multi-tenant building (located at Retail Pkwy and Commerce Dr) with the established large single tenant building to the north promotes design compatibility, but also results in visibility challenges for such a multi-tenant building, given the existing frontage development along the Michigan Road corridor. Additionally, to address ground sign compatibility and impact issues, all ground signs are further limited to white or bronze lettering on a cream opaque background. The ground signs are proposed to be consistent with the overall design theme. The superior design, aesthetic, and functional intentions of the sign provisions of the ordinance and the US Highway 421-Michigan Road Corridor Oveday Zone aro roalized, within the overall development proposal, with which the §round sign height variance is but one element. Ground Sign Copy Area' The additional Changeable copy area, for the two (2) ground signs behind the "B" Shops buildings, is necessary in order to minimize the size of these ground signs, while still maintaining visible identification thereon. Both of these ground signs would be less than the maximum height and less than the maximum aroa afforded by the ordinance. Additionally, to address ground sign compatibility and impact issues, all ground signs are further limited to white or bronze lettering on a cream opaque background. Fa~de projections / recessions: The primary multi-tenant building (located at Retail Pkwy and Commerce Dr) would be generally located in-line with an adjacent, established, large "big box" retail facility. The fa~de of this established, adjacent "big box" facility is much less descript than the proposed primary multi-tenant building, with each entrance providing moderate visual variation as intended by the projection/recession standard. The "B" Shops building (located along the Michigan Road frontage) would be provided with 4-foot projections/recessions, which would, along with the superior fa~de design, meet the intent of the projection/recession standard. Fa~de material change / horizontal-vertical: The primary multi-tenant building (located at Retail Pkwy and Commerce Dr) contains material variation primarily along horizontal lines. However, the placement of occasional decorative accent materials or other architectural elements along vertical lines is necessary to differentiate the tenant spaces and/or their entrances. Commitments Ten commitments have been entered into the record associated with the DP/ADLS for the West Carmel Marketplace, as detailed herein. These commitments provide significant restrictions and additional requirements, related to signage, architectural theme, landscaping, access, and perimeter treatment for three adjoining neighborhoods. 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R' M-E'L CARMEL, SEPTEMBER 21, M,A- R, K- E,T- P, L-A, C- E INDIANA WETLANDS / VEGETbTION EXHIBIT CSO ~..~ WEST W-E~S-T C'A' R' M' E' L K' E'T~ P~ L' A' C' E CA R M E L, I N D I A N A W-E-S'T C,A,R,M,E,L CARMEL, SEPTEMIt~R 21, 2004 M-A: R' K' E,T' P, L, A, C' E INDIANA e e- ® ,: /l CARMEL, SEPTEM1}ER 21, 200~ INDIANA CSO 'A' CRI~-M~OLOI~.ED C~,~'~T.~O~E MEDALLION S CORNICI! AND CR~M~OLOR~ M~DALLION ~A-~ ~ 'ZoNIN~ ORDINANCE COMPLL~N~ SIG,_N 'B' SIGN 'C' // ................ PIN-MOUN~D ~I.A~K PAI~D ILLUMINATED DUKE CONSTRUCTION COMMITMENTS ATTENDANT TO DOCKET NO. 04050028DP/ADLS: WEST CARMEL MARKETPLACE DEVELOPMENT PLAN AND ADLS Conditioned on Plan Commission approval of Docket No. 04050028DP/ADLS (West Carmel Marketplace), the Petitioner Duke Construction Limited Partnership sets forth to the following commitments to be made as part of the Development Plan and ADLS Approval. In addition to the commitments contained in the Application and Plans and Specifications submitted in support of the Application, Petitioner commits to the following: o Anchor tenant wall signage shall be limited to the colors of white, blue, green or bronze, such signage not to exceed 225 square feet and letters no larger than 4 feet. All wall signs for the B Shop buildings will be white face-lit signs with dark bronze returns and shall comply with ordinance size standards. Wall signs oriented to Commerce Drive, Retail Parkway, and 99th Street shall be prohibited. Window signs shall be prohibited. All ground signs shall consist of white or bronze lettering on a cream opaque background. No tenant shall be listed on more than one (1) ground sign. Ground signs at Retail Parkway/Michigan Road and 99th Street/Michigan Road shall be limited to 245 square feet, with a maximum height of 14'10". The ground sign at Retail Parkway/Commerce Drive shall be limited to 53 square feet, with a maximum height of 7'9". No single tenant shall occupy more than 50% of sign type "A" (ground signs at Retail Parkway/Michigan Road and at 99th Street/Michigan Road). , All buildings within the development, including Block G, shall follow the architectural theme established in the building elevations submitted under date of September 9, 2004. , Landscaping plantings along the common property lines with Ashbrooke, Spring Arbor and North Augusta neighborhoods shall be installed as shown on the Landscape Plan submitted under date of September 9, 2004. , Additionally, as to the Ashbrooke neighborhood association ("Ashbrooke): a~ Petitioner shall provide reimbursement to Ashbrooke for a fence if approved (a variance is necessary) in the Ashbrooke common area along Commerce Drive of wood board on board at an approximate length of 500 feet, in addition to additional funds agreed upon between Petitioner and the Ashbrooke Board for landscaping. Alternatively, if the variance for the fence is not approved, Petitioner shall pay Ashbrooke an amount equal to the fence estimate approved by the parties, such funds to be used for landscaping in the Ashbrooke common area. 898122.4 Se o , o b, Additionally, six evergreen trees (a variety of to be chosen by Petitioner of Norway Spruce, White Spruce, White Fir, or Eastern Red Cedar, at agreed upon locations where existing foliage is most sparse), shall be paid for and planted by Petitioner to screen the homeowners whose rear yard abut Petitioner's northern most retention pond east of Commerce Drive. Regarding the Spring Arbor neighborhood, in addition to the Landscape Plan as submitted, Petitioner and the Spring Arbor Board have agreed that Petitioner will fund additional landscaping at the perimeter of the detention area abutting Spring Arbor. Specifically, Petitioner will plant a variety of tree species chosn from Norway Spruce, White Spruce, White Fir, or Eastern Red Cedar. Thirty-two such trees will be planted on the Petitioner's detention area abutting Spring Arbor where existing foliage is the most sparse in consultation with the Spring Arbor Board at the time of planting. Additionally, with the remaining funds as agreed, additional trees of the same species will be purchased by Petitioner to be planted within the Spring Arbor common area abutting the detention area of the project. The size, number and responsibility for planting will be determined by maximizing the value in consultation with Spring Arbor Board. Regarding the North Augusta neighborhood, Petitioner will plant the plantings indicated on Landscape Plan with the focus being on construction of a consistent and material landscape buffer and screening between the project and North Augusta. Petitioner agrees that, in consideration of the Plan Commission recommending to the Board of Zoning Appeals that a variance of the requirement restricting access to Michigan Road be granted, the curb cut connecting 99th Street to Michigan Road will not be opened until site plan approval of Block G is obtained from the Commission. Until the curb cut between 99th Street and Michigan Road is open, Petitioner's sole access to Michigan Road be limited to a right in/right out curb cut as shown on the site plan. Additionally, Petitioner will dedicate all necessary fight-of-way relative to 99th Street and a portion of Commerce Drive extension consistent with the Memorandum of Understanding between Petitioner, and it will work with INDOT on Michigan Road design in accordance with its requirements. These commitments are binding on the owner of the real estate and each subsequent owner of the real estate and persons acquiring interest in the real estate following approval of the pending applications unless the commitments are modified or terminated by the governmental authority authorized to make such modification. 898122.4 2 . 10. The undersigned agrees to record these commitments in the Office of the Recorder of Hamilton County, Indiana upon granting of the approval of the applications. These commitments may be enforced by the Cannel Clay Board of Zoning Appeals and/or the City of Cannel, Indiana Planning Commission. Executed this day of September, 2004. DUKE CONSTRUCTION LIMITED PARTNERSHIP By: Duke Realty Corporation, its general partner By: Cynthia J. Schembre Senior Vice President, Retail Operations 898122.4 3 STATE OF INDIANA COUNTY OF ) )SS: ) Before me, a Notary Public in and for said County and State, personally appeared Cynthia J. Schembre and acknowledged the execution of the foregoing by and on behalf of Duke Realty Corporation, the general partner of Duke Construction Limited Partnership. Witness my hand and Notarial Seal, the day of September, 2004. Notary Public- Signature Notary Public - Printed My Commission Expires: My County of Residence: This instrument prepared by Mary E. Solada, Attomey at Law. Bingham McHale LLP, 2700 Market Tower, 10 West Market Street, Indianapolis, Indiana 46204-2982. 898122.4 4