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SPECIAL STUDIES COMMITTEE
DEPARTMENT REPORT
May 6, 2004
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Docket No. 04040014 ADLS Amend: Kite Medical Office Complex, Phase 1
The applicant proposes a medical office building. The site is located northeast of 126th
Street and US Highway 31, at the 13000 Block of N. Pennsylvania St. The site is zoned
B-2/Business within the US 31 Overlay Zone. tS-m~ b--3 .-c, ~/
Filed by Paul Reis of Drewry Simmons, Pitts & Vornehm for Kite Companies.
The applicant is requesting approval of an ADLS Amendment for the construction of a multi-
story office building between Pennsylvania and Meridian Street, north of Carmel Drive. Please
see the informational packet prepared by the applicant for an overview of the site landscaping
and lighting as well as building elevations.
As some Commission members may recall a building very similar in design to the proposed
structure was approved in late 2000 under a Development Plan and ADLS application for a larger
tract and three buildings. The project did not move forward at that time. A very similar plan is
now presented beginning with the northern portion of the original site. Due to the uncertainty of
the proposed improvements to US 31 and the ultimate interchange locations the applicant has
revised the original plans to accommodate the proposed US 31 improvements (based on the best
available data provided by the consultants working for the State on the project). The revised
layout requires Development Plan Amendment and ADLS Amendment approval by the Plan
Commission. A DP/ADLS would typically be filed together and presented to the Plan
Commission for comment at a full Plan Commission meeting and then sent to committee.
However, due to the minimal changes to the building design and necessary modifications to
accommodate the State planned improvements to US 31 the Department felt it was appropriate to
allow the applicant to bring the ADLS Amendment to the Committee and present the
Development Plan to the full Plan Commission on May 18th. If there are no comments form
Commission members or the public at the meeting on May 18th the Department will request that
they suspend the rules and take final action on the DP Amend that evening. We anticipate few, if
any, comments from the public due to the plan being basically the same as what was previously
approved in 2000 with modifications made to allow for the ultimate construction of the US 31
improvements.
The applicant should focus its presentation on the changes made to the original site and building
design.
The Department recommends that the Special Studies Committee approve the request after
all comments and concerns have been addressed.
Note: The item only requires approval by the Special Studies Committee.
Committee Report 2004-0506