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HomeMy WebLinkAboutPacketCarmel Board of Zoning Appeals June 25, 2012 INFORMATION BOOKLET Docket No. 12040021 V Docket No. 12040022 V North Meridian Medical Pavilion 12188 N. Meridian Street HCRI Carmel Building A Medical Facility, LLC HCRI Carmel Building B Medical Facility, LLC Steven B. Granner, AICP Bose McKinney Evans LLP 111 Monument Circle, Suite 2700 Indianapolis, IN 46204 (317) 684 -5304 (317) 223-0304 seranner boselaw.com BOSE McKINNEY EVANS LLP BOSE MEANS BUSINESS' 2012 Bose McKinney Evans LLP WWW.BOSELAW.COM Tab Description 2166586v3 Table of Contents 1. Findings of Fact (ballot sheets) 2. Findings of Fact (question sheets) 3. Statement of Variance 4. Statement of Support 5. Location Map 6. Plans and Elevations a. Location of Existing Signs and the Proposed Location of the New Sign at the South Entrance along Illinois Street b. Existing Ground Sign at the Illinois Street North Entrance (08020019 V; 08020027 V; 080300037 CA; and, 08070019 ADLS Amend.) c. Proposed 8 -Panel Revision to the Existing Ground Sign at the Illinois Street North Entrance (12040020 CA and 12040023 ADLS Amend.) d. Requested New Ground Sign at the Illinois Street South Entrance (12040020 CA; 12040021 V; 12040022 V; and 12040023 ADLS Amend.) 2129479v1 Docket No.: Petitioner: 1. The approval of this variance will not be injurious to the public health, safety, morals and general welfare of the community because: the proposed monument ground sign will provide necessary identification to patients and visitors to the 12188A North Meridian Medical Pavilion building. The sign has been designed and located on the site with a north to south orientation to minimize any effect on the adjacent residential development to the west and across Illinois Street. 2. The use and value of the area adjacent to the property included in the variance will not be affected in a substantially adverse manner because: the design and the location of the sign has been made to minimize any effect on the adjacent area and is consistent with the ground signage used in the U.S. 31 Corridor to identify tenants in medical office buildings. CARMEUCLAY ADVISORY BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS FINDINGS OF FACT DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS VARIANCE 12040021 V HCRI Carmel Building A Medical Facility, LLC HCRI Carmel Building B Medical Facility, LLC 3. The strict application of the terms of the Zoning Ordinance to the property will result in practical difficulties in the use of the property because: it is essential that the patients and visitors to the 12188A and 12188B medical office buildings be able to locate the correct building where their health care providers are located. Wall signage facing Illinois Street, and the residential development to the west, has not been encouraged. IT IS THEREFORE the decision of the Carmel /Clay Board of Zoning Appeals that Development Standards Variance Docket No. 12040021 V 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 25th day of June 20 12 CHAIRPERSON, Carmel /Clay Board of Zoning Appeals SECRETARY, Carmel /Clay Board of Zoning Appeals DECISION Page 10 filename: development standards variance 2012.doc rev. 12/28/2011 Conditions of the Board are listed on back. Petitioner or representative to sign. 2129479v1 Docket No 1. The approval of this variance will not be injurious to the public health, safety, morals and general welfare of the community because: the proposed monument ground sign will provide necessary identification to patients and visitors to the 12188A North Meridian Medical Pavilion building. The sign has been designed and located on the site with a north to south orientation to minimize any effect on the adjacent residential development to the west and across Illinois Street. 2. The use and value of the area adjacent to the property included in the variance will not be affected in a substantially adverse manner because: the design and the location of the sign has been made to minimize any effect on the adjacent area and is CARMEUCLAY ADVISORY BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS FINDINGS OF FACT DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS VARIANCE 12040022 V H� RI Carmel Building A Medical Facifity, LLC HCRI Carmel Building B Medical Facility, LLC consistent with the ground signage used in the U.S. 31 Corridor to identify tenants in medical office buildings. 3. The strict application of the terms of the Zoning Ordinance to the property will result in practical difficulties in the use of the property because: it is essential that the patients and visitors to the 12188A and 12188B medical office buildings be able to locate the correct building where their health care providers are located. Wall signage facing Illinois Street, and the residential development to the west, has not been encouraged. CHAIRPERSON, Carmel /Clay Board of Zoning Appeals SECRETARY, Carmel /Clay Board of Zoning Appeals DECISION IT IS THEREFORE the decision of the Carmel /Clay Board of Zoning Appeals that Development Standards Variance Docket No. 12040022 V 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 25th day of June 20 12 Conditions of the Board are listed on back. Petitioner or representative to sign. Page 10 filename: development standards variance 2012.doc rev. 12/282011 NORTH MERIDIAN MEDICAL PAVILION Docket No. 12040021 V Docket No. 12040022 V Statement of Variance HCRI Carmel Building A Medical Facility, LLC and HCRI Cannel Building B Medical Facility, LLC (collectively the "Petitioner are requesting Board approval to: (i) allow the proposed Center Identification Ground Sign, which will be located at the southern entrance along Illinois Street, to face Illinois Street rather than its permitted location along Meridian Street (Ch. 25.07.02-11b; and, (ii) allow for the proposed Center Identification Ground Sign, to be located at the southern entrance along Illinois Street, to be eight (8) feet tall (Ch. 25.07.02 -11d). Per the plans filed, this sign incorporates the building colors and has been designed to complement the overall development. This sign will be the same height, size and construction as the existing Center Identification Ground Sign located at the northern entrance. In accordance with the Commitments and the Carmel Sign Ordinance, the location of this new sign will include a landscaped area equal to the total sign area. NORTH MERIDIAN MEDICAL PAVILION Docket No. 12040021 V Docket No. 12040022 V Statement of Support The North Meridian Medical Pavilion (the "Project is comprised of 2 medical office buildings which front U.S. 31/Meridian Street, with shared parking to the west adjacent to Illinois Street. Each of the buildings is entitled to two (2) wall tenant identification signs facing U.S. 31, per a previous variance approval (04110022 V). Additionally, as a part of the approved signage package for the Project, there is a Multi- tenant Building Complex Directory Sign located on the Frontage Road adjacent to U.S. 31 (07050010 ADLS Amend.). As a part of the DP /ADLS approval (04050053 DP /ADLS) and the rezoning (0410031 Z) for the Project, certain commitments were made to the Plan Commission concerning the development of the Project, including provision for two Center Identification Ground Signs to be located at the two entrances to the Project parking lot off of Illinois Street. In 2008, a variance petition was filed requesting a variance of sign height for the sign located at the north entrance along Illinois Street. The Board approved a development standards variance (08020019 V) to allow for the sign to be 8 feet in height. Thus, HCRI Carmel Building A Medical Facility, LLC and HCRI Cauuel Building B Medical Facility, LLC (collectively the "Petitioner are requesting a variance of the Sign Ordinance in order to allow the new Center Identification Ground Sign, which will be located at the southern entrance along Illinois Street, to be the same height, size and construction as the existing Center Identification Ground Sign located at the northern entrance along Illinois Street, per the plans filed.