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DEPARTMENT REPORT
FEBRUARY 21, 2012
1. Docket No. 11120028 ADLS: West Carmel Commons, Lot 1 - Outback Steakhouse.
The applicant seeks architectural design& site plan approval for a restaurant on 1.7 acres. The site is located at
10220 N. Michigan Rd. It is zoned B-2/Business within the US 421/Michigan Rd. Corridor Overlay Zone.Filed
by Joe Calderon of Bose McKinney&Evans, LLP on behalf of OSI Restaurant Partners, LLC.
The petitioner seeks site plan and design approval to construct an Outback Steakhouse restaurant building and parking
area on the proposed Lot 1 of West Carmel Commons. The building exterior will be comprised of mostly of brick and
split face block, with a standing seam metal roof over the porch area.
The major signage includes an Outback wall sign on the building(facing south), as well as a panel sign on the multitenant
ground sign to be located just south on the site on lot 2. Other incidental signage is a small `Take Out' sign on the west
facade of the building and an `Outback' flag, to be flown with the US flag.
The landscape plan meets the requirements of the Overlay Zone and has been approved by the City Forester.
Please view the petitioner's info packet for more detail.
Staffs outstanding comments for the petitioner:
1. Please show/label a general cross access easement on the site, as well as drive cuts, to show vehicular connectivity to
adjacent parcels within the West Carmel Commons development as well as connectivity to adjacent parcels. See
Zoning Ordinance chapters 23C.11.D and 23C.13. (This should be discussed further as to what happens when the
parcel to the north is developed and tries to connect to this internal drive for vehicular connection.)
2. There is still some concern about the traffic flow and the location of the disabled parking spaces right off the entry
drive from Michigan Rd. Is this safe?(This should be discussed further.)
3. Please consider using LEED or `green' building practices, such as a white membrane roof, solar panels, skylights,
bioswales,native plants, some pervious pavement, etc.
4. Please show how the mechanical equipment locations (including the water, gas, and electric meters) will be screened
from view.
5. There is some concern about the design of the eastern building elevation facing Michigan Rd. and how it is actually
the side of the building. (The front face of the building, with the most detailing, actually faces south.) (This should be
discussed further.)
6. City Engineering Dept. Comments:
a. The short term access to the site is acceptable,but the plan needs to identify how long term access will be
provided. The Department assumes that the use of the existing curb cut from Michigan Road will be part of the
long-term plan,but the Department needs confirmation from the INDOT. The Depai tiuent has requested
clarification as to the timing and responsibility for construction of the north-south alternate access roadway at the
rear of the lot. The Department is also working with the petitioner to clarify the portion of the site that is
currently proposed to directly discharge stormwater to the INDOT right-of-way.
Recommendation:
The Dept of Community Services (DOCS)recommends that the Plan Commission sends this item to the March 6
Subdivision Committee meeting for further review and discussion.
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