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DEPARTMENT REPORT
JANUARY 18, 2012
3. Docket No 11110009 DP/ADIS: Fifth Third Bank.
The applicant seeks site plan and design approval for new bank building. The site is located at 205 E.
Carmel Dr. The site is.zoned.B-8%Business and lies within the Cartriel Dr. — Range Line Rd. Overlay
Zone. Filed by Kurt Prosser of GPD Group.
The applicant seeks site and design approval to demolish an existing building and erect a new Fifth Third Bank. This site
currently contains an office building. The new bank building will:he two stories with offices for the bank on the upper
floor. The building will be comprised mostly,of brick and stucco with a stone base and some transparent glass and some
spandrel (opaque) glass. 'Phis site is located just west of the Cannel Racquet Club and east of a two story office building.
Three variances are being requested from the overlay. One is to allow the floor area ratio to be less than 0.5; one is to
allow the building to occupy less than the.required 70% of the frontage, and one is to allow a ground sign which is
prohibited.
One ground sign is°proposed forthe building.This will require a variancebecauseground signs are prohibited in the
Camel Dr.—Range Line Rd. Overlay. The ground sign is 31.99 sq. ft. and 5.5 ft. tall. 45 sq. ft. is allowed by the Sign
Ordinance. It is proposed to be a cabinet style sign with a stone base to match the building. Petitioner,please provide a
renderingthat shows the stone base on the sign drawing. The;Department would also request that the sign only
have the logo and name shine through at night, with the background opaque. This way the sign will appear to
have individual letters.
The site will also have some regulatory/safety signs for identification and..direction. These include Clearance,ATM,
Night Depository and Do not enter signs:These are all less than 3 sq..ft. and are permitted by the Sign Ordinance.
Window signs will also be displayed toshow the hours and other pertinent information for customers. These are all less
than 30% of the total window area and meet the.Sign Ordinance requirements.
The Forestry Department has approved the landscape plan. Please view the petitioner's information packet for
further detail.
Staff's outstanding comments for the petitioner:
1. Please indicate a 50 ft half°right of-way along Cannel Drive consistent with the Thoroughfare Plan.
2. Staff would like less spandrel glazing on the windows and more transparent.glass per Ordinance Chapter
23F.10.01. •
3. Suggestion to re-use the.stone that is on the current building.
4. Please extend the "future drive location"further south to connect to the"future cross access drive."
5. How do vehicles"tun] around'at the"Do not enter"area? Could this be an issue?
,6. The Engiheering_:Departtnent is Still working with the petitioner on their review comments,including compliance
with the Thoroughfare Plan&.Alternative Transportation Plan.
Recommendation::
The Dept.of Community Services (DOGS)recommends that the Plan Commission sends this item to the February 7
Subdivision;Committee meeting for further review and discussion.
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