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HomeMy WebLinkAboutDept ReportCARMEL BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS DEPARTMENT REPORT July 25, 2005 6-7h. West Carmel Center Office Park, Ph I (West Carmel Center, Blk E) The applicant seeks the fbllowing development standards variance approvals: Docket No. 05060016 V Chapter 23C.10 bufferyard requirements Docket No. 05060017 V Chapter 23C.09.D facade offset The site is located southeast of Cormnerce Dr. and Carwinion Way. The site is zoned B-5/Business. Filed by Mike Jett of American Consulting, Inc. for Coastal Partners, LLC. 106TM ST General Info: The petitioner seeks approval for a reduction in the landscape buffer yard requirements and in a reduction of the facade bumps outs. The required building offsets/projections m-e 8 feet. Analysis: The office complex will be built in two phases. The existing drainage pond located in the northeast part of the site provides a water buffer to the residential neighbors to the north and east. To the west of the site is more retail/commercial uses. The Urban Forester has reviewed the site's landscape plan. The building facade is composed of brick and masonry, which will add to the quality of the development. The 8-ft building bump outs have been reduced to 5-ft. Findings of Fact: bufferyards 1. The approval of this variance will not be injurious to the public health, safety, morals and general welfare of the community because: the drainage pond provide a wide buffer with the adjacent residences. The site will still be landscaped with multiple shade trees and bushes. 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 drainage pond provides a wide buffer with the adjacent residences. The site will still be landscaped with multiple shade trees and bushes 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: the project may not be feasible to providing buffer yards that are too wide for the site, where buildings may have to be shifted in a way that ;vill make the project infeasible. Findings of Fact: faqade offset 1. The approval of this variance will not be injurious to the public health, safety, morals and general welfare of the community because: the building faqade projections/recessions will still be a part of the building fbotprint and facade, but the width will be closer to 5-ft, rather than 8-ft. 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 building faCade projections/recessions will still be a part of the building footprint and faCade, but the width will be closer to 5-ft, rather than 8-ft. The strict application of the terms of the Zoning Ordinance to the property will result in practical difficulties in the use of the proper~ because: the buildings and their locations on the site may have to be modified, which may cause the project to become infeasible. Recommendation: The department recommends positive consideration of Docket Nos. 05060016 V and 05060017 V.