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CARMEL BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS
Hearing Officer: DEPARTMENT REPORT
N ov. 28, 2005
6-7d. Penn Mark Plaza, Bldg 1
The applicant seeks the following development standards variances:
Docket No. 05100015 V ZO Chapter 25.07.02-10.b sign type
Docket No. 05100016 V ZO Chapter 3.07 definition of sign area
The site is located at 11595 N Meridian and is zoned B-6/Business within the US 31 Overlay.
Filed by Steve Granner of Bose McKinney & Evans for Zeller Realty Group.
General Info:
The petitioner is seeking
variance approval to have a
2nd wall sign on the
Meridian Street frontage.
The sign ordinance allows a
building with more than one
road frontage to transfer
signage allowed on one
frontage to another, with
the restriction that the sign
type combo must be wall-
ground or roof-ground. The
petitioner is also seeking
variance approval for how
sign area is calculated.
Currently, sign area is calculated by taking the widest width multiplied by the tallest height. The
petitioner proposed to take the area of the sign text and add it to the area of the sign logo for total sign
square footage, so as to not have any "dead space". The building width is approx. 220- ft, and the
distance of the sign fro the Road R/W is approx 130-ft. At the Nov. 1, 2005 Subdivision Committee
meeting, the sign design/location was approved with the following conditions: that the sign &
logo have a maximum of 5-ft separation, and that the square footage allowed be calculated with
Sign Chart B for freeways.
Analysis:
Two wall signs oriented west, toward Meridian Street, are looked upon favorably by the Department.
The petitioner has gone before the Plan Commission for approval of the sign design.
Findings of Fact: sign type
1.) The approval of this variance will not be injurious to the public health, safety, morals,
and general welfare of the community because:
The 2nd wall sign will be of similar color and location on the building elevation vertically, with
the sign meeting the square footage requirement of the sign ordinance.
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 2nd wall sign will be of similar color and location on the building elevation vertically, with
the sign meeting the square footage requirement of the sign ordinance.