Board of Zoning Appeals

AREA BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS OF TIPPECANOE COUNTY LAFAYETTE DIVISION November 20, 2017 The City of Lafayette Board of Zoning Appeals met in regular session on Monday, November 20, 2017 at 4:00 PM. Members present were: Jackson Bogan, Tracy Walder, and Kathy Davis. The meeting was called to order by Mr. Bogan. Ms. Walder moved to approve the minutes of the previous meeting as distributed; second by Ms. Davis. The motion passed by unanimous voice vote. NEW BUSINESS: 2017-27 DRURY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION - Multiple requests for property located at 4110 SOUTH ST: 1) Variance to allow 84.5' building height instead of the allowed 35'. 2) Variance to allow 1 003.8 SF total sign area instead of the allowed 91 1.5 SF. Ms. Walder moved to hear and approve the petition, second by Ms. Davis. Dan Teder, agent for the petitioners, presented the petition. The petitioners, Mark Kohl and Michael Prehm, were present. Also present was Tim Balensiefer, the petitioner's consulting engineer. Mr. Teder stated that the site is zoned General Business. It is the site of the former Knight's Inn which has been raised. They propose a 7-story Drury Inn and Suites hotel. They received previous variances for signage both height and amount, height of the building, and setbacks. The have a new site plan; it is the same as before and shows the building and parking. The site is 3.35 acres plus 0.26 acres making up the bigger rectangle. There is additional ground to the west that will be a future right-of-way dedication to the City of Brinker Street. The freestanding signage area will not change. The monument sign area will not change. All were approved by the Board in January. We are asking to increase the signage from 911.5 SF to 1003.8 SF. The sign on the south side will go from 220.5 to 299.8 SF, the west side will decrease from 220.5 to 154.1 SF, and the east side will increase from 220.5 to 299.8 SF. The previous increase was to 911.5 SF, this adds about 90 SF. The building height is decreasing. They previously asked for 89.5'; they are now asking for 84.5'. The Board voted by ballot: 1) 3 yes 0 no. PETITION GRANTED 2) 3 yes 0 no. PETITION GRANTED Kent Schuette asked to address the Board. A brief, informal discussion regarding BZA No. 2017-8 ensued. The next meeting of the Lafayette Board of Zoning Appeals will be on Tuesday, January 16, 2018 at 4:00 PM. There being no further business to come before the Board at this time, the meeting was adjourned at 4:10 PM / Ch^tfman