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Attorney Eric Prime represented Davis Homes and said the site was originally annexed and zoned for a rental-oriented development, but the prior plan was not financially viable and the petitioner seeks to construct townhomes (south half of the site) and duplexes (north half) as separate, owner-occupied lots. Prime described the requested dimensional changes as interrelated and necessary to make individually deeded lots viable: smaller minimum lot sizes (requested: 4,600 sq. ft. for duplexes and 2,200 sq. ft. for townhomes, instead of a 4-acre multifamily minimum), reduced lot widths (down to 40 feet for duplex lots and 20 feet for townhome lots), reduced building heights (to 12 feet for duplexes and 20 feet for townhomes), and reduced yard/setback measurements (including a rear setback of 15 feet measured from the alley centerline).

Staff and the board discussed standards for the RMC zone, which permits attached single-family blocks and duplexes operated as a complex. The petitioner said the request preserves the intended aesthetic (rear-loaded units and alley access) but alters how ownership and lotting are organized so the units can be sold individually. Prime also offered a voluntary commitment to provide tree buffering adjacent to an adjoining property and indicated he would provide specific language to be incorporated into the findings.

A neighboring property owner asked whether tree or fence buffering was planned on the property line and whether the change in lotting would increase density; the petitioner said the final lot/unit counts would be clarified in subsequent site-plan review and that the change shifts the site from a single-owner rental model to individual lots, which may reduce the total number of dwelling units compared with one prior proposal.

After admitting the record, the board approved all five variance requests on recorded votes of 5–0 and directed corporation counsel to draft findings of fact for final adoption. The motions approved: 1) reduce minimum lot size to 4,600 sq. ft. (duplex) and 2,200 sq. ft. (townhome); 2) allow 0 feet between attached units and 5 feet exterior sides with a 10-foot minimum between buildings; 3) reduce lot width to 40 feet (duplex) and 20 feet (townhome); 4) reduce building height minimums; and 5) reduce the rear setback to 15 feet from alley centerline.

Next steps: the board asked the petitioner to provide the buffering commitment language for incorporation into the findings and directed corporation counsel to draft written findings of fact for adoption at the next meeting. The petitioner may proceed with site-plan design and building-permit processes consistent with the variances and any conditions that appear in the finalized findings.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Board of Zoning Appeals 2025-09-22","oneSentenceSummary","Greenwood’s board approved a suite of development variances allowing Davis Homes to convert a previously planned rental complex into individually deeded townhomes and duplex lots with reduced lot sizes, setbacks and building heights.","taxTitle","Greenwood, Johnson County, Indiana","taxId",4102,"location","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":75,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":76,"_41":77,"_43":78,"_45":79,"_46":80,"_48":81,"_50":82,"_52":83,"_54":55,"_56":57,"_58":84,"_60":61,"_62":63,"_64":85,"_66":67,"_68":69,"_70":67,"_71":72,"_73":72},6492815,"Board denies hotel’s request for additional pole-style signage at American Way over covenant and safety concerns",1956,3113000,5069000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5821510-f1ea681afe00f86cec75e1660259faaf&start=3113&end=5069","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5821510-f1ea681afe00f86cec75e1660259faaf/thumbnail_3113000.jpg","/articles/6492815/Greenwood/Johnson-County/Indiana/Board-denies-hotels-request-for-additional-pole-style-signage-at-American-Way-over-covenant-and-safety-concerns","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6492815-c5c2fdbf60da31cecce2a6c95c3a0f34/orig.mp4?Expires=1776181245&Signature=HIKUTYsb-uerzXsgpwPPAT8x18ct0nGMz4EDOhiowsELR9vRJ2w4bPJ9vnPPlMND6KoB-ES0Jw~Ul~z4Z4SCmdIyBDFnDMAL3E9jzqMOFfMzFwJ1xUqk6JvyUuv49tPouvsE2VwsIaiGd~uFv2~mP8KG1AwForxrcP~CSohoocjMA2HKTAl3c3PsxZoTtmXvTblz8PRR7zthE7588tBpG0qcAdkSmPQkklgGFQyScmi-r6BJuRaTyu8rLECi0aPAzGnmkkSJP6qXOLdmxsi3wty9ICUxFeeD~PzQ-ZVaRHeScNYYrZszE4Z1AGI8s5-NM7cHZfrnxR4~QFqccaxl0A__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Greenwood Board of Zoning Appeals denied a two-part sign variance request for a newly built hotel at 1499 American Way, voting 5–0 to reject (1) a request to allow a second ground-mounted sign and (2) a request to reduce the required setback for a high-rise pole sign from 65 feet to 45 feet.

Attorney Tom Vander Leucherin appeared for the petitioner (hotel ownership represented by Bip Patel and Sri Vigna[sic] Horda in the record) and asked for a 50-foot poll/pole sign with a 45-foot setback on a uniquely shaped parcel close to the interstate. Vander Leucherin argued that motorists on the Emerson/Main Street/I‑65 corridor commonly use pole signs as wayfinding landmarks, that the building is partially obscured by trees from the highway, and that a second ground-mounted sign would not injure neighboring property values.

A remonstrator, Brent Tilson, who owns property immediately north of the hotel site, told the board a private covenant recorded against nearby parcels prohibits single-pylon pole signage on restricted properties and said the petitioner’s proposal appeared to be an attempt to circumvent that covenant by proposing a two-pole structure. “They have now come back with a 2 pole sign in an effort to try and be clever with the wording. We think this is an attempt to circumvent the intent of restriction,” Tilson said.

City planning staff recommended denial and cited concerns about visual sign clutter, driver distraction and lack of practical difficulty: staff noted that the new hotel already has large illuminated wall signs visible from the interstate and that reasonable alternatives exist to ground pole signage, including existing corridor signage and permitted building signage. Staff also pointed to unresolved private agreements and the safety history of an older downtown poll sign that had structural concerns.

The board admitted the record into evidence, then voted 5–0 to deny the request for two ground-mounted signs and 5–0 to deny the setback reduction for a high-rise sign. The board instructed corporation counsel to draft findings of fact incorporating the staff report and record for formal adoption.

Speakers in the record included the petitioner’s attorney, a hotel principal, a nearby property owner who remonstrated on covenant and compatibility grounds, and city planning staff. The transcript shows the board’s action preserves the current limits on ground-mounted/pole signage for the South Park/American Way corridor and leaves available other sign-permitting options, such as building signage or use of existing corridor pole signs (subject to private agreements).","A petitioner seeking an additional ground/pylon sign and a reduced setback for a 50-foot hotel pole sign at 1499 American Way was denied after staff and a neighboring property owner cited sign clutter, safety and a private covenant restricting pole signs.",{"_33":87,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":88,"_41":89,"_43":90,"_45":91,"_46":92,"_48":93,"_50":94,"_52":95,"_54":55,"_56":57,"_58":96,"_60":61,"_62":63,"_64":97,"_66":67,"_68":69,"_70":67,"_71":72,"_73":72},6492820,"Board approves Anderson/Indris Hauser campus signage variances, allows taller monument sign",1248,1958000,3206000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5821510-f1ea681afe00f86cec75e1660259faaf&start=1958&end=3206","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5821510-f1ea681afe00f86cec75e1660259faaf/thumbnail_1958000.jpg","/articles/6492820/Greenwood/Johnson-County/Indiana/Board-approves-AndersonIndris-Hauser-campus-signage-variances-allows-taller-monument-sign","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6492820-90e514c2b81648589ca62a5134363130/orig.mp4?Expires=1776181245&Signature=aO1a1m4PMoQKr2UC9kcAgD~zCJhZOlDenbTG-6ETz8C9YubJdzBOOSR0KVOZcmE3fzBCYqjbBj-tQfE1iVauLx~JXfruYDRFQVF5-y~52d6dzYQgNd8kfUQHGDjnKYlBqm3yDJjE6MYA0-J2zXL~VLT00Kj49sO3lxAsSuBZsqjv-tF9F7yw805nHL~H8Kv4TJxp8tDRQzfKzf7Fda0K8yvbCFiuUUJAhrPVYRLHzihiVQG3f6C2SVS0u9uy5faSL9FAydMrJpJRLkqdUBPmnYbykfNoYuGpCQfUjZRmte5ziaBqfuyiP4rxB9QV79pJNZSJj6iXpLIuBG-SzZ-cfw__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Greenwood Board of Zoning Appeals approved multiple sign variances for a corporate campus described in the record as 2350 Indris Place, allowing metal (rather than masonry) monument sign bases and authorizing a 24-foot monument sign where the code limits are six feet.

Krista Taggart, who identified herself as deputy general counsel and project manager for the petitioner, told the board the company’s new 108,000-square-foot innovation center and broader campus use a modern, metal-accented design and asked for flexibility from a code requirement that monument signs use masonry bases. “This is not a cost-savings request,” Taggart said; she told the board the metal bases fit the campus aesthetic and that the petitioner had invested heavily in the new facility.

City planning staff recommended denial for the base/material waivers and raised concerns about the proposed 24-foot monument sign, saying the code’s six-foot limit exists to maintain neighborhood scale. The staff presentation acknowledged the petitioner’s design goals but said the sign height seemed excessive and that the municipal sign standards are applied uniformly across zoning areas.

Board members voted to admit the record into evidence and then approved four separate variances waiving the masonry-base requirement for signs labelled in the staff packet as Sign 10, Sign 15, Sign 20 and Sign 30; each of those motions passed by unanimous recorded votes. The board also approved the petition to exceed the 6-foot monument-sign height and allow a 24-foot sign at Sign 15; that motion carried on a recorded vote taken after discussion. The board directed corporation counsel to draft written findings of fact reflecting the decisions for consideration at the next meeting.

The petitioner emphasized campus branding and wayfinding as the rationale for the request, showing examples of taller, vertical campus signs in other metropolitan areas and describing plans to co-brand the primary entrance sign with a tenant. Staff said the proposed signage would not injure public safety but still recommended denial on code-compatibility grounds, asking the board to weigh practical difficulty and aesthetic placemaking against the ordinance’s uniformity.

Speakers and participants agreed that many campus buildings already have large wall signs and that the requested monument signs would be consistent with the petitioner’s modern campus design. The board’s approvals permit the petitioner to proceed with sign design under the new variances; the board requested corporation counsel prepare findings for adoption at the subsequent meeting.

The article uses speaker names and roles as given in the public hearing and limits quoted material to the record of the meeting.","The Greenwood board granted variances to allow metal-based campus monument signs and a 24-foot-tall monument sign at a growing corporate campus, overruling staff recommendations to deny the base and height variances.",{"_33":99,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":100,"_41":101,"_43":102,"_45":103,"_46":104,"_48":105,"_50":106,"_52":107,"_54":55,"_56":57,"_58":108,"_60":61,"_62":63,"_64":109,"_66":67,"_68":69,"_70":67,"_71":72,"_73":72},6492825,"Greenwood board approves special exception for Wawa-style convenience store with gas pumps at Emerson and Wilson",1866,73000,1939000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5821510-f1ea681afe00f86cec75e1660259faaf&start=73&end=1939","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5821510-f1ea681afe00f86cec75e1660259faaf/thumbnail_73000.jpg","/articles/6492825/Greenwood/Johnson-County/Indiana/Greenwood-board-approves-special-exception-for-Wawa-style-convenience-store-with-gas-pumps-at-Emerson-and-Wilson","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6492825-a0fc7c92b64cd6952c6ac3441d68e321/orig.mp4?Expires=1776181245&Signature=XRqVqPKwFzpQZjX1eUx3JgM5D2hW3Jf0LhLvikm6BajqW-qlltDyFSK8eLWkf9ZudMguOfo8TCKMCAFJrIkuCOJc6j2mlMmH-HnNwdjFsfRMF8CFoeo-vhWYffl0OfTCRvppQfkH3mIoOji7NCUdhv2kmqjDhGvu68Cy3eEaFT6EDNmsweZUpyiYVR~T4hk6VQrBAUl-4FIQMrYd4PRbp3-t6WYhABfFxCw04PPNrl~ovcqlrsiiX~sC-uJo9m~qKokh0QuItWnSf5qD9PA6NTEoB5IOqF8lpvGauAjWL1aKrGDXCXx4i3znOBHrg5s71rzj~UpL6JXCqZcw~Hv5Fg__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Greenwood Board of Zoning Appeals on Sept. 22 approved a special exception for vehicular gasoline sales tied to a 24-hour, full-service convenience store proposed for 795 North Emerson Avenue, voting to approve the request with conditions 2–12 from the staff report (condition 1 was excluded).

The petitioner, Eric Prime, spoke for Emerson Wilson Investors LLC and told the board the proposed development would include a 6,300-square-foot Wawa-format store at the corner of Wilson Drive and Emerson Avenue, with gas pumps placed at the rear of the site and a hotel and financial-institution pad sites planned behind and to the south of the store. “For them, the gas sales is almost an afterthought,” Prime said, adding the store’s primary function would be food and beverage service available round-the-clock.

The staff report recommended denial, citing Greenwood’s comprehensive plan and its focus on transit-oriented development near limited bus service. City planning staff said a primary concern was compatibility with a bus stop adjacent to the site and on-site circulation, noting that “a vehicular gas station is not really compatible with transit” and raising safety and stacking concerns related to the petitioner’s drive/pickup lane arrangement.

Prime said the design changes — including flipping the fueling canopy to the rear, locating EV chargers away from the front yard, committing to no semi trucks except for deliveries, and working with the local transit agency (Indigo) on relocating a bus stop — were made specifically to address staff concerns. He also noted two support letters from large local property owners, including Sprague Hotels and Allen Commercial Group, were provided to the board.

Board member King moved to approve the special exception with conditions 2 through 12 from the staff report (excluding condition 1, which would have required the building face Emerson Avenue), and the motion carried on a recorded vote of 5–0. The board also voted to direct the corporation counsel to draft written findings of fact to formalize the decision; the board said it will take final action when those findings are adopted at the next meeting.

The board admitted the full evidentiary record — petitions, staff reports, maps, photographs and oral testimony — into the record before voting. The approval conditions captured in the staff report include site-orientation items (pumps at rear), limitations on truck access, signage restrictions, drive-through/stacking minimums and commitments to collaborate with Indigo on the nearby bus stop. The staff report listed 12 recommended conditions; the board’s approval left the majority of those intact while declining the condition requiring the building to reinforce Emerson Avenue.

What’s next: the board directed the corporation counsel’s office to prepare written findings of fact to be brought back at the board’s next meeting, at which the decision will be finalized. The petitioner was told it may continue coordination with city staff on engineering and site-plan details prior to the final action.

Speakers quoted or referenced in this article are drawn from the public record of the hearing and include the petitioner and city planning staff; board members asked questions during the presentation and voted on the matter.","The Greenwood Board of Zoning Appeals approved a special exception allowing a Wawa-format food-and-beverage store with rear gas pumps at 795 N. Emerson Ave., approving the use with most staff-recommended conditions after the applicant reconfigured the site.","actionData","errors"]

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