Chipotle outlot at Meijer cleared by commission; will reduce parking but include shared parking agreement

The Whitestown Planning Commission approved a primary plat and concept plan to create a 1.01‑acre outlot in the Meijer parking area for a Chipotle restaurant.

Mike Klingle of JESD Professional Services told the commission the lot is being created from Meijer’s parking field; the petition lists the lot area as 1.01 acres (the staff report referenced 0.91 acres as the disturbed area). The site plan shows drive‑through circulation, an east‑side ordering lane, an escape/through lane for drivers, and angled parking to support one‑way circulation.

Klingle said the layout will disturb 93 existing Meijer parking spaces and return 17 of those as on‑site parking for the Chipotle; Meijer’s net parking supply would, in the consultant’s calculation, drop from an approved 743 spaces to 649. The petitioner said the outlot will include a fully enclosed trash enclosure and a shared parking agreement to provide overflow employee parking, with a striped pedestrian walkway to connect those spaces. The design also shows a patio with about seven tables and roughly 20 seats for seasonal outdoor dining.

Staff confirmed that the primary plat is required to create a new lot that was not part of the original subdivision and that the project has cleared technical review items; staff recommended approval of both PC 25‑037 (primary plat) and PC 25‑038 (concept plan). The commission approved both motions during the meeting.

The petitioner said county drain commission and other technical comments remain under review and that responses had been resubmitted; no red flags were reported in the meeting record.

Next steps: the petitioner will proceed with development plan submittal and final permitting; timing for construction was not specified.