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Whitestown planning commission approves Gerber Collision and Glass development plan
Summary
The Whitestown Planning Commission approved a concept plan and development plan for a Gerber Collision and Glass facility in the I‑65 overlay, after staff found the 1.7‑acre site met UDO standards and BZA conditions.
The Whitestown Planning Commission voted to approve a concept plan and a development plan for Gerber Collision and Glass during its meeting, following a staff recommendation of approval.
The project is on a 1.7‑acre parcel in the I‑65 Overlay District and is part of the Whitestown Crossing/Weinstein Business Park. Jerry Kittle, president of Innovative Engineering, said the building will be "just over 16,000 square feet" and "just over 24 foot, basically almost 25 foot in height." He said the operation will be an indoor body shop and glass repair facility with work done inside the building during its stated daily hours of 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Staff told the commission the petitioner met the town’s development standards and complied with special conditions set by the Board of Zoning Appeals. The site plan calls for 19 public parking spaces along Tradition Drive and about 35 additional, screened parking spaces behind the building. Kittle said vehicles awaiting work will be contained behind an eight‑foot solid vinyl fence that the petitioner committed to as part of its BZA approval.
The materials submittal shows four light poles along Tradition Drive and wall‑pack lighting elsewhere; Kittle said the petitioner believes it has satisfied staff comments and that all work will occur indoors. Staff recommended approval of both the concept plan (docket PC 25‑033‑CP) and the development plan (docket PC 25‑034‑DP), and the commission approved both motions.
The approvals were made subject to the findings in the staff report and in accordance with the Unified Development Ordinance sections cited in the motions. No members of the public spoke during the commission’s public hearing on this item.
Next steps: the approvals allow the petitioner to proceed to any remaining administrative or permitting steps required by the town; no construction timeline was specified in the meeting record.
