Plan commission approves Briggs Agency two-unit office at 700 Westboro Drive

The Crown Point Plan Commission unanimously approved site development petition 25-36 for a two-unit office building at 700 Westboro Drive, to include the Briggs Agency as one tenant and a second professional office unit.

Applicant Andrew Briggs and an engineer presented a rendering and described the building as about 5,027 square feet (suite 1: 3,302 sq ft; suite 2: 1,725 sq ft). Planning staff reported that the use is permitted in the O-S-1 Office-Services zone, that engineering, fire, public works and utilities had reviewed the plans, and that the planning department recommended approval of petition 25-36.

A commissioner asked whether a monument sign shown in renderings would be placed within the required building setback. The applicant replied the monument sign would not be installed as drawn and that signage would be limited to lettering on the building; the commission made approval subject to a clean drawing removing a monument sign from the building setback or returning to the Board of Zoning Appeals for a variance.

The motion to approve included the condition that the final site plan show no monument sign in the setback; commissioners voted unanimously in roll call. Members complimented the landscape plan and welcomed the applicant to Crown Point.

What happens next: Applicant will provide a clean drawing addressing the monument sign and any minor plan corrections prior to building permits; if the applicant later seeks a monument sign in the setback, they may pursue Board of Zoning Appeals review.