Fishers BZA approves Starbucks ground sign variance with recording condition
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Summary
The Fishers Board of Zoning Appeals approved a variance allowing a ground monument sign for the new Starbucks at 12590 E. 116th St., with the condition that approval documents be recorded with the Hamilton County Recorder’s Office. The board split 3–2 on the decision after staff noted no recommendation.
The Fishers Board of Zoning Appeals voted to approve a variance that will allow an individual ground (monument) sign for the newly built Starbucks at 12590 East 116th Street.
Petitioner Misty Nye, speaking for Starbucks, told the board the building sits well back from 116th Street and that “without a ground sign or a monument sign out there, it's very difficult for the customers to... notice that location.” Grace Wiley, planner for the City of Fishers, reviewed the request and said the property is zoned C-3, is designated neighborhood mixed use in Fishers’ 2040 plan, and that a ground sign along 116th Street would have a total exposed area of 11.7 square feet and a height of about 3 feet 4 inches. Wiley noted staff had received one public comment opposing the request on fairness grounds and that staff had “no recommendation to the board of zoning appeals for this request.”
After brief questions from board members, a motion to approve the variance was made with the condition that “the approval letter and related documentation be recorded on the property with the Hamilton County Recorder's Office.” The motion passed by roll call 3–2 (Grinsley — yes; Silvey — no; Stevenson — yes; Lannon — no; Ferrucci — yes).
The board’s approval is conditioned on recordation of the approval and on meeting the standard findings required under the Unified Development Ordinance for a sign variance. The petitioner and staff may now complete the administrative recording and permitting steps with the City and Hamilton County Recorder’s Office.
