Staff recommends approval of variance for Ronald Reagan Logistics Park monument sign

The Board of Zoning Appeals heard a staff presentation and applicant statement on a development-standards variance for the Brownsburg Logistics Park but did not record a final vote in the provided transcript.

“This is a request for a development standards variance, which would allow a deviation from standards required by the Unified Development Ordinance to allow 341.26 square foot gateway sign instead of the maximum allowed 250 square foot,” said Steph, a staff member, summarizing the application and the three criteria the board must consider. Steph said the proposed sign would be 30 feet tall, include 10 tenant spaces and exceed the ordinance’s square-footage cap by about 91.26 square feet.

Steph told the board the sign would be placed on a roughly 34.56-acre parcel within Project Falcon Lab Corp, adjacent to the Ronald Reagan Parkway, and noted the logistics park has about 1,400,000 square feet of approved building area on a 148.8-acre site. Staff argued the larger sign would improve wayfinding for trucks and other vehicles entering the park and could reduce unsafe traffic maneuvers on the high-speed corridor, citing sight-distance reasoning: the “Brownsburg” lettering would be legible from about 750 feet and would provide roughly 11 seconds for a driver traveling at the quoted speeds to move into the center lane and turn into the entrance.

Based on those findings, Steph recommended the board approve BZDV 20 six-two as presented. Board members asked clarifying questions about whether the proposed sign would mirror the existing sign across the street (staff confirmed it would), how sign quantity and lot rules applied (staff said code limits one gateway sign per lot in Corridor 1), and whether previous variances influenced the request (staff and the Chair referenced a 2012 variance that had allowed a larger sign under earlier rules).

Tom Coker of Cinel Properties, the applicant, told the board, “Lauren covered most of it,” and said the applicant’s intent is to create a gateway corridor with signs on both sides of the parkway in response to earlier council direction.

Procedural matters addressed during the meeting included the approval of the minutes and approval of findings of fact for a prior case, “B Z S E dash 25 dash 2 6 45 North Green Street, Golf Cart and Trailer Sales,” both of which the board approved by motion. One member recused from the findings vote and the clerk recorded one abstention for the public record.

The Chair asked whether any written comments had been submitted and whether members of the public had signed up to speak; staff reported none. The transcript ends after the applicant’s remarks and the confirmation that there were no public commenters, and it does not include a final motion or vote on BZDV 20 six-two within the provided segment.

If the board proceeds to a vote in a later segment or meeting, the formal motion text, mover/second, and tally will be recorded in the official minutes.