Planners Send Alley Vacation Request To City
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
By Jennifer Peryam-jperyam@timesuniononline.com
Petitioner Tony Lloyd, Patten Monument president, is requesting to vacate the alley north of Patten Monument, 633 S. Buffalo St.
Good To Go gas station, South Buffalo Street, owned by Don Good, is to the north of the west half of the alley Lloyd is proposing to vacate.[[In-content Ad]]Ed Oliver also owns property northeast of the alley Lloyd requested be vacated. The commission requested at its March 10 meeting Lloyd discuss whether Oliver would support the alley being vacated.
Lloyd attended Monday's meeting and said he talked with Oliver and Good who supported the alley being vacated.
Also during the meeting, Warsaw City Planner Jeremy Skinner said Menards' project and assistant managers have contacted him with their intentions to start breaking ground on the Menards store in Warsaw in three weeks, weather dependent.
Warsaw City Council approved Jan. 16, 2007, the Menards Inc. rezoning of approximately 21 acres from residential-1 to commercial-3 along Husky Trail and Patterson Road.
The plan also includes constructing a residential subdivision northeast of the Menards store that will be located behind the store.
Skinner said Menards told him they have found a buyer who is interested in purchasing the residential subdivision that will be built, and is wanting to replat the subdivision to make the lots smaller.
Skinner said Menards needs to get building plans for the store to the city and also submit them to the state for a building permit to be issued before breaking ground. He said site plans already have been approved.
Menards also needs to get interior structure plans to the city, Skinner said.
The commission also approved preliminary and final plats for a two-lot residential subdivision.
Petitioner Curtis Shepherd requested to subdivide a 0.9-acre lot into two lots in the proposed C&K's addition at 1401 E. Sheridan St.
The purpose of the subdivide is to leave the existing residential structure on one of the lots and sell the remaining lot.
Also during the meeting, Kyle Babcock, city councilman, expressed his concern to the commission with exterior banners being used outside Warsaw businesses as permanent signs.
He said he has traveled to Goshen, Plymouth and Mishawaka and did not see as many banners outside business as Warsaw has.
He suggested the commission drive around and look at the banners that are on the sides of business buildings being used as permanent signs and review the city's current sign ordinance.
Skinner said under the city's current sign ordinance, banners are permitted for businesses and are limited by zoning and square footage.
Skinner said the current sign ordinance is vague and may not meet the expectations of business owners and the city and should be reviewed.
Commissioner Joe Thallemer suggested a committee be formed to review the city's current sign ordinance.
Skinner also said CVS Pharmacy officials have contacted him about a request to tear down the store's facade steel frame entrance on Detroit Street. He said CVS wants to put in a brick stucco entrance and repaint the building.
Commissioner Joe Thallemer said he appreciated CVS wanting to upgrade the entrance's appearance.
The commission will meet again May 12 at 7 p.m. at city hall.
Commissioners are Tom Allen, Tammy Dalton, Jim Gast, Lacy Francis, Rick Keeven, Jeff Grose and Thallemer.
Petitioner Tony Lloyd, Patten Monument president, is requesting to vacate the alley north of Patten Monument, 633 S. Buffalo St.
Good To Go gas station, South Buffalo Street, owned by Don Good, is to the north of the west half of the alley Lloyd is proposing to vacate.[[In-content Ad]]Ed Oliver also owns property northeast of the alley Lloyd requested be vacated. The commission requested at its March 10 meeting Lloyd discuss whether Oliver would support the alley being vacated.
Lloyd attended Monday's meeting and said he talked with Oliver and Good who supported the alley being vacated.
Also during the meeting, Warsaw City Planner Jeremy Skinner said Menards' project and assistant managers have contacted him with their intentions to start breaking ground on the Menards store in Warsaw in three weeks, weather dependent.
Warsaw City Council approved Jan. 16, 2007, the Menards Inc. rezoning of approximately 21 acres from residential-1 to commercial-3 along Husky Trail and Patterson Road.
The plan also includes constructing a residential subdivision northeast of the Menards store that will be located behind the store.
Skinner said Menards told him they have found a buyer who is interested in purchasing the residential subdivision that will be built, and is wanting to replat the subdivision to make the lots smaller.
Skinner said Menards needs to get building plans for the store to the city and also submit them to the state for a building permit to be issued before breaking ground. He said site plans already have been approved.
Menards also needs to get interior structure plans to the city, Skinner said.
The commission also approved preliminary and final plats for a two-lot residential subdivision.
Petitioner Curtis Shepherd requested to subdivide a 0.9-acre lot into two lots in the proposed C&K's addition at 1401 E. Sheridan St.
The purpose of the subdivide is to leave the existing residential structure on one of the lots and sell the remaining lot.
Also during the meeting, Kyle Babcock, city councilman, expressed his concern to the commission with exterior banners being used outside Warsaw businesses as permanent signs.
He said he has traveled to Goshen, Plymouth and Mishawaka and did not see as many banners outside business as Warsaw has.
He suggested the commission drive around and look at the banners that are on the sides of business buildings being used as permanent signs and review the city's current sign ordinance.
Skinner said under the city's current sign ordinance, banners are permitted for businesses and are limited by zoning and square footage.
Skinner said the current sign ordinance is vague and may not meet the expectations of business owners and the city and should be reviewed.
Commissioner Joe Thallemer suggested a committee be formed to review the city's current sign ordinance.
Skinner also said CVS Pharmacy officials have contacted him about a request to tear down the store's facade steel frame entrance on Detroit Street. He said CVS wants to put in a brick stucco entrance and repaint the building.
Commissioner Joe Thallemer said he appreciated CVS wanting to upgrade the entrance's appearance.
The commission will meet again May 12 at 7 p.m. at city hall.
Commissioners are Tom Allen, Tammy Dalton, Jim Gast, Lacy Francis, Rick Keeven, Jeff Grose and Thallemer.
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