Health Services Pavilion OK’d By Warsaw BZA For Larger Sign
June 23, 2020 at 12:51 a.m.
By David [email protected]
Jonny Latsko, city assistant planner, said the petitioner – K21 Health Services Pavilion – requested a variance from development standards to increase the size of their existing sign. The Medical-1 zoning district limits sign heights to 8 feet, including masonry, and 32 square feet for sign faces (not including masonry).
The surrounding properties are medical uses, with Provident Drive being characterized as a medical-focused corridor. The request will not have impact on the surrounding uses. The sign placement will not change, and nor will the masonry base, Latsko said. Visibility for drivers will be unchanged.
The lot in which the sign sits houses several different services. The current sign does not have adequate space to advertise for all of the services. An increase in size would be proportional to the number of separate offices at the location.
Many signs in the area have been allowed to be larger than the sign standards in the area and this adjustment will not alter the aesthetics or character of the corridor.
“Based on the information provided, it is the opinion of the Planning Department that this case could be viewed favorably, when measured by the criteria delineated within the findings of facts,” Latsko said.
Glenn Hall, management team member for the Health Services Pavilion, told the Warsaw BZA that in 2019 the Pavilion celebrated 10 years in that location. As part of its celebration, the K21 Health Foundation provided a grant to do some updates to the building.
“One of the things that was requested by all of the tenants was a more visible, easier-to-see sign,” Hall said, noting that many people can’t see the sign “until they’re right on it.”
In the building are 12 independent, different agencies.
Hall said they worked with Indiana Sign Works out of Fort Wayne, who did the original sign, to come up with a plan that would use the existing monument and lighting to go from lettering that is 1-3/4 inches to 3 inches tall and logos.
He said neighboring facilities also have much larger signs so the Pavilion’s sign would not look out of place.
There were no remonstrators to the petition for a variance.
BZA member Dan Smith said, “Since I live over there and I travel that corridor every day. For years, I have put up with incompetent drivers who can’t see the sign and I’m in favor of doing something so they can read it and turn in.”
He made a motion to approve the petition, and it was approved by a vote of 5-0.
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Jonny Latsko, city assistant planner, said the petitioner – K21 Health Services Pavilion – requested a variance from development standards to increase the size of their existing sign. The Medical-1 zoning district limits sign heights to 8 feet, including masonry, and 32 square feet for sign faces (not including masonry).
The surrounding properties are medical uses, with Provident Drive being characterized as a medical-focused corridor. The request will not have impact on the surrounding uses. The sign placement will not change, and nor will the masonry base, Latsko said. Visibility for drivers will be unchanged.
The lot in which the sign sits houses several different services. The current sign does not have adequate space to advertise for all of the services. An increase in size would be proportional to the number of separate offices at the location.
Many signs in the area have been allowed to be larger than the sign standards in the area and this adjustment will not alter the aesthetics or character of the corridor.
“Based on the information provided, it is the opinion of the Planning Department that this case could be viewed favorably, when measured by the criteria delineated within the findings of facts,” Latsko said.
Glenn Hall, management team member for the Health Services Pavilion, told the Warsaw BZA that in 2019 the Pavilion celebrated 10 years in that location. As part of its celebration, the K21 Health Foundation provided a grant to do some updates to the building.
“One of the things that was requested by all of the tenants was a more visible, easier-to-see sign,” Hall said, noting that many people can’t see the sign “until they’re right on it.”
In the building are 12 independent, different agencies.
Hall said they worked with Indiana Sign Works out of Fort Wayne, who did the original sign, to come up with a plan that would use the existing monument and lighting to go from lettering that is 1-3/4 inches to 3 inches tall and logos.
He said neighboring facilities also have much larger signs so the Pavilion’s sign would not look out of place.
There were no remonstrators to the petition for a variance.
BZA member Dan Smith said, “Since I live over there and I travel that corridor every day. For years, I have put up with incompetent drivers who can’t see the sign and I’m in favor of doing something so they can read it and turn in.”
He made a motion to approve the petition, and it was approved by a vote of 5-0.
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