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Petitioner Bowman Elder said the acquisition and conversion are intended to supplement parking for Main Street retailers and that the original site plan (as submitted) would create “at least 15 more spaces.” Several residents and preservation advocates opposed the petition at the hearing, saying demolition and conversion would damage the fabric of the Old Speedway historic district, remove a contributing historic house and increase noise, lighting and traffic impacts in a residential area.

Janet Folan, vice president of the Old Speedway City Neighborhood Association, read a statement describing the neighborhood as a nationally recognized historic district and warned that “creating a parking lot in what is a residential home lot will negatively impact the neighborhood environment.” City-County Councillor Jessica McCormick, who represents the area, told the board: “We do not have a parking issue. We have a housing issue.”

Calvin Wynne, Indianapolis and Marion County preservation coordinator for Indiana Landmarks, told the board that “4914 West Fifteenth Street has been designated by the National Park Service as a contributing resource to the Speedway National Historic District” and urged the board to weigh the impact to the district’s residential fabric. Other residents cited recent tree removals, lost privacy fencing, the potential for late-night noise and long-term erosion of neighborhood character if houses are demolished for parking.

Staff planner Mitch Rector noted technical concerns about the petition documents: the application referenced the SZ1 (Speedway Main Street) district but the property is in a D5 dwelling district, and he said a variance of use would implicate dimensional standards tied to house types in D5. Rector told the board he recommended postponing consideration to allow staff and the petitioner to resolve outstanding notice and dimensional questions.

After public comment, the board voted to continue the petition to the May 7, 2025 hearing. The transcript records the board taking a motion and second to continue and calling the roll in favor; the chair announced the continuance to May 7 at 7:00 p.m. in the same location.

No final zoning determination was made; the item will return on May 7 with opportunity for staff clarifications and additional public comment.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Speedway Board of Zoning Appeals - April 2, 2025","oneSentenceSummary","The Board continued a petition by Bowman Elder to convert 4914 West Fifteenth Street into off-street parking to May 7, 2025, after extensive public comment from residents and preservationists who said the house is a contributing resource to the Speedway National Historic District.","taxTitle","Town of Speedway, Marion County, Indiana","taxId",64383,"location","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":76,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":77,"_41":78,"_43":79,"_45":80,"_47":81,"_49":82,"_51":83,"_53":84,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":85,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":86,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6089833,"Speedway BZA approves variances to omit rooftop mechanical screening on high school additions",1074,140000,1214000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2871821-589afedccbc5d2f1ff3d7019fa266d17&start=140&end=1214","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2871821-589afedccbc5d2f1ff3d7019fa266d17/thumbnail_140000.jpg","/articles/6089833/Town-of-Speedway/Marion-County/Indiana/Speedway-BZA-approves-variances-to-omit-rooftop-mechanical-screening-on-high-school-additions","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6089833-e1b20b44e69fa362c64239594c605fde/orig.mp4?Expires=1771175220&Signature=kToRcIpESMLB253Vn9nm7WJT815EdJzAdds~Fb~UMFelxIZA0TWJsKnhcFc0WOzCj5x63SvLJqeNLSOrFlV5hsSVN4yKB4muxav0223oouv5bPs5eQrgGhgrYs-ZDFoPU1xNvRN2DYNd-02qxASi68hIm6-rQRoMzGB~OiYhRkPCjG5iPxcMQdPZHsTwoSJIq7~XBQjurf41jSwkR1AhwVLH6qxj8wXo9Myr-bn2ImPftJwrSOlrz1UN3lYKCbjv9ypzLl1i~fmGeU0FkAwSZzML21F9GvNE1P~b3th3D9tDwST5v3~1yDfzgh4fCnLjKBQ1LZ1I1ek0HCLInYFQIw__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Speedway Board of Zoning Appeals approved variances on April 2 to allow rooftop mechanical units on two new additions to Speedway High School to go without screening on one south-facing side.

The variances — filed as petitions 2025DVS002 (field house addition) and 2025DVS003 (end zone building) for the school property listed in the petitions — would permit the petitioner to omit screening on the south side of each roof-mounted mechanical unit while keeping screening or parapets on the other sides.

The board took the actions after a staff report from Mitch Rector of Etika Group, who recommended approval. “I am recommending that this variance be approved,” Rector said in his staff presentation, citing the site plan and surrounding land uses. Architect Bob Ross of Schmidt Associates described the changes to the two additions, saying the field house addition is a roughly 24,000-square-foot addition with three high school basketball courts and that “we're screening 3 out of the 4 sides, and it's just the south side that we're looking for the variance for.”

Rector told the board the school site sits in an SU2 school-use zone with adjacent medium-density residential and a C4 community-regional classification nearby, noted the school property is about 53 acres, and said the rooftop equipment is located far enough from ground-level view that the building edge and existing trees would limit visibility. For the field house he noted the mechanical equipment is placed toward the center of the roof and that the standards the variance addresses focus primarily on ground-level visual impacts.

Board members asked a few practical questions — including approximate distance to nearby apartments and whether screening would reduce noise — and Ross and Rector replied that the nearest apartments were more than 100 feet away, that trees provide additional screening, and that some screening types (louvers) would still allow sound transmission. There were no remonstrators or proponents who spoke against the petitions at the hearing.

The board approved the petitions; the transcript records approval of the second petition as passing 5 to 0 and records the first petition as approved in the meeting (vote tally for the first petition was not read aloud in the transcript). The petitions were recorded under the docket numbers shown on the agenda and will be implemented as part of the high school construction plans.","On April 2, 2025, the Speedway Board of Zoning Appeals approved two variances allowing rooftop mechanical units on new high school additions to be left unscreened on the south sides; Etika staff recommended approval and board members asked few questions before voting.","actionData","errors"]

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Speedway BZA continues hearing on proposed 14–15-space parking lot at 4914 W. 15th after large public turnout

Speedway BZA approves variances to omit rooftop mechanical screening on high school additions