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BZA approves new sign for Tiger Pointe
A new sign for the old country club certainly seemed par for the course.
And in the eyes of the Greencastle Board of Zoning Appeals (BZA), that is absolutely true. The BZA voted unanimously to approve the new sign at its February meeting Tuesday night.
Tiger Pointe, now the name of the golf course that had been Windy Hill County Club for more than 40 years, received approval on a developmental standards variance for a new sign near its entrance off U.S. 231.
The “wood-looking” sign will be three feet tall and six feet wide “or a little bigger,” offered Chris Johnston of the Tenzer Family Office, which owns the nine-hole course just south of the Putnam County Fairgrounds.
“What’s unique,” noted attorney Eddie Felling, representing the petitioners, “is that the golf course predates zoning.”
City Planner Scott Zimmerman noted in his assessment of the request that “upon removal of the permanent (Windy Hill) sign, the prior legal non-conforming status of the sign was no longer available.”
Hence, a visit to the BZA was in order.
“Really, there was no other option than to come here and have you all consider a variance,” Felling said.
Zimmerman agreed that was the fair way to handle it, rather than asking for a rezoning of the property.
Responding to a question from board member John Phillips, Johnston said that although the sign is just two feet from state highway right-of-way, Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) officials from the Crawfordsville office pointed out that the right of way is “about where that fence line is.” Johnston added that he had state officials sign off on it.
Zimmerman noted that a golf course/recreational area is a special exception in the SD-1 (single-family residential) district and that the sign was well in line with sign standards for the district.
Phillips made the motion to approve the variance request and requisite findings of fact for the issue. It was passed unanimously after Doug Wokoun and Andrew Ranck added affirmative votes.
That, however, didn’t end the Tiger Pointe discussion.
Johnston commented that the event center under construction at the golf course is “designed as a venue for the community.”
“We hope to have many community events there,” Johnston added.
Board members had nothing but praise for that project.
“I have heard only positive comments,” BZA President Ranck said.
Wokoun, who can see the country club project from his back door on Edgelea Drive, said, “From the outside, it’s very impressive. We really appreciate the aesthetics of it.”
In other business, the BZA:
-- Saw Mayor Bill Dory swear in Phillips as an alternate member, replacing Brian Cox Tuesday night.
-- Reappointed Ranck as president and elected Wokoun vice president.
-- Learned that Poor Rentals, 1227 Bloomington St., has withdrawn its pending petition to expand a gravel parking lot for an enterprise that rents spaces for recreational vehicles to be parked.
The Greencastle BZA will next meet in regular session at 6 p.m. Tuesday, March 2 at City Hall.