CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM
ACTION REQUESTED:
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Pass the ordinance granting a variance to reduce the amount of required off-street parking for the subject property located at 1331 W. 75th Street - PZC 18-1-132
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DEPARTMENT: Transportation, Engineering and Development
SUBMITTED BY: Erin Venard
BOARD/COMMISSION REVIEW:
The Planning and Zoning Commission considered this matter on February 6, 2019 and voted to recommend approval of the request (approved, 8-0). Staff concurs.
BACKGROUND:
The subject property is located west of River Road between 75th Street and Rickert Drive, with a common address of 1331 W. 75th Street. The 12.2 acre property is zoned ORI (Office, Research, and Light Industry District). The subject property is improved with an approximately 72,294 square foot, 4 story brick and stucco building and a 312 space surface parking lot.
During construction of the building, it was anticipated that the building would be leased to a mix of medical and professional offices and parking was constructed accordingly. Throughout the leasing process, the petitioner has found the building more suited to medical office tenants. Per City Code, medical offices are required to provide more parking than professional offices (5 parking spaces per 1,000 square feet of gross floor area versus 3.3 parking spaces). The petitioner, DynaCom Management, requests approval of a variance to reduce the amount of required off-street parking for the subject property in order to permit the remaining tenant spaces to be filled with medical office users without requiring the construction of additional parking spaces.
DISCUSSION:
Currently the majority of the 72,294 square foot building, or 57,195 square feet, is occupied by medical uses. The remaining space is occupied by professional office uses or is vacant. Based upon this tenant mix, a total of 345 parking spaces are required on the subject property per Section 6-9-3 (Schedule of Off-Street Parking Requirements) ...
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