CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM
ACTION REQUESTED:
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Pass the ordinance approving variances for a private gym and lacrosse training facility for the property located at 655 N. Washington Street (Jax Lax) - DEV-0170-2025
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DEPARTMENT: Transportation, Engineering and Development
SUBMITTED BY: Anna Franco, AICP, Community Planner
BOARD/COMMISSION REVIEW:
The Planning and Zoning Commission conducted the public hearing regarding DEV-0170-2025 on April 15, 2026, and recommended approval of the petitioner's request (approved 6-0). Staff concurs.
BACKGROUND:
The subject property is approximately 0.28-acres (12,500 square feet) and is located on the west side of Washington Street between 7th and 8th Avenue. The property is zoned B3 General Commercial District and is improved with a 6,405 square foot, 1-story, vacant building, previously used as an auto body shop, and a gravel parking and outdoor storage area. Adjacent uses include a multi-tenant office building to the south, which shares a wall with the building on the subject property, single-family residential across the public alley to the west, an auto shop and U-Haul facility to the north, and retail and multi-family uses across Washington Street to the east.
DISCUSSION:
The petitioner and property owner, Throw Me a Bone, LLC, requests approval of a variance to the minimum parking facility setback and minimum number of required off-street parking spaces to renovate the vacant building for a private gym and lacrosse training facility and construct a paved parking area adjacent to the building.
The proposed parking area will be located directly north of the existing building on the property and will replace the current gravel surface and fenced outdoor storage area on the property. Due to the limited width between the existing building and the north property line, the petitioner is proposing a one-way drive aisle with angled parking. The one-way drive aisle will provide vehicular access onto the subject propert...
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