Subject:
Title
Waiver Request, Re: Waiver of Parking Requirement (25WV00004) and Waiver of Wall Requirement (25WV00005) for Met-Con Site Plan (25AD00003) District 1
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Fiscal Impact:
None
Dept/Office:
Planning and Development
Requested Action:
Recommendation
The applicant is requesting that the Board of County Commissioners grant a waiver of Section 62-3206(d)(18) which requires one parking space per five hundred square feet of floor space to allow the reduction of required parking for the proposed new development.
The applicant is also requesting that the Board of County Commissioners grant a waiver of Section 62-3202(h)(10) which requires a 6-foot masonry or solid wall when site planning commercial developments within a BU-1, BU-2, or Industrial zoning and adjacent to a residential zoning designation.
Should the Board approve these waivers, it is requested that it do so contingent on the the waivers being subject to the criteria depicted in site plan 25AD00003, the Alternative Parking Design Exhibit, and the conditions outlined in the Summary Explanation and Background section of this report. End
Summary Explanation and Background:
25WV00004 - Waiver of Parking Requirement
The applicant submitted a Parking Generation study for the site that was performed by Walsh Traffic Engineering. The Total Peak Period of Parking Demand based on ITE Parking Generation Manual, 5th Edition found a need for 33 parked vehicles for the business inclusive of the building additions. The business has 40 employees which will be retained after the project is constructed. The applicant states that they have no intentions to add additional employees following the construction of the new building.
Staff has reviewed this waiver and determined that approval should be based on the following conditions:
1. The parking areas shown in the Alternative Parking Design are accounted for as impervious areas in the stormwater calculations provided under the Met-Con site plan 25AD00...
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