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Request for Action <br />ToItem Number <br />Board of Adjustments4.1 <br />Agenda Section Meeting DatePrepared by <br /> <br />Public HearingJune 27, 2017Zack Carlton, Planning Manager <br />Item DescriptionReviewed by <br /> <br />Elk River Lodge & Residential Suites  17432 Zane Chris Leeseberg, Senior Planner <br />Street NW <br />Reviewed by <br />Variance to permit a reduction in required <br /> <br />number of parking stalls for apartment building, <br />Case No. V 17-02 <br />Action Requested <br /> <br />Deny, by motion, the variance for a reduction in the number of parking spaces required for an apartment <br />building: <br />1.The general purpose and intent of the ordinance are not met. <br />2.The proposed use is not a reasonable use of the property. <br />Background/Discussion <br />The property is located at 17432 Zane Street NW and is zoned FAST  The Point, where multi-family <br />residential uses are a permitted use. <br /> <br />The property was developed as a hotel in 1990, and operated as s <br />was approved for an extended stay hotel last spring. The conditions <br />application for conversion of the hotel to an apartment building <br />applicant has been working with the building department to address building code issues related to the <br />conversion to an apartment building, and has also been inspected <br />licensing as a multi-family apartment building. <br /> <br />In order to meet zoning requirements for an apartment building, <br />an extended stay hotel to multi-family residential, city code requirements related to parking mu <br />addressed. The ordinance standard for apartment buildings is 2.5 stalls per unit, which means the 43 unit <br />building needs 108 parking stalls. <br /> <br />The site currently has 46 surface parking and the proposed cover <br />25 stall garage  reducing the overall number of parking spaces to 45. This is slightly more than 1 per <br />unit, and staff cannot recommend approval as the general purpose <br />be met. However, there appears to be enough space along the peri <br />approximately 20 more spaces, bringing the total number of stall <br />well below the ordinance standard of 2.5. The city has approved red <br />apartment buildings in the past, but the reductions have been at 2 stalls/unit, with demonstration of <br />proof of parking for the deficient stalls. If the same standard <br />be needed  or 21 below what can readily be constructed on the current site. <br /> <br />