TO: Mayor and Commissioners
FROM: Timothy Stillings, Planning, Zoning and Building Director
THROUGH: Donald B. Cooper, City Manager
DATE: April 19, 2016
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UPTOWN ATLANTIC (GENERALLY LOCATED WITHIN THE 600, 700, 800 BLOCK OF WEST ATLANTIC AVENUE) IN LIEU PARKING FEE REQUEST AND AGREEMENT (QUASI-JUDICIAL HEARING)
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Recommended Action:
Recommendation
Motion to Approve parking in-lieu fee request in the amount of $87,400.00 for 19 parking spaces (including the 19-space credit for parallel spaces in the public rights-of-way) subject to the condition that the In-Lieu of Parking Fee Agreement be recorded and the first installment paid prior to issuance of a building permit, by adopting the findings of fact and law contained in the staff report, and finding that the request is consistent with the Comprehensive Plan and meets the criteria set forth in Section 4.6.9(E) of the Land Development Regulations for the property Uptown Atlantic located on the south side of West Atlantic Avenue, between S.W. 9th Avenue and S.W. 6th Avenue. (Quasi-Judicial Hearing)
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Background:
The Parking Management Advisory Board (PMAB) considered the in-lieu fee request for 21 parking spaces ($96,600) at its meeting of July 28, 2015 and recommended approval, subject to the condition that the in-lieu credit for on-street parking spaces be granted only for up to 21 parking spaces. The applicant proposes to construct 50 on-street parking spaces adjacent to the subject property.
The City Commission considered the in-lieu request at its meeting of November 3, 2015. The motion to approve the in-lieu request failed on a 2 to 2 vote (Petrolia, Jacquet dissenting, Jarjura absent).
The applicant has revised the development proposal to provide 4 additional parking spaces on the subject property by converting a loading area to vehicle parking on the 600 block. This reduces the requested in-lieu request from 21 spaces to 19 spaces.
The pro...
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