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No one else spoke in favor or opposition. <br />Public hearing was declared closed. <br />RuthAnn Alsobrook, Chairperson, comments that she has observed parking lot for a long time <br />since her mother lived in the area and she has never seen it at full capacity. <br />Motion was made by William Sanders, seconded by Chris Fitzgerald to approve the variance to <br />Zoning Ordinance, Section 10-103 of the Off -Street Parking and Loading Regulations to allow the <br />construction of a retail business with 259 parking spaces versus the required minimum of 315 <br />parking spaces. In the Board's approval of the variance request, they also adopted the staff <br />recommended conditions and findings of fact. Motion carried 5:0. <br />Conditions <br />1. Re -striping of the original approved fire lane around the rear and West side of the largest <br />shopping center structure. <br />2. Removal from the fire lane and relocation of the dumpsters in the rear of the largest <br />shopping center structure without the need for additional dumpster enclosure screening due <br />to the fact that there is full screening in the rear of the building. <br />3. All handicapped signage shall be updated to include the required van accessible placards. <br />4. A preliminary and final plat shall be approved by the City prior to issuance of a building <br />permit. <br />5. Full compliance with all other applicable City Building, Fire, Zoning and Subdivision Code <br />requirements. <br />Staff Recommended Findings of Fact <br />Although there are no unique conditions or features of the property which is not generally <br />common to other properties with older platted lots in the city, there is an oversupply of <br />parking on the site providing substantial reasons for allowing further parking reductions <br />based upon the Off -Street Parking requirements of the Zoning Ordinance. <br />2. The literal compliance with Sections 10-103 of the Off -Street Parking and Loading <br />Regulations of the Zoning Ordinance would cause unnecessary hardship given the fact that <br />the ordinance requires this site to have far greater parking spaces than are actually needed as <br />demonstrated over time and that the new coffee shop business cannot be constructed as a <br />new pad site in the shopping center without a variance. <br />3. The granting of the variance will not violate the spirit or the intent of section 10-103 given <br />the fact that provision is made for amending parking requirements both administratively and <br />by variance. <br />4. The condition or feature which creates the need for the variance do result from the property <br />