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Larry Walker, 100 SE 201h Street, civil engineer for the project, informed the Board that he had been in touch with the City engineer, Chris Donnan, to address the turning radius that will meet the City requirements. He continued that the parking will be in the area between the buildings that is at least 24' and will fit two cars. Mr. Walker also stated that the developers are also considering further spacing between buildings to accommodate more parking. Lastly, Mr. Walker confirmed that there will be two fire hydrants added for this project to comply with the spacing requirement. Ms. Bruce asked if the proposed radius will also be a solution to parking. Mr. Walker clarified that the circle radius is just a diagram given as an option, but that he had drawn up another solution that will meet the turning radius requirement without the "bump outs," and he is currently reviewing that with the City engineer. Lastly, Mr. Walker informed the Board that none of the construction had been started yet and the existing development will not be altered. Mr. Mack reiterated to the board that the turning radius is not what was before the Board for consideration. He noted that all the board should be considering is the 11' variance for the parking and loading requirement along the length of the development in addition to the fire lane. Luke Wright, applicant, of 1301 NW Loop 286, voiced complaints regarding the development process with respect to the City's late discovery of this development requirement. Ms. Alsobrook declared the public hearing closed. Ms. Bruce, stated that even though the example radius is not a part of the parking and loading area she believed it would be beneficial to use the circle radius with the "bump outs" to provide more parking. Motion was made by Mr. Sanders, seconded by Mr. Haning to approve the 11' variance to the Zoning Ordinance, Section 10-103 of the Off Street Parking and Loading Regulations to waive the 12' parking and loading zone requirement based on the following staff recommended findings of fact. Motion carried 4-0. Staff Recommended Findin s of Fact 1. Although there are no unique conditions or features of the property which is not generally common to other properties within the city, it is the intent of the city to pursue enforcing the ordinance for 36 ft. of pavement width on all new mini -storage projects moving forward and while making such variance requirements unnecessary in the future. There is justification for confusion on the construction requirement since the last part of the first phase was just completed in 2021 at the narrower pavement width next to the mini -storage doors. 2. The literal compliance with Section 10-103 of the Zoning Ordinance would cause unnecessary hardship given the fact that this requirement for an adjacent 12 ft. parking & unloading area has not been enforced since the ordinance was updated in 2008. The requirement was just identified at the end of 2021 following approval of the previous phase at the narrower dimension.