08-26-2004 Regular Meeting and Public Hearing of the La Porte Zoning Board of Adjustment

Browse Search

• • Staff Report - September 23, 2004 Special Exception Request #SEO4-009 Requested bv: Sejal Dimple Patel, Prayosha Ventures, L.P. Requested for: Reduction in the pazking space size and maneuvering aisle for off-street parking. Location: 401 W. G Street, LaPorte ZOn1IIg: General Commercial (G.C.) Background: Holiday Inn Express is a proposed hotel and suites to be located at the northwest corner of West G Street and South 8`~ Street about 250 feet east of the State Highway 146. The project is proposed on 1.3214 ac. (57,560 sq. ft.) and consists of 61 room, four story high building proposed in a GC zone. The plat of the subject property has already been approved. Access to the proposed facility will be off West "G" Street, barring access to SH. 146 due to narrowness of the commercial reserve along the State Highway 146. Eazlier, staff received a site plan for the proposed development. After reviewing it with the Development Review Committee, staff mailed and faxed written comments to the developer about items that needed to be addressed. An issue involved pazking space size and maneuvering aisle. During review, staff used the following sections of the City's zoning ordinance: Section 106-835(a) -Each standard pazking space shall not be less than ten feet wide and eighteen feet in length. The plan shows 9 feet wide, just one foot shy of the standazd width. The subject request is based solely on the space limitation due to size and irregulaz shape of the tract for the proposed project. Section 106-835(c)4 - A minimum of 28 feet maneuvering aisle is required for 90-degree pazking. The submitted plan shows maneuvering lane with 27 feet adjusted by 1 foot. The developer claimed a hazdship in designing parking and maintaining a feasible density for the said project. Using the City's current pazking standazds, the submitted plans do not meet the requirements. It should be noted that this change is 1 foot less than the current standazds, but does adhere to the previous standazds prior to October 14, 2002. All plans prior to this date were allowed to be 9 feet wide as shown in the current submittal by the applicant. The previous plans for the proposed hotel were drawn with the size of 9'x18'.