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City Council Regular Meeting .Minutes March 28, 2006 Page 4 1 C. Resolution 06-032• -parking variance for an office building next to Tires Plus. 2 Jan Jenson addressed the Council and provided an overview of a variance request for the lot 3 adjacent to Tires Plus, 3803 Silver Lake Road. The sketch plan has 35 parking spaces planned, 4 leaving a deficit of 8 parking spaces. One resident was present and asked for a plan review. 5 6 Councilmember Stille asked if the vote was unanimous. Mr. Jenson replied no. 7 8 Councilmember Stille asked what was the dissenting vote discussion. Mr. Jenson replied 9 discussion focused on the impact of hardship. He added a lot dealt with the unusual shape of the 10 lot; it is difficult to develop. 11' 12 Mayor Faust asked if the owner divided the lot in there ast. Mr. Jenson lied he is unsure. Mr. p p 13 Mornson replied he is unsure but believes it was bought as separate lots. 14 15 Brent Thompson, S & T Development, stated the building would be office condominiums which 16 fits into City code, within primary uses. The building does not allow for one user to occupy the 17 entire building, but four different users. The benefit is that it is targeting the small business -type 18 user that is destination driven, with a maximum of five employees. This has been done in many 19 cities and studies show seven to eight parking spaces per unit. They have no interest in doing the 20 project unless the client says there is adequate parking. The hardship is the pond behind the 21 building which serves both Tires Plus and this facility, but will deem the site undevelopable 22 unless a parking variance is granted. He added the parking lot would not be full even once the 23 building is full. 24 25 Councilmember Horst asked the building size. Mr. Thompson replied approximately 6,400 26 square feet; the width of each unit is 32 feet by 42 or 44 in length, which fits the basic 27 component of the floor plan. 28 29 Councilmember Horst asked if it is a deal buster if the width is less than 32 feet. Mr. Thompson 30 replied yes, it comes down to layout and 32 feet is ideal. 31 32 Councilmember Stille asked if there are any presales for these units. 'He asked when 33 construction would start and -if soon, to what point. Mr. Thompson replied they are currently on 34 speculation, no marketing has been done; however there is an arrangement with the seller of the 35 property. He added construction would start immediately; the exterior would be 100% complete 36 and the building would have fire safety approval. 37 3 8 Councilmember Stille asked what would prohibit a buyer from wanting all of the units. Mr. 39 Thompson replied there is a' development agreement with the City, so .the buyer would have t0 40 come before the Commission and request to tear down all of the condominium walls. 41 42 Councilmember Stille asked if there is a development agreement. Mr. Mornson replied no, 43 whatever motion Council makes would be public record. Mr. ' Thompson replied once it goes to 44 market it cannot be changed without them coming back and making a change. 45 46 Mayor Faust asked if there was a plat yet. Mr. Thompson replied no. 47 4