4122 HOYT AVE 2018-01-02 MF Import

Mr. Hoagland statad the Board had received a parking study done by the applicant and also a letter from Dr. Brust, who owns property in the vicinity, in favor of granting the variance. Don Wood stated the staff report had recommended denial of the variance unless the applicant, provided a parking study acceptable to the City Traffic Engineer showing that the reduced parking would function in this location _for the type of units proposed. Since—tha'parking' study submitted was -acceptable_ to the I Public Works Dept., the staff was changing its recommendation to approval of : 'the variance request. A parking variance had been approved in 1981 for 8 units with 8 spaces, but �) that had not been built and now the project was doubled in size. Ted Schmelzer is still the owner of the property and Cronin is the builder. A_Bert Cronin stated they were all one bedroom apartments and they were working G with the Housing Authority for obtaining their clients and the intent is to Z rent mainly to elderly. A similar unit on 33rd and Hoyt has mainly elderly, singl= tenants and they have had no parking problems as the study shows. m Issac George, 4120 Hoyt, spoke against granting the variance, because of p already existing parking problems in the area. �C: ^ Arthur Jewell, 4127 Hoyt, said if they would limit the tenants to elderly, i;a c would not be apposed to the variance. Bert Cronin stated they would restrict the number of vehicles to one per mtenant and there would be a manager on site to help control the parking. Don Wood and Dennis Gregoire of the Planning Staff spoke on the type of project, which is small 500 square foot, one bedroom apartments that will basically cater to the elderly and will not generate the same parking need as larger two or three bedronm apartments. No one else spoke for or against the proposal. Motion: Ross Hoagland moved to grant the variance based on the following reasons: I go into town two or three times a day and drive down Hoyt and made wy own study of parking during the week for seven straight days and is part of the reason for making this motion. 2. I like the neatness of this type of housing and think it would enhance then neighborhood as there is presently two old houses that would come down. 3• There will be a live in manager to help resolve any problems. 4. The problems in the area come from the mix of medical offices with single family houses and this Board has compounded the problem by granting parking variances so businesses could go in so a man could have his property rights.