4310 COLBY AVE MEDICAL ASSOCIATES 2018-01-01 MF Import

��-T- T� Criterion +^_: That such variance is necessary for [he preservction and enjoyment of a substantfal proper[y ri�ht oP the appellant possessed by the owners of other �roperties in the same vicini =y or zone. a. FindinQ: The '✓ariance is necessarv `or i.4e ?�.nplicanc to add additfonal space Eor sr_ora;e, �aai�in, roon, a computer room, and lunch area. The Applicant has provided �iocumentation as to the nu�aber of parking spaces avsilable in the existing parking lot �iuring August 1989 in order to demonstrate that the nuober of parking spaces needed by 4310 Colby ts considerably less tnan that requtred by Code. Exhibits S and 6 of this Staff Report illustrate that a[ least 22 parking spaces were available in die existing parking lot at the times given in [he survey during the day and often considerably more spaces were available. With the beginning of Objective Medical Assessmen[s practfce, approximately 10 additional patient visits per day are anticipated, which �+ou11 lower excess perking alightly. The Applicant is proposing a minor expansion of the clinic to add storage space, a lunch room, and a computer room. ido new doctor's practice is to be added. The Applicant proposes to maintain the existing 63 parking spaces in the clinic's parking lot. No parking spaces Would he eliminated by the expansion. There is evidence to ind]cate thar. there is excess parking beyond that needed for doc[ors, patients, employeea, and deliveriea at this si[e. b. Conclusion: Granting the variance crould allow the Applicant's clinic a right as possessed by other clinics in the City. Criterion 113: That the authorization of such variance will no[ be materially detrimental to the public welfare or Snjurious to property in the vicinity or zone in which the property is located. a. Finding: The clinic is an establiahed and on-going use at 4310 Colby. No diaplacement of residential use would occur as a reault of the variance. The applicant has provided documenta[ion that the nature of thia particular clinic is such that the need for parking is substantially less than that required by Code. The clinic aiso inatructs ita employees to use the on-aite parking lot and, therefore, this facility does not seem to create lacal parking problems. The expansion is not intended to draw a new doctor or practice to the clinic. There is no anticipated inczease in patient volume. Therefore, there is no expectation that current parking availability would change, except Eor Che 10 patient visits per day that Ob�ective Medical Assessmeuts is expected ta create beginning in Septembet 1989. In this narrative statement, the Applicant indicates that some unoffic3al use of the existing parking facility by the adjacent medical clinic now occurs. The unofficial use could be "policed" if it were to become a probler�. -3-