Title
Review of Revised Parking Garage Elevations in Historic District (B)
Petition HP-13-81. eda engineers-surveyors-planners, inc., agent for Richard Birdoff, owner. New construction in the University Heights Historic District - North. Located at 1226 NW 3rd Avenue and 1227 NW 4th Avenue.
The applicants are proposing revisions to the approved parking structure on two lots in the University Heights Historic District - North. The proposal includes:
· Reduced size and scale of the structure to reduce the visual impact of the structure;
· Scale of architectural feature reduced to reflect the residential nature;
· Material pallet has been revised to better reflect the surround materials and character;
· Vines grown up the building and buffering landscaping added to further shield and soften the visual impact of the building.
Explanation
The applicant is proposing new construction on two lots in the University Heights Historic District - North that is part of a larger project that includes a mixed-use building with a parking garage. The primary frontage of the development will face NW 13th Street, while the parking garage would be constructed largely on the two currently vacant subject parcels. The house at 1226 NW 3rd Avenue was a chert house that was moved to another property within the district. The contributing structure that was located at 1227 NW 4th Avenue was demolished.
Both properties are currently zoned PD (Planned Development), with a PUD (Planned Use District) land use, and are a part of the larger Hub at Gainesville 2 project, that also includes the two parcels that lie to the west.
On October 24, 2013, the NW 13th Street Mixed-Use project (Plan Board Petitions PB-13-86 LUC and PB-13-85 PDA) was heard by the City Plan Board. Concerns were expressed by the board members and impacted property owners about the adjacency to the historic district, scale of the building, design of the parking garage, and the addition of traffic ...
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