Title
Special Use Permit to Allow Construction of a Surface Level, Temporary Parking Lot within the U-9 Zoning District (B)
Petition PB-18-94 SUP: CHW, Inc. (Robert Walpole, P.E.) agent for University of Florida Foundation, Inc. Request for a Special Use Permit with development plan review to construct a surface level, temporary parking lot within the U-9 zoning district. Zoned: U-9. Located at the NE corner of SW 13th Street and SW 1st. Avenue.
Explanation
This petition is a request for a Special Use Permit to allow surface parking as a principal use in the U-9 zoning district. The subject properties are vacant but were occupied by two buildings which have been demolished. The property owner, University of Florida Foundation, Inc., is in the process of constructing a parking structure on a parcel used as a surface parking lot on the UF campus. During the period of construction and occupancy of the new parking structure, the owners wish to use the subject lot as a temporary surface parking area to accommodate the displaced surface parking. The Land Development Code, Sec. 30-4.12, allows a surface parking lot as a principal use in the U-9 zoning district by Special Use Permit. The owners are requesting a special use permit to occupy and use the subject property as a temporary surface parking facility for a period of four years.
Fiscal Note
None.
Recommendation
Staff to City Plan Board - Staff recommends approval of Petition PB-18-94 SUP with conditions included in the staff report and the Technical Review Committee comments.