Zoning Board of Appeals Meeting Date: June 18, 2026
To: Members of the Zoning Board of Appeals
From: Mathias Hughey, Associate City Planner
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Consideration of a Variance to Exceed the Maximum Height Limit in the C1-B: Downtown District by 13 Feet
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Action Requested:
The Zoning Board of Appeals will consider the variance request to exceed the maximum height limit in the C1 district by approximately 13 feet.
Summary Report:
The applicant, Rebound Real Estate, LLC. is seeking to build a mixed-use building with a 57-room hotel, ground-floor commercial spaces, and below-grade parking at 212 Division St. S., a site zoned C1: Downtown District.
The Land Development Code (LDC) establishes a maximum height in the C1 district of 50 feet and directs that height is measured as "the vertical distance from the natural grade of the site to an imaginary plane located at the maximum number of feet above and parallel to the grade." The existing grade of the site is reinforced by the existing street on the east side of the parcel, and public pedestrian access along the south side, an access easement and flood elevations on the west, and existing buildings along the other 2 sides of the parcel. The elevation changes by approximately 9 feet from the sidewalk on Division St. S. to the bottom of the west fa?ade.
The proposed building will exceed the height limit along Division St. S. - the east fa?ade - by 3 feet, measured to the roof (53-feet tall), with the parapet extending an additional 2 feet. On the west fa?ade, the building will exceed the height limit by 11' 10", with the parapet extending an additional 2 feet. City code allows mechanical equipment to exceed the height limit by 3 feet, because the mechanical equipment is centrally located, where the distance from natural grade is reduced, the proposed 13' additional height will permit mechanical equipment and screening to be 6 feet in height. Because the proposed hotel units will not have individual wall-mo...
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