Hotel seeks short-term loading zone; council refers plan to planning commission

Representatives for a proposed hotel and restaurant project asked the council for two short-term loading/unloading spaces near the hotel's front door so guests can check in and move luggage before relocating cars to off-street parking. The speaker said the request was limited: "We're not asking for something where someone could park all day long... But what we're asking for is just somewhere to load and unload the luggage and then have them move their car to an approved parking space," the applicant said.