Petitioners say site too small for code parking; donor support contingent on solution
Fraser Valley Arts told the Board of Adjustment that the donated 0.43‑acre site cannot fit the 50–74 parking spaces the code could require and that roughly $500,000 in donor commitments depend on a workable parking solution; the board approved an interim variance to allow design work to proceed.
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Fraser Valley Arts told the Board of Adjustment it cannot meet the town's off‑street parking requirements on the parcel donated for an arts center and asked permission to begin design work now so it would not have to repeat expensive design work later. The petitioner estimated the site footprint is approximately 0.43 acres and said the code's parking formula could demand between 50 and 74 spaces depending on final design.
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