Commission approves one-space parking exception for multi-tenant building at East 100 South

The Moab City Planning Commission on Sept. 25 approved a one‑space parking special exception for a multi‑tenant property at approximately 160 East 100 South, where property owner Becky Bird is renovating tenant spaces and adding a new eating establishment.

City staff calculated that the combined future uses on the parcel will require 29 parking spaces; 28 spaces currently exist on the site. The application, submitted Sept. 18, sought an exception for the single missing space under the municipal parking exception code cited in the staff packet.

Becky Bird, the property owner and applicant, told the commission the site already provides substantial parking and that adjacent street parking and other nearby lots absorb typical demand. “28 spaces is a lot,” she said, adding that some spaces are used by adjacent operations and for drop‑off activity but that street parking is plentiful.

Commissioners discussed precedent in C‑2 zones and noted a recent, similar multi‑tenant approval at the same location (the Wabi Sabi building). Commissioner Shaylee Bryant moved to approve planning resolution 2025‑15; Commissioner Miles Lockton seconded. The motion passed unanimously, 5‑0.

Staff noted that the site plan has entered review because the property’s change of use triggered site‑plan requirements; the parking calculation included a commercial recreation (tour) use (1.5 spaces), an eating establishment (6.65 spaces), and multiple retail/office uses that together round to 29 required spaces. The commission did not attach special conditions beyond the exception approval.