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Planning commission recommends denial of event-venue plan at 1195 Schuler Avenue over parking, neighborhood concerns

3459974 · May 15, 2025
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Summary

The city planning commission recommended denial of a conditional-use application to convert the first floor at 1195 Schuler Avenue into a community event venue, citing a lack of off-street parking, neighborhood opposition and several variance requests.

Lauren Nelson, the city’s director of planning, told council on May 14 that the Planning Commission reviewed a conditional-use application for 1195 Schuler Avenue — a mixed-use building in the East End zoned R-3 — where the applicant proposed a first-floor community event venue with a maximum occupancy of 100. The application included four variance requests to the zoning code: a 100% variance from off-street parking requirements, landscaping variances, facade-material…

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