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Board weighs parking as conversion of former school on South Tenth Avenue resurfaces
Summary
A developer seeking to convert a vacant school on South Tenth Avenue into about 20 apartments faced persistent board concern over parking and whether municipal lots could legally serve the project; the hearing was continued while the applicant pursues documented parking commitments.
The Zoning Board of Appeals on March 18 continued review of an application to convert a vacant former school on South Tenth Avenue into about 20 apartments, citing unresolved parking arrangements and missing written commitments from municipal parking officials.
Board members said the project—proposed for a long-vacant, nonconforming building—could help preserve an older structure but stressed that lack of on-site parking and reliance on off-site municipal lots created practical and neighborhood concerns. The applicant told the board they had identified roughly 10 spaces in a municipal garage and additional on-street and municipal spots as overflow, but staff and the parking bureau said they had no record of a formal request or written commitment from the city.
The board’s concern…
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