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Board delays decision on Birmingham Towers after hours-long parking dispute with neighboring condo owners
Summary
Developers seeking to change the floor mix at 479 S. Old Woodward proposed converting a previously approved residential floor to office and sought to apply shared-parking credits; the Planning Board postponed action without date after extensive public comment and legal questions about enforceability of shared parking with Birmingham Place.
The Birmingham Planning Board on March 26 postponed without date final site-plan action on the Birmingham Towers project at 479 S. Old Woodward after a prolonged discussion and large public turnout focused on parking and the enforceability of any shared-parking arrangement with the adjacent Birmingham Place condominium.
Nick Dupuy, planning department staff, outlined the applicant’s requested change: converting a previously approved fourth-floor residential layer to office use and keeping the fifth floor residential, which changes the building’s parking requirements because the ordinance sets off-street parking by use. Under the proposal, Floors 1–4 would be commercial/office and Floor 5 would remain residential; the applicant’s calculations showed the site would be short 49 parking spaces on site, leaving 88 spaces provided where the revised use mix would require more.
The applicant’s representative, Dorade Marcus, who said he represents the owner interests in the development and commercial units at nearby Birmingham Place, told the board the owner is…
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