Applicant seeks tiny right-of-way vacation at 241 W. Spring for multifamily project; transportation raises encroachment conditions

Planning staff presented a request from McClellan Consulting Engineers to vacate a small strip of right-of-way at 241 West Spring to allow a multifamily development to meet master street-plan standards for North Locust Avenue.

Staff said the parcel (about 1.12 acres) includes a requested vacation of roughly 0.01 acres of right-of-way. The applicant has grading and building permits submitted. Staff noted the Transportation Division raised concerns about proposed exterior stairs encroaching into the right-of-way and that approval is recommended with a condition limiting stair encroachment to what building code, the downtown design overlay district, and applicable accessibility (ADA/pro-ag) provisions allow. Staff said those conditions were negotiated with Transportation so that stair encroachments could be allowed only if minimum pedestrian clearances and code requirements were met.

No public comment on the vacation was recorded in the provided excerpt. A commissioner asked how much encroachment had been proposed; staff said the exact measurement was not in front of them at the meeting but offered to provide the figure by Monday. Another commissioner noted the area was small and voiced no objection; staff indicated the item would be placed on the consent agenda.

There was no formal roll-call vote recorded in the transcript excerpt provided; staff characterized the request as administrative cleanup related to an upcoming development and recommended conditional approval.