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Verona planning commission recommends denial of 511 West Verona apartment-and-event‑center plan over parking shortfall
Summary
The Verona Plan Commission voted 6–1 on Jan. 6 to recommend denial to the Common Council of a planned development that would add 116 apartments and a 14,281‑square‑foot, 200‑person event center at 511 West Verona Avenue, citing an unresolved 175‑space parking deficit and uncertain long‑term shared‑parking agreements.
The Verona Plan Commission voted 6–1 on Jan. 6 to recommend that the Common Council deny a planned development for 511 West Verona Avenue that would add 116 apartments and a roughly 14,281‑square‑foot event center for about 200 people.
City planning staff told commissioners the project would require 345 parking spaces under code but proposes 170 on site, creating a requested exemption of 175 spaces; staff concluded the proposal failed the plan‑development standard that the use “would not create a traffic or parking demand incompatible with the existing or proposed facilities to service it.” Mr. Severson, presenting staff’s report, said the applicant’s parking study showed a 113‑space shortfall at certain peak hours and noted proposed shared‑parking…
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