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Board denies two parking-variance requests for adjacent lots in Padre Beach Subdivision
Summary
The board denied requests to reduce required parking on Lot 17 A (from five to three spaces) and Lot 17 B (from four to two), citing lack of demonstrated hardship and neighborhood impacts, including concern about short-term rental conversions.
The South Padre Island board denied two variance requests that would have reduced required parking on adjacent lots in the Padre Beach Subdivision. The votes rejected a request to cut required spaces on Lot 17 A from five to three and on Lot 17 B from four to two.
Board members said the applicant had not demonstrated the kind of persisting, site-specific hardship required to grant a variance. Members also cited concerns that approving the requests could leave large multi-bedroom houses with insufficient parking, raising neighborhood impacts if properties were…
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