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Powell council tables parking/zoning ordinance after lengthy public hearing on remodeled event space
Summary
Councilmembers tabled an ordinance change after property owners and neighborhood residents disputed whether a remodeled event space must meet current parking requirements; council directed staff to ask planning and zoning to draft ordinance language addressing remodels that do not increase square footage or occupancy.
At a Powell City Council meeting, councilmembers voted to table an ordinance change about parking and zoning after a lengthy public hearing in which property owners and nearby residents disagreed over whether a remodeled event space must add parking to meet current code.
The dispute centers on an older building that owners say operated as a bar and event space dating to the 1990s and was most recently remodeled; owners and their representatives told the council the building’s footprint has not increased while planning staff and the board of adjustment applied current parking calculations based on the present permitted use.
Property owner (unidentified) said the building “existed since 1996” and that the redevelopment did not change the amount of usable parking on the lot:…
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