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Council tables Riverside Flats site‑plan reapproval amid debate over higher parking requirement
Summary
Riverdale councilors voted to table a request to reapprove a previously vested site plan for the Riverside Flats apartments while staff and the developer explore options to address a new city parking ordinance that would raise the required stalls per unit.
Riverdale City Council on Tuesday voted to table reapproval of an expired site plan for the Riverside Flats apartments to give staff and the developer time to seek options addressing a recently changed city parking ordinance.
City staff explained the site plan at issue was approved under an earlier parking standard (1.75 stalls per unit) but that a subsequent ordinance increased the requirement to 2.25 stalls per unit. Staff said applying the current 2.25 ratio to the approved plan would create a shortfall of parking stalls that, in staff’s view, would render the project infeasible without design changes or additional stalls. The developer argued…
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