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Neighbors press Saint Francis over 3,400‑space parking garage plan; board hears hours of public comment
Summary
Saint Francis’ proposal to replace and expand a campus parking garage at 6161 S. Yale drew long public comment about noise, light, drainage and tree screening. The applicant described engineering and landscaping mitigation; board discussion continued without a final decision.
Saint Francis Health System’s plan to replace an aging employee parking garage with a larger, modern facility prompted hours of public comment and extended technical presentation at the Board of Adjustment meeting April 8.
Saint Francis representatives told the board the project replaces a functionally obsolete structure and will add about 3,400 parking spaces in a cast‑in‑place concrete garage with screening and a planted buffer. The hospital and its design team said the bulk of the new structure sits in a hospital (O‑H) zoning district, with a narrow strip crossing into adjacent RS‑3 residential zoning, and so they requested a special exception to permit hospital use within RS‑3 and variances on height and setbacks where the structure crosses zoning lines.
Why it matters
Neighbors who live around the pond and reserve east of the campus said the proposal will intensify noise, light and traffic at the back of a residential subdivision and questioned hydrology, construction staging and long‑term impacts on property values. Several homeowners who spoke said they had long allowed the hospital to use a…
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