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Council approves minor amendment allowing payment into parking fund for three residential spaces
Summary
The council approved a minor amendment to the 2006 conditional use permit for the Hannah Family Trust allowing payment into the town parking fund for three residential parking spaces at a current per-space rate.
The Blowing Rock Town Council on April 8 approved a minor amendment to a 2006 conditional use permit (CUP) for the Hannah Family Trust that removes an on-site residential parking requirement and allows the applicant to pay into the town’s parking fund for the three residential spaces.
The applicant requested permission to pay the current in-lieu rate of $15,000 per required space for three spaces, for a total payment of $45,000. Staff explained the original 2006 CUP required 21 parking spaces; 18 were to be satisfied by payment into the town parking fund at that time and three were reserved as satellite residential spaces. The applicant cited changed code requirements and nearby parking deck construction in support of the request.
Why it matters: The amendment converts a requirement that residential parking be provided on the former Hannah-related property into a monetary payment to the parking fund, altering how the town’s parking mitigation obligations for that permit are satisfied.
Planning staff noted the town’s land-use code had changed since the original permit: had the building been constructed today it likely would have required fewer spaces. Chelsea Garrett, representing Dr. John Hannah, told council that current tenants use the reserved spaces infrequently and that the parking deck built since 2006 makes the payment a reasonable remedy. Garrett and Dr. John Hannah were present to answer council questions.
A council member moved to approve the amendment; another member seconded the motion and the council voted unanimously to approve. Council members briefly discussed precedent, noting other developers had paid into the parking fund in prior years (for example, one referenced payment of $30,000 for three spaces and another of $10,000 for one space) but approved the request after staff confirmation.
The council’s approval authorizes the Hannah Family Trust to submit $45,000 to the town parking fund in lieu of providing the three satellite residential spaces called for in condition 12 of the 2006 CUP. The town clerk and planning staff will process the amended permit and the parking fund payment mechanism.
