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Board approves special exception to convert vacant lot at 1452 Prospect St. into 22-space parking lot
Summary
The Metropolitan Board of Zoning Appeals, Division 2, on Feb. 11 approved a special exception and minor setback variances allowing JC Hart Company to convert a 0.23-acre vacant lot at 1452 Prospect Street into a 22-space auxiliary parking lot to serve the City's End development across the street; the board split 3–1.
The Metropolitan Board of Zoning Appeals, Division 2, on Feb. 11 approved a special exception and two minor setback variances to allow JC Hart Company to convert a vacant lot at 1452 Prospect Street into an auxiliary parking lot with 22 spaces to serve the City's End apartment and retail project across the street. The board vote was 3–1: Chairperson Craig Von Dalen, Patrice Duckett Brown and James Duke voted yes; Tom Barnes voted no.
JC Hart representatives said the off-site lot is intended primarily to improve leasing prospects for ground-floor retail within City's End, a 2021 project of 103 apartments and 123 bedrooms with 5,580 square feet of ground-floor commercial space. Attorney Misha Rabinowitch said the apartment project has 107 parking spaces (including on-street and ADA spaces) and that retail leasing has stalled in part because prospective tenants see limited…
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