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Commission recommends repeal of old SUP and removal of parking requirement for corner commercial buildings at Floyd & Robinson
Summary
The commission recommended approval to amend an existing special‑use permit covering 2526 Floyd Avenue and 105 N. Robinson Street, removing an obsolete off‑street parking requirement and updating permitted neighborhood‑serving uses with new restrictions.
The Richmond Planning Commission voted to recommend approval of an ordinance amending a long‑standing special‑use permit that covers two separate corner buildings at 2526 Floyd Avenue and 105 North Robinson Street in the Fan neighborhood.
Planner Cheyenne Trump summarized the request: the applicant seeks to repeal provisions of the existing SUP (originally adopted 1988 and amended over the years) that required off‑street parking (23 spaces within 500 feet) and to allow the two buildings—currently separated by an alley—to be used for separate purposes. The proposed ordinance would: limit allowed corner commercial uses to those consistent with the R‑63 multifamily urban‑residential district (sections 30‑119.2 and 30‑119.3) while explicitly excluding laundromats, tattoo parlors, music and video production studios, the sale of adult materials, and the sale of tobacco, nicotine and cannabis products; prohibit indoor live entertainment after specified hours; and require that the building heights remain at two stories with no exterior changes proposed.
Applicant representative Will Gillette told the commission the primary driver of the amendment is the removal of the 1989 parking lease requirement; the owner currently leases 23 spaces from a nearby hospital and that lease could be terminated with 30 days’ notice, creating vulnerability for tenants. The Fan District Alliance had voted in favor of eliminating the old parking requirement during pre‑application outreach, Gillette said; staff reported receiving one letter of concern but otherwise recommended approval.
The commission voted to recommend approval; the recommendation will be forwarded to City Council.
Votes at a glance: motion to recommend approval — passed unanimously (Poole Aye; Joyhaug Aye; Knight Aye; Pinnock Aye; Robertson Aye; White Aye; McKenzie Aye).
