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Planning board recommends denial of Johns Island Club height variance for parking structure
Summary
The Planning, Zoning and Variance Board recommended denial of a height variance request from Johns Island Club Inc. for a proposed three‑story parking garage, finding the application did not demonstrate the code’s hardship or minimum‑variance criteria. The recommendation will go to Town Council for final action.
The Planning, Zoning and Variance Board on Thursday recommended that Town Council deny Johns Island Club Inc.’s request for a height variance to build a three‑story parking garage on the club’s property.
Blaine Bergstreser, the engineer of record for the project, said the proposed structure would provide 218 parking spaces and a net gain of about 160 spaces after losing existing surface stalls. He told the board the tallest architectural element — elevator equipment and a pitched gable — appears on plan elevations at roughly 47.83 feet above sea level while existing ground elevation on the site is shown as 8.33. Using the town’s…
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