Board approves reduced parking for mini-warehouse with LID requirement

On Jan. 25 the Titusville Board of Adjustments and Appeals approved variance 5-2026, allowing a mini-warehouse project to provide 14 parking spaces, including one ADA-accessible stall, instead of the 41 spaces the city's code would ordinarily require.

Staff explained the code (section 28-214(d)(1)(g)) would require 41 spaces based on the number of storage cubicles and manager quarters. Staff recommended approval of the reduced parking if the applicant incorporated qualifying Low Impact Development (LID) best-management practices into the site design and submitted an LID plan and operations-and-maintenance documentation in accordance with the city technical manual.

Cole Oliver, attorney for the applicant, said the project team has designed LID components to protect on-site wetlands and reduce impervious area, and that a parking study included in the application packet supports the reduced count. "We do agree with the condition of complying with the LID components of your code and we've already designed that in here," Oliver said. He added the design minimizes disturbance to mature vegetation on the south side of the property and keeps required landscaping and ADA parking adjacent to the office entrance.

Member Beckles moved to approve the variance with the staff-recommended LID condition; the motion was seconded and passed on roll call. Staff recorded that the applicant must submit an LID plan and associated documentation (sections 11.3 and 11.4 of the city technical manual) before final approval.

The board's action allows the applicant to proceed toward conditional-use hearings and permitting with the reduced parking count contingent on the stated environmental-protection and LID commitments.