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Planning commission recommends Balfour Lofts, 99-unit downtown project, to City Council with gate variance and short-term rental allowance
Summary
The Planning and Zoning Commission on Sept. 3 recommended approval (5–3) of PD25-12, a 99-unit planned development in downtown Arlington that requests 13 deviations from the UDC, includes a 35x35-foot dog park and internal trash strategy, and directs staff and the developer to pursue a security gate variance; the recommendation allows up to 15% short-term rentals.
The Arlington Planning and Zoning Commission voted 5–3 Sept. 3 to recommend approval of PD25-12, the Balfour Lofts planned development, forwarding the ordinance and a request to seek approval or a variance for a security gate to City Council.
Leices Siberia, development planning manager, told the commission the project covers about 1.605 acres and proposes a three-story, 99-unit building (roughly 62 dwelling units per acre), which exceeds the downtown neighborhood district density cap of 40 units per acre and requires 13 deviations from the Unified Development Code (UDC). Staff noted outstanding concerns with building length, unit-size deviations, EIFS use, tree preservation, masonry columns for carports, screening and streetscape elements, and trash collection operations.
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