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Franklin Board of Zoning Appeals denies parking reduction for Porter's Call at 228 2nd Avenue South
Summary
The board denied a request to reduce required parking from 13 to five spaces for the office at 228 2nd Avenue South after neighbors and staff raised concerns about downtown parking and an imminent parking study; the vote to deny was 3–1.
The Franklin Board of Zoning Appeals voted 3–1 on March 5 to deny a variance that would have reduced the minimum parking requirement for the property at 228 2nd Avenue South from 13 spaces to five.
Staff told the board the property, zoned O (Office Residential) and inside historic and Central Franklin overlays, requires 10 spaces for the principal building plus three more for converting an existing detached garage to office, but currently has only three on-site spaces and two on-street spaces. Staff found the lot’s physical constraints met two of the variance criteria but said criterion three—whether granting relief would…
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