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Board: current ordinance requires two parking spaces per apartment; one‑per‑bedroom applies to dorms
Summary
During public comment the board clarified that the applicable standard is two parking spaces per apartment and that a one‑per‑bedroom standard is used only for dorms; members said prior and current ordinances required the same standard, complicating a grandfathering claim.
A resident asked the Board of Zoning Appeals whether the one‑per‑bedroom parking standard applied to the apartments in question. Board members answered that the applicable standard for apartments is two parking spaces per unit and that the one‑per‑bedroom rule applies to dormitories.
One board member summarized the distinction: "That was for dorms. It's just 2 per apartment." Members said they reviewed both prior and current ordinances and found the same parking requirement in effect, which prompted further discussion about whether a building could claim grandfathered status under earlier rules.
The exchange occurred after the board accepted a petitioner's request to withdraw a parking‑variance application for 52 through 54 South Broadway. Board members did not make a final ruling on the grandfathering claim at the meeting; any legal interpretation would require review of the ordinance language outside the meeting.
