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Board permits employee parking at 5203 Windsor Parkway with conditions
Summary
The Board of Adjustment approved a use/occupancy appeal allowing employee parking at 5203 Windsor Parkway but imposed conditions — paving and striping, limits on who may park, a reserved resident space and no tandem parking — after neighbors raised concerns about conversion of a residential parcel.
City planner Trey McCarter described the appeal as a request to vary a residential parcel to allow outdoor storage/parking for an adjoining auto-repair business (Kong Properties LLC). Planning staff advised the request was not consistent with the 2025 strategic land use plan, which designates the area as medium-intensity residential.
Mark Magapora, representing the owners, said the area is a wedge-shaped alley zone and that the owners sought additional employee parking to remove congestion from streets and driveways. "It's an application for employee parking," he said, adding the owners had reached out to neighbors and received letters of support and a permit for demolition of accessory buildings that preceded the paving.
Neighbors testified on both sides. Jason Gallagher, owner of the repair shop, said the pad would provide five employee spaces and that he would reserve two spaces for tenants and avoid derelict vehicles. Opposing neighbors, including Chris DiPalma, said the property had been residential for decades and that they observed up to 12 cars on the pad; DiPalma argued conversion to a commercial parking area harmed neighborhood character.
Board members discussed permit history, striping and a layout plan. Mary Hart Burton, zoning administrator, recommended typical parking-lot conditions: pavement and striping conforming to code, signage permits, refuse enclosures and a submitted layout approved by the zoning office. The board approved the appeal with conditions requiring a submitted striping plan, one parking space reserved for the residence, parking limited to employee and agreed-upon courtesy cars, no tandem parking, and plan approval by staff.
