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Commission denies variance request for Skagway Inn; commissioners cite parking and precedent concerns
Summary
The Planning and Zoning Commission denied variance application 2026057 for the Skagway Inn after staff and neighbors said the application failed to meet the four legal findings required for a variance and speakers warned of parking impacts downtown.
The Planning and Zoning Commission on July 9 denied variance application 2026057, which sought parking relief for a proposed retail and hotel project in the Skagway Historical District (Block 3, Lot 3).
Charles Dolan, representing property owners Carl and Rosemary Klupart, told the commission the design is hotel rooms and that downtown parcel sizes make strict parking compliance impractical: "their hope is to... ask for parking relief." Permitting staff said the application did not provide sufficient evidence to meet the four required variance findings and warned that allowing more variances for new construction could exacerbate downtown parking shortages. Neighbors and Masonic Lodge representatives said they feared the units could be used long term, increasing parking demand; Trevor Clifford said the application looked like "long term housing on the 3rd Floor with no parking."
After the commission reviewed the four findings and concluded they were not all satisfied, the commissioners voted to deny the variance by roll call.
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