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Council Member Riley questions Eric Palatnik about rezoning application impacts

1:38:17

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Council Member Kevin C. Riley engages in a Q&A session with Eric Palatnik, a Land Use Attorney, regarding a rezoning application. They discuss the impact on non-applicant controlled sites, parking requirements, and community preferences.

  • The rezoning application does not include development plans for a nearby non-applicant controlled site.
  • Parking spots were increased from 46 to 60 based on community requests.
  • Riley emphasizes the importance of considering community preferences in development plans.
Kevin C. Riley
1:38:17
Thank you, Eric.
1:38:18
Just one question before I pass it to council member Zwang.
1:38:22
What impact will this application have on the non applicant controlled site to the
Eric Palatnik
1:38:26
east of the proposed development site?
1:38:28
Right.
1:38:28
That's the shoemaker as we call him because it's just it's owned by a gentleman who's a shoemaker.
1:38:33
That property is not a part of the rezoning application.
1:38:36
We've it was not a part of development site, although it's a part of the rezoning application.
1:38:41
We would have no objection if anybody wanted to make an action to amend the application and eliminate that site and cut it from the rezoning.
1:38:48
There's no proposed development to occur on that site.
Kevin C. Riley
1:38:51
And I saw in the exit, the previous proposal, there was, I think like 46 parking spots.
1:38:58
Now you increased it to 60.
1:39:00
60 parking spots.
1:39:00
And that's because the community Correct.
Eric Palatnik
1:39:02
Acts for this.
1:39:03
Asked for a lot of parking.
1:39:04
Sorry.
1:39:04
CVS is not always No.
Kevin C. Riley
1:39:06
I just wanna be clear and just have it on the record that, you know, every some communities require having more They
Eric Palatnik
1:39:14
want more then
Kevin C. Riley
1:39:14
that's fine.
Eric Palatnik
1:39:15
To them.
Kevin C. Riley
1:39:15
Okay.
1:39:16
No problem.
1:39:17
Just wanted to yield the floor to council members for questions.
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