PB-18-01/375 Mt. Pleasant Avenue, LLC

10. 11. 12. 13; 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. Mr. Petry referred to the Parking Study prepared by his office which was submitted with the application. He noted that with the building 82.4% occupied that the parking lot was only being used at approximately 48% capacity. As a planner Mr. Petry noted that the proposed conversion would promote goals of the Redevelopment Plan to encourage use of the site for medical office purposes and provide the improvements necessary to achieve that goal. He opined there would be no detriments because the parking would not spill over onto the surrounding streets and the uses and would remain exclusively on site. In his opinion the existing parking would be more than needed by the proposed conversion of existing unused space into usable space even if the building was at 100% occupancy. Responding to Board questions he stated that the two residential buildings on site are currently vacant. Mr. Petry noted that the parking spaces adjacent to the residential structures would re-striped and turned into handicapped accessible spaces. He stipulated that a sidewalk would be installed between the future parking area and the main parking area when the Applicant returns to the Board to construct the future parking area. There was no public comment for or against the application. FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW The Premises are located in the O-RA Office Redevelopment Alternative Zone where medical offices are a permitted use. Applicant seeks to convert storage space within an existing office building to use as medical offices and to convert two other formerly residential buildings on the property to useable office space. The proposed changes would result in an increase of the number of parking spaces required. The parking requirements for the site are contained in the Organon Redevelopment Plan. The proposed changes would add 13,500 sq. ft. of usable floor area to the property, increasing the site’s building area from 104,817 sq. ft. to 118,347 sq. ft. Since no increase in parking spaces is proposed a deviation from the Redevelopment Plan is required.