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Supporting Documentation · Feb 5, 2025

23 1345 001 PB24 14 172 174 Main St Engineering Review

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23-1345-001 – PB24-14 (172-174 Main St.) Page 3 of 5 3.9. The proposed parking spaces appear to be less than five (5) feet from the Main Street right-of-way line. As per Ordinance §25-8.1 (Setbacks of Accessory Uses), “In any district no accessory structure, building, storage area, off-street parking area or truck loading space shall be permitted within five feet of a property line.” Accordingly, the plan shall be revised to demonstrate compliance therewith, or request a variance for the same. Matrix defers to the Board Planner for further planning review. 3.10. Matrix has prepared the parking summary below in accordance with Ordinance §25-12.2 (Minimum Required Number of Parking Spaces): Fl. Exist. Use Proposed Use Required Parking Spaces Provided 1st Office: 2,824 SF (All tenants) Tenant 1: 1,436 SF (Medical Office) Tenant 2: 1,388 SF (Event Space) (1,436 SF) + (1,388 SF) = 2,824 SF (Total) Medical Office: 1,436 SF (1 space per 250 SF GFA): (1,436) / (250) = 5.7 ≈ 6 spaces req’d (1)Event Space (Catering Facility): 1,388 SF (1 space per 45 SF of patron area): (1,100 SF) / (45) = 24.4 ≈ 24 spaces 26 parking spaces provided (incl. 2 ADA) 2nd Office: 2,824 SF (Assumed) (2) 2-BR Apt. Units (1) Efficiency Apt. Unit(2) (2 units) * (2 spaces/unit) = 4.0 spcs (1 unit) * (1.8 spaces/unit) = 1.8 spcs (4 + 1.8) = 5.8 ≈ 6 spaces required 3rd N/A (2) 1-BR Apt. Units (2) Efficiency Apt. Units(2) (2 units) * (1.8 spcs/unit) = 3.6 spcs (2 units) * (1.8 spcs/unit) = 3.6 spcs (3.6 + 3.6) = 7.2 ≈ 7 spaces required 43 TOTAL SPACES REQUIRED 1. The parking requirement for the first floor uses provided by the Applicant does not agree with the requirements in §25-12.2. 2. Matrix has assumed that an efficiency unit is comparable to a one-bedroom apartment unit for parking demand purposes. The Applicant shall provide testimony as to the uses of the ground (first) floor tenant spaces as they pertain to parking calculation requirements. A bulk parking variance may be required. 3.11. The Applicant shall provide testimony regarding the intention or need to assign parking spaces to tenants or units, rather than compete with patrons of the first floor tenants. The Applicant shall provide testimony regarding the interaction between the residential and nonresidential uses, related to hours of operation, parking, and building access. 3.12. The Applicant shall provide testimony regarding the

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timony regarding the interaction between the residential and nonresidential uses, related to hours of operation, parking, and building access. 3.12. The Applicant shall provide testimony regarding the intention to install any ground signage, including but not limited to, monument signage, exterior building signage, sign boards, etc. 3.13. The existing cellar door (missing from the survey) conflicts with parking stall No. 1. The Applicant shall confirm their intention regarding the cellar door and how such will impact the proposed site redevelopment. 3.14. The asphalt pavement in the parking lot is in various states of disrepair, including but not limited to, potholes, pavement spalling, alligator cracking, vegetation sprouting through the cracks and joints, etc. The plan shall be revised to, at a minimum, mill and pave the entire lot, and provide full-depth asphalt pavement repair where needed. 3.15. The existing railroad tie wall is severely deteriorated and potentially unstable. The Applicant shall demolish and reconstruct the failed portion(s) of the wall. The plan shall be revised to depict the same, and to include a detail therefor. 3.16. The driveway apron and sidewalk along Main Street are both deteriorated and are not constructed in accordance with municipal standards. The curbing along virtually the entire frontage of the property is depressed (flush), even beyond the driveway apron. The Applicant shall reconstruct the curb, sidewalk, and driveway apron, and the same shall be depicted on a revised plan.

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