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HomeMy WebLinkAbout20096 Staff Presentation City CommissionCITY COMMISSION, MONDAY, APRIL 6th, 2020 Community Development Appeal #20096 Filed by The Etha Hotel, LLC Regarding Covering Portions of the EIFS Condition of Approval. •19,319 square foot hotel •Modifications to entire building •24 West Mendenhall Street •Zoning B-3, Downtown District •Neighborhood Conservation Overlay District Community Development Community Development Hilton Garden Inn The original site plan for the Etha Hotel was approved by the City Commission in 2013, with the final site plan approval in December 2014 under application Z13064. The application was for a conditional use permit, certificate of appropriateness and deviations. A building permit was issued in 2014 based on this approved site plan July 2012 Background: Community Development Hilton Garden Inn •Addition of 19 hotel guest rooms-121 rooms proposed, spa use removed •Ballroom use to include a stage and bar •Remove stairs and outdoor terrace and add mechanical-2nd floor rooftop and west elevation- mechanical units Phase 2 •Third floor exterior terrace and pool replace with mechanical units-mechanical units Phase 2 •Ninth floor proposed with restaurant and indoor/outdoor serving areas. Pool relocated to ninth floor. •Minor changes to floor plans throughout related to types of hotel rooms, balconies, restaurant seating areas and kitchen areas, back of house operations, offices, closets, stairs, storage areas, etc. as outlined in narrative. Armory Hotel Modification to Approved Plan19410 Phase 1 Phase 2 •Add mechanical rooftop units and screening on second floor rooftop along west elevation •Add mechanical rooftop units and screening on third floor rooftop along front elevation •New exterior lighting for the building. LED and colored lights. •Exterior building materials proposed to change. TAFS, 9th floor restaurant exterior, glass guardrails •Art deco marking on Armory building to remain unchanged. •Windows proposed in Armory building with no muntins/divided lites Community Development Hilton Garden Inn Phase 2 Condition of Approval: 5. Applicant must submit a new plan to cover EIFS exterior building materials so that no more than 25% of the entire exposed building fa9ade (calculated by combining the exterior surface area of the Tower and the Armory, including windows) is EIFS, in compliance with 38.530.060.c.3.a BMC (2020). Some leeway on the strict percentage limitation will be considered. The Applicant's plan to cover portions ofEIFS on the exterior of the building will be subject to a 15 day public comment period, after which the Director of the Community Development Division must issue a decision on the new plan to cover exterior EIFS material. Conditional Approval, Modifications #19410 March 4th, 2020 Community Development Hilton Garden Inn B. Any amendment to or modification of a plan approved under the ordinance codified in this division 38.230 (September 3, 1991—Ordinance 1332) must be submitted to the community development director for review and possible approval.Proposals for further development, reuse or change in use of sites developed pursuant to this chapter must be reviewed as an amendment to an approved plan. All amendments must be shown on a revised plan drawing. Amendments to approved plans must be reviewed and may be approved by the community development director upon determining that the amended plan is in substantial compliance with the originally approved plan. If it is determined that the amended plan is not in substantial compliance with the originally approved plan, the application must be resubmitted as a new application and will be subject to all standards and plan review and approval provisions of this chapter. Substantial compliance may be shown by demonstrating that the amendments do not exceed the thresholds established in section 38.230.160.C. Sec. 38.230.150. -Amendments to plans. Consider the Recommended Motion: Having reviewed and considered Appeal number 20096 of the decision of the Director of Community Development regarding modifications to the Armory Hotel, the Director’s decision dated March 4, 2020, the record of review, the presentation of staff and the Appellant, public comment, and all information presented, I move to uphold the decision of the Director of Community Development reflected in his March 4, 2020 letter. Community Development