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
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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:
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•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
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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
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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.
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