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Commission Memorandum
REPORT TO: Honorable Mayor and City Commission
FROM: Keri Thorpe, Assistant Planner
Tim McHarg, Planning Director
SUBJECT: Request to Reclaim Jurisdiction of A Change of Use and Certificate of
Appropriateness application, including a deviation request, to allow a 1,832
square foot restaurant on the first floor of the building located at 600 N.
Wallace Avenue, zoned HMU (Northeast Historic Mixed Use) District. The
HMU District restricts the size of restaurants to 1,500 square feet.
MEETING DATE: January 23, 2012
AGENDA ITEM TYPE: Consent
RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends the City Commission reclaim jurisdiction based on
1) the applicant’s rationale (see reclaim request from applicant) and 2) the inability of the BOA to
assemble a quorum to hear the deviation request until their April meeting.
RECOMMENDED MOTION: I move to reclaim jurisdiction of the Brown Building
Restaurant Change of Use and Certificate of Appropriateness with Deviation application
#Z-11288.
BACKGROUND: Property owner Putter Brown of Brown Building, LLC, represented by Ben
Lloyd and Laura Landon of Comma Q Architecture, has submitted an application to establish a new
restaurant which exceeds the allowable square footage for a restaurant in the HMU District. The
deviation request was scheduled to be heard by the Board of Adjustment (BOA) on January 10, 2012,
but the applicant requested the public hearing be opened and continued until the February 14, 2012
meeting. Shortly thereafter, the applicant requested the City Commission reclaim jurisdiction.
Staff learned at the January 10th BOA meeting that the BOA is unable to form a quorum to hear this
application until April. This is due, in part, because one BOA member is employed by the
applicant’s representative, Comma Q Architecture, and therefore, must recuse himself.
UNRESOLVED ISSUES: None at this time.
ALTERNATIVES: The City Commission may choose to not reclaim jurisdiction of the
application, and therefore, the BOA would be the final decision making body.
FISCAL EFFECTS: None at this time.
Report compiled on: January 12, 2012
Attachments: Reclaim Jurisdiction Request from applicant
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