Case Number:
A-15-151
Applicant:
120 Ninth Street LLC
Owner:
120 Ninth Street LLC
Council District:|1313|Location:
120 Ninth Street
Legal Description:
Lot 10, Block 34, NCB 456
Zoning:
"FBZ T6-2 RIO-2 AHOD" Form-Based Zone Transect 6 River Improvement Overlay Airport Hazard Overlay District
Case Manager:
Margaret Pahl AICP, Senior Planner
Request
A request for variance from the requirement, as described in 35-209 (e) 6 D7, that a parking garage include a 2-story liner building to allow a parking garage without a liner building.
Executive Summary
The subject property is located in the River North neighborhood, regulated by the From Based Zoning District (FBZD) design standards, as well as the River Improvement Overlay (RIO) design standards. The property owner assembled several parcels and re-platted them into a single lot slightly larger than 2 acres. Two existing buildings will be demolished, in preparation for the new multi-family residential structure and associated parking garage. The parcel has over 400 feet of frontage on the San Antonio River museum reach, 250 feet on 9th Street and 190 feet on Avenue B. The design team has worked to address all of the complex and sometimes conflicting regulatory requirements ranging from those of the River Authority, the Historic and Design Review (HDRC) Commission's RIO requirements and the FBZD standards. The RIO guidelines were the first to be incorporated into the plans, including those specific to the parking garage. As a part of this review process the applicant met several times with staff and the Design Committee. The committee asked for a metal wall mural, green screens, and planter boxes on the edges of the parking garage to soften its impact. These were designed, incorporated and approved. More recently during building permit review, the liner building requirement within the FBZD District was brought to their attention.
The parking garage is being constructed on a combination of small lots total...
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