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File #: AR NV 19-00028    Version: Name:
Type: Planning Case Status: Passed
File created: 2/28/2019 In control: City Council
On agenda: 5/14/2019 Final action: 5/14/2019
Title: An appeal of City Planning Commission's approval of a nonuse variance to allow a 16 foot tall retaining wall and fence adjacent to Mesa Avenue and Lake Circle where a 6' accessory fence structure is allowed for the Broadmoor Event Center located at 3 and 11-19 Lake Circle. (Quasi-Judicial) Related Files: AR NV 19-00028, AR R 19-00017, CPC DP 03-00259-A10MJ19 Presenter: Peter Wysocki, Director Planning and Community Development Lonna Thelen, Principal Planner, Planning and Community Development
Indexes: Appeals
Attachments: 1. Applicant Appeal Statement, 2. Vicinity Map, 3. CPC Staff Report_Broadmoor Event Center appeal, 4. FIGURE 1 - Approved Broadmoor Event Center Development Plan, 5. FIGURE 2 - Appeal statement by Karen Raymond, 6. FIGURE 3 - Appeal statement b Walter Lawson and Cindy Kulp, 7. FIGURE 4 - Project Statement, 8. FIGURE 5 - Exhibit Hall_Public Comment Response Letter, 9. FIGURE 6 - Neighborhood comments, 10. FIGURE 7 - Parking Operations Plan, 11. FIGURE 8 - PlanCOS Typology, 12. 7.5.906 (A)(4) Administrative Appeal, 13. 7.5.802.B Nonuse Variance, 14. 7.5.906 (B) Planning Commission Appeal, 15. Postponement request by Cyndy Kulp, 16. Broadmoor Event Center - CPC powerpoint - LT, 17. Draft_Min_BroadmoorEventCtr
Related files: CPC DP 03-00259-A10MJ19, AR R 19-00017


Title
An appeal of City Planning Commission's approval of a nonuse variance to allow a 16 foot tall retaining wall and fence adjacent to Mesa Avenue and Lake Circle where a 6' accessory fence structure is allowed for the Broadmoor Event Center located at 3 and 11-19 Lake Circle.

(Quasi-Judicial)

Related Files: AR NV 19-00028, AR R 19-00017, CPC DP 03-00259-A10MJ19

Presenter:
Peter Wysocki, Director Planning and Community Development
Lonna Thelen, Principal Planner, Planning and Community Development

Body
Summary:
Applicant/Owner: The Broadmoor Hotel
Consultant Representative: NES Inc.
Location: 3 and 11-19 Lake Circle

A formal request has been made by the appellant to postpone this item to the May 14, 2019 City Council hearing, see FIGURE 1. Per City Code section 7.5.906.B.3 as a matter of course any person may request postponement of the first scheduled City Council hearing or considerations of an appeal of the City Planning Commission's decision to the next regular City Council meeting.

This application is an appeal of City Planning Commission's decision to deny the appeal and uphold the administrative approval of the nonuse variance, administrative relief and development plan for the Broadmoor Event Center. The approved development plan illustrates a 169,988 square foot exhibit hall addition along with a nonuse variance to allow a 16 foot tall retaining wall and fence adjacent to Mesa Avenue and Lake Circle where a 6' accessory fence structure is the maximum permitted per Code. An administrative relief for building height is also part of this package; the relief allows the building addition to be constructed at an overall height of 57.25 feet where 50 feet is allowed (45-foot maximum building height plus five feet for ornamental structures). A waiver of replat was approved administratively to combine two existing lots into one lot, but is not a part of this appeal package. The appeal is attached as FIGURE 2.

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