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Memorializing a decision of the City Council to deny an appeal by Alatus, LLC from a planning commission decision denying a site plan application for a new mixed use development located at 411 and 417 Lexington Parkway North.
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WHEREAS, Alatus Development LLC (“Applicant”), in zoning file No. 20-102-273, applied to the planning commission (“Commission”) for a site plan review under Leg. Code § 61.402(a) of its proposal to construct on vacant properties commonly known as 411 & 417 Lexington Parkway North, a new, 6-story, mixed-use development consisting of 288 residential units, ground floor commercial space, amenity space, and structured parking, the said property being legally described as Hall And Brown'S Addition To H Subj To Esmts Vac Ave Accruing & Fol, Ex The N 111.6 Ft And Ex The W 294.01 Ft; Lot 36. And 342923410067 LEXINGTON & UNIVERSITY LOT 4 BLK 1 [PIN Number 34.29.23.41.00.69]; and
WHEREAS, on January 14, 2021, the Commission’s Zoning Committee (“Committee”), pursuant to Leg. Code § 61.303, duly conducted a public hearing on the Applicant’s site plan application which, due to the Covid-19 pandemic and pursuant to the various executive and emergency orders in effect at the time, was conducted remotely by electronic means as it was deemed neither practical nor prudent to conduct “in-person” hearings; accordingly, as provided by law, attending members of the Committee and Committee staff did so remotely as did the Applicant and other members of the public and, furthermore, all persons interested were also afforded the opportunity to submit, no later than noon of the said hearing date, written testimony for the Committee’s consideration, along with verbal testimony, and inclusion in the hearing record; and
WHEREAS, following the close of the Committee’s public hearing and based upon all the reports and evidence presented, the Committee moved to recommend approval of the Applicant’s site plan for the reasons set forth in the staff report of th...
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