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Planning Files GLUA-19-00017 (General Land Use Application), SP-19-00053 (Site Plan and Design Review), PARK-19-00002 (Parking Adjustment) - Milner Veterinary Clinic Parking Lot and Parking Adjustment
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RECOMMENDED ACTION (Motion):
Staff recommends the Planning Commission deny files GLUA-19-00017, SP-19-00053, PARK-19-00002
BACKGROUND:
The applicant has proposed to construct a new parking lot with 18 off-street parking spaces on the south side of Warner Street, across from the Milner Veterinary Clinic which is located at 1034 Molalla Avenue. The Oregon City Municipal Code includes parking maximums which would allow for a maximum of 15 parking stalls for the Milner Veterinary Clinic. The subject site is already developed with a 21-stall parking lot, exceeding the maximum allowed by the code, however, the applicant has identified that the existing parking lot does not meet the parking needed by the clinic staff and clients and has requested approval of a Planning Commission Parking Adjustment in order to construct an additional 18-stall parking lot for a total of 39 off-street parking stalls.
The applicant has submitted a parking analysis of on-street parking availability on the frontage of the Milner Veterinary Clinic, and details on the parking needed by the clinic's staff and clients to demonstrate that the veterinary clinic requires more parking than the maximum allowed by the Oregon City Municipal Code. Though the applicant has demonstrated that the clinic requires more parking than the 15 maximum parking stalls allowed by the code, the applicant has not provided adequate justification for a total of 39 parking stalls.
Additionally, the Oregon City Municipal Code allows for on-street parking within 600 feet of the subject site to be considered when evaluating availability of on-street parking. The on-street availability analysis submitted by the applicant only evaluates availability of on-street parking along the Milner Veterinary Clinic's fron...
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