Hotel Banquet Space and Parking Variance (2026-276-ZC)

At a glance

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What: Zoning Case 2026-276-ZC adds banquet and restaurant space (about 6,400 and 2,946 square feet) and a second-phase hotel of 237 rooms next to an existing hotel near the airport, with a reduced parking ratio variance like the one granted in 2020.
Where it stands: Postponed 9-0 on October 5, 2026 to the December 7 Commission meeting at the applicant's request.
Next: December 7 Planning and Zoning meeting.

The applicant's engineer said the two hotels share an owner, guests are mostly rideshare or airport shuttle users, and parking is free. The earlier approval promised the banquet space in a later phase.
Commissioners objected that the two lots would be separate, leaving the existing hotel short of parking if sold separately, and worried about spillover into the neighboring retail center. Existing hotel parking was said to be about 80 percent full on a Tuesday.
Suggestion: work with staff on a shared-parking arrangement between the two lots.

Planning and Zoning Commission video, October 5, 2026: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqnhDPhD_Y4

Presented; Commissioners were unwilling to approve with the parking deficit on the existing hotel; postponed to December 7, 9-0.