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TO: South Burlington Development Review Board
FROM: Marty Gillies, Development Review Planner
SUBJECT: #SP-24-17 & #CU-24-06, 1877 Williston Road
DATE: July 2, 2024 Development Review Board meeting
Site Plan application #SP-24-17 and Conditional Use application #CU-24-06 of SBRC Properties,
LLC to amend a previously approved plan for an outdoor storage yard. The amendment consists
of constructing a 1.02 acre paved parking lot and changing the use to commercial parking facility,
1877 Williston Road.
The Board reviewed the application on June 18, 2024 and considered whether the proposal
qualified as a “commercial or public parking facility” under the definition in the LDR.
The LDRs define a ‘commercial or private parking facility’ as a “A parking area owned by a
business establishment, membership association or organization, place of worship, or similar use
and made available by the owners or occupants for the exclusive use of clients, customers,
employees, members, owners, tenants, lessees, or occupants of said business establishment,
membership association or organization, place of worship, or similar use. Such commercial or
private parking may or may not exist on the same lot as the principal use”.
The Board had a deliberative session after the June 18 hearing and determined that, as proposed,
the project did not qualify for categorization under this definition. The Board then voted to share
the following options with the applicant.
• The applicant can modify this application so that the proposed parking facility is
appurtenant to another use, either on the lot or on another use. One example of how that
might work is if the proposed RV parking lot were to be owned or operated by Pete’s RVs
and therefore appurtenant to their permitted principal use of RV sales. In this
circumstance, the parking lot could be permitted, perhaps with a condition of approval, but
would still need to be landscaped.
• The Board can deny the application, though the applicant could reapply if the Planning
Commission re-writes the ‘commercial or private parking’ definition to clarify that a
commercial or private parking facility is acceptable as a stand-alone use. In this
circumstance, the parking lot could not be permitted if and until the LDRs are amended,
and would require landscaping at such time that it can be permitted.
Staff recommends the Board discuss with the applicant how they would like to proceed, keeping in
mind that any parking lot landscaping modifications would need to be reviewed prior to closing the
hearing.