CouncilTrac · Matter
Variance request to allow 64 fewer parking spaces at 1300 E. Belt Line Rd.
What this is
A property owner at 1300 E. Belt Line Road is asking to operate a 29,321-square-foot health club inside an approximately 63,000-square-foot building with 64 fewer parking spaces than the zoning code requires. Council must decide whether to grant that parking reduction.
Why it matters
Approving the variance would let a health club open at this location with less parking than the code mandates, which could affect traffic and parking availability nearby.
Council action
Motion to approve the request as submitted
Moved by Ken Hutchenrider.
7 yes · 0 no
The approved minutes report the tally without a name-by-name roll call.
Timeline
- July 10, 2026 Agenda posted — October 10, 2022 meeting
- October 10, 2022 Vote taken — October 10, 2022 meeting · Approved 7-0
Appearances on agendas
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City Council — October 10, 2022
Consider and act on Variance No. 22-01
Official agenda language
CONSIDER VARIANCE NO. 22-01, A REQUEST FOR A VARIANCE TO APPENDIX A(COMPREHENSIVE ZONING ORDINANCE) OF THE CITY OF RICHARDSON’S CODE OF ORDINANCES: ARTICLE XXII-D, SEC. 1(h)(1)(i) TO ALLOW A 64-SPACE PARKING REDUCTION TO ACCOMMODATE A 29,321-SQUARE FOOT HEALTH CLUB WITHIN AN APPROXIMATELY 63,000-SQUARE FOOT BUILDING. THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED AT 1300 E. BELT LINE ROAD, ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF BELT LINE ROAD, WEST OF PLANO ROAD.
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