GENERAL INFORMATION
DDRB Application 2024-006 seeks Final Review for Block N5 of the Pearl Street District. Block N5 is an existing 5-story parking garage that is being retrofitted with storefronts as a development pad/phase within the Pearl Street District multi-phase site plan (approved DDRB Application 2023-017), located in the Church District of the Downtown Zoning Overlay.
As shown on the location map on the following page, the property occupies the entire block, bounded by West Union Street and West Beaver Street to the north and south, respectively, and by North Pearl Street and North Julia Street on the west and east, respectively. The site is developed with a multi-story parking garage (“garage”) constructed in 1998.
The applicant seeks to renovate the structure and add commercial storefronts along the Beaver Street frontage. The storefronts would wrap the corners along both Pearl Street and Julia Street, but not extend to Union Street.
Note: this is a unique application in that the garage in its current form would not meet the requirements for ground-floor activation for a garage pursuant to s. 656.361.6.1.K.1. The garage is a lawful nonconforming use (read: s. 656.706 Nonconforming Use, major structures). In this instance, the applicant is making improvements to the garage that make the structure more conforming with s. 656.361.6.1.K.1.
Source: DDRB October 2024 Meeting Agenda Packet
