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We are pursuing historic tax credits on this renovation and expect to receive those, so we're going to be complying with the NPS guidelines on the project. We agree with the staff's report with the recommendation of approval. The one thing I would ask for is a modification of proviso number two so that if the clients are able to place their homestead exemption on the property, that they would be allowed to have the third bathroom on the second floor. I believe that this would be allowed by right if they were going to do that. We've done a little bit of legwork since our application, and we've realized we most likely can put the homestead exemption on this property. My clients currently divide their time primarily here in Louisiana but also in Nevada, so it wasn't clear whether or not they were able to do that, but yes, I think we can do that. If we could just modify that proviso, that would allow them to have the three bathrooms. They've also let me know if that's not acceptable to you, that two and a half bathrooms, we of course could redesign the second floor to make that work as well. If you guys have any other questions for me, I'd be happy to answer them. I do have Judy, one of the neighbors here, to talk a little bit as well. I did want to mention that I'd be happy to talk about parking. There was some concern about parking from three letters that our office didn't receive, but the city did, and I'd be happy to talk about that more if you guys have questions about that. Will this property remain three units? Yes. One would be potential owner-occupied, and then the two would be investment? That's correct. The first floor would be owner-occupied, the second floor would be a rental, and then the third floor is going to be rented to their son. Who currently resides there right now as well. Okay. Can you just comment on the parking letters that you received? Yes. We did have letters of support from a majority of the neighbors, or no opposition. There were, it seemed like, kind of a letter-writing campaign at the end about concerns of parking. Actually, Judy went out there this morning and took photos. This lot is directly next to the LCMC properties with the big eight-foot-tall, I mean, there's an abundance of parking. I mean, of anywhere in the city, there's so much street parking here, it's kind of crazy. Again, we're adding one bedroom to that third floor unit, but it's just going to be for the son, and he doesn't have a partner at this point in time, so we don't really see that being an issue. The clients have lived there since 1994. Prior to that, it was student housing, so there would have been maybe 10 people living there with cars, so since they've rented it, they typically rent, they live on the ground floor, they want kind of a quiet neighbor on the second floor, and their son on the third floor. They really don't have a lot of vehicles at the property. Is there parking? There is off-street parking that exists, yes. Okay, cool. Commissioners, do you have any other questions at this point? Okay. Okay, great. Thank you. Ms. Stone-Collins? Please remember to state your name and address. Hi, I'm Judith Stone-Collins, and I live at 1208 Calhoun Street, almost across the street from this property, and I've lived there since 2005, and I've always known the house to be so beautiful. When I got the notice that they were proposing to do some changes, I was really excited that the house isn't going to change at all from the street perspective. It's going to maintain that gorgeous front porch, and the look of it, the turrets, they're not adding other buildings, they're not changing the look of it to include a giant complex in the side yard or anything like that. The lot is huge, and there's abundance of parking along the front, and the neighbor on the other side of the street also has a really large lot, and they have a driveway. This house has a driveway just to the left. You can't really see the entrance of it, but it's a very long driveway that goes all the way to the garage. When I saw the letters of opposition, I wanted to come down and just say that I've never had trouble parking across the street, and I don't have a driveway. There's so many spots, even around the corner by where LCMC has the new behavioral health center for the children, and that's on the Perrier and towards the park, and then the other direction, there's a long, expansive brick wall with lots and lots of parking. The only time there's trouble parking is before the Toast Parade, and maybe if the neighbors across the street are having an event, which sometimes they'll have fundraising events at their home because they're real prominent folks in the community. But other than that, there's not really ever an issue with parking, and I'm excited that their expansion and renovation is going to preserve the look of the beautiful building. Thank you. Yeah. I don't have any other cards in support or opposition ready to speak. Is that correct? If that's the case, I do have a question for staff on the potential change to number two, if they could provide the homestead exemption and to be able to add an additional bathroom. Do you see concerns there? If they did have a homestead exemption, it wouldn't apply. It wouldn't apply. Can I follow up on that, Madam Chair? Yes, please. Do we need to modify the proviso, or will that just – if they have a homestead exemption, it would be of right so that it wouldn't – do we need to add anything to your proviso? Well, once the proviso is sent, it'll go potentially to the ordinance, and that'll be – the homestead exemption wouldn't matter at that point. Is that right, Steve? I would probably just tag on a few words that say except. If they have a homestead exemption, number two won't apply. Yes. Okay. I'll make a motion to accept staff recommendation and add a sentence to proviso two that says if the property owner has a homestead exemption, proviso two won't apply. Thank you.

Is there a second? I'll second. Thank you, Commissioner Jordan. Any questions, discussion? I just have one question to staff. When I quickly Googled this address, it came up as a different address. I just want to make sure the actual address of this property comes up as 1234 Calhoun. I just want to make sure. That's the address. I'll tell you this. I have had some issues with putting an address in Google and having something completely different come up. I have a BZA case with that happening now. But, yeah, that's the correct address. Okay. For the record, can you just say what the correct address is? It's 27. Is it 1227 Calhoun? Yeah. I can pull up their application right now. Yeah, it's shown on the screen. Yeah, when you pull it up on Google, a different building on that street comes up. Under what? 1227? Mm-hmm. 1227 Calhoun. We, so the addresses we pull from the city's address layer, which is 1227 and 29, so does the survey here. So I think that's probably an error of Google as opposed to the NDA. Yeah, I just wanna make sure we're tying this to the correct property. All right, so we have a motion on the floor with approval with one modified, change modification to provisor two. Are we ready to vote? If so, Commissioner Jackson? Yes. Yes. Commissioner Hebert? Yes. Commissioner Josie Gupta? Yes. Commissioner Witry, yes. Commissioner Jordan? Yes. Commissioner Steeve? Yes. Okay, so the motion carries. Good luck. We're gonna move on to zoning docket 075-26. And if you're new to the room, please remember if you're here to speak to fill out a card and to bring it up to the desk. Thank you. Zoning docket 075-26 is a request for a zoning change from an HUB1 to an HUMU district and a conditional use to permit the retail sale of packaged alcoholic beverages. The existing commercial structure is in the middle of a three block strip of HUB1 neighborhood businesses in the St. Claude and Florida area. The subject site has been operating as a small grocery store for over a decade. The applicant wishes to sell packaged alcoholic beverages for off-premises consumption. In 2015, the applicant made a similar application, although the requested change at that time was to a C1 general commercial district, which is a more intense zoning district with a wider range of uses. Even then, a conditional use was required for the retail sale of alcoholic beverages. Both of these requests effectively denied. As a note, then council member Brosset deferred the item pass deadline, which is why it was denied. In accordance with section 12.2.B.4 of the CZO, businesses located in HUB1 district must be at least 5,000 square feet in four area to apply for conditional use for the retail sale of packaged alcohol. As this store is 1,560 square feet in area with no plans, no opportunity to expand, a zoning change is required. Located in close proximity to residential areas, the use is susceptible to create certain nuisances that could affect surrounding properties. However, if responsibly managed, any adverse alcohol-related impact can be mitigated. The request would be a spot zone because it would create a new HUMU historic district for just one lot within a larger HUB1 district. The staff does not believe the proposed zoning is a more suitable zoning classification for the site. Further, the implementation of the spot zone would confer an advantage on the subject property from which all other adjacent commercial properties are denied. For these reasons, staff recommends denial of zoning docket 75.26. Thank you. I have two cards to speak. Ms. Candice Williams and Mr. Alridge-Stevens. Thank you. Please remember to state your name and address. You can use either one, just make sure it works first. Testing. Hi, my name is Candice. I am the owner of GNC Meat Market that's at 3319 North Galveston Street. And so I am applying to be able to sell packages alcohol beverages at my convenience store. Our store is a resource for the community in terms of I have community partners that I partner with. And we do feedings for the homeless and we do various give backs to our local community in the area. So however, some of our community and customers have been asking us if we are allowed to sell alcohol beverages there like beer, nothing hard liquor. There are other stores that are right over the bridge that sells alcohol in that area. And so we are asking and requesting that we be given the opportunity to sell packaged alcohol at my store. Like I said, we are a resource for the community. I partner with Blue Cross to do various activities. The property isn't a nuisance. It's a very well kept area. There's no loitering there. We've never had any issues at our store. Like I said, the neighborhood is excited that we're there. We provide fresh meats and groceries to their neighborhood. And so again, there's other stores that the neighborhood and community has to walk over the bridge. They may have to travel and catch a bus to get these packaged alcohol. And I just think it's a convenience for them to be able to purchase that at my store. So I just don't understand the logic in denying that. Sorry, your mic went out. You can continue. Uh-oh, sorry, one second. Oh, you can go ahead, go ahead. Logic in not allowing that convenience store to be able to sell packaged alcohol in that area. Is there any history of selling alcoholic beverages at this location? To my knowledge, not at this particular store, but there is a store that's like 100 feet from us that has been given opportunity to do so. And if knowledge serves me correctly, previously we served did apply for that. And I think when they were in the middle of approving that the zoning change for it, and so eventually they ended up denying it. So I don't think we would have been able to be grandfathered in either way. So I don't think it would be a nuisance, especially if my neighbors are going over the bridge to purchase this alcohol, and then they are having to come back.

It's just an inconvenience for them. And like I said, our store is great for the community. Everyone is excited that we're there, that we're open. And like I said, we're definitely a resource. We give back to the community. I have various things planned for this year, and I'm always planning things like school give backs. I just did that. We gave food back about two months ago with Healthy Blue. So we have positive things going on for the community. And like I said, I don't think it's fair for my community that I have to go and bust out somewhere to purchase this alcohol and bring it back when they can just purchase it from my store. Does y'all have any questions? Okay. We have another speaker. Yes, thank you. Okay, Mr. Stevens. And that's the last card that I have. If anyone else is here to speak, please let us know. Hello, I'm Eldridge Stevens, and I am the owner of the property and the landlord for Garden and Candace. And I'm just here to support them in their effort. There have been very good tenants, haven't had any problems. They seem to be very honorable people. And I'm just in support of this because it just seems so unfair that the neighborhood is not allowed to sell beer. You know, you got football coming up, people gotta walk a mile to get a beer. And that's kind of unfair if you ask me. I've never had any problem with them. Like she said, we don't have any loitering going on. We keep the property up very well. So if there's anything you need to know about the property, I can tell you because I've owned the property for several years and I'm the neighbor next door with Papa's Seafood and Deli. And I'm still in business also. We don't do alcohol. You know, we got caught up with the zoning change. So there's actually no one within almost a mile that does alcohol in the area. So that's quite a bit of traveling for that neighborhood. You know, you got a lot of underprivileged people that are not able to walk a mile or don't have transportation to go a mile. It doesn't make sense to catch a bus to get a beer. So if it's anything you might require, I'm quite sure they'll meet whatever you guys might ask for. You know, because I think it's a pretty good deal for the neighborhood. I don't wanna take up too much time. I don't have much left, but I hope you guys can vote for it. Really appreciate it. Sir, do you remember any alcohol being served at this location? Pardon me? Do you remember any alcohol beverages being- At that particular location? Well, at one time before Katrina, it was a bar. And I'm the one that renovated the building and changed it. And since Katrina, it hasn't sold any alcohol. But it has before, in the past. Do you all have any questions for Mr. Eldridge? Yes, Commissioner Hebert. Yes, I'm just curious. I noticed that they did have a number of people attend the NPP meeting. What was the consensus of the neighbors that- Oh, the neighbors are 100% for it. I haven't met anyone. Even the presidents of the local neighborhood organizations, they signed up for it. They're on board. So I don't know anyone that's against it. Okay, thank you. Any other questions? Okay. Not right now. Thank you, sir. All right, thank you. Anyone else here to speak? Could staff just give us a little history on the denial, please? Or the reasoning? About the 5,000 square feet threshold. Maybe the reason why alcohol in establishment that are... The reason why alcoholic beverage sale is a conditional use for retail store that are over 5,000 square feet is essentially... way to allow larger retail establishment to provide alcohol while preventing smaller neighborhood scale corner stores to not be able to sell alcohol and provide goods that are more necessary to the neighborhood. So that was a policy decision that's been in place for 10 years at least. Do you know what the square footage is of this building? Oh, 1560. I think less than 1560 square feet. Okay. Thank you. Commissioners, do you have any other questions for staff? So something that's over 5,000 would be permitted for alcohol use? No. In HUB1, it's not permitted at all. With the zoning change to HUMU, then it would be permitted with the conditional use. Under 5,000 square feet. Okay. So staff is on denial and then your options are to make a motion to deny or approve the zoning change. The question for staff, if we would go against staff recommendations, what would the applicant need to meet in order to be in compliance with HUM1? Is it HUM1? HUMU. You mean in order for the zoning change to be granted? So, yes. Without the conditional use? So if the zoning change is granted, what does that mean for the conditional use? What variances would the applicant need to... There would not be variances. Essentially, the retail ABO doesn't have provisos attached to it. You could add them at your discretion if you wanted to, but in terms of the black and white of the regulations, if you approve the zoning change, we would find the alcohol to be consistent with the purpose of that zoning district and that it's a commercial service and there would be no provisos attached to that. Okay. Thank you. Another question. There is a restaurant next to this establishment? It's the owner's. It's Mr. Eldridge's restaurant, right? Yeah. So does that restaurant serve alcohol? He said no. He said no. And there was no opposition on the record or hearing? Here today? All right, commissioners. As chair, I can't make a motion. So I'm looking at all of you. So I'm going to make a motion. I suspect it's going to be defeated. And with apologies to the applicant, it's a spot zone and it's inconsistent from what we've heard with the surrounding zoning. And the purpose is admirable, but I don't think we can make a permanent zoning change based on one individual user because, as we've always said, the zoning lasts forever. So my motion is to support staff's recommendation of denial. Thank you, Commissioner Steeg. Is there a second? Second. Thank you, Commissioner Hebert.

Any discussion? Yeah, I feel like if there was a group of properties that came forward for a zoning change in that area with the restaurant, with the neighborhood, small retail, whatever, that would have made sense. But just one property on its own does not make sense to me. All right, we'll go ahead and vote. The motion on the floor is to approve staff's recommendation, correct? Yes. And there is a first by Commissioner Steeg and a second by Commissioner Hebert. We've had discussion, so we'll go ahead and vote. Commissioner Steeg? Yes. Commissioner Jordan? No. Commissioner Whitry is a no as well. Commissioner Josie Gupta? Yes. All right, Commissioner Hebert? Yes. Commissioner Jackson? Yes. Commissioner, I was a no. All right, so we have one, two, three, four. That's four yeses and two nays. But the motion carries, correct? No. No. Five. No, we need five. Simple math. Okay, so if we don't have a new motion, then it's an effective denial, correct? Is anyone interested in a new motion? Yeah, no. I would just say as we move forward, just to the applicant, part of what we're coming up against is a zoning change, and that zoning change can't be done for one property at a time, given it would be a spot zone. So then the question is, what other properties in that district need to have that zoning change? So this is the thing I want to point to staff as we start to think about the master planning effort, how we start to think about properties like these and intersection like these. I know there's been this history of moving away from neighborhood corner grocery stores, but I think this is a thing that we need to seriously consider because when we think about areas like these, folks are trying to provide a service, and it's hard to provide that service if there isn't the zoning and infrastructure support to help people where they are. Well said, Commissioner Jordan. Okay, well then I guess we'll just move forward with an effective denial. Staff can help you with next steps as you all move forward. Thank you. And you'll go to city council next. We're just a recommending body here. You'll be able to present your case there and have discussions with your council person as well. And we're going to move on to zoning docket 076-26. Zoning docket 76-26 is a proposal to develop a hotel through a combination of existing and new construction structures at the intersection of Progress Street and St. Claude Avenue. It is adjacent to a site where a hotel was, or I believe it was a commercial short-term rental, was approved at a couple meetings ago, and the staff recommended approval. The previous application similarly recommends approval here, finding that, you know, as we look at hotels and where they should be within the city, both under this interim zoning district that makes them conditional use across the board and in future regulations, we sort of identified major corridors as places where they make sense. St. Claude, you know, a major commercial corridor through the Maroney and Bywater is along a streetcar line, has access to bars, restaurants, grocery stores, and other amenities. And so the staff finds that this location is appropriate for a hotel and recommends approval. Thank you. I just want to be clear on the cards that I have. Are you Mr. Reagan? Yeah, Devin Reagan. And so you're going to speak, and then Mr. Granderson's going to speak, and then I have a Mr. Smith that says he's not speaking, but he is the applicant, or he can cede his time to somebody. Do you know if you want to speak, Mr. Scott? You're just, okay. So I have two speakers, then. Mr. Reagan, if you want to go set your name and address, go ahead. My name is Devin Reagan. I live at 616 North Pierce Street. I'm here representing the ownership group. So we are proposing to build a boutique hotel on the corner of St. Claude and Pogger. You can pull the mic up so we can hear you a little better. Yeah, or you can go to the bigger one, too. This is more appropriate for my height. Exactly. We like to accommodate here. Yes. Yeah, so we're proposing to build a boutique hotel on the corner of St. Claude and Pogger. It would be staffed 24-7 in the smaller building on the top left of the image there. This block, the plans contain two historic buildings currently, both of which have recently had the exterior renovated by our team to comply with the HDLC requirements and pass their inspection. The plans for the new hotel would maintain the historical facade of both of those buildings, utilize the smaller building as the lobby for our staff, and then we're proposing to build a new building on the corner. We think it would be helpful to the community in the nearby area. It fits with the current zoning standards and something that I think everybody would appreciate having. The ownership group is experienced running other hospitality and commercial businesses like this and building them up. Thank you for your time. I'm sure you know these plans inside and out, but tell us how many rooms there will be total. It's five separate units and 30 bedrooms. All right, and there's parking? Yes. No? No. There's no parking. We plan to utilize a valet service, and to be honest, we operate a few other buildings in the area. Most of the people that visit this area do not drive there. There's a lot of available street spaces regardless, but we don't anticipate it to be an issue. All right, thank you. Mr. Granderson? Thank you. Miles Granderson, 800 Barone, representing the applicant. So, first off, I want to thank staff for the approval recommendation. This is a fairly straightforward one at the end of the day. This is a permitted use in this HMC2 zoning district. The only reason that we're here, of course, is because of the citywide transit lodging IZD that requires all new transit lodging to come through again.

That requires all new transit lodging to come through a conditional use approval, but again, an underlying zoning district, this is allowed, and staff has recommended approval. So this is a fully consistent use and application with the underlying zoning from a use perspective, but not just use perspective, but also the bulk and yard size perspective. There are no variances being requested. Everything's being built entirely to code with no special requests being asked for. Again, this is a hotel, full lobby, 24-7 manned, and that's about it. We're of course here to answer any questions you might have, but I'll keep it brief since I think this one is pretty straightforward. Thank you. Do you have a question, Commissioner Jordan? Yeah, just two quick questions. Maybe the applicant has this perspective as well. Just in general, we know that there'll be a new development on that same block, so there's gonna be a lot of question about transient lodging and parking accommodation, and we start getting into this neighborhood conversation. What have been discussions about managing being on a block that will now have two large new lodging opportunities, and also just thinking about construction as well? Just wondering what conversations have come up. Yeah, I mean, there's a couple of things. I mean, one thing I'll note is the neighbors that are directly across the street and that were at the NPP meeting expressed support and were excited to see development happen there, in part because the building that's on Parker, the historic building, seeing that turned from what it has been into being renovated already and now gonna be used responsibly, and then the vacant lot that's on the corner. Again, this is on St. Claude. Technically, I think it's Joseph Guillaume, which I live pretty close to there, but I had no idea that that little strip wasn't called St. Claude still, but anyway, it's on St. Claude, so major commercial thoroughfare, and at the end of the day, when we speak about things like parking and all that, I'm sure there will be some folks using parking, but I think we all have experienced that in this day and age. Most folks that are coming into our town or going to other towns are probably not renting a car, but using services like Uber more often than not. Thank you. But with that said, again, I wanna point out that the applicant did note that there will be valet parking arranged and that as part of this conditional use, just for anybody that needs to know, until parking is complied with, there will be no, the city will not give a permit, so that has to be dealt with regardless of this conditional use, and there are no waivers or variances requested for parking or anything else. Question about the valet. Where would the valet park the cars? Yeah, so don't know yet, but the city does have rules. The CZO has rules for how that has to work, and so that would all have to be compliant with that, and then, again, there would, we wouldn't be able to close out the conditional use and wouldn't be able to get a permit without all of that meeting the CZO standards. Thank you. Ms. Jennifer Wickham? I'll talk of the shorter one. Jennifer Wickham, 2927 St. Peter Street. I'm here with Workshop WD-40, we're the architect, here for any questions, but also just wanna talk to the parking in that because this is in the enhancement corridor, even if we wanted to put parking on the site, it would then have to be at that corner, and the requirements there are that the architecture be towards the street, both streets, since we're on a corner, and there is a driveway, there's actually two driveways, but since commercial uses aren't allowed to have driveways, you can't back out, there was really not even an option to put parking on the site, even if that's what we wanted to do, was cover it in asphalt, so just so y'all know, and any other questions you guys have. Thank you. I don't have any other cards here in support, is that correct? And then I have a card in opposition, Mr. Benson. Please remember to state your name and address. Hi, Mark Benson, 1625 Paulger. So I live a block from the proposed site. I've lived there since 1999. Before the city started with the regulation on Airbnb's, we had 20 illegal B&B's within a one block area, radius of our house. People were coming in all hours of the day and night, particularly night, it was very noisy, people were coming back from Frenchman and Bourbon Street at 3 a.m., making all sorts of screaming noises and all. It really affected our quality of life. Since, with FEMA's help, since the illegal B&B's have been regulated and now everything is legal, it's been fine, it's been back to where it was. They're talking about parking, and parking wouldn't be allowed if blah, blah, blah. Maybe the idea of no parking is part of a problem that they need to face somehow or another. The 16 and 1700 blocks of Paulger Street are not restricted parking. We don't have any kind on that. I don't know why those two blocks in that whole area are the only two that don't have it. We have hard of time parking a lot of times, more than not. So saying that there's abundant parking in the area is totally incorrect. Let's see, yeah, I'm gonna have to guess I'll be missing our quiet neighborhood I think if any kind of building is being happening there instead of a transient, maybe some affordable housing would be a better idea, or even unaffordable housing. But we gotta make, this city has always catered to businesses, whether it was good for the community or not. I'm the community, I live here. I'm here all the time. I don't need more big business around me. There are hotels on Elysian Fields, they're gonna try to put more of those. Why are you coming in and letting people ruin good, livable neighborhoods so some corporation can make a bunch of money off of it? It's not, I find it totally frustrating. I guess that's all I have to say. I know it's not gonna make any difference.

This is obviously all prearranged and it's gonna go as y'all have already decided it. But I wish you would consider the people that live in the neighborhood, not the big business that comes. Thank you, sir. I do have two just comments. We are, staff made a recommendation, but we are a body that does discuss and make our own decisions. In addition, you can apply for a residential parking permit if I believe you get, I forget what the math is, but maybe 50% of the neighbors to be able to be involved so that you'd have the permit. That may be something that you consider doing as well. I don't have any other questions. Pardon me, can I answer that? We have tried that in the past. We have rental apartments and HUD housing across the street from us. That's the majority of the people that live on the block, on the two blocks, and they aren't for it because they don't want to pay $35 or whatever it is. The ones of us that own our property would like to have it. Thank you. Thank you for coming here today. Do I have any other cards? If not, then Mr. Granderson, you can come and please have your rebuttal. Again, I'll be really quick. Again, just want to note that it's not really a special permission being asked for. It's permitted by right in this area, just subject to this citywide. Then the other thing I just want to mention quickly is we had a very successful NPP meeting for this. A number of people attended. It was really positive in spirit that was in our NPP. Anytime you're doing a project of note, pretty much any transient lodging, there's certain types where you kind of expect there to be a certain amount of opposition. I guess I'd say that at the end of the day, I think I'm happy. I think the developers should be proud that they're presenting a project that has really very limited opposition because I think we're used to seeing probably a good bit more than that for anything of note. We're happy to talk to the neighbor more and make sure that this is a project that's respectful. Devin will be involved in the project all the way through and is happy to provide his phone number and email so that we can make sure that this is a project that as we go forward stays and always is respectful in the neighborhood. Thank you. Commissioners, what questions, if any, do you have? Staff's recommendation is approval with three provisos. Yes, Commissioner Haber. I have a question regarding the parking. So you mentioned that there would be valet parking. Are you going to recommend to the customers to use valet or not so that in the event they don't want to use it, they will be parking in the neighborhood? I mean, certainly there can't be a requirement or a gun to anybody's head that they use the valet, but certainly they'll be very well informed of the service and given every opportunity to do so. So yeah, that'll be the case. And again, in most cases, I can certainly speak for myself. I can't remember the last time, I don't rent a lot of cars. You're going places, you're using Uber. I think that's the mode that you see more often than not these days. But yeah, there will be the valet, which is the city-allowed compliance mechanism. And again, it's common what you'll see in dense urban corridors. Yeah, because I noticed there were some letters sent in from the neighbors. Yeah, and there were four letters in the packet. The first two actually were not opposition. They were basically saying, we support it, just make sure you do it well. And then the second two letters kind of spoke to some things where, I think respectfully, maybe there was a not, which you would expect. I mean, we do this day in, day out. We understand this process. I think there were a couple of people that maybe didn't. You know, for example, one of them was saying, hey, if you're gonna do this, change the zoning for everybody. Don't give these one folks a special right. Actually, we're not doing that. The zoning already does permit for this to be a hotel. That's just because of the IZD that's city-wide. And so every single hotel or B&B or anything that's going right now has to come through this process. So again, I don't expect everybody in the city of New Orleans to know all of this, but certainly we all do. Okay, thank you. Yes, Commissioner Josie Gupta. I was gonna just make a motion. Any other discussion? Go ahead. I was ready to make a motion, but the fog came in. The public portion of this meeting is closed. I want to go ahead and make a motion to accept zoning docket 076-26 for approval with three provisos. The reason I feel strongly about this proposal is because it is a nicely and well-done project, revitalizing a corner that sorely needs to be uplifted in our historic neighborhoods. I know it is hard to live in historic neighborhoods with all the pressures, and as we grow and revitalize, yes, there are pressures of parking. Small boutique hotels do have valet parking, and we've seen that in many boutique hotels all over the city. But tourism is one of our main industries here, and I think these smaller boutique hotels do serve that purpose without giving way to large transient lodging that is unregulated. Is there a second? I'll second. Thank you, Commissioner Jordan. Any questions, discussion? And, sir, I did see your hand, but we had closed the public portion, so just ‑‑ If there's no other discussion, then we can go ahead and vote. Commissioner Steeke? Yes. Commissioner Jordan? Yes. Commissioner Whitry, yes. Commissioner Josie Gupta? Yes. Commissioner Hebert? Yes. Commissioner Jackson? Yes. Okay. So the motion carries. Zoning docket 07726. And just before we start, there's no cards on this. Is that correct? I know. No? Okay. Let's go ahead and ‑‑ This is a conditional use application for the expansion of Trinity Episcopal School in the Lower Garden District, which was granted a conditional use approval to operate a primary educational facility within an HURD2 district in 2002 when the school underwent an expansion.

Since then, there have been two amendments to the approved conditional use plans, a waiver of off‑street parking, followed by a building addition and the addition of a vacant lot across Josephine Street from the campus for green space. The school has since acquired the lot adjacent to the green space at Parsall. The subject request considers another amendment to expand the campus boundaries by combining these two lots into one lot. The school seeks to relocate the planned nursery school building and parking to this site instead of green space. As pursuant to Article 4, Section 45F3, the boundary expansion requires approval by the City Council, whereas pursuant to Section 45F2, the increase in the number of structures only requires approval by the City Planning Commission. The boundary expansion constitutes a minor expansion of the existing facility, and staff does not anticipate that it would greatly increase impacts on the surrounding neighborhood. The school intends to use the expanded site and new building to operate the school's nursery program. This use is similar to child care centers that are permitted by right in the Historic Urban Neighborhood's residential districts. Further, the approved plans already include a planned nursery building on Coliseum Street on the main campus that would be relocated to the newly combined lots on Josephine Street. Therefore, the use as a nursery program within a primary educational facility would not be anticipated to generate a significant amount of activity that is incompatible with the area. Therefore, the staff recommends approval with the proviso for HGLC approval of the new building design. Hi, my name is Melissa Rome. I am a member of the Trinity Buildings and Grounds Committee as well as the architect on the project. Happy to answer any questions you may have. I did want to come up and mention that during our NPP, one of the neighbors asked if we could strike the two-story option of the nursery that we submitted on this application because the school has decided to move forward with a one-story. It's not really pertinent to what we're talking about today, but they did ask me to put it in the meeting minutes, so I'm here to say it. So if y'all have any questions, please let me know. Your address, I don't know if I heard it. My address? My personal address or? Sorry. Yes? I know, yes. Since we're in a public hearing, we need to be able to. Okay, got it. 529 Nashville Avenue, New Orleans. Thank you. I appreciate that. Anyone else here to speak? Okay. The staff recommendation is approval, a provisos. I don't know if we need to comment on what Ms. Rome had said about the second floor. I think it would be fine to add a proviso since the decision has been made to go with the one-story option. I just wanted to kind of state in that the development is limited to the one-story option that was presented. Ms. Rome, was that your intention? Yes, as well. Okay. All right. I'm looking for a motion. Madam Chair, I move approval subject to the proviso that's in the report and the additional proviso that the building be limited to one-story. Thank you, Commissioner Sieg. Is there a second? A second. Thank you, Commissioner Jordan. There's a motion on the floor for the approval with the one change in the proviso. Any discussion, question, comments? If not, let's vote. Commissioner Steeke? Yes. Commissioner Jordan? Yes. Commissioner Whitry? Yes. Commissioner Josie Gupta? Yes. Commissioner Hebert? Yes. Commissioner Jackson? Yes. All right. Then the motion carries. Good luck. We'll move on to Zoning Docket 078-26. Yes. Good afternoon. Zoning Docket 078-26 is for a property located on 1900 Carondelet Street that is presently zoned HUMU Historic Urban Multifamily Residential District, and the applicant is seeking two requests. Number one is a zoning change from the present zoning to either HUMU Historic Urban Neighborhood Mixed Use District or the MU1 Medium Intensity Mixed Use District, as well as a conditionally used to permit the development of a principal parking lot that would contain approximately 47 to 49 spaces, and this is a vacant lot. The parking lot is intended to serve the future Warbler Hotel and other nearby commercial businesses. While the site has historically functioned as an informal parking lot for the adjacent church, it has remained zoned residential and has no verified history of commercial development. The applicant is also requesting a waiver to negate landscaping requirements along the Carondelet Street buffer. Staff finds that the requested rezoning, conditionally used, and variance requests are not consistent with the goals of the future land use map and are therefore recommending denial of all three requests for Zoning Docket 078-26. Thank you. Mr. Pastor? Eric? Good afternoon. My name is Pastor Eric Natt, First Emmanuel Baptist Church. I come in support of 1829 Carondelet Street. I do come in support of the Warbler Hotel and Mr. Joe Mann simply because First Emmanuel has come from a long road and we had to actually file bankruptcy according to previous administration and a lot of the debt that we acquired from him. And so selling the parking lot really was beneficial to us and it helps us liquidate debt. I was able to put forth this to the church as a congregation and they were also in support of selling this parking lot to the hotel as well. Several things that we've been in meetings about in the hotel do support us continuing to use the parking lot on Sunday, on Tuesday, and occasionally on Saturdays because we do have weddings and funerals that occur. And so they were so gracious to do that and that's why we were so supportive as a collective unit to allow the sale to go forward to them. And so I think it would be very beneficial for the community. I think it would be very beneficial for the church as well. Okay? Thank you. Any questions? No? Okay. Mr. Mann? Yes. Hi, my name is Joe Mann. I reside at 5504 St. Charles Avenue.

Lifelong resident of New Orleans. We are the developer and owner of the Warbler Hotel which will be a 58 key boutique property located at 1923 St. Charles, so at the corner of St. Andrew and St. Charles. We're 15 months into a construction process and are excited to open hopefully the beginning of October. Been working with Pastor Nat and First Emmanuel for a while now. They've currently got a grass lot on the back half of the block. And our plans for it would be to come improve it, asphalt it, landscape, light it, and to use for our guests as well as our employees as well as other neighborhood businesses, but at the same time provide spaces to the First Emmanuel Church congregation for Sunday service and other events like funerals and weddings. And so that's our ask. Pastor Nat has been a great partner through the process. And again, that's our desire to create a surface lot. I would just like to say if this does get approved, just to consider the stormwater management of that particular lot because it does flood over there. And really think about, instead of just asphalt, what else you can do to that lot to make sure that it's permeable. I'm not a proponent for adding more parking lots in town and adding more asphalt or pavement, so please just maybe consider that and moving forward as well. Of course. If it gets approved. Mr. Granderson? Before I get started, there's a sheet I think in front of all of you, or maybe not yet. I'd like to ask if we can suspend the rules to accept. That is just a quick response to the staff report, which, of course, we, you know, got a few days ago, and information that I think will help with your consideration. So I'm going to pause for that consideration. I'll make a motion to suspend the rules to acquire the new material. All right. Thank you, Commissioner Jordan. Is there a second? Second. Thank you, Commissioner Josie Gupta. We'll go ahead and vote to suspend the rules. Commissioner Jackson. Yes. Yes. Commissioner Hebert. Yes. Commissioner Josie Gupta. Yes. Commissioner Witrya. Commissioner Jordan. Yes. Yes. Yes. Okay. Now we can present. Yes. This might be your first suspension of rules. So here we go. Just give us a second to. Maybe you can walk us through this. Yeah. Yeah. That's kind of how I'm going to do this part. So Miles Grants and 800 Barone representing the applicant. There's three requests here. There's a zoning change, then a conditional use, and a variance inside of that as well. So to start, the zoning change is from the existing HRM1 to M1 or HUMU. I think HUMU is what makes the most sense here and what we should address today. Staff, first off, just to note again to follow this through, staff notes a concern about a potential spot zone. What we'd say here is especially with the HUMU, this is not a true spot zone because directly it will be now contiguous to the 18-24 Carondelet and 16-29-37 St. Mary, which is HUMU, so it will be contiguous with other HUMU. So not a true spot zone in that sense. Two, the zoning would be consistent with the lakeside extension of many of those St. Charles Avenue blocks. You can see on the diagram on the top right of the page how there is a lot of that gray color that goes into that full block, and it really is just that drop down around there where that's not the case. Also, of course, note that this lot has been used for church parking since at least 2003 when the church acquired it, and according to the staff report, vacant since 1929 at least. And I'll also note just as a side measure that ideally this rezone would include the lot in between the Warbler and this property. It's owned by Public Storage and obviously makes sense to be commercially zoned, but the amount of bureaucracy going through them, just the timing wasn't going to work out in time to be able to include that in here, but ideally that would be eventually included, I would think. Now the conditional use. With this, what we're requesting here is that for a conditional use for a principal parking lot to allow the continued use of parking for the Warbler and the hotel and other users. For the response here, one, there's an existing conditional use just a block away at 1750 Carondelet, technically 1750 Robert C. Blakes. You can see it on this Google Street View image. It's right here on the bottom right of the screen. So we already have one just a block away, conditional use. The property's been used for parking for over 20 years, as we know, since at least 2003. Actually, parking use is actually included in their active sale from Public Storage at the time. And then three, parking will continue to be used as parking for the church, as Pastor Nat mentioned, which is important. And then four, if you look on the image on the back of your page, most of the Carondelet Street frontage for a five-block stretch is used for parking. So in the sense of it being consistent with the development pattern, it very much is so consistent, which you can see from this image. You can also see it on the Google Street View on the other image on the first page. Lastly, for the waiver, the request is for a waiver of the perimeter parking lot landscape for the third of the three street frontages where this applies. Because this is both a through lot and a corner lot, it has the unfortunate condition of having three street frontages and the perimeter parking buffer relating to all three frontages. We are keeping it, able to keep it for both of the front lots, but for this one, which is the side yard lot being the longer lot, not able to keep it. We note, one, that there is no perimeter setback in the existing lot, which is undeveloped, unspecified. Two, I kind of mentioned that through lot situation. Mr. Granger, just real quick, just that was your time, but I just want to ask you to continue going just for decorum. Thank you.

Three, the efficient use of this site best allows for the continued use of church parking and to serve the hotel and for everything that we're looking to do here. Four, there is a strip of green right now between the property line and the sidewalk that the developer and owner could landscape to achieve a similar purpose along Carondelet. And then five, with, right now it is a non-specified parking lot where you can fit as many cars as you can on. This new development will, of course, meet CZO standards and fit as many cars as the CZO standards allow, including landscape, islands, and all that sort of thing, right? So with that, there are more cars that can fit right now than the number we'd have then. So in that sense, from the existing non-conforming condition, it's actually a decrease. And to get to your question, of course, they would do both what's required in terms of permeability in the parking stalls, but also I'm sure they're willing to do more than was required as much as would be permitted. And if this were otherwise developed, obviously it would probably lessen even further the permeability on the site. So they're going to maximize that as much as they can. I'm sure they're willing to commit to that. Thank you. Are there, I don't have any other cards to speak. Is that accurate? No opposition? Okay. Commissioners. I have a question for staff. Yes. Without the parking lot, the hotel still has enough parking. It's legal, and it doesn't need this parking lot for any purpose of the hotel. I'm asking staff. That's correct, because I believe the hotel would not have been able to have been issued permits if the parking was not able to be met. But I believe like the applicant stated in their initial application was that this would be supplementary parking, not only for the hotel, but for other, you know, area, in the surrounding area. Thanks. Okay. So what provisors would be needed to make this, to get them approved? I apologize. I did not reference their, my initial reading. There would be, excuse me, there would be three provisors in the staff report. It would be regarding the generic safety and permits needs to issue any building permits before they can proceed construction. There's the standards for parking lots as per Article 20. And they need to also comply with all standards of Article 22, Section 23.8 for designs of parking lots. And we'd have to decide if it would be the MU, medium intensity, or H? Correct. HUMU, correct? Yes. Okay. Would you like to make a motion? I'm trying to see how to say this. I would like to make a motion to have them accepted if they can fix the provisor. Is that how you say it? Is your goal that you're wanting to go against staff recommendation? Yes. Okay. So you would want to say you would like to go against staff recommendation. But we need to decide, you would need to decide if you are going, which zoning district. There's two options here. The applicant is recommending HUMU. And then just to include the three provisors. Say that, repeat that. You would want to go against staff recommendation. I want to go against staff recommendation. And you would need to decide if you want to use HUMU for the zoning. HUMU for the zoning. And that you'd like three provisors. I don't want to speak for you, but if this is what you're. Yes. Would like to communicate. Yes. Absolutely. So the, just to clarify, the motion is to rezone to HUMU. That would be what staff would support out of the two. And then to attach the three provisors and the staff report to that. Yes. And the waiver for the landscape buffer, is it included with that as well? Yes. Yes. Is there a second? I second. All right. I second. I just want to make sure that the landscape standards for parking lots include landscaping, permeability, and water retention. Yes. Those would be under the standards for parking lots. Those are included in the provisors. Because the floor plan, I mean, the site plan that's shown shows sizable landscaping. And I just want to make sure that the applicant is going to go through with that. Yes. In the earlier docket, we heard a lot about parking issues with hotels. And I think we just have a lot of parking pressures in the city. And I think this parking lot, not that we want to approve parking lots, but this parking lot shows, you know, a solution perhaps for open lots that have been used traditionally for parking. Yes. So before we vote, I'm going to vote against the motion. And I just want to say why. We denied a spot zone about 20 minutes ago for an equally laudable purpose. And I can't see, I think, I personally have to be consistent and I'm going to vote against. I mean, really, this is just a creation of an independent parking lot. And the only reason we're doing it, Pastor, is because of the financial condition of your church, which we feel bad about, I feel bad about. But I can't see that as a reason to rezone a piece of property when it's not needed for the hotel. And it's going to be a standalone parking lot. And I don't think we need another standalone parking lot. So I'm against the motion. Thank you, Commissioner Steeve. Can I comment on your comments? Yes. I think with the string of parking open lots along Toronto. But I don't think it's an individual case as the previous docket that we heard. It's, we have a string of five lots that are used illegally for parking just to, or parking or just like a grass lot. So this is at least an improvement. So I don't see the solution and just leaving it as a grass lot for perpetuity. Thank you both, that's why we're here, have these discussions. Okay, if there's no more questions, then we'll go ahead and do a vote. We had a first by Commissioner Jackson and a second by Commissioner Josie Gupta. And Commissioner Seeg, I'm gonna start off with you. No. Commissioner Jordan? Yes. Commissioner Whitry is yes. Commissioner Josie Gupta? Yes. Commissioner Hebert? Yes. Commissioner Jackson? Yes.

So we have five yeas and one nay, the motion carries. Can I ask for a clarification? You voted to grant the waiver for the landscape buffer, correct? Yes. Okay. Yes. So one of the proviso will have to be modified, because it required consistency with all landscape requirements. So it would be that minus the buffer. Right? Yes, yes, yes, yes. Do we need to re-vote on that, or just clarification is fine? No. Okay, thank you, good luck. And we're gonna move on now to zoning docket number seven, 079-26, right? Yes. Welcome, yes, thank you. Zoning docket 079-26 is a conditional use request for a standard restaurant in an HUB1 zoning district. Located at 4001 Magazine Street, the site currently features a commercial building with a paved parking area between the front lot line and building. The commercial building was most recently operated as a snow wizard. The proposed use is aligned with previous uses at the address, the master plan, and does not constitute an intensification of use. Additionally, the proposal converts the parking area on Magazine Street into an outdoor eating space that improves the character of the streetscape. For these reasons, staff is recommending approval of the zoning docket, subject to three provisos. In the report that the commission was provided, there was an erroneous fourth proviso. This proviso required that the proposal adhere to definitions of a specialty restaurant instead of a standard restaurant, and has thus been removed. Thank you. Okay, we have a couple that have seated time, so. And if you don't want to go in this order, you just have to let me know. But Mr. Jason Seidman, I don't think I have anyone seated to you. So you've got two minutes if you state your name and address. Yes, my name's Jason Seidman. I live in 1126 2nd Street. And essentially a resident, well, sent to a block off Magazine Street, so I'm very accustomed to kind of this sort of location. I am the developer and also the operator. I have an extensive background in hospitality development here in New Orleans with quite a few projects that I kind of hold to a very high regard. And for me, it's just all about elevating the offering that Magazine Street currently, I feel, lacks and ultimately providing something that is for the locals, maintains the high walk score of the neighborhood in the sense that you can walk to this property. We are proposing an all-day cafe concept. So essentially allowing locals to frequent the business morning, noon, and night. And that's pretty much it. We're trying to keep it simple and straightforward and make it a beautiful complement to what has been essentially a stagnant property for quite some time. How long has this property? This is a snowball wizard, right? Yeah, I believe it's been over five years. Five? Over five. Oh, okay. It could be longer, but I believe it feels like forever, to be honest. Okay. They had weird hours, I think. So it was one of those things. You could never tell if it was open. Okay. But I cede my time to anybody else who would like to speak. Well, we can't do that, but we've got your, you've spoken. Okay. And so now we're going to have Ms. Lewis. Hi. You have two, you can speak for four minutes if you want to state your name and address. Okay. My name is Eucynthia Jean-Louis, and I live at 4000 and 4002 Magazine Street. We live at the property that's directly across the street from the proposed restaurant. You know, we are very supportive of this restaurant moving forward, but we do have some concerns which we expressed at the community meeting that was held in June. Our property on the ground floor of the first floor, the front of the building, is leased to State and Liberty, a men's clothing store. The back of the ground floor, as well as the second floor, is our home. On the second floor, our primary sleeping and living space is Face Magazine Street. So the areas of concern that we had, as I outlined in my written comments, are around the noise and wanting some specifics around how that mitigation plan will happen. I outlined some ideas on how to address that and make those enforceable and a condition of approval versus just, you know, yes, some niceties that we will try and comply. The other has to do with around pest control, which, as you know, that's a big concern in the area as well. So I outlined a couple of ideas there on how to make sure that those things could be helpful and mitigate the problems that we could see in the area. So our concerns are only about how to make sure that we maintain the area and the niceties of the areas that we live in, not opposing the restaurant, but making sure we have enforceable conditions of approval that can help mitigate the issues that I outlined. Thank you so much. Ryan Cole. And then I have Bonnie Wilson and Michelle Leckert. Hi. My name's Ryan Cole. I'm a landscape architect in Louisiana. I've done lots of work. I'm not involved in this project, but I'm in support of adding this as a restaurant to the magazine corridor. I've done several projects along this corridor. I'd like to note I think it's a beautiful plan for the project. It has lots of landscaping. It adds a new green edge. I think that section, especially a magazine, has a lot of businesses. There's new clothiers that have popped up recently. I also live at 919 Constantinople, which is walking, like, on their block. So it does affect me personally. But I noticed there's been lots of new usages that seem to be more, less entertainment-oriented. They're clothiers, offices, and things like that. Meals Auction's right down the way. So I know on Saturday there's a lot of need for food along that corridor that adds a lot of energy and a lot of usage for Saturday. You have to walk two or three blocks from that to get food. So I think this is going to be a great add to magazine and create a lot of new energy for that area. Thank you. Thank you. I may have said Wilson. It may not be correct. Hi, I'm Bonnie Wilson.

I live at 700 South Peters in the Warehouse District. And I have the business Weinstein's directly next door to the property we're talking about, 4011 Magazine Street. And we've been there for 24 years. And when we got there, there was nothing really on either side of the street except next door to us. And that was a pet washing business. And so we are so excited that that block and that on the other side and on this side, the new store that went downstairs from them is fabulous. The store's going all the way down to the corner. And if we got this restaurant, it would just make the whole part of that street come alive and energy. And we really need it. I mean, there's not a restaurant or a coffee shop or a place to really chill within a few blocks. And Magazine Street seems like when you go further down in either direction, that that is there. And so it would just fill a great niche for us. And we would be so excited, having been there for so long, to watch all of this happen. So thanks. I have a question for you. So there was the burrito place at the end of the block, correct? And that's not becoming a restaurant, I don't think. No, it's going to be another retail space. Okay, that's what I thought. Yeah. So we would have that whole block. And for a while, we didn't have, it was us and somebody else. And then it was just us for a while, until a new person, these new people came in and helped make that part of the street. I mean, it's incredible to come down there and check it out. Thank you. Michelle Leckard. And then I have Margaret Floyd. And you have, I believe, four minutes, because someone has ceded your time, or ceded time to you. Hi, I'm Michelle Leckard. I'm at 4038 Magazine Street, and I'm here in support of the restaurant. My business is across the street from where the burrito place used to be. So we are very pleased to see that entire block change. It doesn't have burrito stores, and there's great retail spaces. I support that the restaurant that's being proposed, that this owner has other restaurants that are handled very well, the business is done well. And I think our area really needs a nice sit-down restaurant that's casual in and out for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. We have to go pretty far to get to a comfortable place for lunch. And we've seen so many changes in this block over my 35 years there. And I think it's pretty amazing what is happening on our block. And we're just very much in support of it. Thank you. You're welcome. Ms. Margaret Floyd? And that's the last card I have to speak. Hi, I'm Margaret Floyd, 822 Barrick Street in New Orleans. I am a partner of 4001 Magazine Street, 4017 Magazine Street, 4021 Magazine Street, and the old Izzo's Burritos at 4047 Magazine Street. And we looked for a very long time to find somebody to integrate into the neighborhood because we are very, very pro-New Orleans. And we wanted somebody who could love and respect that area. And Jason came along. And everybody in the neighborhood was elated because we have nothing to walk down to and get a drink or to sit down other than our respective businesses. And that was the reasoning why we're hoping for having him. That's the best I can do. Thank you. Thank you. All right, we have no cards in opposition, no one else to speak. I do have some questions for the applicant. Maddie Charleston, 926 Charter Street. Oh, okay, perfect. Did you fill out a card? I did not, but I will do that immediately. I like to follow rules here, so yes. Do you want me to do it right now? You can do it after you speak. So I know you're keeping the building, right? And so I know it's a corner lot, but we've heard from the neighbors just about sound, potentially, and do you have a plan for that? And then also for a noise abatement and potentially talking about the two-hour parking. I know the developer can't do that, but we are concerned about parking because that block of Constantinople is pretty congested, and I don't see that a lot of people go on Constance or Camp to park. They are really sort of heavily concentrated on Constantinople there. So I'll start with the sound. Early in when we started this project, we knew that that could be a concern. We knew parking, so that was at our priority on how are we going to get ahead of this. So we did partner with Mike Entz to work on a sound management plan. Since we are in the early stages with going through the conditional use, we haven't started that process for permits, which we'll follow with that. So looking at plants, how speakers are going to be aligned, the material that we use, and we'll be partnering with the nighttime economy on that plan that he proposed to the city to make sure that our restaurant falls in line with any sound issues that the neighbors might have. Going forward, when we start applying for permits, we do want to invite neighbors to have these sound nights, or when we start testing out speakers, they can actually hear, go across, and so we can figure out following the decimal, but also figuring out what works for everyone. As far as parking goes, besides being a good neighbor, we can only do so much, unfortunately. Those residential placeholders that they can apply for, I'm willing to help neighbors out with that. That does go beyond what the owners can do. That whole parking right there is public, but if they wanted to look at doing residential place cardholders from DPW, that was discussed in another meeting. Okay. Yeah, and soundproof windows, too. I don't know if that's something I think would be looked at, as well as, I had one other comment reading through. Can you just remind us what the hours of operation are, if you've established that? Yes. So Sunday through Wednesday, 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. Thursday through Saturday, 6 a.m. That's what's allowed for a standard restaurant, and we would like to keep that, please. Okay. Commissioners, do you have any questions? Okay. Thank you. Thank you. All right, commissioners, we've heard.

Is there a motion? Move approval in accordance with staff recommendations. Okay. Is there a second? A second. All right. Any discussion? All right. Let's vote. Commissioner Steeke? Yes. Commissioner Jordan? Yes. I'm going to vote yes. I'm glad that this space is being activated. I just know that that can be a congested block, so I'm just hopeful that you remember that in your development And Commissioner Josie Gupta? Yes. Commissioner Hebert? Yes. Commissioner Jackson? Yes. Okay. So the motion carries. Good luck, and remember to work with the neighbors. Thank you. All right. We're going to move on to Zoning Docket 080-26. Zoning Docket 8026 is a request for conditional use to remain a hotel in a CBD-5 urban core neighborhood lower-intensity mixed-use district and the transient lodging interim zoning district. The proposal is located at 714 Carondelet Street and would convert a vacant three-story, 6,552-square-foot mixed-use structure into a 15-bedroom hotel and provide off-street parking along Geraud Street. The request does not include any alterations to the building footprint and will maintain the integrity of the site's facade. The request is consistent with the master plan, is suitable for the primarily commercial neighborhood, and will not displace any long-term housing and will place an unutilized site back into commerce. Therefore, staff recommends approval, subject to two provisos. Thank you. We do have a card on this matter. Ms. Weber, just before, the representation from the last docket item. Can you please fill out a card before you leave? Okay, perfect. Thank you. All right, Ms. Weber. Good afternoon. Nicole Weber, 2131 Bienville Street. Just here to support the staff's recommendation and thank them for their hard work. This is an excellent reuse of two buildings that connect at the rear that have sat vacant for many decades and had actually gone into foreclosure. And so the property owners, my clients, they renovated a similar building at 468 St. Joseph Street, if you want to check that out, and actually received awards last year in 2025 for excellence in preservation. And they're looking to do the same with these two buildings that are adjoining. Thank you. Thank you. Anyone else here? I don't have any cards. No? Okay. Then staff recommendation is approval with two provisos. Is there a... I move for approval of zoning docket 080-26 with two provisos. Thank you, Commissioner Josie Gupta. Is there a second? I second. Thank you, Commissioner Hebert. Any discussion? If not, let's vote. Commissioner Steeke? Yes. Commissioner Jordan? Yes. Commissioner Witry? Yes. Commissioner Josie Gupta? Yes. Commissioner Hebert? Yes. Commissioner Jackson? Yes. All right. Motion carries. Good luck. We're going to move on to our subdivision docket. No? No. Did I miss something? No. Yeah. Subdivision. Number nine. Right. We're going to move on to the subdivision docket. 074-26. Sure. So this is a proposal to take two lots and divide them into three. The property is located on Chef Menteur Highway adjacent to wetlands, and the effect of it would be to create a net of one additional building site, three in total. This is a very large site, and even after the subdivision, these lots would be quite large, multiple acres in total. And so the reason it's before you is because it is over two acres in total. The subdivision meets the general intent of the zoning district and of the subdivision regulations, and so the staff recommends approval with one proviso. Thank you. Is there anyone here to speak? I can answer questions. Are you the applicant? I am. My name is Elise Noren, 25511 Chef Menteur Highway. I'm here on behalf of the applicant, Mr. David Stewart. It says here that it's Lake Catherine Marina, but it's actually him in personal. The Lake Catherine Marina is one of the properties. The other one is Mr. David Stewart. So I wasn't going to speak on behalf because it was approval, but if there's any questions, I'm more than happy to address. Okay. Thank you so much. If you don't mind just filling out a card because you did come up. Sure. Thank you. Anyone else here? This is on the not lake side of Chef Menteur? This is on the Lake Catherine side. Lake Catherine side as opposed to the Lake Pontchartrain side. Correct. Sir, are you here to speak on this matter? I'm just trying to read the name. Oh, okay. Okay. Well, I'll go ahead and make a motion for approval of subdivision docket 07426, subject one proviso. I second it. Thank you. Commissioner Jordan made an approval with one proviso, and Commissioner Hebert seconds. So any discussion? If not, we'll go ahead and vote. Commissioner Hebert? Yes. Yes. Mr. Gypsie Gupta? Yes. Mr. Witcher? Yes. Commissioner Jordan? Yes. Mr. Stee? I spend a lot of time fishing on the other side of the street. Yes. All right. So the motion carries. And now we're going to move to the subdivision ratifications. And there is a list of several shown here that are seeking your determination that they are eligible for administrative approval. I'll make a motion to approve the subdivision ratification. Thank you. Is there a second? So second. Thank you. Any discussion? If not, Commissioner Stee? Is there a motion on the floor? Yes. Commissioner Jordan? Yes. Commissioner Witcher? Yes. Commissioner Gypsy Gupta? Yes. Commissioner Abare? Yes. Commissioner Jackson? Yes. Okay. The motion carries. I don't believe we have any other zoning dockets, so I'll be looking for a motion to adjourn. I'll make the motion to adjourn. All right. Thank you. Thank you, everyone, for coming today. Staff, thanks for your work. We'll see you in two weeks.