HomeMy WebLinkAbout~Master - Exemption of parking lot paving at HYSC RESOLUTION NO. 08-401
RESOLUTION EXEMPTING THE PARKING LOTS AT THE
HUNZIKER YOUTH SPORTS COMPLEX FROM THE
STANDARDS FOR IMPROVEMENT OF OFF STREET
PARKING AREAS
WHEREAS, the City of Ames, Iowa, has entered into a long-term lease with a non-profit
corporation,Hunziker Youth Sports Complex, for the development and maintenance of facilities for youth
softball,baseball, and soccer at a City-owned site; and
WHEREAS,Hunziker Youth Sports Complex,Inc.,has planned to but has been unable to complete
the hard-surface paving of off-street parking lots to the standards set out in the Municipal Zoning Code;and
WHEREAS,the site of the Hunziker Youth Sports Complex in 2000 and 2004 sought and received
variances to the zoning standards for improvements of off-street parking lots; and
WHEREAS,City staff has determined that due to limited/seasonal usage it is unnecessary for the
parking lots at the Ilunziker Youth Sports Complex to be built up to the standards set out in the zoning
standards; and
WHEREAS,the site of the Hunziker Youth Sports Complex is within the Government/Airport S-GA
Zone S-GA Zone and therefore has a legal exemption from zoning requirements; and
WHEREAS,the City Council of the City of Ames would now like to recognize the exemption and
relieve the parking lots at the Hunziker Youth Sports Complex from the improvement standards of the zoning
code and the necessity of a variance;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the parking lots at the Hunziker Youth Sports
Complex are exempted from the standards for the improvement of off-street parking areas.
ADOPTED this 9th day of September , 2008.
Diane R. Voss,City Clerk Ann H. Campbell, Mayor