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Request for a Minor Modification to the CUP for the Hilton Garden Inn hotel proposed for 390 E. Main Street
PURPOSE: Town Council is asked to review and consider approving a request for a Minor Modification to the CUP for the Hilton Garden Inn CUP. A resolution approving the request is attached (Attachment A) should the Board choose to adopt it.
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DEPARTMENT: Planning Department
CONTACT INFORMATION: Marty Roupe, 919-918-7333, mroupe@townofcarrboro.org
INFORMATION: Jim Spencer, on behalf of Main Street Partners, LLC, has submitted an application for a Minor Modification to the Conditional Use Permit (CUP) for Hilton Garden Inn (see narrative, Attachments C, D, and E). The permit allows for the creation of a five-story hotel located on 390 E. Main Street (PIN 9778968060), which has not yet been constructed. As the lot is currently vacant and largely covered with a gravel base, the modification request seeks to temporarily use the property as a public parking lot until the hotel is actually built, additional details provided below.
Town staff has begun discussions with the property owner about entering into a lease agreement in order to allow the property to be used as a public parking lot. Knowing that the parking lot will be temporary, pending construction of the new hotel in the future, the lot will be configured and utilized in a manner similar to the public parking lot at 203 South Greensboro Street. Final construction details regarding improvements to be made to the lot will be approved subsequent to Town Council action, assuming the modification request is approved, as well as finalizing the agreement between the town and property owner.
At the same time, Sweet D, LLC has begun similar discussions with the property owner about using the lot as satellite parking for a proposed new location for Cat's Cradle. Parking needs for Cat's Cradle are primarily at night but an accessory use of the lot for a number of outdoor concerts has also be...
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