Dialysis Clinic, Inc. is proposing to construct a new dialysis clinic at 616 North 25th Street.  The clinic will be about 14,309 square feet which requires 72 parking stalls.  Billings, Montana City Code, Section 6-1203(j) requires 1 parking stall per 200 square feet of gross floor area for medical clinics constructed outside of the medical corridor.  The clinic is asking for a variance to only require 64 parking stalls.  Attached is a letter with their justification for the variance.  Engineering has reviewed the letter with calculations and supports the variance.  The number of parking spaces appears to be adequate for the use and the facility is in an area with sufficient overflow on-street parking.  The applicant has applied for a building permit for the new clinic.

The Council may:

• Approve the variance which allows the applicant to require 64 parking stalls; or
• Disapprove the variance. If the variance is not approved, the applicant will have to either re-design the site or find eight parking stalls nearby.

The administrative cost of the variance is offset by the application fee.

Staff recommends that the City Council approve the variance from the site development ordinance to allow the new dialysis clinic require eight fewer parking stalls than what the code requires.