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t" ? • _ ? ? <br />go beyond that. Mr. Nemecek stated I agree and what we are trying to do is meet the intent of the code. <br />Mr. Kobema stated the is a difference between meeting the intent if you average your suites and your <br />efficiency, when you say intent that means to me that it is close to it, then you are saying that as you <br />are preparing this right now you are not going to make your rooms 345 sq ft. Mr. Nemecek stated I'm <br />proposing 334 sq ft. which is 3% less then what the code allows, we believe that it meets the intent of <br />what the City is wanting. Mr. Kobema stated I thought I read some verbiage that you agreed to bring <br />your room sizes up to code. Mr. Nemecek stated we agreed to look into it. Mr. Gomersall stated that <br />is something that we have been holding the line on I can tell you that right now. Mr. Gould stated what <br />has happened here is the company had set a plans before they went out into the community once they <br />got to this community they found out that in tlus community there was a requirement in the code for <br />345 sq ft. at first there was some questions as to how you measure them and after our investigation <br />they found out that they are shy by actually 3%, after finding that out there was more research done to <br />deternune how was the origirial quote arrived at because we were trying to find out if there was <br />sometliing that was not being achieved by missing this by 3% that would be achieved by adding the 3% <br />in the rooms, and it was at that point it was discussed with the building department Mr. F3'ill who was a <br />consultant to the city, helped arrive at that 345 sq ft. and we didn't find anything that they were doing <br />that didn't achieve what the city was asking in their original set up. Mr. Gomersall stated the code is <br />written at 345 sq ft. so they are not meeting the code. Mr. Gould stated that is why this is being <br />presented for the variance because it didn't meet the code, they are presenting it here saying instead of <br />re-designing the building we want to bring it before this board to have it evaluated to see if all the <br />intents or the code are being met and so fare there is no deternunation that they are not being met, we <br />just haven't found out why that 345 sq ft. was there. Mr. Rymarczyk stated someone made a <br />deternunation that it had to be 345 sq ft. and that is the way it has always been. Mr. Gomersall stated <br />we keep chipping away at this number you lrnow first 9 inches 10 inches, then 12 inches the point is as <br />I told you I don't want comparisons but you want to compare things that are favorable to you, I'll <br />compare something that isn't we made them tow the mark on other hotels that have the same type thing <br />as you do here. Mr. Gould stated since you brought that up to deal with, the other hotels may have <br />presented their room sizes that were 25% or more off it wasn't the few inches that we are aslang for. <br />Mr. Koberna stated that is a good point. Mr. Nemecek stated we have a practical difficulty of ineeting <br />the intent of the code, we come before you to ask that if we meet the intent of what you are looking for <br />the number 345 sq ft. can 334 sq ft. meet the same, we feel it does from safety, to the benefits of the <br />citizens, and to the clients of the hotel each nced is met that is why it is being presented to you tonight. <br />Mr. Gomersall stated I don't Imow what you are talking about the intent and all these things we can not <br />use that concept because I don't lrnow anything about that, all I imow is what it says and weather or <br />not we feel it should be given a variance. Mr. Gould stated the question that we have, and I don't lmow <br />if you are the ones that deal with it or not, but is there any harm being done to anytlung by making a <br />minor exception on this request, verses having to redraw the plans and incur additional coasts on this <br />project as we have already been burden with added expense for exterior changes and other changes that <br />have been asked for. Mr. Gomersall stated my answer to that is I tlunk they should have done a little <br />research before they came here to present this, I'm sure there is other communities that have their own <br />set codes just like we do, you just cant walk in with a foot print and say this is our national set-up. Mr. <br />Nemecek stated the reason we have a national foot-print is because then we can present a project,that <br />can compete nationally and be competitive, if we have to start making changes in every community 9 <br />inches here, 7 inches, and 2 inches here it becomes very costly and inefficient. Mr. Gomersall if you <br />come up to code on your room size will it effect the number of rooms that will be in the hotel. Mr. <br />Nemecek no we would have the same number of rooms we would take the footage out of the <br />landscaping and enlarge the foot-print of the building. Mr. Kobema stated Mr. chairman for the sake <br />of argument since we are talking about this, there is only three of us here I think that Candlewood has <br />towed the line on some other items here that Architectural review board and other boards have asked