August 23, 2013 The Dispatch/Maryland Coast Dispatch Page 9 . . Condos, Hotel, Restaurant Planned FROM PAGE 8 a 50-percent parking waiver, resulting in a 45-space credit. According to Smith, if the restaurants were considered a primary use within the mixed-use project, the parking requirement would practically be doubled. “With the way people come and go, 192 spaces for a mixed-use project will probably work,” Smith said. Commission Chair Pam Buckley recommended reducing the size of the proposed restaurants to make up for the loss in parking spaces due to the recommended traffic changes. “You are just trying to push too much stuff on this piece of property,” she said. The commission voted unanimously to grant preliminary site plan approval and to return with an altered design enhancing traffic circulation and relocation of parking. On Wednesday, Jeff Thaler of Atlantic Planning, Development & Design Inc. explained the plan will be altered to include a driveway between the hotel and the restaurants as well as a rearrangement of parking. Thaler said construction is slated for this winter, but it is still up in the air what phase will begin first. Thaler added the final plans for the restaurant have not been decided, specifically whether it will remain two separate spaces or become one large restaurant. “That land has been sitting empty for almost 10 years now when the Misty Harbor was demolished. The property has had four or five different owners and four or five different plans proposed there. There has been no major money coming in through the tax base for that property because it is just empty land,” Thaler said. “Just getting back in line and getting something in there is good.” Another site plan that came before the commission that evening was of S&S Properties, or more specifically Sunsations owner Avi Sibony, to construct a new 9,848-squarefoot retail structure on the Boardwalk between 4th and 5th streets. Currently, the property stands as a Sunsations but once was a Hampton Inn with general apartments and rooms, and after Sibony bought the property he discontinued the residential use of the front building and made it into a retail store. The current building will be demolished and a new building will be constructed that will include two retail spaces, one to be a Sunsations and the other for tenant space. Smith estimated construction will begin this fall once an appeal in Circuit Court is resolved. Sibony had received an exception to the setback, which by code is 32 feet from the Boardwalk but the current structure is 20 feet and the Board of Zoning Appeals granted an exception to allow the new structure to be setback 20 feet as well. The neighboring properties appealed the exception to the Circuit Court. The commission voted unanimously to approve the site plan. Happy Hour 3-6 p.m. MONDAY-THURSDAY Duck Parties Start 4-9 p.m. Friday 8/23 Kevin Poole & The Gang Saturday 8/24 Jimi Smooth & The Hit Time Sunday 8/25 Tranzfusion Wednesday 8/28 Rock The Dock With DJ Batman 5-9 p.m. Thursday 8/29 Acoustic Thursday 6-9 p.m. www.mrducksbar.com 311 Talbot Street • 410-289-9125 Open 7 Days A Week At 11 a.m.