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Planning Commission <br />Meeting Minutes <br />December 1211, 2019 <br />Page 4 of 13 <br />Williams asked if there had ever been a hotel downtown. <br />Ritchie replied that there was an application for one in the 1990s but otherwise she was <br />not aware. <br />Williams asked if the building was landmarked. <br />Ritchie replied that it was not landmarked and that PUD had gone before the Historic <br />Preservation Commission. <br />Eric Hartronft, 950 Spruce Street in Louisville, explained that the owner of the property <br />had contemplated a small inn, bed -and -breakfast style with about seven rooms with a <br />little lobby on the first floor that complimented the use on the first floor. There would be <br />a business selling foods on the first floor, as well. He stated that having visitors to the <br />hotel within walking distance of downtown would be a benefit to businesses. He <br />addressed the parking by saying that the parking use would be primarily in the evening <br />and he noted that the guests of the hotel would also be patrons of the downtown <br />businesses and so would not necessarily be taking away parking from business <br />patrons. <br />Brauneis asked for questions of the applicant. Seeing none, asked for comments from <br />the public. <br />Deb Kolsar, 1021 Jefferson Avenue, stated that she did not think a hotel had ever been <br />in downtown Louisville and that the uber/lyft idea scared her. She asked if the DELO <br />area had been considered, as she thought that that would be a better location for a <br />hotel. <br />Brauneis responded that the Commission did not have the purview to take into account <br />whether DELO would be a good fit for a hotel, they could only look at the application <br />itself. He asked staff to speak to the parking situation. <br />Ritchie stated that the uber/lyft mobility hub was a conversation within staff at this point <br />and that there would be <br />Zuccaro stated that for big events like Street Faire, when someone calls for one of those <br />ride services, they go anywhere in town and sometimes in crowded areas where is may <br />not be safe. The City wanted to make it more efficient and safe for those types of uses. <br />Zuccaro clarified that this discussion was informational and not part of the consideration <br />for this application. <br />Scott Adlfinger, 1024 Jefferson, stated that he had heard concerns about the hotel <br />meshing with Downton but not about meshing with the residential neighborhood.. He <br />was concerned about parking, lighting, and noise. He added that a hotel was basically <br />24/7. He thought it meshed well with the downtown area but was concerned with the <br />residential areas. <br />Brauneis noted that the sound and lighting requirements were the same for downtown <br />no matter the use. <br />L <br />