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An appeal to deny the site plan of The Hub 2.0 was denied by the Flagstaff Board of Adjustment Wednesday afternoon after nearly 10 hours of testimony from all sides of the issue.

The board voted 3-2 to deny the appeal, with members Ande Burke, John Stigmon and Pat Loven voting to deny the appeal and chairman John Van Wyke and member Will Carlstrom voting to approve the appeal.

“I think the parking is woefully inadequate and it’s going to do nothing but create all sorts of problems,” Loven said of The Hub. “I feel this project is going to diminish the quality of that area. However, we have a very narrow parameter, and I would have to reject the appeal.”

Stigmon echoed Loven’s concerns, and said by accepting the appeal, the board would be “legislating” the city’s zoning code, which falls outside the board’s rights. He said the project falls under the existing zoning code and voted against the appeal.

Board members could vote to accept the appeal and reject the site plan if they felt the appellant gave proof that the city staff made an error in approving the plan.

Burke said she did not think that city staff had made a mistake in approving the project’s site plan, and said for that reason she would have to reject the appeal.