The Technology Corridor Development Authority approved a limited parking expansion at the Hardin Valley Station Shopping Center, allowing expansion area A (nine parallel spaces behind the main building) but denying expansion area B (seven 90‑degree stalls facing Charlevoix Road). The action approved an increase in impervious area only to the extent necessary to accommodate area A and denied the requested waivers that would have increased the total parking count and reduced the parking‑lot landscape buffer along Charlevoix Road.

Staff said the full proposal sought 16 new spaces (9 in expansion area A and 7 in area B), which would have raised the site’s impervious area ratio from an approved 76% (previous waiver) to 77.9% and increased the previously approved maximum parking allowance from 281 to 287 spaces. The center currently has 271 constructed spaces. The applicant proposed retaining four large trees in expansion area B and adding screening and fencing; staff recommended three waivers: increase allowable impervious area, increase maximum allowable parking spaces, and reduce the buffer from 14.75 feet to 2 feet. Staff recommended approval of all three waivers and the full expansion.

Several commissioners expressed concern about reducing the Charlevoix Road buffer to 2 feet, the visual impact of additional frontage parking and narrow turning radii at the main entrance (noting congestion caused by a Dunkiń Donuts drive‑through). Commissioners asked whether the seven side stalls could instead be relocated to the rear; an engineer for the project noted slope constraints further back on the site. Kim Rosen, who spoke from the microphone and gave a contact address, said the applicant planned to create a fire lane/no‑parking zone at a curve to aid circulation, move dumpsters to free rear spaces for employees, and otherwise use the rear for employee parking so front spaces remain for customers.

A commissioner moved to approve expansion area A only, approve the impervious‑area waiver at the percentage needed for area A, and deny waivers 2 and 3 (parking count increase and buffer reduction) and area B. The motion passed; the transcript records the motion as carried with no roll‑call tally provided.