The Board denied a variance for 1367 Portage Street to allow 32 off-street parking spaces where 16 off-street spaces is the maximum permitted per this marijuana retailer. The Board approved a variance request by ANR Kalamazoo Hotel LLC at 1500 E. Kilgore Road. for a residential redevelopment project in Kalamazoo due to the transition from a hotel to apartments, necessitating mixed-use variances for commercial use and allowing multi-family units on the ground floor. Moving forward the development will be entirely residential.