Docket for Public Hearing Meeting (01/25/1997)

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Office of the City Clerk
January 16, 1997

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Public Hearing Meeting
Saturday, January 25, 1997 - - 9:30 am

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OPENING

1. Calling the Roll.

Council Action:_______________________________________________________________

2. Public Discussion Period. [No more than 30 Minutes] [This
period is restricted to items not listed
on the docket.]

REPORTS OF BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES

ACTION CONSENT CALENDAR (3-6)¹

Planning Commission

3. SPECIAL USE PERMIT #96-0178 -- 3610-F KING STREET -- BRADLEE SHOPPING CENTER

Public Hearing and Consideration of a request for a special use permit to intensify a full service restaurant with carry-out service; zoned CG/Commercial General. Applicant: Joseph G. Fontana.

COMMISSION ACTION: Recommend Approval 4-0

¹Items listed under the Action Consent Calendar may be approved by the City Council as a block unless a Member of Council removes an item or a member of the public wishes to speak to the item. Such items will be heard after Docket Item No. 6.

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REPORTS OF BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES

ACTION CONSENT CALENDAR (continued)

Planning Commission (continued)

4. SPECIAL USE PERMIT #96-0179 -- 3690-C KING STREET -- BRADLEE SHOPPING CENTER -- YUKI JAPANESE RESTAURANT

Public Hearing and Consideration of a request for a special use permit to operate a full service restaurant; zoned CG/Commercial General. Applicant: Gil S. Kim and Sang G. Kim, by Sang K. Lee.

COMMISSION ACTION: Recommend Approval 4-0

5. SPECIAL USE PERMIT #96-0182 -- 2610 JEFFERSON DAVIS HIGHWAY; 400-420 CALVERT AVENUE; 403-420 SWANN AVENUE -- OAKVILLE INDUSTRIAL PARK

Public Hearing and Consideration of a review of a special use permit for reduction of off-street parking for the Oakville Industrial Park property; zoned I/Industrial. Applicant: G & E Oakville Corporation, by Jonathan P. Rak, attorney.

COMMISSION ACTION: Recommend Approval 4-0

6. SPECIAL USE PERMIT #96-0177 -- 3830 SEMINARY ROAD -- BETH EL HEBREW CONGREGATION TEMPLE

Public Hearing and Consideration of a request for a special use permit to increase the enrollment, increase hours of operation, and add classroom space for a nursery school; zoned R-20/Residential. Applicant: Beth El Hebrew Congregation, by Judith A. Blickstein.

COMMISSION ACTION: Recommend Approval 4-0

Council Action:_______________________________________________________________

REPORTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE CITY MANAGER

7. Public Hearing and Consideration of a Proposal by United Taxicab Operators (UTOP), an Organization Representing Certain Alexandria Taxicab Drivers, That the City Change the Way in Which it Issues Taxicab Certificates of Public Convenience and Necessity (Certificates).

Some of the Major Provisions of the UTOP Proposal to Amend Section 9-12 of the City Code are:

A. The Annual Certificates Issued by the City to the Six Alexandria Taxicab Companies for the 614 Taxicabs Authorized to Operate in the City Would be Issued Instead to the Individual Owners of These Taxicabs. This Change Would be Phased in Over a Six-Year Period.

B. Taxicab Owners Who Hold These Certificates Would be Able to Transfer from One Taxicab Company to Another Every Two Years.

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7. (continued)

C. Taxicab Companies Would Continue to Be Responsible for Handling Consumer Complaints About Taxicab Service. (#17 1/14/97; #14 12/10/96)

Council Action:_______________________________________________________________

8. Public Hearing and Consideration of an Appeal from a Decision of the Director of Planning and Zoning and the Director of Transportation and Environmental Services denying a request for a proposed Driveway Apron to be Located at 19 A East Custis Avenue. Appellant: Denise R. McGann.

Council Action:_______________________________________________________________

REPORTS OF BOARDS COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES (continued)

Planning Commission (continued)

9. TEXT AMENDMENT #96-15 -- COMMITTEE ON DEVELOPMENT PROCESSES

Public Hearing and Consideration of amendments to Section 6-405 (B) (Increased height in King Street Metro Height District for ground floor retail space); and Sections 5-603, 5-604, 5-605, 5-606, and 5-607 (Coordinated Development District Procedures), consistent with the recommendations of the Task Force on Development Processes.

COMMISSION ACTION: Recommend Approval of Amendments #1,2,3,4, & 6 4-0

Recommend Denial of Amendment #5 (CDD Appeal) 4-0

Council Action:_______________________________________________________________

10. SPECIAL USE PERMIT #96-0174 -- 3830 SEMINARY ROAD -- BETH EL HEBREW CONGREGATION TEMPLE

Public Hearing and Consideration of a request for a special use permit to operate a private school; zoned R-20/Residential. Applicant: Thornton Friends School of Northern Virginia, by Thomas J. Foltz, attorney.

COMMISSION ACTION: Recommend Approval 4-0

Council Action:_______________________________________________________________

11. SPECIAL USE PERMIT #96-0176 -- 107 NORTH FAYETTE STREET

Public Hearing and Consideration of a request for a special use permit to operate a full service restaurant; zoned CD/Commercial Downtown. Applicant: Jerry Murrell and Janie Murrell, t/a Five Guys Famous Burgers and Fries, by Duncan Blair, attorney.

COMMISSION ACTION: Recommend Approval 4-0

Council Action:_______________________________________________________________

ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS

12. Public Hearing, Second Reading and Final Passage of AN ORDINANCE to amend the Alexandria City Code by changing the schedule of license taxes that are paid on motor vehicles not designed for the transportation of passengers. (#20 1/14/97) [ROLL-CALL VOTE]

Council Action:_______________________________________________________________

13. Public Hearing, Second Reading and Final Passage of AN ORDINANCE to amend the Alexandria City Code by changing the regulations that prohibit certain types of conduct by persons while riding on DASH and Fairfax Connector buses and on METRO buses and trains. (#21 1/14/97) [ROLL-CALL VOTE]

Council Action:_______________________________________________________________

14. Public Hearing, Second Reading and Final Passage of AN ORDINANCE to amend the Alexandria City Code by incorporating certain sections of the Virginia Code that deal with the offense of driving while intoxicated, by increasing the penalty for violating the City Code's regulations governing travel in "high occupancy vehicle" lanes, and by increasing the penalty for violating the city code's regulation governing parking in spaces reserved for the handicapped. (#22 1/14/97) [ROLL-CALL VOTE]

Council Action:_______________________________________________________________

15. Public Hearing, Second Reading and Final Passage of AN ORDINANCE to amend the Potomac West Small Area Plan Chapter of the 1992 Alexandria Master Plan to change the land use guidelines for development within Coordinated Development District No. 7 to allow, with a special use permit, the "automobile and trailer rental and sales" use within the portion of the CDD that is zoned OC. (#23 1/14/97) [ROLL-CALL VOTE]

Council Action:_______________________________________________________________

16. Public Hearing, Second Reading and Final Passage of AN ORDINANCE to amend the Alexandria Zoning Ordinance by adding "automobile and trailer rental and sales" as a use that is allowed with a special use permit within the portion of Coordinated Development District No. 7 that is zoned OC. (#24 1/14/97) [ROLL-CALL VOTE]

Council Action:_______________________________________________________________

ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS (continued)

17. Public Hearing, Second Reading and Final Passage of AN ORDINANCE to amend the Alexandria Zoning Ordinance to provide as follows: (i) that parking spaces for the occupants of or the visitors to a school or church located in a residential zone that exceed the number of required parking spaces shall require a special use permit; (ii) that parking spaces for the occupants or residents of, or the visitors to, any other principal use located in a residential or commercial zone that exceed the number of required parking spaces shall be permitted and shall not require a special use permit; (iii) that parking spaces that are not for the occupants or residents of, or the visitors to, a principal use located in a residential zone shall be prohibited; and (iv) that parking spaces that are not for the occupants or residents of, or the visitors to, a principal use located in a commercial zone shall, if 20 spaces or fewer, be allowed without a special use permit and shall, if more than 20 spaces, be allowed only with a special use permit. (#25 1/14/97) [ROLL-CALL VOTE]

Council Action:_______________________________________________________________

18. Public Hearing, Second Reading and Final Passage of AN ORDINANCE to authorize an encroachment into the public sidewalk right-of-way at four locations at 615 North Saint Asaph Street to allow entry canopies and bay windows to project over the sidewalk. (#26 1/14/97) [ROLL-CALL VOTE]

Council Action:_______________________________________________________________

19. (a) CHARTER SECTION 9.06, CASE #96-05 -- 138 DALE STREET -- SALE OF PROPERTY IN HUME SPRINGS

Public Hearing and Consideration of a proposal by the City of Alexandria for the sale of property located at 138 Dale Street, within the Hume Springs area, pursuant to the provisions of Section 9.06 of the Charter of the City of Alexandria.

COMMISSION ACTION: Approved

(b) Public Hearing, Second Reading and Final Passage of AN ORDINANCE to authorize the sale of the city-owned property at 138 Dale Street to Bessie M. McCargo. (#27(b) 1/14/97) [ROLL-CALL VOTE]

Council Action:_______________________________________________________________

OTHER

20. Consideration of Update Report on Items Before the 1997 General Assembly. (#19 1/14/97)

Council Action:_______________________________________________________________

REPORTS OF BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES (continued)

DEFERRAL/WITHDRAWAL ACTION CONSENT CALENDAR (21-23)

Planning Commission (continued)

21. SPECIAL USE PERMIT #96-0175 -- 227 NORTH HENRY STREET --ALEXANDRIA LODGE, IBPOEW

Public Hearing and Consideration of a request for a special use permit to operate a fraternal club; zoned CL/Commercial Low. Applicant: Alexandria Lodge No. 48, IBPOEW, by Donald L. Taylor.

COMMISSION ACTION: Deferred 4-0

22. SPECIAL USE PERMIT #96-0160 -- 310 NORTH FAIRFAX STREET --FAIRFAX ROW TOWNHOUSES

Public Hearing and Consideration of a request for a special use permit, with site plan, for construction of a residential townhouse development. A special use permit is requested for outlot development and a temporary sales trailer. Modifications to open space and yards are requested; zoned CD/Commercial Downtown. Applicant: A & A Limited Partnership, by Duncan W. Blair, attorney.

COMMISSION ACTION: Deferred 3-1

23. SPECIAL USE PERMIT #96-0173 -- 1500 KING STREET, UNITS 104 & 105 -- TINY TOTS DAY CARE

Public Hearing and Consideration of a request for an amendment to a special use permit to increase the number of children permitted for a child care center; zoned OCH/Office Commercial High. Applicant: K & L, LLC, by Yvonne D. Weight, attorney.

COMMISSION ACTION: Deferred; Applicant's Request

Council Action:_______________________________________________________________

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