Office of the City Clerk
April 14, 1997
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Public Hearing Meeting
Saturday, April 12, 1997 - - 9:30 a.m.
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OPENING
1. Calling the Roll.
The Meeting was called to order by Mayor Donley, and the City Clerk called the Roll; all Members of City Council were present.
Council Action:_______________________________________________________________
2. Public Discussion Period. [No more than 30 Minutes] [This
period is restricted to items not
listed on the docket.]
(a) Charles Trozzo, 209 Duke Street, spoke to the Woodrow Wilson Bridge replacement project and expressed concern to protect the historic district; a copy of Mr. Trozzo's statement is on file in the Office of the City Clerk and Clerk of Council;
(b) Hollis Wickman, 822 Green Street, representing Hunting Creek Citizen Association, spoke to the Woodrow Wilson Bridge replacement project and stated that the Church Street exit should be eliminated.
(c) John Chapman Gager spoke.
Council Action:_______________________________________________________________
REPORTS OF BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES
ACTION CONSENT CALENDAR (3 - 8)
Planning Commission
WITHOUT OBJECTION, City Council withdrew Docket Item Nos. 3 and 6 from the consent calendar and considered them under separate motions.
3. SPECIAL USE PERMIT #97-0022 -- 3680 KING STREET -- BRADLEE SHOPPING CENTER
Public Hearing and Consideration of a request for a special use permit to operate a restaurant (ice cream shop). Maggie Moo's International, LLC, by Richard J. Sharoff.
COMMISSION ACTION: Recommend Approval 6-0
4. SPECIAL USE PERMIT #97-0023 -- 2111 EISENHOWER AVENUE
Public Hearing and Consideration of a request for a special use permit to change the ownership, extend the hours of operation and physically expand an existing restaurant; zoned OCM-100/Office Commercial Medium. Applicant: 2111 Eisenhower Avenue Limited Partnership, by Donald F. Simpson, Sr.
COMMISSION ACTION: Recommend Approval 6-0
5. ENCROACHMENT #97-0002 -- 515 NORTH WASHINGTON STREET
Public Hearing and Consideration of a request for encroachment into the public right-of-way for a gate and screening of a transformer; zoned OC/Office Commercial. Applicant: International Association of Chiefs of Police, by Louis B. Rodenberg, Jr.
COMMISSION ACTION: Recommend Approval 6-0
6. SPECIAL USE PERMIT #97-0003 -- 316 SOUTH ROYAL STREET -- OLD PRESBYTERIAN MEETING HOUSE
Public Hearing and Consideration of a request for a special use permit to extend the hours of operation of a nursery school; zoned RM/Residential. Applicant: Meeting House Cooperative Preschool, by Jeanne E. Porter.
COMMISSION ACTION: Recommend Approval 6-0
7. SPECIAL USE PERMIT #97-0015 -- 110 SOUTH FLOYD STREET -- LINDSAY CADILLAC
Public Hearing and Consideration of a review of a special use permit for a general automobile repair garage and vehicle storage lot; zoned I/Industrial. Applicant: Lindsay Cadillac Company, by J. Howard Middleton, Jr., attorney.
COMMISSION ACTION: Recommend Approval 6-0
REPORTS OF BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES (continued)
ACTION CONSENT CALENDAR (continued)
Planning Commission (continued)
8. SPECIAL USE PERMIT #97-0005 -- 714 KING STREET -- LAS TAPAS RESTAURANT
Public Hearing and Consideration of a request for a special use permit amendment for a restaurant to add a full-service bar, increase the seating and extend the hours of operation; zoned CD/Commercial Downtown. Applicant: EPS, Inc., t/a Las Tapas.
COMMISSION ACTION: Recommend Approval 6-0
END OF ACTION CONSENT CALENDAR
City Council approved the Consent Calendar with the exception of Docket Item Nos. 3 and 6 which were considered under separate motions. The Planning Commission recommendations are as follows:
3. Councilman Speck directed questions to Transportation and Environmental Services Director O'Kane with respect to the traffic pattern of the Bradlee Shopping Center. Mayor Donley stated that there is a definite problem with ingress and egress in the front of the shopping center. Council Member Walker spoke to a multi-modal solution because pedestrians certainly have a problem getting access to the center.
Mr. O'Kane will talk with the State with respect to the issues raised.
City Council approved the recommendation of the Planning Commission and approved the request, subject to compliance with all applicable codes, ordinances and staff recommendations. (Separate Motion)
4. City Council approved the recommendation of the Planning Commission and approved the request, subject to compliance with all applicable codes, ordinances and staff recommendations.
5. City Council approved the recommendation of the Planning Commission and approved the request, subject to compliance with all applicable codes, ordinances and staff recommendations.
6. City Council approved the recommendation of the Planning Commission and approved the request, subject to compliance with all applicable codes, ordinances and staff recommendations, with a clarification of the hours of the amended Condition #3, which condition now reads as follows: "3. The child care center shall be permitted to operate between 9:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, September through May." (Separate Motion)
7. City Council approved the recommendation of the Planning Commission and approved the request, subject to compliance with all applicable codes, ordinances and staff recommendations and the amended Condition #22.
REPORTS OF BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES (continued)
ACTION CONSENT CALENDAR (continued)
Planning Commission (continued)
8. City Council approved the recommendation of the Planning Commission and approved the request, subject to compliance with all applicable codes, ordinances and staff recommendations and the amended Conditions #2 and #4.
END OF ACTION CONSENT CALENDAR
Council Action:_______________________________________________________________
REPORTS OF BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES (continued)
Planning Commission (continued)
9. 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. (#12 2/22/97)
COMMISSION ACTION: Recommend Approval 7-0
NOTE: The applicant has submitted a letter to withdraw this special use permit application; however, since it was previously deferred by City Council, and advertised, it was necessary to docket the matter.
WITHOUT OBJECTION, City Council noted the withdrawal of this item.
Council Action:_______________________________________________________________
REPORTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE CITY MANAGER
10. Public Hearing and Consideration of a Staff Report on Proposal for Strict Enforcement of the City's Fair Share Policy (Revised Version of Previous Proposed Housing Moratorium). (Council Member Rich) (#14 3/11/97)
Councilman Speck requested staff to provide the percentage of housing in the City that is currently rental. Mayor Donley also requested staff, if it is possible, to let Council know if the same phenomena [reduction in rental units due to condo conversions] occurred in neighboring jurisdictions.
Vice Mayor Pepper requested that a number of the groups who testified today to be a part of the Task Force.
Councilman Speck requested staff to arrange to bring together whomever it deems appropriate to have a training session for him on Section 8 housing. He would like to be more informed on this issue.
Councilman Speck requested some thought, either in conjunction with the Task Force or as some staff analysis, about whether Housing Trust Funds could be used as a supplement to acquisition, and, if so, in what form and under what parameters would it be done.
REPORTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE CITY MANAGER (continued)
10. (continued)
Council Member Walker added to Councilman Speck's request either Housing Trust Funds or some other financing mechanism.
City Manager Lawson stated that we heard about two issues today, one is over concentration of housing, and the other is affordability of housing. The City wrote several times to HUD and at the urging of Lynhaven, Hume Springs and Del Ray, the City went over to meet with HUD officials about the impacts the people in Lynhaven, in Hume Springs, and Del Ray felt they were having on their neighborhoods. Unfortunately, we were turned down. We have a new Secretary of HUD now. Some of the early indications are that he may be flexible. So, that is another thought, perhaps staff could talk to the Task Force about that some time in the future about going over to talk to HUD again. She suggested that Congressman Moran may be interested in participating. With regard to affordability, she stated, included in the scope of what the task force might look at is, with regard to affordability, to make greater use of apartments and condos with regard to special needs housing. This is another way of addressing serving these needs without necessarily having to buy an expensive single-family home. We could look at a number of alternatives to serving needs perhaps in more non-traditional ways.
City Council (1) reaffirmed the existing Fair Share Policy and consider it as a factor in decisions on a case by case basis; (2) deferred any further action on the proposal until the last meeting in June; and (3) requested staff to come back with a proposed task force [ to be composed of a balance of advocates and residents, as well as Council representatives to the Human Services Subcommittee, namely, Councilman Euille and Council Member Rich] to address several questions: (a) achieving a balanced integrated City; (b) avoiding further concentrations within the City; and (c) reviewing the Five-year Housing Plan.
Council Action:_______________________________________________________________
REPORTS OF BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES (continued)
Board of Architectural Review
11. Public Hearing and Consideration of an Appeal of a Decision of the Board of Architectural Review, Old and Historic Alexandria District, on March 5, 1997, Denying a Permit to Install an Automatic Teller Machine with Canopy at 118 King Street, Zoned CD Commercial. APPLICANT AND APPELLANT: Bank of Alexandria, by Harry P. Hart, attorney. [CASE BAR 96-0226]
City Council approved the application request as presented by the applicant and granted the appeal.
Council Action:_______________________________________________________________
REPORTS OF BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES (continued)
Planning Commission (continued)
12. SPECIAL USE PERMIT #97-0024 -- 218 EAST MONROE AVENUE -- SAINT PAUL'S CHURCH
Public Hearing and Consideration of a request for a special use permit to expand a day nursery; zoned R-2-5/Residential. Applicant: Zadie M. Hudson.
COMMISSION ACTION: Recommend Approval 6-0
City Council approved the recommendation of the Planning Commission and approved the request, subject to compliance with all applicable codes, ordinances and staff recommendations.
Council Action:_______________________________________________________________
13. SPECIAL USE PERMIT #97-0017 -- 2838 DUKE STREET -- DUKE STREET MOBIL
Public Hearing and Consideration of a review of a special use permit for an automobile service station; zoned CG/Commercial General. Applicant: Essam Danfora; Duke Street Mobil.
COMMISSION ACTION: Recommend Revocation 6-0
City Council deferred this item to the May 17, 1997 Public Hearing Meeting.
Council Action:_______________________________________________________________
ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS
14. Public Hearing, Second Reading and Final Passage of AN ORDINANCE to authorize an encroachment into the public sidewalk right-of-way at 808 Russell Road for a fence and wall. (#20 4/8/97) [ROLL-CALL VOTE]
City Council finally passed the Ordinance on its Second Reading and Final Passage. ORD. NO. 3921
Council Action:_______________________________________________________________
15. Public Hearing, Second Reading and Final Passage of AN ORDINANCE to expand the membership of the Waterfront Committee to 14 members. (#21 4/8/97) [ROLL-CALL VOTE]
City Council finally passed the Ordinance on its Second Reading and Final Passage. ORD. NO. 3922
Council Action:_______________________________________________________________
ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS (continued)
16. Public Hearing, Second Reading and Final Passage of AN ORDINANCE to amend the Alexandria Zoning Ordinance in the following manner: (i) to revise certain regulations applicable to coordinated districts and the process for obtaining CDD special use permits; (ii) to revise the regulations applicable to height limits in the King Street Height District; (iii) to state the factors to be considered by the director of planning and zoning and the director of transportation and environmental services when determining the scope of traffic impact studies to be submitted with applications for transportation management plan special use permits; (iv) to eliminate the requirement that a separate special use permit be obtained for certain temporary trailers or for tandem and reduced-size parking spaces when these features are shown as part of the site plan or special use permit application for a single-family, two-family or townhouse development project; and (v) to permit roof eaves that project 12 inches or less to encroach into a required yard. (#22 4/8/97) [ROLL-CALL VOTE]
City Council finally passed the Ordinance on its Second Reading and Final Passage. ORD. NO. 3923
Council Action:_______________________________________________________________
REPORTS OF BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES (continued)
DEFERRAL/WITHDRAWAL CONSENT CALENDAR (17-19)
Planning Commission (continued)
17. SPECIAL USE PERMIT #97-0018 -- 8 & 12 HERBERT STREET -- VERNON SQUARE
Consideration of a request for a special use permit, with site plan, to increase the height of an existing office building; zoned CL/Commercial Low. Applicant: National Association of Postmasters of U.S. (NAPUS), Federal Credit Union, by William E. Swarm.
COMMISSION ACTION: Deferred; Inadequate Notice
18. SPECIAL USE PERMIT #97-0020 -- 106 NORTH LEE STREET -- CIPOLLINA'S DELI
Public Hearing and Consideration of a request for a special use permit to change the ownership and hours of operation of a carry-out restaurant; zoned CD/Commercial Downtown. Applicant: Paul D. Elgart.
COMMISSION ACTION: Deferred
19. SPECIAL USE PERMIT #97-0026 -- 212 QUEEN STREET
Public Hearing and Consideration of a request for a special use permit to operate a restaurant (coffee shop); zoned CD/Commercial Downtown. Applicant: Washington Management Corporation, by Serdar Basegmez.
COMMISSION ACTION: Deferred
END OF DEFERRAL/WITHDRAWAL CONSENT CALENDAR
WITHOUT OBJECTION, City Council noted the deferrals.
Council Action:_______________________________________________________________
The Meeting was adjourned at 1:55 p.m.
This docket is subject to change.
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Public Notice
A meeting of the City Council Committee on the Watson Wyatt Report is scheduled for Wednesday, April 16, 1997, at 5:00 p.m., in the City Council Workroom, Room 2420, City Hall, 301 King Street, Alexandria, Virginia.
Public Notice
There will be a City Council Work Session on the Proposed Budget on Wednesday, April 16, 1997, at 7:00 p.m., in the City Council Workroom, Room 2420, City Hall, 301 King Street, Alexandria, Virginia.
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