Sec. 11-5-8 Administration.
(a) The director shall be charged with administering and enforcing the provisions of this chapter.
(b) The city manager shall, upon the request of the director, allocate such resources of the police department as the city manager shall deem necessary to assist the director in the administration and enforcement of the provisions of this chapter.
(b.1) The fire marshal, deputy fire marshals, new construction inspectors and existing structures inspectors within the Code Enforcement Bureau shall have concurrent jurisdiction to enforce the provisions of this chapter relating to construction, construction devices and power equipment as defined in Section 11- 5-2 of this code.
(c) The engineer and the director shall whenever possible coordinate their activities to the end that noise pollution in the city is regulated, prevented, abated and controlled.
(d) In addition to any other powers vested in him, the director may, subject to the availability of funds:
(1) conduct studies, investigations and research relating to noise pollution and its prevention, abatement and control;
(2) issue such orders as may be necessary to effectuate the purposes of this chapter and enforce the same by all appropriate administrative and judicial proceedings;
(3) hold hearings relating to any aspect of or matter in the administration of this chapter;
(4) secure necessary scientific, technical, administrative and operational services, including laboratory facilities, by contract or otherwise;
(5) prepare and develop a comprehensive plan or plans for the prevention, abatement and control of noise pollution;
(6) advise, consult and cooperate with other local governmental units, agencies of the state, industries, interstate or interlocal agencies and the federal government, and with interested persons and groups;
(7) review those matters having a bearing upon noise pollution referred by other agencies (such as planning, zoning, building and fire departments) and make reports, including recommendations, to the referring agencies with respect thereto;
(8) collect and disseminate information and conduct educational and training programs relating to noise pollution; (9) encourage voluntary cooperation by persons or affected groups to achieve the purposes of this chapter; (10) do any and all acts which may be necessary for the successful prosecution of the policy of this chapter and such other acts as may be specifically enumerated herein;
(11) prepare annually a report to the city council on progress in implementation and enforcement of the provisions of the noise control code and make recommendations to the council of any changes in the noise control code he deems desirable;
(12) may coordinate the noise control activities of all agencies and departments of the city government and advise, consult, cooperate and coordinate noise control activities with other local governmental units, state agencies, interstate and interlocal agencies, the federal government, and with interested persons and groups with respect to the provisions of this chapter;
(13) may make recommendations to the city council for changes to this chapter to make it consistent with all preemptive state and federal legislation.
(e) The city manager shall submit to the city council recommended noise design limits to be incorporated in city planning and zoning and the design and construction of buildings, streets and highways and in the routing and rerouting of motor vehicle and pedestrian traffic.
Section 3. That this ordinance shall become effective upon the date and at the time of its final passage. KERRY J. DONLEY Mayor Introduction: 12/12/00 First Reading: 12/12/00 Publication: 12/14/00 Public Hearing: 12/16/00 Second Reading: 12/16/00 Final Passage: 12/16/00
Sec. 10-4-6 Parking trucks or commercial vehicles in residential districts.
(a) Parking of trucks or commercial vehicles, including buses or vans, on the streets in a residential district of the city is prohibited; provided, that a truck or commercial vehicle may be parked on such a street for not more than eight hours within any 24-hour period while being loaded or unloaded or while its custodian is performing services for a residence or site abutting the street on which it is parked.
(b) Notwithstanding any other definition in this code, for purposes of this section the following words and phrases shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them as follows:
(1) Commercial vehicle. Every motor vehicle, other than a passenger car, truck (which is covered by subsection (b)(2)), and recreational vehicle and trailer (which are regulated under section 10-4-9), which is designed or used to carry, deliver, handle or move goods, to transport one or more persons who perform services in commerce, industry or trade, or to transport more than eight persons of any age, including the driver, and which has painted or displayed upon it any sign identifying or advertising any business, commercial venture, school or passenger transport service of any kind, or is registered with the Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles, or leased by the registered owner, to a corporation, partnership, sole proprietor, other business or commercial entity or school.
(2) Truck. Every motor vehicle designed to transport property on its own structure independent of any other vehicle and having a registered gross weight in excess of 7,500 pounds.
Section 2. That this ordinance shall become effective upon the date and at the time of its final passage. KERRY J. DONLEY Mayor Introduction: 12/12/00 First Reading: 12/12/00 Publication: 12/14/00 Public Hearing: 12/16/00 Second Reading: 12/16/00 Final Passage: 12/16/00
2-143 Family. A group of people living together as a single housekeeping unit and consisting of:
(A) One or more persons related by blood or marriage together with any number of natural, foster, step or adopted children, domestic servants, nurses and therapists and no more than two roomers or boarders; or
(B) Not more than four unrelated persons or two unrelated adults plus their children; or (C) Those groups identified in Code of Virginia, Section 15.2- 2291(A), or like groups licensed by the Virginia Department of Social Services which otherwise meet the criteria of Code of Virginia, Section 15.2-2291(A), and which have been determined by the director, following review and recommendation by the Alexandria Community Services Board (CSB), to be in compliance with CSB Policy No. 13 in effect at the time of such determination; or (D) Any other housekeeping unit not specified above which may be approved through the issuance of a special use permit as being compatible with the character of the neighborhood in which it is to be located; provided, however, that such housekeeping unit shall not exceed nine persons. (E) In calculating the number of persons permitted to constitute a family pursuant to subsections (C) and (D) of this section, a maximum of eight children under the age of seven who live with their parent in a housekeeping unit may be counted according to the formula: two such children equal one person. (F) The operation of the home permitted under Section 2-143(C) may be directed and administered from the home. No other business of any type, including without limitation the direction and administration of other homes, shall be conducted in the home, except as may be authorized as a home occupation pursuant to Section 7-300 of this ordinance. The operation of the home permitted under Section 2-143(C) shall at all times comply with CSB Policy No. 13 in effect at the time of approval of the home. Section 2. That family groups, as defined in Section 2-143(C) of the City of Alexandria Zoning Ordinance, licensed by the Virginia Department of Social Services, and lawfully existing on December 16, 2000, but which have not been determined by the director of planning and zoning, following review and recommendation by the CSB to be in compliance with CSB Policy No. 13, shall, as to the premises occupied on such date, be characterized as noncomplying uses, pursuant to Section 12-300 of the Zoning Ordinance. Section 3. That Section 2-143 of the City of Alexandria Zoning Ordinance, as amended by this ordinance, be, and the same hereby is, reordained as part of the City of Alexandria Zoning Ordinance. Section 4. That this ordinance shall become effective upon the date and at the time of its final passage, and shall apply to all applications for land use, land development or subdivision approval provided for under the City of Alexandria Zoning Ordinance which are on such date pending before any city department, agency or board, or before city council, or on judicial review; shall apply to all such applications which may be filed after such date, and shall apply to all other facts and circumstances subject to the provisions of the City of Alexandria Zoning Ordinance, except as may be provided in Section 2 of this Ordinance and Article XII of the Zoning Ordinance. KERRY J. DONLEY Mayor Introduction: 12/12/00 First Reading: 12/12/00 Publication: 12/14/00 Public Hearing: 12/16/00 Second Reading: 12/16/00 Final Passage: 12/16/00
WHEREAS, the VML/VACO Virginia Power Steering Committee (the "Committee"), composed of representatives of the City of Alexandria and other municipalities and political subdivisions of the Commonwealth, has for several decades negotiated on behalf of such governmental entities for their purchase of electricity from Virginia Power as a sole source provider; and
WHEREAS, Section 15.2-1300, et seq. of the Virginia Code (the "Joint Powers Act") authorizes political subdivisions to exercise jointly powers they otherwise are authorized to exercise independently, under the terms and conditions set forth in the Joint Powers Act; and WHEREAS, the Electric Utility Restructuring Act (the "EUR Act") further authorizes municipalities and other politcal subdivisions in the Commonwealth to aggregate their electricity supply requirements for the purpose of their joint purchase of such requirements from licensed suppliers, and the EUR Act provides that such aggregation shall not require licensure; and WHEREAS, the Virginia Public Procurement Act (the "Procurement Act") exempts from its competitive sealed bidding and competitive negotiation requirements (the "Procurement Act Requirements") the joint procurement by public bodies, utilizing competitve principles, of electricity supply purchased through member associations under the conditions set forth in the Procurement Act; and WHEREAS, the Committee has voted unanimously to fund an effort to aggregate local governmental purchase of up to approximately 117,000,000 kWh of annual electricity supply (the "Supply") from competitive licensed suppliers during a pilot period commencing no earlier than January 1, 2001, and extending through no later than December 31, 2002 (the "Pilot Period"); and WHEREAS, the Committee recommends (i) the aggregation and joint procurement of the Supply as provided in the form of the Joint Powers Association Agreement, a copy of which is attached to and made a part of this ordinance (the "Joint Powers Agreement"); (ii) that one or more requests for proposals ("RFP") be issued requesting licensed suppliers (the "Proposers") to submit proposals (the "Proposals") to furnish the Supply to the interval accounts (the "Accounts") selected by the Proposers from among approximately 200 interval accounts of the municipalities and other political subdivisions that presently purchase electricity supply from Virginia Power; (iii) that for the Accounts selected, approximately 30% of the kWh shall be for schools on Virginia Power's Rate Schedules 100 and 110 and approximately 70% of the kWh shall for non-schools on its Rate Schedule 130; and (iv) that a contract or contracts for the furnishing of the Supply be awarded to the Proposer (or Proposers) by considering which Proposals (a) best meet the requirements and conditions of the RFP; (b) offer the greatest dollar savings for the aggregated group as a whole; and (c) offer a price for each Account selected that is projected to be lower than the projected price that would otherwise obtain applying the Virginia Power supply rate under which the Account would otherwise be served; and WHEREAS, the Committee has agreed to provide funds from its operating budget in an amount not to exceed $40,000 to pay the fees and expenses of its counsel, Christian & Barton, L.L.P, and its utility consultant, the Columbia Group, to prepare the documents necessary for the aggregation, the RFP process, the evaluation of the Proposals, and the award and execution of the contract or contracts on behalf of the municipalities and political subdivisions owning the Accounts for which the Supply will be furnished; and WHEREAS, the Committee recommends that the municipalities and political subdivisions participating in the aggregation process agree to contribute back to the Committee's budget up to 25% of the estimated savings projected to be realized with respect to such of their Accounts, if any, for which the Supply is to be furnished during the Pilot Period, provided that the aggregate of such contributions back to the Committee shall not exceed $40,000; and WHEREAS, the Committee recommends that the aggregation and procurement of the Supply for the Pilot Period be effectuated as provided in the Joint Powers Agreement utilizing competitive principles pursuant to an exemption from the Procurement Act Requirements; and WHEREAS, the procurement of the Supply through the Joint Powers Agreement is structured such that the projected costs of the electrical energy requirement of the City of Alexandria can only be less than such costs would otherwise be under otherwise applicable rates, and it has heretofore been determined on behalf of the City of Alexandria that competitive sealed bidding and competitive negotiations by the City of Alexandria for such of the Supply as may be applicable to any of its Accounts are not fiscally advantageous to the public; and
WHEREAS, it appearing to the Council of the City of Alexandria that the joint procurement of the Supply pursuant to the Joint Powers Agreement is otherwise in the best interests of The City of Alexandria; now, therefore,
Section 2. That the Joint Powers Agreement and the performance of the terms and conditions thereof on behalf of The City of Alexandria be, and hereby are, authorized and approved.
Section 3. The City Manager be, and hereby is, authorized and directed to execute and deliver the Joint Powers Agreement on behalf of The City of Alexandria in substantially the form attached to this ordinance.
Section 4. That the return to the Committee of up to 25% of any savings projected to be realized by The City of Alexandria on any of its Accounts, as provided in and subject to the overall limitation set forth in the Joint Powers Agreement be, and hereby is, authorized and approved.
Section 5. The payment obligations of The City of Alexandria pursuant to the provisions hereof and the Joint Powers Agreement shall be subject to the annual appropriation of requisite funds therefor by the Council of the City of Alexandria.
Section 6. That this ordinance shall be effective upon the date and at the time of its final passage. KERRY J. DONLEY Mayor Attachment Introduction: 12/12/00 First Reading: 12/12/00 Publication: 12/14/00 Public Hearing: 12/16/00 Second Reading: 12/16/00 Final Passage: 12/16/00
WHEREAS, the City of Alexandria ("City") and Virginia Electric and Power Company ("Virginia Power") desired to relocate underground Virginia Power's 230KV transmission line ("Line") between Jefferson Street and Four Mile Run, in connection with the redevelopment of the Potomac Yard, and such underground relocation has been accomplished; and
WHEREAS, the City and Virginia Power now wish to provide for the conveyance by the City to Virginia Power of certain real property owned by the City through and under which the Line runs, and for the immediate conveyance of such property by Virginia Power back to the City, subject to certain easements for the maintenance and operation of the Line ("the Land Exchange"); and
WHEREAS, such property is shown on the Plats entitled "Virginia Electric and Power Co., Jefferson Street - Glebe Potomac Yard Relocation," dated September 16, 1996, and bearing Sheet Nos. 7A&B and 16, attached hereto ("the Property"); and
WHEREAS, the Land Exchange has heretofore been approved by the planning commission pursuant to Section 9.06 of the City Charter; and
WHEREAS, the Land Exchange has heretofore been approved by the School Board of the City of Alexandria, as to so much of the Property as is subject to the control of the Board; and
WHEREAS, the city manager has recommended the approval of the Land Exchange, subject to the terms and conditions of the Deeds attached hereto; and
WHEREAS, the city council is of the opinion that the Land Exchange, subject to terms and conditions of the Deeds attached hereto, is in the public interest; now, therefore,
Section 2. That the city manager be, and he hereby is, authorized, on behalf of the City of Alexandria, to do all things necessary and desirable to carry out the Land Exchange, including, but not limited to, (1) the approval with the concurrence of the city attorney of minor amendments to, and (2) the execution and delivery of, the Deeds and other appropriate documents.
Section 3. That the city clerk be, and she hereby is, authorized to attest the execution of the Deeds and other necessary documents executed by the city manager pursuant to Section 2, and to affix thereon the official seal of the City of Alexandria, Virginia.
Section 4. That this ordinance shall become effective upon the date and at the time of its final passage. KERRY J. DONLEY Mayor Attachments: Plats and Special Warranty Deeds Introduction: 12/12/00 First Reading: 12/12/00 Publication: 12/14/00 Public Hearing: 12/16/00 Second Reading: 12/16/00 Final Passage: 12/16/00