Public Hearing Meeting
Saturday, June 15, 2002 - - 9:30 a.m.


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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.]

Council Action:_________________________________________________________

REPORTS OF BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES

ACTION CONSENT CALENDAR¹ (3-18)

Planning Commission

3. SPECIAL USE PERMIT #2002-0027
4603 DUKE ST
FOXCHASE CENTER

Public Hearing and Consideration of a request for a special use permit to operate a restaurant; zoned CG/Commercial General. Applicant: Yu Ping Wu.

Public Hearing and Consideration of a request for a special use permit to operate a farmer's market; zoned CR/Commercial Regional. Applicant: Northern Neck Vegetable Growers Association, Inc., by Gary Allensworth.

Public Hearing and Consideration of a request for a special use permit to operate a restaurant in conjunction with an existing bakery; zoned OCM-50/Office Commercial Medium. Applicant: OAVAR's, Inc., trading as Veronica's Bakery & Café, by Oswaldo A. Salinas.

Public Hearing and Consideration of a request for a special use permit to add seating and request for a parking reduction for the existing restaurant; zoned CG/Commercial General. Applicant: Alvi, Inc., Café Monti, by Anjuman Akhter.

Public Hearing and Consideration of a request for a special use permit to add seating for a private school and request to provide off-site parking; zoned OCM-100/Office Commercial Medium. Applicant: Strayer University, Inc., by M. Catharine Puskar, attorney.

COMMISSION ACTION: Recommend Approval 7-0

Public Hearing and Consideration of a request for a special use permit for an expansion of the existing health club and request for a parking reduction; zoned CDD-2/Coordinated Development District. Applicant: Fitness Centers II, LLC, by Chris D. Kosmakos.

Public Hearing and Consideration of a request for encroachment into the public right-of-way for construction of two first-floor store fronts; zoned CD/Commercial Downtown. Applicant: Rob Kaufman.

Public Hearing and Consideration of a request for encroachment into the public right-of-way for construction of an iron fence at the front of the property; zoned RB/Residential. Applicant: Charles and Mildred Curtis, by Deborah Jean Curtis.

COMMISSION ACTION: Recommend Approval 7-0

Public Hearing and Consideration of an amendment to Section 11-300 of the Zoning Ordinance to provide for additional notice of appeals to City Council in land use cases.

Public Hearing and Consideration of a request for a master plan amendment to change the land use designation and request for rezoning of the subject property from R-2-5/Residential to CL/Commercial Low. Applicant: Tom and Anne Welsh.

Public Hearing and Consideration of a request for a development special use permit, with site plan, for construction of a woodworking shop and office, with zone transition setback modification and to allow tandem parking; zoned R-2-5/Residential (CL pending). Applicant: Tom and Anne Welsh.

Public Hearing and Consideration of a special use permit review of a restaurant; zoned I/Industrial. Applicant: Afghan Restaurant, Abdul Hafiz Khan and Gulahmad Abassi, by Harry P. Hart, attorney.

Public Hearing and Consideration of a request for a special use permit to operate a restaurant (coffee shop); zoned CD/Commercial Downtown. Applicant: Nancy L. Lilley, trading as Lily's Coffee & Tea, by Lonnie C. Rich, attorney.

Public Hearing and Consideration of a request for a special use permit for a parking reduction for a church; zoned OCM-50/Office Commercial Medium. Applicant: Shiloh Baptist Church, by Herbert D. Spears.

Public Hearing and Consideration of a request for a special use permit for a media staging area with off-site parking; zoned OCM-100/Office Commercial Medium. Applicant: City of Alexandria, by Philip Sunderland, City Manager.

Public Hearing and Consideration of a request for a special use permit for a parking lot; zoned OCM-100/Office Commercial Medium. Applicant: City of Alexandria, by Philip Sunderland, City Manager.

COMMISSION ACTION: Recommend Approval 5-2

Public Hearing and Consideration of a request for a special use permit for a medical care facility; zoned OCM-100/Office Commercial Medium. Applicant: City of Alexandria, Department of General Services, by Edward Mandley, Director.

Public Hearing and Consideration of a special use permit review of a restaurant; zoned CL/Commercial Low. Applicant: Barbara Mancini.

Public Hearing and Consideration of a request for a special use permit to operate a restaurant and request for a parking reduction; zoned CL/Commercial Low. Applicant: Neighborhood Restaurant Group, by Stephanie W. Babin.

Public Hearing and Consideration of a request for a special use permit to operate a private marina; zoned W-1/Waterfront Mixed Use. Applicant: New Harborside Yacht Club, LLC, by Duncan W. Blair, attorney.

COMMISSION ACTION: Recommend Approval 5-0-2

THIS ITEM WILL NOT BE HEARD ON SATURDAY SINCE IT WAS DEFERRED AT THE JUNE 11, 2002 REGULAR MEETING.

Public Hearing and Consideration of an amendment to Section 6-105 of the Zoning Ordinance to allow a recycling center in the POS zone.

Public Hearing and Consideration of a request for a development special use permit, with site plan, for a recycling facility; zoned POS/Public Open Space. Applicant: City of Alexandria, Department of Transportation and Environmental Services, by Richard Baier, Director.

Public Hearing and Consideration of a request for amendment to the King Street/Eisenhower Avenue Small Area Plan Chapter of the 1992 Master Plan to change the land use designation of the subject property from office and retail use to residential and retail use. Applicant: JBG Rosenfeld Duke Street, LLC, by Harry P. Hart, attorney.

Public Hearing and Consideration of a request for approval of a Coordinated Development District (CDD) Concept Plan; zoned CDD-1/Coordinated Development District, Duke Street. Applicant: JBG Rosenfeld Duke Street, LLC, by Harry P. Hart, attorney.

Public Hearing and Consideration of a request for a development special use permit, with site plan, for construction of a mixed-use retail and residential development project; zoned CDD-1/Coordinated Development District, Duke Street. Applicant: JBG Rosenfeld Duke Street, LLC, by Harry P. Hart, attorney.

Public Hearing and Consideration of a request for a special use permit for a transportation management plan (TMP) for a proposed mixed-use development; zoned CDD-1/Coordinated Development District, Duke Street. Applicant: JBG Rosenfeld Duke Street, LLC, by Harry P. Hart, attorney.

Public Hearing and Consideration of a request for vacation of a portion of the public right-of-way located at the southwest corner of Duke Street and Holland Lane; zoned CDD-1/Coordinated Development District, Duke Street. Applicant: JBG Rosenfeld Duke Street, LLC, by Harry P. Hart, attorney.

Public Hearing and Consideration of a request for a development special use permit, with site plan, to construct an addition, with modifications, and for reduction of required off-street parking; zoned RM/Residential. Applicant: Old Presbyterian Meeting House, by Duncan W. Blair, attorney.

Public Hearing and Consideration of revocation of a special use permit for a restaurant; zoned CC/Commercial Community. Applicant: Grupo Dos Chiles, LLC, by Alfred W. Shriver, III. Staff: Department of Planning and Zoning.

Public Hearing and Consideration of a request for a special use permit to add a fourth floor to the existing building for social service use; zoned CD/Commercial Downtown. Applicant Second Genesis, Inc., by William C. Thomas, Jr., attorney.

Consideration of a proposal by the City of Alexandria to acquire property for the use of a public building, pursuant to the provisions of Section 9.06 of the City Charter. Applicant: City of Alexandria, Department of General Services, by Edward Mandley, Director.