Docket for Public Hearing Meeting (12/13/1997)

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December 9, 1997

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Public Hearing Meeting
Saturday, December 13, 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.]

Council Action:_______________________________________________________________

REPORTS OF BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES

ACTION CONSENT CALENDAR¹ (3-9)

Planning Commission

3. SPECIAL USE PERMIT #97-0139 -- 5571 HOLMES RUN PARKWAY
Public Hearing and Consideration of a request for a special use permit for a child care home; zoned RA/Residential. Applicant: Juanita Bates.

COMMISSION ACTION: Recommend Approval 7-0

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. 10.

REPORTS OF BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES (continued)

ACTION CONSENT CALENDAR (continued)

Planning Commission (continued)

4. SPECIAL USE PERMIT #97-0140 -- 5158 ECHOLS AVENUE

Public Hearing and Consideration of a request for a special use permit for a child care home; zoned R-12/Residential. Applicant: Lourdes A. Blanco.

COMMISSION ACTION: Recommend Approval 7-0

5. SPECIAL USE PERMIT #97-0153 -- 300 MONTGOMERY STREET -- THE MONTGOMERY CENTER

Public Hearing and Consideration of a request for an amendment to an approved special use permit to increase the allowed square foot area for a restaurant use, and to review the approved special use permit for a variety of uses; zoned CRMU-X/Commercial Residential Mixed Use. Applicant: Bruce Machanic.

COMMISSION ACTION: Recommend Approval 7-0

6. SPECIAL USE PERMIT #97-0151 -- 822 NORTH FAIRFAX STREET -- THE MONTGOMERY CENTER

Public Hearing and Consideration of a request for a special use permit for a restaurant (coffee shop); zoned CRMU-X/Commercial Residential Mixed Use. Applicant: Perks, by Feri Kashani.

COMMISSION ACTION: Recommend Approval 7-0

7. SPECIAL USE PERMIT #97-0155 -- 817 KING STREET

Public Hearing and Consideration of a request for a special use permit for a massage therapy business; zoned CD/Commercial Downtown. Applicant: Marzie Mohammadi.

COMMISSION ACTION: Recommend Approval 7-0

8. SPECIAL USE PERMIT #97-0160 -- 615 NORTH SAINT ASAPH STREET -- PORTNER’S LANDING

Public Hearing and Consideration of a request for an amendment to a special use permit, with site plan, regarding the height for a multi-family building; zoned CRMU-X/Commercial Residential Mixed Use. Applicant: Portner’s Landing Venture, LLC, by Harry P. Hart, attorney.

COMMISSION ACTION: Recommend Approval 7-0

REPORTS OF BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES (continued)

ACTION CONSENT CALENDAR (continued)

Planning Commission (continued)

9. MASTER PLAN AMENDMENT #97-0006 -- REZONING #97-0006 -- 134 NORTH PAYNE STREET

Public Hearing and Consideration of a request for an amendment to the Braddock Road Metro Station Small Area Plan Chapter of the 1992 Master Plan to change the land use designation

from

RM/Residential Medium

CD/Commercial Downtown and to change the zoning designation

from

RB/Residential

CD/Commercial Downtown. Applicant: Michele J. Boggs. (#11 11/14/97)

COMMISSION ACTION: Recommend Denial 7-0

NOTE: The applicant has withdrawn this request; however, since this item was advertised, it was necessary to place it on the docket.

Board of Architectural Review

10. CASE BAR-97-0198
Public Hearing and Consideration of an appeal of a decision of the Board of Architectural Review, Old and Historic Alexandria District, denying a request for approval of a fence and archway to be constructed at 630 South Royal Street, zoned RM-Residential. APPLICANT AND APPELLANT: Carlos Chiriboga.

Staff has requested that this item be deferred until the January 24, 1998 Public Hearing Meeting, since the encroachment relating to this item has been deferred to January. Since this item was advertised for public hearing, it was necessary to place it on the docket.

END OF ACTION CONSENT CALENDAR

Council Action:_______________________________________________________________

REPORTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE CITY MANAGER

11. Consideration of School Board Request for Supplemental Appropriation for HVAC Replacement and Associated Building Upgrades at George Washington Middle School. (#12 11/25/97) THIS IS NOT A PUBLIC HEARING ITEM.

Council Action:___________________________________________________________________

REPORTS OF BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES (continued)

Board of Architectural Review

12. CASE BAR-97-0104
Public Hearing and Consideration of an appeal of a decision of the Board of Architectural Review, Old and Historic Alexandria District, granting, as amended, a request for approval of alterations and an addition to be constructed at 723 South Fairfax Street, Zoned RM-Residential. APPELLANT: Susan B. Kellom, on behalf of petitioners.

Council Action:_______________________________________________________________

REPORTS OF BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES (continued)

Planning Commission (continued)

13. TEXT AMENDMENT #97-0004 -- CO PLANNED RESIDENTIAL/COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT

Public Hearing and Consideration of a change to Section 12-600 of the Zoning Ordinance regarding the scope of permitted changes and the procedures for amending approved CO planned residential/commercial developments. Staff: City of Alexandria, Department of Planning and Zoning.

COMMISSION ACTION: Recommend Approval 7-0

Council Action:_______________________________________________________________

14. SPECIAL USE PERMIT #97-0157 -- 1900 DUKE STREET; 1800 EISENHOWER AVENUE -- CARLYLE SITE

Public Hearing and Consideration of a request for amendments to a special use permit, with site plan, for (a) ground floor retail, (b) floor area allocation, (c) design guideline changes, and (d) maintenance of a public street right-of-way; zoned CDD-1/Coordinated Development District, Duke Street. Applicant: Carlyle Development Corporation, by Jonathan P. Rak, attorney.

COMMISSION ACTION: Recommend Approval 7-0

Council Action:_______________________________________________________________

15. SPECIAL USE PERMIT #97-0145 -- 2320 & 2340 JEFFERSON DAVIS HIGHWAY -- 403 FANNON STREET-- EXXON STATION

Public Hearing and Consideration of a request for a special use permit, with site plan, to construct a gas station with convenience store; zoned I/Industrial. Applicant: Exxon Corporation, by Jay du Von, attorney.

COMMISSION ACTION: Recommend Approval 7-0

Council Action:_______________________________________________________________

REPORTS OF BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES (continued)

Planning Commission (continued)

16. SPECIAL USE PERMIT #97-0146 -- 3006 JEFFERSON DAVIS HIGHWAY -- 406-408 EAST GLEBE ROAD -- MAACO

Public Hearing and Consideration of a request for a special use permit, with site plan, to change a noncomplying use from truck storage and repair to general automobile repair, including construction of an addition with site plan modifications; zoned CSL/Commercial Service Low. Applicant: Rhodino Realty, Inc., by Cyril D. Calley, attorney.

COMMISSION ACTION: Recommend Approval 7-0

Council Action:_______________________________________________________________

17. SPECIAL USE PERMIT #97-0143 -- 2710 MOSBY STREET

Public Hearing and Consideration of a request for a special use permit to construct a single-family dwelling on a substandard lot; zoned R-8/Residential. Applicant: W.D.C. Construction Company, Inc., by Duncan W. Blair, attorney.

COMMISSION ACTION: Recommend Denial 7-0

Council Action:_______________________________________________________________

ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS

18. Second Reading and Final Passage of AN ORDINANCE to amend the city code by changing the name of South Longview Drive to Witter Drive. (#25 11/15/97; #18 11/11/97) [ROLL-CALL VOTE] This is not a public hearing item.

Council Action:_______________________________________________________________

19. Public Hearing, Second Reading and Final Passage of AN ORDINANCE to amend Section 5-406(B) of the Alexandria Zoning Ordinance to permit, pursuant to a special use permit, an alternative type of mixed-use development project in the CRMU-X zone that does not contain residential uses, that extends the retail focus requirements of Section 6-503 to the entire project area, that increases the required retail square footage by 50% of the retail focus requirements, and that regulates the project frontages. (#20 12/9/97) [ROLL-CALL VOTE]

Council Action:_______________________________________________________________

20. Public Hearing, Second Reading and Final Passage of AN ORDINANCE to amend Section 3-505(A) of the Alexandria Zoning Ordinance to clarify that 6,500 square feet of lot area is required to develop a two-family structure on a corner lot in the R-2-5/Single- and Two-Famly zone. (#21 12/9/97) [ROLL-CALL VOTE]

Council Action:_______________________________________________________________

ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS (continued)

21. Public Hearing, Second Reading and Final Passage of AN ORDINANCE to amend the King Street/Eisenhower Avenue Small Area Plan Chapter of the 1992 Master Plan to revise the Coordinated Development District guidelines for the Eisenhower Avenue CDD. (#22 12/9/97) [ROLL-CALL VOTE]

Council Action:_______________________________________________________________

22. Public Hearing, Second Reading and Final Passage of AN ORDINANCE to amend the Official Zoning Map of the City of Alexandria, adopted by Section 1-300 of the Alexandria Zoning Ordinance, to provide for the rezoning of the property at 5019 Duke Street, and a portion of the property at 5005 Duke Street, from POS/Public Open Space to CG/Commercial General, with proffer limiting development plan. (#23 12/9/97) [ROLL-CALL VOTE]

Council Action:_______________________________________________________________

REPORTS OF BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES (continued)

DEFERRAL/WITHDRAWAL CONSENT CALENDAR (23 - 30)

Planning Commission (continued)

23. REZONING #97-0002 -- 700 NORTH ASHTON STREET

Public Hearing and Consideration of a request to change the zoning designation of the property located between North Ashton Street and North Beauregard Street from R-12/Residential to RT/Residential, with a proffer limiting development on the site to no more than sixteen units. Applicant: Presidential Realty Corporation and Kent Lincolnia Joint Venture, by Robert J. Test, attorney, Trustee.

COMMISSION ACTION: Deferred; by Applicant’s Request

24. COORDINATED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT (CDD) CONCEPT PLAN -- 2201 EISENHOWER AVENUE -- MILL RACE - OLD TOWN COMMONS

Public Hearing and Consideration of a request for approval of a Coordinated Development District (CDD) Concept Plan for the Mill Race-Old Town Commons site portion of the Eisenhower Avenue CDD. Applicant: Old Town Development Company, LLC, by Cyril D. Calley, attorney.

COMMISSION ACTION: Deferred; Improper Notice

25. SPECIAL USE PERMIT #97-0097 -- 2201 EISENHOWER AVENUE -- MILL RACE - OLD TOWN COMMONS

Public Hearing and Consideration of a request for a special use permit, with site plan, to construct a time share residential building and an office building, with site plan modifications; zoned CDD-2/Coordinated Development District, Eisenhower Avenue. Applicant: RBC International, Inc., by Cyril D. Calley, attorney.

COMMISSION ACTION: Deferred; Improper Notice

REPORTS OF BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES (continued)

DEFERRAL/WITHDRAWAL CONSENT CALENDAR (continued)

Planning Commission (continued)

26. SPECIAL USE PERMIT #97-0098 -- 2201 EISENHOWER AVENUE -- MILL RACE - OLD TOWN COMMONS

Public Hearing and Consideration of a request for a special use permit for transportation management plan (TMP) approval for a proposed mixed use development; zoned CDD-2/Coordinated Development District, Eisenhower Avenue. Applicant: RBC International Inc., by Cyril D. Calley, attorney.

COMMISSION ACTION: Deferred; Improper Notice

27. VACATION #97-0003 -- 2310-2318 MILL ROAD -- MILL RACE - OLD TOWN COMMONS

Public Hearing and Consideration of a request for vacation of a portion of the public right-of-way; zoned CDD-2/Coordinated Development District, Eisenhower Avenue. Applicant: McCann Construction, by Cyril D. Calley, attorney.

COMMISSION ACTION: Deferred; Improper Notice

28. ENCROACHMENT #97-0010 -- 630 SOUTH ROYAL STREET

Public Hearing and Consideration of a request for encroachment into the public sidewalk right-of-way for an existing brick arch and wall, a stone walkway, and landscaped areas; zoned RM/Residential. Applicant: Carlos J. Chiriboga.

COMMISSION ACTION: Deferred; Applicant Not Present

29. TEXT AMENDMENT #97-0012 -- NONCONFORMING USES

Public Hearing and Consideration of an amendment to Section 12-200 (Nonconforming Uses) of the Zoning Ordinance to add new or amended rules for (1) the maintenance, repair and improvement of buildings and structures housing nonconforming uses, and (2) the maintenance, repair and replacement of trade fixtures used in connection with nonconforming uses. Staff: City of Alexandria, Department of Planning and Zoning.

COMMISSION ACTION: Deferred 7-0

30. SPECIAL USE PERMIT #97-0154 -- 417 HUME AVENUE

Public Hearing and Consideration of a request for a special use permit for a catering business; zoned CSL/Commercial Service Low. Applicant: Cherlyn Sanders.

COMMISSION ACTION: Deferred 7-0

END OF DEFERRAL/WITHDRAWAL CONSENT CALENDAR

Council Action:_______________________________________________________________

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Public Notice

A regional legislative meeting for Northern Virginia localities has been scheduled for Monday, January 5, 1998, at the Ritz Carlton Hotel at Tysons Corner. A reception will be held at 6:30 p.m., followed by dinner and the meeting at 7:30 p.m. The purpose of this and other regional meetings the Virginia Municipal League (VML) holds around the state is to discuss informally the legislative issues that are expected to arise during the 1998 General Assembly Session.

It is anticipated that more than two Members of Council will be attending.

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