Public Hearing Meeting
Saturday, November 15, 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 (3-6)

Planning Commission

3. SPECIAL USE PERMIT #97-0144 -- 3030 DUKE STREET

Public Hearing and Consideration of a request for a special use permit for an automobile sales and rental business; zoned CG/Commercial General. Applicant: Gholam Reza Shaker.

Public Hearing and Consideration of a request for a special use permit for a temporary trailer; zoned POS/Public Open Space. Applicant: City of Alexandria, Fire Department, by Michael A. Conner, Deputy Chief.

Public Hearing and Consideration of an amendment to Section 5-406(B) (CRMU-X Zone) of the Zoning Ordinance to permit an additional alternative mixed use development under a special use permit with no residential, extending the retail focus requirements of Section 6-503 to the entire project area, increasing the retail square footage required by 50% of the retail focus requirements, and regulating the project frontages. Staff: City of Alexandria, Department of Planning and Zoning.

Public Hearing and Consideration of a request for a special use permit, with site plan, for construction of a restaurant with drive-through facility, and request for waiver of the loading requirement; zoned CG/Commercial General. Applicant: McDonald’s Corporation, by Nan E. Terpak, attorney.

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 to CD/Commercial Downtown and to change the zoning designation from RB/Residential to CD/Commercial Downtown. Applicant: Michele J. Boggs.

Public Hearing and Consideration of a request for an amendment to an approved special use permit for the construction of three townhouses to allow a reduction in off-street parking; zoned RB/Residential. Applicant: Habitat for Humanity of Northern Virginia Inc., by Christopher Regan.

Public Hearing and Consideration of a request for a special use permit to change the ownership of a nonconforming restaurant; zoned RB/Residential. Applicant: Top Flight Services, Inc., by Cathy Kane.

Public Hearing and Consideration of a review and revocation of a special use permit for an automobile repair garage; zoned CRMU-H/Commercial Residential Mixed Use, High. Applicant: Alexandria Auto Repair, by Mohammad Arif Sattar.

Public Hearing and Consideration of an amendment to Section 3-505(A) (Lot Requirements) of the 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-family zone. Staff: City of Alexandria, Department of Planning and Zoning.

Public Hearing and Consideration of a request for a special use permit, with site plan and subdivision, to construct three residential units with a parking reduction and modifications to yards and frontage on the southeast corner of Commonwealth Avenue and East Oxford Avenue; zoned R-2-5/Residential. Applicant: Marc Gordon, by Gaver Nichols, architect.

Public Hearing and Consideration of a request for an amendment to the King Street/Eisenhower Avenue Small Area Plan Chapter of the 1992 Master Plan to change the Coordinated Development District guidelines for the Eisenhower Avenue CDD. Applicant: Old Town Development Company, LLC, by Cyril D. Calley, attorney.

Public Hearing and Consideration of a request for amendment to a special use permit for a coordinated sign program for the Bradlee Center to add signage for McDonald’s restaurant signs; zoned CG/Commercial General. Applicant: McDonald’s Corporation, by Nan E. Terpak, attorney, and Washington Real Estate Investment Trust (WREIT), by Cyril D. Calley, attorney.

Public Hearing and Consideration of a request for a special use permit to allow more than four unrelated individuals in a single-family house; zoned RB/Residential. Applicant: Mladen D. Novak.

Public Hearing and Consideration of a request for an amendment to the Landmark/Van Dorn Small Area Plan Chapter of the 1992 Master Plan to change the zoning designation of 5019 Duke Street and a portion of 5005 Duke Street from POS/Public Open Space to CG/Commercial General, with proffer limiting development to the library development plan. Applicant: City of Alexandria, Department of General Services.

Public Hearing and Consideration of a request for a special use permit, with site plan and subdivision, and parking reduction, for construction of a library; zoned CG/Commercial General and POS/Public Open Space (rezoning pending). Applicant: City of Alexandria, Department of General Services.

Public Hearing and Consideration of a request for a special use permit for a child care home; zoned RA/Residential. Applicant: Juanita Bates.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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, and appointment of viewers for same.

Public Hearing and Consideration of a request for encroachment into the public right-of-way for proposed parking spaces; zoned CG/Commercial General. Applicant: McDonald’s Corporation and Washington Real Estate Investment Trust, by Nan E. Terpak, attorney.

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.