Planning Commission Regular Meeting/Work Session

Mr. Frederickstaffthe applicant would be required to submit a water and sewer capacity study and and in terms of the existing offices would be in line with the small area plan to try to retain a number of of the existing offices or the office space and also provide retail and restaurant with a good visibility from chamber drode and I believe the applicant has tried to incorporate that design into the concept at this point showing extended height on the along the first floor for Chamber Road to allow for retail and restaurants at that location in terms of this of the potential land-use requests the applicant will be required a rezoning from commercial office to commercial urban special use permit for upper story residential mixed use and multifamily a couple of special

Clara SchweigerstaffYes, hi. Yeah, I'm Clara Schweiger. for almost a year now, and I'm happy to finally be presenting in front of y'all tonight. So this is a work session to discuss the redevelopment proposal for Gatewood Plaza, and that's located at 10201 Fairfax Boulevard. We're in the post-submission phase of the development review process. the applicant has submitted a complete application and staff has provided comments on a second submission the applicant is requesting a zoning map amendment a comprehensive plan amendment a special use permit and nine special exceptions including density bulk building height bulk plane required yards transitional yards parking and resource protection area formal action and recommendation are not required by the Planning Commission for the special

on the first floor and this slide shows the layout of the first floor. The the upper six floors. A special use permit is required for upper story residential and mixed use in the CR commercial retail zoning district. Here are some elevations. On the left is the north elevation. So this would be looking at the site from Fairfax Boulevard. And then on the right is the east elevation. And this side of the site. On the left is the south elevation, and this would be looking at the site from the Stratford Avenue side of the site, and then to the right is the west elevation, and this would be looking at the site from the Toyota dealership side. The applicant is requesting a special exception to modify the non-residential district's

plans future land use map designates the subject property as commercial corridor and the commercial corridor includes a mix of retail restaurant service medical office and other commercial uses, but residential uses are not recommended in the commercial corridors. Because this proposal includes a request for a special use permit for upper story residential and mixed uses, and because the commercial corridor place type does not support residential uses, a comprehensive plan amendment is required. The multifamily neighborhood place type applies to neighborhoods that are primarily developed multifamily condominium housing. The multifamily neighborhood place type does not accommodate commercial retail or office uses. Multifamily development that is adjacent to single-family

Mr. NaptestaffA is a mixed-use multifamily proposal. This requires a special use permit only so it's not subject to planning commission review. you've had on gatewood plaza and they'll receive an update on potential zoning text amendments for accessory dwelling units planning commission last discussed this over the summer i believe and this work session was scheduled just to brief the new city council on that project there is a little bit of new information but when we get to the next phase of that project we'll have our next conversation with the planning commission on that for upcoming meetings for the planning commission We're scheduled to have a work session on the proposed townhouses at Mantua Professional