City Council Meeting

Melissa ShinaberryclerkMotion passed unanimously. We will go to the public hearing. public hearing and council action on a request from Rise and Shine Preschool applicant for renewal of a special use permit in Prince SUP pursuant to city code section 110-6.7 to allow a daycare center as a accessory used to a religious institution in the RH zoning district on premises known as Fairfax Christian Church, 10185 Main Street, and more particularly described as tax map parcel 57-4-09-001. I'm going to recognize Anna Cherry from the Berkeley Group to provide the staff presentation.

Anna CherrystaffGood evening, Council Members and Mayor. I'm Anna Cherry with the Berkeley Group. This evening I am introducing to you Special Use Permit 25211 for Rise and Shine Preschool located at Fairfax Christian Church on Main Street, Fairfax, Virginia, which sits on approximately four acres. The site is accessed from Main Street Route 236 and surrounding properties are zoned residential and commercial. the applicant would like to expand their current child care operations to allow for more children under their care their proposed increase is from 35 children to 89 children this addition would propose four additional classrooms to provide care for ages two three to five years old the current use is operating with a special use permit that was approved in 2021 for the daycare center

of this establishment shall be consistent with the application, statement of justification and plans, and the zoning administrator shall be enabled to approve minor changes. The special use permit shall be valid for the applicant, shall not be transferable to other entities. The applicant shall provide daycare services for a maximum of 89 children, and all required state and local permits and licensures for a daycare center operation shall be properly maintained. The proposed use is currently in a residential zoning district.

Stacey Hardy-Chandlermove excuse me I move that the City Council approve the request from Monica Downs rise and shine preschool applicant for the special use permit amendment to allow the expansion of the applicant's child care operation from 35 to 89 children as an accessory used to the Fairfax Christian Church in the RH residential high zoning district on the premises known as 10185 Main Street and more particularly described as tax map 57-4-09-001 with the following conditions the operation of this establishment shall be consistent with the application statement of justification and plans the zoning administrator shall be enabled to approve minor changes the special use permit shall be valid only for the applicant shall not be transferable to any other

Jamie Ergasstaffof financing, the city of Fairfax did contribute funding to this project. It is probably about two to three percent of the total budget from what the city contributed, but I will say that by the city contributing, they are able to leverage the funding to get other resources at the table. That's common in affordable housing. If the local jurisdiction can demonstrate that they are committed to the project, they're able to usually bring in the remainder of the financing that is needed. The project is being brought forward by the Lamb Center in Wesley Housing, and we have representatives from both with us this evening, and this project is located at Fairfax Boulevard, Campbell Drive, within Fairfax Circle. The special use permit was approved in December 2022,

Paul Navteestaffcenters and so we're going to look at changes to the use table that would discourage any other venues so we've had other people use the commercial urban district they've used commercial retail district with special use permits we've had planned developments all those are really not the ideal path for this we want to focus on what we're writing here so I'll go through the the the the parking recommendations at this point, and then I'll turn it over to Ms. Stafford to go over the tree conservation amendments. So in the draft you have, there is a section on parking, and we'll explain why we're proposing something different, but what's in there, I also want to point out, a lot of the language is from our existing ordinance,