City Council Meeting

Melissa Shinaberryclerkis there anybody else in the room that would like to speak under this item Okay. We will move on to items not requiring a public hearing. Our first item is a consideration on a request from Combined Courthouse, LLC, for nine special exceptions for residential use standards, density, building height, sidewalk, street, trees, lot coverage, interior clear height, and vehicular cross-connectivity to allow an upper story mixed-use building that consists of 315 multifamily units and approximately feet of ground floor retail on the premises identified as 10300 willard way i'm going to recognize claire schweiger the city planner to provide the staff report good

Catherine Readany other comments well I'll simply say that I support the project not that it really matters what the mayor supports because i do not have a vote unless there's a tie but i've been going to that shopping center for 44 years and it has not changed in 44 years and this is an opportunity not just for housing but 19 units of affordable housing and it is in my opinion a lost opportunity to not take advantage of the project as it has been presented to us and so i will thank you for the effort and the money that you invested in bringing If there's no other questions, I will ask if there is a motion for the special exceptions. Council Member Bates.

Billy BatesI move that the City Council adopt the attached resolution to approve the request of combined courthouse LLC by Molly Novotny, agent for special exceptions to allow more than 25% of the ground floor to be residential uses and or residential accessory uses to allow for greater than 24 dwelling units per acre. to exceed the maximum height of 48 feet in the old town fairfax transition overlay district to reduce the 10-foot sidewalk requirement to allow street trees to be more than 15 feet back 15 feet from back of curb to waive the sidewalk requirement to not provide sidewalks on both sides of local streets to exceed the maximum lot coverage of 90 percent to allow less than 80 percent of each upper story to have an interior clear height floor to ceiling of at least nine feet

Anthony AmosI move that the city council adopt the attached resolution to deny the request of combined courthouse LLC by Molly Novotny agent for special exceptions to allow more than 25% of the ground floor to be residential uses and or residential accessory uses 24 dwelling units per acre to exceed the maximum height of 48 it