Boulevard Marketplace Shopping Center GDP Amendment

The Boulevard Marketplace Shopping Center GDP Amendment concerns a request by ABTB Mid-Atlantic, LLC to amend the General Development Plan for the shopping center at 10120 and 10140–10160 Fairfax Boulevard (Tax Map Parcels 47-4-23-000-A and 47-4-23-000-D) in order to construct a 2,090-square-foot Taco Bell restaurant with a drive-through and walk-up window. The project also required a Special Use Permit for the drive-through, a Special Exception for reduced interior parking landscaping islands, and a Major Certificate of Appropriateness for architecture and landscaping. On September 9, 2024, the Planning Commission unanimously recommended City Council approval of the GDP amendment (GDP dated August 19, 2024), while deferring action on the remaining three approvals. On December 10, 2024, the City Council approved all four items — adopting Ordinance No. 2024-14 for the GDP amendment, approving the Special Use Permit and Certificate of Appropriateness, and adopting Resolution R-24-39 for the Special Exception — each on a 4-2 vote, with Council Members Lim and Stehle opposed.

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• Meeting history — every action, vote, and update, with links to the moment in the meeting video
• Positions & open questions

2024-09-09 — Planning Commission Regular Meeting/Work Session

Agenda item 6a: Request from ABTB Mid-Atlantic, LLC for GDP Amendment, Special Use Permit (drive-through restaurant), and Special Exception (parking landscaping) – Boulevard Marketplace Shopping Center, 10120 & 10140-10160 Fairfax Boulevard (watch the moment)

• Outcome: Planning Commission recommended City Council approve the General Development Plan amendment (GDP dated August 19, 2024) for Tax Map Parcels 47-4-23-000-A and 47-4-23-000-D. Motion carried 7:0. No action taken at this meeting on the Special Use Permit, Special Exception, or Major Certificate of Appropriateness.
• Vote (passed): Motion by Ms. Lockhart, seconded by Mr. Coleman, to recommend City Council adopt the attached resolution approving the GDP amendment for ABTB Mid-Atlantic, LLC at 10120 and 10140-10160 Fairfax Boulevard (Tax Map Parcels 47-4-23-000-A and 47-4-23-000-D). — Feather: yes, Briggs: yes, Coleman: yes, Cunningham: yes, Denton: yes, Lockhart: yes, Rice: yes
• [6a] The Planning Commission voted 7:0 to recommend City Council approve the General Development Plan amendment for Boulevard Marketplace Shopping Center, allowing a 2,090-sf restaurant with drive-through and walk-up window at 10120 Fairfax Boulevard.
• Status after: approved

2024-12-10 — City Council Meeting

Agenda item 8a: Public hearing on ABTB Mid-Atlantic, LLC request — Boulevard Marketplace Shopping Center (Taco Bell drive-through): GDP amendment, Special Use Permit, Special Exception, and Certificate of Appropriateness

• Outcome: All four motions approved 4-2 (Lim and Stehle opposed). Ordinance No. 2024-14 adopted for the GDP amendment; Special Use Permit approved for drive-through restaurant; Resolution R-24-39 adopted for special exception on parking landscaping; Certificate of Appropriateness approved.
• Vote (passed): Motion to adopt Ordinance No. 2024-14 approving the General Development Plan amendment for Boulevard Marketplace (10120 and 10140-10160 Fairfax Boulevard). — Bates: yes, Doyle Feingold: yes, Greenfield: yes, Lim: no, Ross: yes, Stehle: no
• Vote (passed): Motion to approve the Special Use Permit for a drive-through restaurant facility at 10120 Fairfax Boulevard (Tax Map 47-4-23-000-D). — Bates: yes, Doyle Feingold: yes, Greenfield: yes, Lim: no, Ross: yes, Stehle: no
• Vote (passed): Motion to adopt Resolution R-24-39 approving the Special Exception for interior landscaped parking islands at 10120 Fairfax Boulevard. — Bates: yes, Doyle Feingold: yes, Greenfield: yes, Lim: no, Ross: yes, Stehle: no
• Vote (passed): Motion to approve the Major Certificate of Appropriateness for architecture and landscaping at 10120 Fairfax Boulevard. — Bates: yes, Doyle Feingold: yes, Greenfield: yes, Lim: no, Ross: yes, Stehle: no
• [8a] The General Development Plan amendment for Boulevard Marketplace was approved 4-2, allowing a Taco Bell drive-through restaurant at 10120 Fairfax Boulevard.
• Status after: approved

Open questions

No unresolved questions recorded.

Member commentary

• Lim — Council Member Lim voted no on all four approvals at the December 10, 2024 City Council meeting — the GDP amendment, Special Use Permit, Special Exception, and Certificate of Appropriateness — but no specific comments are recorded in the material.
• Stehle — Council Member Stehle voted no on all four approvals at the December 10, 2024 City Council meeting — the GDP amendment, Special Use Permit, Special Exception, and Certificate of Appropriateness — but no specific comments are recorded in the material.
• Lockhart — Planning Commissioner Lockhart made the motion on September 9, 2024 to recommend City Council approval of the GDP amendment, which passed 7-0.
• Coleman — Planning Commissioner Coleman seconded Ms. Lockhart's motion on September 9, 2024 to recommend City Council approval of the GDP amendment.