D O C K E T 

ALEXANDRIA  PLANNING  COMMISSION

REGULAR  PUBLIC  HEARING

TUESDAY,  OCTOBER 7,  1997

7:30 P.M.,  COUNCIL CHAMBERS
301 KING STREET, CITY HALL
ALEXANDRIA,  VIRGINIA

The Alexandria Planning Commission docket
is subject to change up to the time of the meeting.  
Planning and Zoning staff 
can provide information on changes.

The Planning Commission reserves the right to
vary the order of the meeting, if so announced.

Department of Planning and Zoning
301 King Street,  City Hall,  Room 2100
Alexandria,  Virginia
phone:  (703) 838-4666

09/24/97

1.	Call to Order.  

CONSENT CALENDAR:                                                                                                           
AN ITEM ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR  WILL BE HEARD ONLY IF SOMEONE
REQUESTS IT BE REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT DOCKET.  ITEMS NOT
REMOVED WILL BE APPROVED OR RECOMMENDED FOR APPROVAL AS A GROUP
AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING.

2.	SPECIAL USE PERMIT #97-0105 
	1000 NORTH HENRY STREET 
	McDONALDÕS RESTAURANT
Consideration of a request for a special use permit, with site plan, for construction and
operation of a restaurant, with a drive-through facility; zoned CRMU-H/Commercial
Residential Mixed Use, High.  Applicant: McDonaldÕs Corporation, by Nan E. Terpak,
attorney.

3.	SPECIAL USE PERMIT #97-0106 
	5311 DUKE STREET
	McDONALDÕS RESTAURANT
Consideration of a request for a special use permit, with site plan, for construction and
operation of a restaurant, with a drive-through facility; zoned CG/Commercial General. 
Applicant: McDonaldÕs Corporation, by Nan E. Terpak, attorney. 

4.	SPECIAL USE PERMIT #97-0107
	5400-5432 EISENHOWER AVENUE
Consideration of a request for a special use permit to allow a variety of uses and
request for reduction of off-street parking; zoned OCH/Office Commercial High. 
Applicant: Phillips Industrial Associates, by Nan E. Terpak, attorney.   

5.	SPECIAL USE PERMIT #97-0115 
	1464 NORTH BEAUREGARD STREET, #B
	HAMLET SHOPPING CENTER
Consideration of a request for a special use permit to operate a restaurant; zoned
CDD-4/Coordinated Development District, Winkler Tract.  Applicant: Starbucks
Coffee Company, by Herbert A. Heiserman, architect.  (Deferred from 09/97 docket)

6.	SPECIAL USE PERMIT #97-0125 
	3804 EXECUTIVE AVENUE
	PRESIDENTIAL GREENS APARTMENTS
Consideration of a request for a special use permit to expand a community center
(health care facility); zoned RA/Residential.  Applicant: Alexandria Health Department,
by Dr. Joshua Lipsman, Director.

7.	SPECIAL USE PERMIT #97-0127 
	625 FIRST STREET
	HOLIDAY INN
Consideration of a request for a special use permit to continue the operation of a hotel,
but to divide the operations between two separate special use permits; zoned
CD/Commercial Downtown.  Applicant: First Street Limited Partnership, by Charles
Henry Smith.

8.	SPECIAL USE PERMIT #97-0128 
	1107, 1109, 1111 PRINCESS STREET
	HABITAT FOR HUMANITY
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. 

9.	SPECIAL USE PERMIT #97-0129 	
	110 S FLOYD STREET
	LINDSAY CADILLAC
Consideration of a review of a special use permit for an automobile repair and storage
facility; zoned I/Industrial.  Applicant: Lindsay Cadillac Company, by J. Howard
Middleton, Jr., attorney.

CONSENT CALENDAR ACTION:

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END OF CONSENT CALENDAR.

UNFINISHED BUSINESS AND ITEMS PREVIOUSLY DEFERRED:                                  

10-A.	MASTER PLAN AMENDMENT #97-0004
	REZONING #97-0004
3900-4400 WHEELER AVENUE
Consideration of a request for an amendment to the Seminary Hill/Strawberry Hill
Small Area Plan Chapter of the 1992 Master Plan to change the land use designation
and to change the zoning designation of the subject property from UT/Utilities and
Transportation to I/Industrial.  Applicant:  AMT, LLC, by Katherine H. Hinken. 
(Deferred from 09/97 docket)

	APPLICANT REQUESTS DEFERRAL.

10-B.	SUBDIVISION #97-0009
	3900-4400 WHEELER AVENUE
Consideration of a request for subdivison; zoned UT/Utilities and Transportation. 
Applicant:   AMT, LLC, by Katherine H. Hinken.   (Deferred from 09/97 docket)

	APPLICANT REQUESTS DEFERRAL.

11.	REZONING #97-0002 
	700 NORTH ASHTON STREET
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.  Applicant:  Presidential Realty Corporation and Kent Lincolnia Joint
Venture, by Robert J. Test, attorney, Trustee.   (Deferred from 09/97 docket)

	APPLICANT REQUESTS DEFERRAL.

12.	SPECIAL USE PERMIT #97-0100
	516 SOUTH VAN DORN STREET, UNITS #A & #B
	VAN DORN STATION SHOPPING CENTER
	SANTA ROSA SEAFOOD
Consideration of a request for a special use permit to expand a restaurant, add seating,
change the hours of operation, and add a bar; zoned CG/Commercial General. 
Applicant:  Andy J. Chicas.   (Deferred from 09/97 docket)

	ACTION: _____________________________________________________________

NEW BUSINESS:                                                                                                                        

13.	SUBDIVISION #97-0010 
	2402 LESLIE AVENUE 
Consideration of a request for a subdivision; zoned R-2-5/Residential.  Applicant: Gene
M. Santucci, by Rick Dreist, R. C. Fields Jr., Engineers.

	ACTION: _____________________________________________________________

14.	MASTER PLAN AMENDMENT #97-0006 
	REZONING #97-0006
	134 NORTH PAYNE STREET
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.

	ACTION: _____________________________________________________________

15-A.	COORDINATED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT (CDD)CONCEPT PLAN
	370 HOLLAND LANE
	SHURGARD STORAGE
Consideration of a request for approval of a Coordinated Development District (CDD)
Development Concept Plan for the Shurgard Storage facility site.  Applicant: Shurgard
Storage Centers Inc., by Cyril D. Calley, attorney.

	STAFF REQUESTS DEFERRAL.

15-B.	SPECIAL USE PERMIT #97-0121 
	370 HOLLAND LANE 
	SHURGARD STORAGE
Consideration of a request for a special use permit, with site plan, to construct a
storage facility with office and retail space; zoned CDD-1/Coordinated Development
District, Duke Street.  Applicant: Shurgard Storage Centers Inc., by Cyril D. Calley,
attorney.

	STAFF REQUESTS DEFERRAL. 

15-C.	SPECIAL USE PERMIT #97-0124 
	300 HOLLAND LANE
	SHURGARD STORAGE/CARLYLE SITE
Consideration of a request for an amendment to a special use permit for the Carlyle site
to remove a portion of a lot from the boundaries of the Carlyle special use permit;
zoned CDD-1/Coordinated Development District, Duke Street.  Applicant: Shurgard
Storage Centers Inc., by Harry P. Hart, attorney, and Carlyle Development
Corporation, by Robert C. Harvey.

	STAFF REQUESTS DEFERRAL.

15-D.	VACATION #97-0004 
	370 HOLLAND LANE
	SHURGARD STORAGE
Consideration of a request for a vacation of a portion of the public right-of-way; zoned
CDD-1/Coordinated Development District, Duke Street.  Applicant: Shurgard Storage
Centers Inc., by Cyril D. Calley, attorney.

	STAFF REQUESTS DEFERRAL. 

16-A.	ENCROACHMENT #97-0009 
	1757 KING STREET
	METROPLACE
Consideration of a request for encroachment into the public sidewalk right-of-way for a
stormwater management facility;  zoned OCH/Office Commercial High.  Applicant:
Fairfield Communities Inc, by Jonathan P. Rak, attorney. 

	ACTION: _____________________________________________________________

16-B.	SPECIAL USE PERMIT #97-0104 
	1737-1767 KING STREET
	METROPLACE
Consideration of a request for a special use permit, with site plan, for construction of a
residential timeshare building; zoned OCH/Office Commercial High.  Applicant:
Fairfield Communities Inc, by Jonathan P. Rak, attorney, and King Street Metro, LP.,
by Harry P. Hart, attorney. 

	ACTION: _____________________________________________________________

16-C.	SPECIAL USE PERMIT #97-0132 
	1757 KING STREET
	METROPLACE - TMP
Consideration of a request for amendment to a special use permit for a transportation
management plan (TMP); zoned OCH/Office Commercial High.  Applicant:  Fairfield
Communities Inc, by Jonathan P. Rak, attorney, and King Street Metro, LP., by Harry
P. Hart, attorney. 

	ACTION: _____________________________________________________________

17.	SPECIAL USE PERMIT #97-0123 
	5701-A EISENHOWER AVENUE 
	SUMMERÕS GROVE				
Consideration of a request for amendment to a special use permit, with site plan, to add
electronic entry gates to a residential community; zoned OCH/Office Commercial High. 
Applicant: SummerÕs Grove Associates LLC, by John E. Cowles. 

	ACTION: _____________________________________________________________

18.	SPECIAL USE PERMIT #97-0133 
	1 EAST OXFORD AVENUE 
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.

	ACTION: _____________________________________________________________

19.	SPECIAL USE PERMIT #97-0135 
	312 CALVERT AVENUE
	CALVERT STORAGE
Consideration of a request for a special use permit, with site plan, to construct a
storage warehouse and office facility with a modification to the zone transition setback
requirement; zoned I/Industrial.  Applicant: Harry Braswell Inc, by R. J. Keller, R. C.
Fields Jr. Engineers.

	ACTION: _____________________________________________________________

20.	SPECIAL USE PERMIT #97-0137
	2201 EISENHOWER AVENUE & MILL ROAD
	MILL RACE - OLD TOWN COMMONS
Consideration of a request for a special use permit for a modular office structure for
business offices for marketing the proposed development of the site; zoned
CDD-2/Coordinated Development District, Eisenhower Avenue.  Applicant: Old
Town Development Company LLC , by Cryil D. Calley, attorney. 

	ACTION: _____________________________________________________________

21.	SPECIAL USE PERMIT #97-0126 
	1225 POWHATAN STREET; 1222 PORTNER ROAD
	DIXIE PIG RESTAURANT SITE
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.

	ACTION: _____________________________________________________________

22.	SPECIAL USE PERMIT #97-0130 
	1217 FIRST STREET
	ALEXANDRIA AUTO REPAIR
Consideration of a review 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.

	ACTION: _____________________________________________________________

23.	SITE PLAN #97-0015 
	2950 EISENHOWER AVENUE
	ATC PARKING LOT
Consideration of a request for a preliminary site plan to construct a surface parking lot
with approximately 117 spaces.  The property is located on the Alexandria Technical
Center complex.  The site area contains 2.93 acres; zoned OCM/Office Commercial
Medium.  Applicant: Simpson Development Company.  

	ACTION: _____________________________________________________________

24.	SITE PLAN #97-0018 
	1122-1124 KING STREET
	KANE BUILDING
Consideration of a request for a preliminary site plan to construct a 2 _ story addition
onto an existing building.  The property is located on the southeast corner of King
Street and South Fayette Street. The site area contains 0.05 acres; zoned
CD/Commercial Downtown.  Applicant: R. L. Kane Inc.

	ACTION: _____________________________________________________________

25.	SITE PLAN #97-0019 
	511 FOUR MILE ROAD
PORTALÕS EAST PARKING
Consideration of a request for a preliminary site plan to remove a swimming pool and
construct additional surface parking for an existing residential building; a modification to
open space is requested.  The site area contains 3.3 acres; zoned RC/Residential. 
Applicant: Gates Hudson. 

	ACTION: _____________________________________________________________

26.	Consideration of approval of the Planning Commission minutes of the regular meeting
of Tuesday, September 2, 1997.

	ACTION: _____________________________________________________________

27.	Administrative approvals:

The following special use permits have been approved by the Department of Planning
and Zoning:

		SUP #:		97-0028
		Location:	815 King Street
		Applicant:  	Ferrer Partnership
		Request:	Change of ownership of a restaurant

		SUP #:		97-0086
		Location:	300 North Lee Street
		Applicant:	Kinney System DC Inc.
		Request:	Change of ownership of a public parking lot

		SUP #:		97-0119
		Location:	1120 King Street
		Applicant:	The Sheldon Group
		Request:	Change of ownership of a restaurant

28.	Other Business.

29.	Adjournment.

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Attendance of Planning Commission Members: