Title
Use Permit Application No. 17-00003 by Carol H. Wright to permit 3,600+ square feet of vehicle storage at 56 Tidewater Drive
Purpose
Background Statement:
The Use Permit Application No. 17-0003 is a request by Carol H. Wright to permit 3,600+ square feet of vehicle storage at 56 Tidewater Drive, which is off of Armistead Avenue near Commander Shepard Boulevard [LRSN: 6000763]. The subject property contains .49+ acres. The current business operation is located at 2941-2951 North Armistead Avenue, and the applicant is looking to relocate the current business operation from Armistead Avenue to 56 Tidewater Drive.
The property is currently zoned: Langley Flight Approach Mixed Business and Manufacturing (LFA-2), Magruder Visual Corridor Overlay (O-MVC), and Air Installation Compatible Use Zone (O-AICUZ) within noise contour (70-75 dB), which allows for vehicle storage with a use permit. If approved, the use permit would apply to 56 Tidewater Drive only. As with all use permits, if the business operator changes and a new vehicle storage operator occupies the subject property, the use permit remains valid so long as the use does not laps for longer than two years.
In the Hampton Zoning Ordinance, LFA-2 is a business and industrial zoning classification that best aligns with the land uses most appropriate adjacent to Langley Airforce Base (LAFB). In both the Hampton Community Plan, (2006 as amended) and the Zoning Ordinance, the O-MVC is identified as a strategic corridor for business and industrial uses, with emphasis on protecting the visual character along the Magruder Corridor. Lastly, the O-AICUZ classification identifies noise contours, which indicate the intensity of noise that could be heard from an aircraft. Since there is no building structure being proposed for development, there is no conflict or special consideration for the proposal as it relates to AICUZ.
The Hampton Community Plan (2006, as amended) recommends business/industrial land use for this site and most of the surrounding properties, with the exception of Langley Air Force Base - which is designated as military. The Community Plan recommends promoting high quality site design and site planning that is compatible with surrounding development and nurturing small and start-up businesses. Since the property falls within the AICUZ area, additional policy guidance comes from the Hampton-Langley Joint Land Use Study (JLUS) (August 2010). Through understanding, collaboration, and action - “the goal of the Hampton-Langley JLUS is to protect the viability of current and future missions at LAFB while accommodating local community growth, sustaining the economic health of the region, and protecting the health and safety.”
Staff recommends attaching several conditions based on the operational characteristics of the proposed use. The vehicle storage will be required to have fencing, a 100’ landscape buffer with additional plantings to ensure full screening of the use from Commander Shepard Boulevard and other standard conditions typically attached to a use permit for vehicle storage.
The proposed use permit is consistent with the City’s goals and policies, as outlined in the Hampton Community Plan (2006, as amended) and other policy documents.
Recommendations:
Rec
Staff Recommendation:
Approve Use Permit No. 17-00003 with eleven (11) conditions
Planning Commission Recommendation:
Approve Use Permit No. 17-00003 with eleven (11) conditions