Title
Use Permit Application by Mr. William Felt, PE on Behalf of American Legion to Construct a New Building for the American Legion Post 48, Located at 115 S. Mallory Street [LRSN: 12001405] and 117 S. Mallory Street [LRSN: 12001406]
Purpose
Background Statement:
Use Permit Application No. 20-00008 is a request to allow the construction of a new building for the American Legion Post 48, located at 115 S. Mallory Street [LRSN: 12001405] and 117 S. Mallory Street [LRSN: 12001406]. The properties are zoned Phoebus Urban Core (PH-1) and are located within the Phoebus Master Plan (2007, as amended) boundaries. The Hampton Community Plan recommends mixed-use uses for this site and the Phoebus Master Plan recommends pedestrian-oriented “main street” character buildings.
The properties are currently vacant, located across from the Old Point National Bank on South Mallory Street in the core of Phoebus. The American Legion previously had their facilities at 221 East Mellen Street and will be relocating to this new building if built. The building proposed would span across the currently existing two lots, requiring a property line vacation in order to combine the lots into one. Once that is achieved, the building would be unable to comply with the base district development standards for occupying at least ninety percent of the front setback line while also complying with the maximum allowed width of a single building. The design of the building is also challenged by the presence of overhead utility poles at the corner of Lancer Street and South Mallory Street, requiring a building built away from that front corner property lines to accommodate the utility.
Due to these challenges, the applicant is requesting this use permit which allows the Planning Commission and City Council to consider alternative forms of development in relation to the adopted policies within the Hampton Community Plan (2006, as amended) and the Phoebus Master Plan (2007, as amended). The Phoebus...
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