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Rezoning Application by Old Town Development LLC and Rob the Builder Inc to Rezone Parcels at 1538 W Queen Street [LRSN 2000007] and 1540 W Queen Street [LRSN 2000006] Totaling +4.28 acres from Multiple Residence [R-M] District and One-Family Residence (R-13) District to Multiple Dwelling (MD-4) District with Proffered Conditions
Purpose
Background Statement:
This is a request to rezone +4.28 acres at 1538 and 1540 W. Queen Street, just east of Pine Chapel Baptist Church from Multiple Residence (R-M) District and One-Family Residence (R-13) District to Multiple Dwelling (MD-4) District with proffered conditions. Approval of this application would permit development of 38 apartment units distributed between two (2), four-story buildings.
The Hampton Community Plan (2006, as amended) recommends high density residential for the majority of this property to support increased housing density in a higher quality development for this area on the edge of Coliseum Central. The prevailing existing land use pattern on the north side of this segment of W. Queen Street (between I-664 and Power Plant Parkway) consists of apartments, townhouses, a church, and a lodge. The rear portion of the subject property, located along Newmarket Creek, is recommended as open space by the Plan. Although the total acreage is +4.28, the applicant is concentrating the proposed development on only one (1) acre of land, adjacent to W. Queen Street and outside of the Chesapeake Bay Preservation District. The remaining 3+ acres consists of a portion of Newmarket Creek, tidal wetlands, and buffer area that will not be impacted by the proposed development, except for providing access to the creek.
The proposal includes 38 residential apartment units equally divided between two (2), four-story buildings and an adjacent parking area. Building exteriors would be finished in high quality architectural materials, including brick, fiber cement siding, architectural asphalt shingles and stan...
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