Title
Rezoning Application No. 16-00004 by the City of Hampton to rezone 33.5± acres including a portion of LRSN 13003672 (the portion including but not limited to the buildings addressed as 55, 57 and 61 Patch Road) and a portion of LRSN 13003682 (the portion including but not limited to the buildings addressed as 102, 106 and 110 Pratt Street; 100, 102, 104, 106, 108 and 110 Eustis Lane; 318 Cornog Lane; 12 and 16 Murray Street; 21 North Gate Road; and 59 Patch Road), as shown on the attached map, from One Family Residential (R-13) District to Fort Monroe North Gate (FM-3) District
Purpose
Background Statement:
The Hampton Community Plan (2006, as amended) recommends military land use for this area but is proposed to be amended by concurrently-advertised Fort Monroe Land Use Plan (2016), which recommends mixed uses with a focus on employment for this area. This rezoning is a zoning map amendment that identifies the boundaries of the new FM-3 zoning district and accompanies the adoption of the zoning ordinance text amendments associated with Fort Monroe including ZOAs 182-2016, 183-2016, 184-2016, 185-2016, 186-2016, and 187-2016. Together, all of the amendments will constitute a new base zoning district for this part of Fort Monroe.
Rezoning Application No. 16-00004, as well as the accompanying zoning ordinance amendments, implements the recommendations of the Fort Monroe Land Use Plan (2016) which was developed in response to the closure of Fort Monroe as a military base. The plan recognizes the establishment of the Fort Monroe National Monument, identifies a new mixed-use community, and recommends the preservation of the historic and natural resources found on the Fort Monroe property.
Specifically, this proposal would rezone a portion of Fort Monroe from One Family Residential (R-13) District to Fort Monroe North Gate (FM-3) District. The intent of the FM-3 District is to promote employment uses through the re-use of existing buildings and new constr...
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