Title
Ordinance To Amend And Reenact Chapter 8 Of The Zoning Ordinance Of The City Of Hampton, Virginia Entitled “Special Districts” By Amending Article 7 Entitled “Phoebus Districts” By Adding “PH-3 - Phoebus Commercial Transition District”
Purpose
Background Statement:
Phoebus Business (PH-1) was adopted in 2015 following the review and update of the Phoebus Master Plan (2007, as amended). This district focuses on development form in order to further the policies of the Master Plan, especially as it relates to enhancing the historic, main street pattern of the commercial core of Phoebus. Over the last few years, staff has brought forward a few tweaks to the district, as is common with new concepts and regulations. The City has also recognized new investment, seen additional inquiries, and received additional insight from the community. This amendment is in combination with a number of others intended to provide a better tool for implementing the Phoebus Master Plan and delivering appropriate regulation across the mixed-use center of Phoebus.
Based upon the Master Plan’s recommended development patterns creating a unique main street character founded in the neighborhood’s historic structure and coupled with the need to facilitate appropriate growth, three distinct districts are recommended for adoption. This specific amendment will add a new category to the special district table - the Phoebus Commercial Transition District (PH-3). The main intent of this new district is to create edges of the pedestrian oriented Phoebus mixed-use center while being more accommodating to vehicles and auto oriented commercial. The new PH-3 District will have the same permitted uses as the existing Phoebus Urban Core (PH-1) District; however, the differences between the districts will lie with the revised development standards.
More specifically, PH-3 permits setbacks from public right-of-ways that are 45’ in depth, which is much larger than PH-1 or PH-2 and allows enou...
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