Title
Ordinance To Amend And Re-Enact Chapter 3 Sections 3-1, 3-2, and 3-3 Of The Zoning Ordinance Of The City Of Hampton, Virginia Entitled “Uses Permitted” By Amending Section 3-1 Pertaining To Uses Permitted In General, Section 3-2 Table of Uses Permitted, and Section 3-3 Additional Standards for Storage Facilities
Purpose
Background Statement:
This proposal would add Storage Facility 1 and Storage Facility 2 to the use table, as well as change the current "storage facility" to Storage Facility 3. Additionally, this amendment would add to the intent statement of Chapter 3 Section 3-1 a discription of the purpose of the categories of uses, such as “Residential - 1, 2 & Multifamily” and “Retail Sales, Services & Office”, within the Use Table. In providing purpose to the categories, any reference of the categories in other parts of the ordinance or contemplation of zoning matters becomes more legally defensible.
This amendment also includes changes that affect the future physical development and land use in the City of Hampton. As the Commission and City Council are well aware, in recent years, development of self-storage facilities has taken a new shape. Modern facilities have come to look much more like an office building than the single story, scattered warehouse self-storage facilities of decades past. In two cases, the E-Commerce Center and Gunsmoke, we have seen facilities incorporate an element of mixed-use. Understanding that form and mixture of uses are essential elements in determining the right location for development and supporting the type of environment the envisioned for different parts of the city, staff brings forward this amendment to create four types of self-storage.
If adopted the City would add Storage Facility 1, which is wholly enclosed and requires mixed-use within the building that addresses the street, is appropriate in the most districts, including areas intended for more active commercial areas, and Storage Facility 2, which is ...
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