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Rezoning Application by Marc Gloyeske, Representing NP Hampton Commerce Center, LLC, to Rezone +63.43 Acres Located at 700 and 750 Shell Road [LRSN: 1004270,13004501] , Commonly Known as the Former Site of the Virginia School for the Deaf, Blind, and Multi-Disabled, which Closed in 2008, and Including a Proposed Vacated Portion (+1.45 acres) of Pine Avenue, from One Family Residential (R-13) District to Light Manufacturing (M-2) District with Twelve (12) Proffered Conditions
Purpose
Background Statement:
700 and 750 Shell Road represent the property that made up the bulk of the former Virginia School for the Deaf, Blind, and Multi-disabled School. A portion of the Pine Avenue right-of-way is proposed to be vacated and is included as a part of the requested rezoning. An approximately 11 acre portion of the former school site is not included in the rezoning nor included in the proposed development.
The proposed development includes creating two (2) new lots: Lot A +33.68 acres and Lot B +29.75 acres. Each lot would contain a new multi-tenant industrial building: Building 1, +540,700 square feet on Lot A and Building 2, +300,600 square feet on Lot B. Proposed uses would focus on office, technology, research and development, light manufacturing/assembly, and warehouse storage uses as limited to those included in the proffer agreement. Approximately 5,600 SF of space in Building 1 would be dedicated towards Workforce Training and Development.
The Hampton Community Plan (2006, as amended) recommends business/industrial land use for this property. The Plan defines business/industrial as existing and future areas appropriate for employment centers, business parks, research and development, and manufacturing. The Plan also recognizes Aberdeen Road and W. Pembroke as business corridors, which are mostly influenced by commercial and/or industrial land uses.
Located near the intersection of Aberdeen Road and W. Pembroke Avenue, the subject site is strate...
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