february 13, 2013 public hearing applicant: joseph castillo · 2013. 2. 13. · joseph castillo...

JOSEPH CASTILLO Agenda Item 5

5 February 13, 2013 Public Hearing

APPLICANT:

JOSEPH CASTILLO

PROPERTY OWNER:

EDDIE R. CREEKMORE, JR.

STAFF PLANNER: Carolyn A.K. Smith REQUEST: Conditional Use Permits (Automotive Repair Garage) ADDRESS / DESCRIPTION: 128 Dorset Avenue

GPIN: 14770411270000

ELECTION DISTRICT: BAYSIDE

SITE SIZE: 2.481 acres

AICUZ: Less than 65 dB DNL

The applicant requests a Conditional Use Permit for heavy automotive repair. Specifically, the applicant proposes to perform the following: the removal, repair, and rebuilding of all types of gasoline and diesel engines; work on automotive brake systems; and welding, cutting, and brazing for exhaust systems; and frame and body repair. The applicant has been performing motor vehicle repair services at this site since 2011. There are currently employees six people and has been performing automotive services on this site since 2011.

EXISTING LAND USE: automotive repair SURROUNDING LAND USE AND ZONING:

North: Auto repair / I-1 Light Industrial District South: Southern Boulevard

Paving operation / I-1 Light Industrial District East: Euclid Road

BACKGROUND / DETAILS OF PROPOSAL

LAND USE AND COMPREHENSIVE PLAN


Auto repair, communications tower, fuel / I-1 Light Industrial District

West: Dorset Avenue

Office warehouse, City equipment bulk storage / I-1 Light Industrial District

NATURAL RESOURCE AND CULTURAL FEATURES:

The site is within the Chesapeake Bay watershed. As it is almost entirely impervious, there do not appear to be any significant environmental or cultural features on the site.

COMPREHENSIVE PLAN: The Comprehensive Plan designates this area as Strategic Growth Area 4. The Pembroke Strategic Growth Area 4 Implementation Plan designates this site as part of the Central Village District. According to the plan, this district is envisioned as an eclectic, mid to low-rise commercial and urban-residential area. This district will include live-work, loft, and row-house residential buildings as well as smaller scale mixed-use commercial buildings and a sports arena (p. 29).

MASTER TRANSPORTATION PLAN (MTP) / CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM (CIP):

Euclid Road in the vicinity of this application is considered a two-lane undivided minor urban arterial. It is not included in the MTP. Dorset Avenue and Southern Boulevard in the vicinity of this application are considered two-lane undivided local streets. They are not included in the MTP. A roadway CIP project is slated for this area. Witchduck Road - Phase II (CIP 2-025) will provide a six-lane divided roadway on a 131 foot right-of-way from I-264 to Virginia Beach Boulevard and a multi-use path and sidewalk. The project will also include improvements/modifications to Cleveland Street, Mac Street, Pennsylvania Avenue, and Southern Boulevard. This application will not be impacted by the CIP project.

TRAFFIC: Street Name

Present Volume

Present Capacity Generated Traffic

Euclid Road

6,299 ADT 1

7,300 ADT 1 (Level of

Service “C”) - 13,100 ADT

1 (Level of Service

“E”)

Existing Land Use 2 – 30 ADT

Proposed Land Use 3 – 30 ADT

Dorsett Avenue/Southern Boulevard

No Data Available

1 Average Daily Trips

2 as defined by light automobile repair

3 as defined by heavy automobile repair

WATER & SEWER: This site is already connected to both City water and sewer.

IMPACT ON CITY SERVICES


Staff recommends approval of this request with the conditions below. The current use in this area, as well as the applicant’s proposal, does not fit the vision of the Central Village District of the Pembroke Growth Area 4 Implementation Plan (SGA 4). However, it is understood that plans calling for transformation as envisioned in the SGA 4 Implementation Plan take time to become reality, and uses such as the applicant’s will continue in this area until market forces, private-sector development trends, and public policy create the energy necessary to redevelop this area. Staff concludes that the applicant’s proposal, therefore, is acceptable with the conditions listed below.

1. All motor vehicle repair must take place inside the building.

2. No outside storage of equipment, parts, or materials shall be permitted.

3. No outside storage of vehicles in a state of obvious disrepair shall be permitted. If vehicles in this condition require storage, then such vehicles shall be stored within the building.

4. No tires for sale, merchandise, or parts shall be displayed or stored outside.

NOTE: Further conditions may be required during the administration of applicable City Ordinances and Standards. Any site plan submitted with this application may require revision during detailed site plan review to meet all applicable City Codes and Standards. All applicable permits required by the City Code, including those administered by the Department of Planning / Development Services Center and Department of Planning / Permits and Inspections Division, and the issuance of a Certificate of Occupancy, are required before any uses allowed by this Use Permit are valid.

The applicant is encouraged to contact and work with the Crime Prevention Office within the Police Department for crime prevention techniques and Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) concepts and strategies as they pertain to this site.

EVALUATION AND RECOMMENDATION

CONDITIONS


AERIAL OF SITE LOCATION


LOCATION ON PARCEL OF PROPOSED USE


ZONING HISTORY

# DATE REQUEST ACTION

1 12/07/10 04/13/10

CUP (church) CUP (church)

Granted Granted

2 10/26/10 CUP (church) Granted

3 03/10/98 CUP (auto repair garage) Granted

4 06/25/02 08/14/01

CUP (tattoo parlor) CUP (tattoo parlor)

Granted Granted

5 02/01/00 CUP (auto repair & car wash) Granted

6 07/02/91 CUP (bulk storage) Granted

7 08/08/88 CUP (communications tower) Granted

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DISCLOSURE STATEMENT

february 13, 2013 public hearing applicant: joseph castillo · 2013. 2. 13. · joseph castillo...

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