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Working Group Meeting #2

July 14, 2016 Parks Operations Bldg.

Meeting Agenda

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7:05 pm Opening Comments 7:10 pm Follow-up from Previous Meeting 7:15 pm Presentation: Environmental Background 8:15 pm Presentation: Planning & Zoning Background 9:00 pm Presentation: Planning History 9:30 pm Public Comment 10:00 pm Adjournment

Follow-up Items

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• Working Group Meeting Dates
• Agenda for 7/27 Working Group Meeting
• Updates on ongoing projects
• Introduction of Consultant Team
• Team members
• Relevant work experience
• Review Scope of Work
• Updates to the 4MRV web page:
• Comment/Question Matrix
• Trade Center Master Plan
• Park maps
• Ownership / current uses
• Anticipated Phase I park redevelopment

Park Ownership Map

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Phase 1 Park Redevelopment

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Upcoming Meeting

Wednesday, July 27, 2016 Parks Operations Building 2700 South Taylor Street For more information:

http://projects.arlingtonva.us/plans-studies/four- mile-run-valley/

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Environmental Background

Stormwater and Streams

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Outline

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• Stormwater program overview
• Resource Protection Areas
• Floodplain Management Ordinance
• Stormwater Management Ordinance
• ‘Illicit discharges’ and pollution ‘hot spots’
• Four Mile Run Restoration Master Plan

Arlington Stormwater Facts

• 220,400 people
• 26.5 square miles
• ~8,300 persons/square mile
• 42% impervious cover
• 370 miles of storm sewers
• 32 miles of perennial streams
• 44% tree canopy cover

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ADD SW MAP

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Storm drain system

Underground storm drain pipes Watershed boundaries

Water quality impacts from stormwater

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• Stormwater runoff erodes local

streams, carries sediment, nutrients, bacteria, petroleum, and litter downstream, kills trees, affects habitat for aquatic organisms, and damages sewer lines

• Sediment and nutrients are major

pollutants of concern for Chesapeake Bay

Stormwater program goals

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• Protect public health, safety, and

property

• Reduce development impacts on water

quality in local streams, the Potomac River, and the Chesapeake Bay

• Comply with state and federal regulations
• Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System

(MS4) permit

• Chesapeake Bay cleanup requirements
• Floodplain management

Basic program elements

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• Stormwater infrastructure
• Flood risk reduction
• Adding stormwater management for existing

development

• Regulation of new development
• Stream restoration
• Pollution prevention for public and private

activities

• Outreach, education, and monitoring

Stormwater Master Plan

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• Adopted by County Board September

2014

• Evaluates current state of stormwater

management and condition of storm sewers, streams, and watersheds

• Provides comprehensive framework

for managing stormwater, streams, and watersheds for next 20 years.

• Incorporates 3 technical needs

assessment studies that identified priorities and led to current CIP project proposals:

• Stream inventory
• Watershed retrofit plans
• Storm sewer capacity analysis

MS4 permit and Chesapeake Bay cleanup requirements

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• Major program driver with

quantitative nutrient and sediment reduction requirements and regulatory deadlines

• Stormwater Master Plan and

CIP provide strategy and funding

• MS4 permit also requires a

broad range of programmatic and operational requirements to reduce stormwater pollution

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Resource Protection Areas (RPAs)

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Overview

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• Established under Chesapeake Bay Preservation

Ordinance

• 100’ buffer from the banks of a stream (wider

where steep slopes exist)

• Additional controls on development activity
• Goal is net stream buffer improvement in terms
• f vegetation and habitat
• Compatibility with streamside passive

recreation and aesthetic and habitat improvements

Exceptions Process

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• Exception required for projects that increase RPA

encroachment or impervious area, or move structures closer to stream

• Chesapeake Bay Ordinance Review Committee

reviews most exception requests associated with redevelopment in RPA

• Types of mitigation:
• Tree replacement or protection
• Overall vegetative enhancement
• Invasive plant removal/control
• Additional stormwater management

measures

• Enhanced erosion control measures during

construction

Floodplain Management Ordinance

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Overview

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• Residential development in or adjacent to

FEMA designated 100-year floodplain must meet these requirements:

• Lowest level elevation must be one foot

above 100-year flood elevation

• Footprint of structure must be at least 15

feet horizontally from floodplain

• Non-residential – Meet above OR flood-proof

structures.

• No encroachment in 100-year floodplain without

analysis demonstrating no significant impact

• New flood data will be used to update map in

study area – ~5 years

Stormwater Management Ordinance

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Overview

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• Required by State in response to

Chesapeake Bay cleanup requirements

• Arlington Stormwater Management

Ordinance adopted by County Board effective July 1, 2014

• Regulatory threshold is 2,500 SF of land

disturbance

• Stormwater management compliance

level of effort is driven by the increase in impervious cover for the project

Performance standard summary

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• 10% to 20% net pollutant load reduction.
• Protect downstream properties from increases

in runoff volume

• Control construction impacts
• Typical compliance techniques include:
• Stormwater planters
• Bioretention
• Pervious pavements
• Underground filter systems
• Infiltration

‘Illicit discharges’ and pollution ‘hot spots’

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Overview

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• MS4 permit requires programs to address

pollution incidents and potential pollution sources

• Combination of techniques, including

inspections, monitoring, and technical assistance and outreach

‘Hot spot’ inspections

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• Industrial and commercial facilities with high

pollution potential

• Auto-related businesses and restaurant strips

most common in Arlington

• Coordinate with multiple agencies to resolve

issues and conduct enforcement

Health Department, Fire Marshal Office, Code Enforcement, Solid Waste

Storm drain screening

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• Includes S. Four Mile Run Drive area
• Collection of stormwater and ‘dry weather’

samples

• Concentrated auto-related services contribute to

petroleum pollution seen in stormwater runoff

• Larger road network also a major source

Challenges

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• Existing, older development and site

constraints

• Lack of awareness
• Incidents often occur after hours
• Turnover of property managers and/or

tenants

• Limited enforcement authority

Redevelopment of sites will provide much stronger

• pportunity and authority to address pollutant

impacts.

Pollution Prevention

https://environment.arlingtonva.us/streams/prevent-pollution/

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• Targeted outreach to business community
• Educational materials and technical guidance
• Community meetings
• Collaboration between business community, civic

associations, and County

• Outreach to public
• How to report illicit discharges and prevent pollution

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Four Mile Run Restoration Master Plan

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Adopted in 2006

Four Mile Run

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Overview

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• Provides planning framework and vision

for ecological restoration, aesthetic and recreational enhancements along lower Four Mile Run, extending upstream to the lower part of the study area.

• The principles of the plan can be applied

throughout the study area.

Stream restoration principles

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• Streambank

naturalization and buffer enhancement

• Streamside

pathways and

• verlooks
• In-stream habitat

enhancements

• Educational

interpretation

• Maintenance of

flood capacity

Four Mile Run Design Guidelines

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Adopted in 2009

Infrastructure Re-Use / Modern Rustic

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Infrastructure Re-Use / Modern Rustic

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Green infrastructure emphasis

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• Bioretention

(rain gardens)

• Pervious

paving

• Green roofs

4MR Stream Restoration

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• Bank naturalization: remove rip rap,

terracing, living shorelines, invasive plant removal, native plantings

• Improved access: Viewing platform,

re-build bike trail

4MR Stream Restoration

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• Construction begins

August/September 2016

• Duration of 1 year
• Bike trail will be closed with

detour through Alexandria

4MR Stream Restoration

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• Public Spaces Master Plan Update

(POPS)

• Planning Context
• 2005 PSMP
• POPS Schedule
• Public Engagement
• Survey Results

PLANNING CONTEXT

Arlington County Comprehensive Plan

Urban Forest Master Plan Public Art Master Plan Natural Resources Management Plan

UPDATE

REFERENCE

Supporting Documents:

• CIP
• Sector Plans
• Area Plans
• Park Master

Plans

• Neighborhood

Conservation Plans, etc.

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2005 PSMP RECOMMENDATIONS

• Priority 3 - Emphasize Planning for Four Mile Run

(Recommendation 1.3)

• Complete the Four Mile Run Restoration Master Plan.
• Develop the long-term land use plan for the Shirlington Crescent/Four

Mile Run area.

• In concert with the long-term overall plan, develop a master plan for the

park land and visual and performing arts facilities between I-395 and Barcroft Park, including the existing Shirlington and Jennie Dean Parks and the five key, recently acquired parcels.

The master plan should emphasize the development of the area as an important recreational, cultural and environmental resource.

• Continue to acquire ownership or easements for land adjacent to both

sides of Four Mile Run.

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Best Practices Bench- marking

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Preliminary Recommendations Review Background Materials Community Needs Assessment Draft Plan

Site Evaluations

Analysis Input

Public Meeting Series 1 Statistically Valid Survey Stakeholder Interviews

WE ARE HERE

PROJECT SCHEDULE

Commissions + Board Reviews Winter Spring

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2016 Parks & Recreation Needs Assessment Survey

SURVEY OVERVIEW

About 7 pages 24 public spaces questions 10 demographics questions Distribution Mailed after Thanksgiving Method of Administration By mail, phone and Internet Random sample of residents living in the County Results Target: 800 responses Actual: 1,470 responses Confidence level: 95% Margin of error: +/- 2.5% overall

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Good representation throughout the County

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Location of Survey respondents

SURVEY RESULTS

Demographics

• Demographics of survey respondents accurately reflects the actual

population of the County

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SURVEY RESULTS

Demographics

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SURVEY RESULTS

Outdoor Facilities

• Households Have a Need for a Wide Range of

Outdoor Facilities

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SURVEY RESULTS

Outdoor Facilities

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SURVEY RESULTS

Outdoor Facilities

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SURVEY RESULTS

Indoor Facilities

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SURVEY RESULTS

Indoor Facilities

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SURVEY RESULTS

Indoor Facilities

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SURVEY RESULTS

Programs + Activities

• Households Have a Need for a Wide Range of Programs and

Activities

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SURVEY RESULTS

Programs + Activities

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SURVEY RESULTS

Programs + Activities

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SURVEY REPORT

The Survey Report and Cross Tabular Analysis are available at: https://projects.arlingtonva.us/public-spaces-master-plan-psmp-update/psmp-documents/

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Working Group Meeting #2

GLUP and Zoning Overview

July 14, 2016 Parks Operations Bldg.

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Overview of Planning and Zoning

• Comprehensive Plan overview
• Background
• Administration
• Implementation
• General Land Use Plan overview
• History
• Amendments
• Supporting plans and documents
• Typical components of various plans
• Zoning overview
• History of zoning
• Arlington County Zoning Ordinance
• 4MRV Study Area
• General Land Use Plan designations
• Zoning districts

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Comprehensive Plan

• Virginia Code requires all governing bodies to have an

adopted Comprehensive Plan

• Guides the coordinated and harmonious development

through public services and facilities

• Arlington County’s Comprehensive Plan was established

by resolution by the County Board in 1960 - called for the preparation of five elements

• Today, there are 11 separate elements of the

Comprehensive Plan

• Overall coordination of the Comprehensive Plan is within

CPHD

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Comprehensive Plan

Each element of the Comprehensive Plan is administered by a specific agency:

• CPHD
• General Land Use Plan – Planning Division
• Historic Preservation Master Plan – Neighborhood Services Division
• Affordable Housing Master Plan – Housing Division
• DPR
• Public Spaces Master Plan
• DES
• Master Transportation Plan – Transportation Division
• Storm Water Master Plan – Office of Sustainability and Environmental

Management

• Water Distribution Master Plan – DES Water, Sewers, Streets Bureau
• Sanitary Sewer Collection System Master Plan – Water, Sewers, Streets Bureau
• Recycling Program Implementation Plan and Map – Solid Waste Bureau
• Chesapeake Bay Preservation Plan and Ordinance – Office of Sustainability

and Environmental Management

• Community Energy Plan – Office of Sustainability and Envir. Mgmt

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Comprehensive Plan Implementation

• Zoning Ordinance and Map
• Subdivision Ordinance
• Capital Improvement Program

GLUP overview

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• General Land Use Plan:
• Is the County’s primary

policy guide for future development

• Establishes the overall

character, extent and location of various land uses

• Guides the County Board

in decisions on future development

• Is one element of the

County’s Comprehensive Plan

GLUP overview

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• History of the General Land Use Plan
• First GLUP adopted in August 1961
• GLUP amendments incorporated into 11 published

documents to date (1961, 1964, 1966, 1975, 1979, 1983, 1990, 1996, 2004, 2011)

• GLUP amendment map on-line is updated semi-

annually

• Amending the General Land Use Plan
• The GLUP may be amended to more clearly reflect the

intended use for a particular area through three processes:

• As part of, or an implementation recommendation

resulting from, a long-range planning process for a designated area (e.g. 4MRV study); or

• With a site plan or other development proposal

(typically where consistent with recommendations in an adopted plan)

• As a result of a Special GLUP Study based upon an

individual request (e.g. development proposal)

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GLUP Overview

Supporting Plans and Documents

• Sector Plans, Addenda, and Updates
• Courthouse Sector Plan Addendum: Courthouse

Square (2015)

• Rosslyn Sector Plan (2015)
• Area Plans
• Columbia Pike Neighborhoods Area Plan (2012)
• North Quincy Street Plan Addendum (2013)
• Western Rosslyn Area Plan (2015)
• Revitalization Plans
• Columbia Pike Initiative – A Revitalization

Plan, Update 2005

• Lee Highway/Cherrydale (1994)

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GLUP Overview

Typical Components of Various Plans

• Existing Conditions

Analysis

• Vision and Goals/Concept

Plan

• Policies/Elements of the

Plan:

• Land Use
• Height
• Open Space
• Transportation/Parking
• Urban Design
• Implementation

Illustrative Plan Crystal City Sector Plan

GLUP overview – 4MRV Study Area

80 GLUP Designation Zoning Typically Associated with Designation Range of Density or Typical Use

Public S-3A, S-D Parks, schools, parkways, major unpaved right-

• f-way, libraries and cultural facilities

Service Industry CM, M-1, M-2 Wholesale, storage and light manufacturing, including those related to construction activity Service Commercial C-1-R, C-1, C-1-O, C-2, C-O-1.0 Personal and business services Medium Residential RA7-16, RA6-15, RA-H Up to 37-72 dwelling units per acre

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Zoning Overview

• Zoning is a land use regulatory tool developed

in the early 20th Century

• Rooted in the Police Powers of the United States

Constitution

• New York City enacted the first zoning ordinance in

the United States in 1916

• Based on concept of separating land uses and

regulating placement of structures on the lot

• Euclidean zoning (e.g. R-districts, C-1, C-2, M districts in

Arlington)

• This model of zoning has evolved over the years to

many different models, allowing for:

• Mixed-use zoning (e.g. Arlington’s Metro corridors)
• Form Based Codes (e.g. Columbia Pike)
• Planned Unit Developments
• Cluster development

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Zoning Overview

• Enabling authority for Arlington’s Zoning

Ordinance comes from the Code of Virginia

• Ordinance includes text and a map
• Arlington’s first Zoning Ordinance was adopted

April 26, 1930, based on a “pyramid” structure

• ZO Substantially amended in 1950 and 2013

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Zoning Overview

• Zoning Ordinance is one tool to implement the

County’s Master Plan

• As part of development of a plan in Arlington, it is

typical to consider whether the Zoning Ordinance should be amended to implement the plan

• Arlington Zoning Ordinance includes 3 types of

use allowances:

• By-right uses – approved by Zoning Administrator

when in compliance with the Ordinance provisions

• Special Exception uses:
• Use permit – conditional uses, require approval by the

County Board and may include conditions to mitigate impacts

• Site plan – special exceptions, require Planning Commission

and County Board approval, and used in Arlington to implement incentive zoning enabled by VA Code

Zoning overview – 4MRV Study Area

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Zoning overview - public

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Zoning District Use Height Density

S-3A

• SF Residential (P)

35’ 3 ac/lot

• Group homes (U)
• Public, civic and institutional uses
• Community service (community and

recreation centers, libraries, museums, community pools, and similar) (P)

• Day care (U)
• Government facilities (fire and police

stations) (P)

• Parks and open space (P)
• Passenger terminals and services (U)
• Religious institutions
• Schools (U)
• Major and minor utilities (U)
• Publicly-owned parking area
• Recycling and waste transfer

45’ n/a

• Public, civic and institutional uses
• Colleges and universities (U)
• Hospitals (U)
• Social service institutions (U)

45’ 5 ac/lot

Uses most typically found in this district are shown in red; P=by-right; U=use permit

Zoning overview - industrial

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Zoning District Use Height Density

M-1

• Public, civic and institutional uses*
• Retail, office, hotel
• Industrial uses:
• Light industrial
• Manufacturing and production;

Warehouse

• Wholesale trade
• Recycling and waste transfer,
• Heavy industrial uses:
• Concrete batching (U)

75’ 1.5 FAR

M-2

• Public, civic and institutional uses*
• Retail, Office
• All industrial uses allowed in M-1, plus
• Heavy industrial uses:
• Asphalt processing and

manufacture (U)

• Wrecking and salvage yard (U)
• Concrete batching (P)

75’ 1.5 FAR

Differences between M-1 and M-2 districts are shown in red; P=by-right; U=use permit * See S-3A for examples of public, civic and institutional uses

Zoning overview - other

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Zoning District Use Height Density (du/ac)

C-2

Single family residential (P)

• 35’
• 7.26 du/ac
• Group living (U)
• Public, civic and institutional uses (U/P)
• Commercial, Office, Retail (U/P)
• Light industrial service (U/P)
• 45’
• 1.5 FAR
• Hotel (P)
• 45’
• 72.6 u/a

RA-H

• Multifamily residential (P)
• 35’
• 24.2 du/ac
• Multifamily (P)
• Multifamily residential and hotel (S)
• Public, civic and institutional uses (U/P)
• 35’ or 3½ stories
• 125’ or 12 stories
• 95’ or 10 stories
• 24.2 du/ac
• 72.6 du/ac
• n/a

RA7- 16

• Multifamily residential (P)
• Multifamily residential (S)
• Public, civic and institutional uses (U/P)
• 35’ or 3½ stories
• 95’ or 10 stories
• 95’ or 10 stories
• 24.2 du/ac
• 43.5 du/ac
• n/a

RA8- 18

• Single-family residential (P)
• Two-family residential (P/S)
• Townhouse (P)
• Multifamily residential (P)
• Multifamily residential (S – with ADU)
• Public, civic and institutional uses (U/P)
• 35’ or 3 stories
• 35’ or 3½ stories
• 40’
• 40’
• 60’
• 35’
• 8.7 du/ac
• 12.4 du/ac
• 36.3 du/ac
• 36.3 du/ac
• 45 du/ac
• n/a

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Working Group Meeting #2 Planning History

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Industrial Land Use and Zoning Study (2000)

• This study focused attention on the area’s potential for

redevelopment in the face of waning industrial use

• The study found that the County no longer needs industrial

uses* to perform successfully

• But, it also found that some industrial uses should potentially

be preserved because of their value to the County

• Such uses could potentially be incorporated into non-industrial

zoning districts through special exception processes with performance standards

• A major recommendation was to further study this area

* However, additional consideration of the Concrete Batching Plant is warranted.

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Nauck Village Center Action Plan

• The vision is for a mixed-use, pedestrian friendly environment

centered around a “town square” bordered by 4-5 story buildings with retail on the ground floor/housing above

• To the north of the square, the scale of development would

decrease with residential uses predominating

• To the south of the square, the scale of development would

increase with a greater emphasis on mixed-use development

• Roadway elements address the needs of pedestrian, bicycle

and vehicular traffic

• Urban design guidelines further the goal of an attractive and

vibrant mixed-use environment

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Nauck Village Center Action Plan (2004)

• Winner of a 2005 Virginia Chapter of the American Planning

Association Award

• Plan was adopted as a revitalization plan for the commercial

area of the Nauck neighborhood

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Nauck Village Center Action Plan

94 GLUP Designation Zoning Typically Associated with Designation Range of Density or Typical Use

Public S-3A, S-D Parks, schools, parkways, major unpaved right-of-way, libraries and cultural facilities Semi Public S-3A, S-D Countyclubs and semi-public recreational

• facilities. Church, private schools and private

cemeteries. Service Industry CM, M-1, M-2 Wholesale, storage and light manufacturing, including those related to construction activity Service Commercial C-1-R, C-1, C-1- O, C-2, C-O-1.0 Personal and business services Low Residential R-20, R-10, R- 10T, R-8, R-6, R-5 1-10 dwelling units/acre Low Residential R2-7, R15-30T 11-15 dwelling units/acre Low Medium Residential R15-30T, RA14- 26, RA8-18 16-36 dwelling units/acre Medium Residential RA7-16, RA6-15, RA-H Up to 37-72 dwelling units per acre Low Office- Apartment - Hotel C-O-1.5, C-O-1.0 Up to 1.5 FAR - commercial; 72 dwelling units/acre - residential; or 110 units/acre - hotel Medium Office- Apartment - Hotel C-O-2.5 Up to 2.5 FAR - commercial; 115 dwelling units/acre - residential; or 110 units/acre - hotel

GLUP

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Nauck Village Center Action Plan

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Nauck Village Center Action Plan

Town Square Final Draft Design

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Nauck Village Center Action Plan

Approved Projects:

• Towns of Shirlington
• The Shelton
• The Macedonian

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Shirlington Village PDSP

Trades Center

For illustrative purposes only

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Shirlington Village PDSP

PDSP = Phased Development Site Plan An overall development plan, encompassing several building sites under one ownership, that may be implemented over time. Typical Components:

• Building height, location, massing
• Overall density; use mix
• Street network
• Public open spaces
• Phasing plan

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Shirlington Village PDSP

GLUP: Low Office-Apartment-Hotel 1.5 FAR Commercial 72 units/acre residential 110 units/acre hotel Zoning: C-0-1.5 Total Development:

• 1,049 residential units
• 432,566 sf retail, including grocery store
• 585,111 sf office
• 57,000 sf library and theater
• 142 hotel rooms