Title
To rezone the properties known as 1308 Sherwood Avenue [and 1213, 1215, 1217, 1219, 1221 and 1223 Brookland Parkway] from the R-3 Single-Family Residential District to the I Institutional District. (As Amended)
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O & R Request
DATE: June 12, 2014 EDITION:|910|
TO: The Honorable Members of City Council
THROUGH: Dwight C. Jones, Mayor
THROUGH: Byron C. Marshall, Chief Administrative Officer
FROM: Mark A. Olinger, Director, Department of Planning and Development Review
RE: To rezone the properties known as 1308 Sherwood Avenue and 1213, 1215, 1217, 1219, 1221, and 1223 Brookland Parkway from the R-3 Single-Family Residential District to the I Institutional District.
ORD. OR RES. No.
PURPOSE: To rezone the properties known as 1308 Sherwood Avenue and 1213, 1215, 1217, 1219, 1221, and 1223 Brookland Parkway from the R-3 Single-Family Residential District to the I Institutional District.
REASON: The subject property is zoned R-3 Single-Family Residential District, which does not permit the proposed facility to provide short-term, acute care, inpatient and outpatient programs designed to stabilize psychiatric patients.
RECOMMENDATION: In accordance with the requirements of the City Charter and the Zoning Ordinance, the City Planning Commission will review this request and make a recommendation to City Council. This item will be scheduled for consideration by the Commission at its September 2, 2014 meeting. A letter outlining the Commission's recommendation will be forwarded to City Council following that meeting.
BACKGROUND: The request is to rezone the property and construct a Virginia Treatment Center for Children psychiatric facility. The proposed facility would provide short-term, acute care, inpatient and outpatient programs designed to stabilize psychiatric patients. This hospital use is a permitted principal use in the I-district.
The subject property is currently in the R-3 district and consists of six (6) parcels fronting B...
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