Title
To authorize the special use of the properties known as 2801 East Main Street, a portion of 2823 East Main Street and a portion of East Cary Street for the purpose of permitting a multifamily dwelling with up to 65 dwelling units and principal uses permitted in the B-5 district, upon certain terms and conditions. (As Amended)
Body
Department of Planning & Development Review
Staff Report
To: City Planning Commission
From: Land Use Administration
Date: April 21, 2014
PETITIONER
David White, Rocketts View SCP, L.P.
LOCATION
2801 East Main Street, a portion of 2823 East Main Street and a portion of East Cary Street
PURPOSE
The proposed special use permit would permit a 16-story mixed-use residential building in an existing M-1 Light Industrial Zoning District, which does not permit the proposed residential use.
SUMMARY & RECOMMENDATION
The subject property consists of a parcel of land containing 0.746 acres and a portion of East Cary Street, located at the corner of East Main Street and Pear Street in the Shockoe Bottom neighborhood. Abandonment of the East Cary Street right-of-way east of Pear Street and acquisition of the right-of-way by the applicant is necessary to develop the property as proposed.
The special use permit would authorize the construction of a mixed-use building with up to 65 condominium dwelling units and commercial uses permitted in the B-5 Central Business District on the first and second floor along Pear Street. A surface parking lot would be permitted between the new building and East Main Street to serve the apartments located on the adjacent lot to the east. The new building would be authorized to be up to 16 stories as measured adjacent to the building along its northern elevation.
The subject property was inadvertently omitted from the October 2008 version of the Richmond Downtown Plan, but was subsequently included in the Urban Center Area of the Downtown Character Map as part of the July 2009 amendment to th...
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