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To authorize the special use of the properties known as 1809 and 1815 East Franklin Street for the purpose of uses allowed in the B-5 Central Business District, including dwelling units on the ground floor without the application of certain requirements of City Code ? 30-442.1(6), upon certain terms and conditions.
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WHEREAS, the owners of the properties known as 1809 East Franklin Street and 1815 East Franklin Street, which are situated in a B-5 Central Business District on part of a block that may be designated as street oriented commercial frontage subject to certain requirements of section 30-442.1(6) of the Code of the City of Richmond (2015), as amended, desire to use such properties for the purpose of uses permitted in the B-5 Central Business District, including dwelling units on the ground floor, which use, among other things, may not currently be allowed by section 30-442.1(6) of the Code of the City of Richmond (2015), as amended; and
WHEREAS, in accordance with section 17.11 of the Charter of the City of Richmond (2018), as amended, it has been made to appear that, if granted subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this ordinance, the special use granted by this ordinance will not be detrimental to the safety, health, morals and general welfare of the community involved, will not tend to create congestion in streets, roads, alleys and other public ways and places in the area involved, will not create hazards from fire, panic or other dangers, will not tend to overcrowding of land and cause an undue concentration of population, will not adversely affect or interfere with public or private schools, parks, playgrounds, water supplies, sewage disposal, transportation or other public requirements, conveniences and improvements, and will not interfere with adequate light and air; and
WHEREAS, (i) the City Planning Commission has conducted a public hearing to investigate the circumstances and conditions upon which the Co...
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