COA Contact Us - City of Alexandria
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Re: Fw: <strong>COA</strong> <strong>Contact</strong> <strong>Us</strong>: Special use Permit #2010-0011 3<br />
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I Barbara Ross to: lindajc3<br />
CC: Ciry Council, Faroll Hamer<br />
04102i2010 04:56 PM<br />
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Dear Ms. Jacobs:<br />
This responds to your email to Mayor Euille enumerating concerns about the application for a new restaurant at 2312<br />
Mount Vernon Avenue. We too attended the open house hosted by Mike Anderson the other night and listened to<br />
the comments there. We thank you for the information you provided in your email and share with you the following:<br />
First, the applieation for the new restaurant is currently before the city as a special use permit, which is required for<br />
any restaurant in the CL zone. The SUP process is designed to ask the very questions you have raised and to<br />
determine as an overall matter whether the proposed use will be compatible with its surroundings. We are in the<br />
middle <strong>of</strong> that process now. The matter is scheduled for hearing on May 4 at the Planning Commission, and on May<br />
15 before <strong>City</strong> Council. You may participate in these public hearings, which are required precisely to allow all<br />
interested parties to speak and share their views with the decision makers.<br />
In addition, prior to the public hearings, Planning and Zoning staff will provide a staff report with its<br />
recommendations and, if the recommendation is for approval, with those conditions staff feels are necessary. Almost<br />
all restaurants in the <strong>City</strong> operate under the authority <strong>of</strong> a special use permit, and under those conditions imposed by<br />
the <strong>City</strong> to ensure that the operation will he able to cocxist with its neighbors and with the neighborhood as a wholc.<br />
Staff is currently reviewing the 2312 Mount Vernon Avcnue application and determining what impacts can be<br />
expected from the restaurant and whether there are conditions the <strong>City</strong> can require which will ameliorate those<br />
impacts. While it is too early in our work to determine precisely what any conditions for thc restaurant may he<br />
recommended, 1 can assure you that we are looking at the issues <strong>of</strong> restaurant hours, smoke and odors, traffic and<br />
parking, lighting in the parking lot and delivery locations and hours. In addition, it is a standard part <strong>of</strong> the SUP<br />
process and building permit process that restaurants must conlply with all aspects <strong>of</strong> the Building Code, the Fire<br />
Code, and Health Department regulations, including accessibility requirements. No restaurant may open that does<br />
not meet the requirements <strong>of</strong> those agencies, and they are reviewing the SUP application now.<br />
We hope this information is helpful to you and encourage you to continue to participate in the SUP process by<br />
sharing your views in the form <strong>of</strong> letters and testimony. If we can provide additional information to you, or answer<br />
any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us.<br />
Barbara Ross<br />
Deputy Director<br />
Planning and Zoning Department<br />
(703) 746-3802<br />
Faroll Hamer Fd~oll Hilnlcr<br />
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<strong>COA</strong> <strong>Contact</strong> <strong>Us</strong>: Special use Permit #2010-0011<br />
Linda Jacobs Bruce Condit to: williarn.euille 04/0212010 09.19 AM<br />
Please respond to Linda Jacobs Bruce Condit<br />
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