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Hull Street Road Revitalization Plan
Overview of planning area
Spatial Structure
Location/Concentration of Uses & Adjacent Uses
Commercial structures and uses dominate the landscape of Hull Street
Road; however, there are pockets of residential development found
along the corridor in the City of Richmond. One of the houses appears
to be vacant, but the others are occupied. There is also an assisted
living or group home located at the intersection of Linwood Avenue and
Hull Street Road. In addition, there is a small mobile home park located
across from the vacant Pinebrook Estates apartment complex, as well
as Chippenham Place Apartments.
Some concentrations of related businesses are evident along the
corridor. Uses at the intersection of Warwick Road and Hull Street Road
are primarily convenience retail, including a Walgreens Pharmacy,
Valero gas station and convenience store, and Dollar General store.
A short distance west of the Valero station is the Salvage Barn, a
large warehouse-type store on the north side of Hull Street Road, and
some smaller adjacent businesses. Just past this intersection as one
travels west on Hull Street Road is a small cluster of motor vehiclerelated
businesses. These include Departure Bike Works immediately
behind the Valero station on the north side of Hull Street Road and
Hoyt’s tire shop, a short distance west on the other side of the street.
Businesses around Hoyt’s include a used-car sales lot located to the
west and a general auto repair shop across the street. Traveling west
along Hull Street Road, a sporadic pattern of auto repair shops and
automotive sales lots is found between Warwick Road and Chippenham
Parkway. In the Chesterfield portion of the corridor study area, a similar
automotive business cluster is found at the intersection of Hull Street
Road and Tacony Drive. Each of these light-industrial businesses
operates in close proximity to residential areas just off Hull Street Road.
The map on page 10 shows the locations of these concentrations and
buildings.
From Linwood Avenue west to Berrywood Road, uses remain generally
inconsistent and feature several light-industrial businesses. These
include Neat Sweep Chimney Sweep, located in a Cape Cod-style
house on the south side of Hull Street Road with a large, paved
employee and company vehicle parking lot behind it. Farther west, on
the north side of the road, is a Flowers bakery store, with an attached
distribution center for the company’s products. This is evidenced
by a large warehouse and loading dock with several delivery trucks
present. Just beyond the Flowers store are offices and workshops for
both Comfort First Heating & Air Conditioning and Adams Heating & Air
Conditioning. These heating and air conditioning companies are within
100 yards of each other, though Adams occupies a significantly larger
parcel and building.
Infrastructure
There is a noticeable lack of pedestrian amenities throughout the
corridor, including sidewalks, seating, lighting and buffers between
pedestrians and the street traffic. However, there are sidewalks,
crosswalks, and crossing signals present at the intersection of Hull
Street Road and Warwick Road. This location represents some of the
newer development in the corridor, and the sidewalks are in excellent
condition and include curb ramps to permit full access for those with
disabilities. The crossing signals were observed to function properly,
though the crosswalks are badly faded and in need of repainting.
The sidewalks end approximately a half mile west of the Warwick Road
intersection. The next occurrence of a sidewalk is on the south side of
Hull Street Road where a short spur connects the Chippenham Place
Apartments to a bus stop at the Orcutt Lane intersection. This provides
pedestrians with a relatively safe and direct path to a GRTC bus shelter
located at the end of this sidewalk. There are no sidewalks for the
remainder of the corridor as one proceeds west into Chesterfield County.
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