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Hull Street Road Revitalization Plan Overview of planning area Building Size & Use Structures in the Hull Street Road corridor study area are predominantly commercial and feature a mix of large, medium, and small “one story” sizes. Although the buildings are functionally one story, many have parapet walls that make them appear taller. The median size of all buildings in the study area, measured in building square footage, is 3,419 square feet. The largest structure is Haynes Plaza at the Chippenham Parkway intersection. Other large structures include the Food Lion, Skateland rollerskating rink, Elkhardt Middle School, and the Route 360 Shopping Center. Residential buildings fronting Hull Street Road mainly include one-story ranch-type homes, although there are a few two-story structures, as well as a trailer park and a vacant apartment complex. acres. Two other large parcels surround Elkhardt Middle School. The smallest parcel is 0.16 acres in area and is located at the southwestern end of a small, partially vacant strip mall across from the Food Lion. For the Chesterfield portion of the Hull Street Road study area, the median size of all the commercial and residential parcels is 1.57 acres. The largest parcel, encompassing 11.17 acres, is owned by the Kemlake Corporation of Virginia Beach, Virginia, and is located at the Hull Street Road and Turner Road intersection. This parcel is behind the Bliley Funeral Home at 7000 Hull Street Road. The smallest parcel in the Chesterfield section of the study area [0.06 acres] is located at the intersection of Hull Street Road and Goodes Bridge Road and is owned by the Commonwealth of Virginia. 8 Building Condition For the Richmond portion of the Hull Street Road corridor study area, the average size of all commercial and residential parcels is 2.53 acres, with the largest parcel located at the southeastern corner of the Hull Street Road and Warwick Road, encompassing approximately 24.71 Building conditions were assessed using criteria developed by Peter Dunbar and Associates. 9 Most of the commercial structures appear to have been built in the post-World War II period, and many date back to the 1970s based on design elements and building appearance. They Map 5: City of Richmond and Chesterfield County land uses. 8 See Appendix A for map of corridor parcels and existing buildings Page 15 9 See Appendix C for Dunbar criteria and results
Hull Street Road Revitalization Plan Overview of planning area are, for the most part, in relatively good condition and are primarily masonry, with very few structural defects. Most of the non-structural design elements are outdated, and in need of maintenance and repair. Property surrounding the structures in the corridor, including landscaping and parking lots, are generally in poor condition. The relatively few residential structures in the study area consist mainly of detached single family homes with the exception of the mobile home park and the abandoned apartment complex called Pinebrook Estates. Chippenham Place Apartments are located near the Hey Road intersection. Taken as a group, the residential structures appear to require fairly substantial upgrades. Most of the commercial structures along Hull Street Road, especially in the City of Richmond, appear qualify as inner-ring suburban development. For the most part, these buildings are in good structural shape but the buildings’ aesthetics have declined since construction. Many commercial structures display a strip-mall construction of masonry with metal awnings hanging over the sidewalk. Very few buildings have any form of maintained vegetation, including parking lot screening or ornamental landscaping. Several buildings in the study corridor are vacant and have overgrown vegetation, which includes grass sprouting through the cracks of the parking lot asphalt. Other buildings appear to be in use for other activities not associated with the former business. There is an overall lack of unifying or identifying landscaping along the corridor. There are no street trees, aside from those found on vacant wooded lots creating feeling of exposure for both drivers and pedestrians. Some of the buildings are not oriented to the street and are often separated from the street with parking lots of varying size. These parking lots do not have any screening to enhance the view from the street. The small strip mall fronting the Pinebrook Estates property graphically illustrates these deficiencies; it is difficult to see the business from the westbound lanes. The corridor is lined with mismatched signage that creates visual clutter. Some signs remain for commercial buildings that are no longer standing. Page 16
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