• Request: rezone 32 acres from PD-OP (Office Park) to R-16 (Residential) & PD-CC-CC (Commercial Center) –

128 multifamily units & 260,000 sf retail and office uses

• Special Exception: office in excess of 10% commercial area

• 2 zoning modifications requested:

1.) reduce perimeter buffer between commercial area and adjacent residential uses

2.) increase size of commercial district from 20 acres to 21 acres

• Revised General Plan – Keynote Employment – regional office / research & development uses

APPLICATION REQUEST / BACKGROUND

SUBJECT SITE / SURROUNDING AREA

Waxpool Road

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Vill.

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SITE LAYOUT

Ashburn Center (office under construction)

Farmwell Hunt

TRANSPORTATION IMPACTS / IMPROVEMENTS

•Proposal generates 11,234 trips – reduction of 2,000 trips – approved office

•Applicant constructing 2 lanes of a 4-lane section across Waxpool Rd. & Ashburn Village Blvd. frontages

•Contribute $500 / unit ($64,000) transit

•Contributions for traffic signals

Waxpool Road

• PC reviewed applications on September 17 – no one from public spoke

• Applications forwarded to Committee for further discussion

• Application changes: reduced # of units, increased open space, enhanced floodplain buffer, agreed to Farmwell Hunt HOA recommendations

• Based on changes, PC maintained that proposal more appropriate than approved office use

• PC forwarded applications with a recommendation of approval (7-1-1 Ruedisueli opposed, Whitmore absent)

PC REVIEW & RECOMMENDATION

• Keynote policies do not support residential uses

• Keynote supports limited retail / service uses (10%) Application proposes excess retail (45%)

• Current PD-OP zoning conforms with Plan policies

OUTSTANDING STAFF ISSUES

Staff cannot support applications based on land use issues

ZMAP 2006-0003SPEX 2007-0004

Board of Supervisors November 13, 2007 Public Hearing

MORLEY CORNERMORLEY CORNER

ILLUSTRATIVE

ADJACENT PROPERTY

Farmwell Hunt detention pond / subject site