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Public Hearing for a Request for Modifications of Requirements Related to Lot Coverage, Frontage Improvements, Parking and Loading Standards, Landscaping, Buffering, and Bicycle Parking for Green Hedges School, Located at 415 Windover Ave NW.
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DATE(S) OF PRIOR COUNCIL CONSIDERATION OF THIS ISSUE:
Work session Aug. 24, 2026
EXPLANATION AND SUMMARY:
Green Hedges School requests modifications of requirements to implement a proposed modernization of its campus at 415 Windover Ave., NW. The modifications requested would:
Increase permitted lot coverage from the previously approved 31.11 percent to 47.8 percent, where 25 percent is otherwise permitted in the RS-12.5 zoning district.
Allow modified sidewalk and frontage improvements along Lewis Street, NW, and Windover Avenue, NW.
Eliminate the required loading space.
Eliminate required interior parking lot landscape islands.
Reduce portions of the required 15-foot landscape buffer.
Eliminate the required long-term bicycle parking.
The modifications are associated with an amendment to the school’s Conditional Use Permit, which the Board of Zoning Appeals (BZA) approved on June 17, 2026, subject to 19 conditions. The approved CUP allows phased increases in enrollment from 190 to a maximum of 210 students and in staffing from 42 to a maximum of 50 full-time equivalent employees, together with building, circulation, buffering, landscaping, and other campus improvements. These decisions are not under the purview of the Town Council and are therefore not part of this agenda; but the information is provided as context for the modifications requests.
The Planning Commission reviewed the requested modifications and vote 5-2 on February 11, 2026, to recommend approval subject to conditions addressing the relocation of a shed from a buffer area, acceptance and future restoration of modified buffers, installation of deferred plantings if Phase 2 is delayed, and sound-mitigation measures.
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