Subject:
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Request Modifications of Requirements for New Police Station Related to Lot Coverage, Parking, and Location of a Masonry Screening Wall. Station will be located at 215 Center Street S and 114 Locust Street S.
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EXPLANATION AND SUMMARY:
The applicant, the Town of Vienna, requests modifications of requirements for lot coverage, parking, and a portion of a masonry screening wall not meeting setbacks. Modifications may be granted when "the most practical, efficient, or aesthetic development of the site involved cannot be achieved within the requirements of this chapter."
Lot Coverage
Per Sections 18-58.I and 18-33.F, maximum lot coverage allowed for the subject site is 25 percent. The applicant is proposing lot coverage of 69.8 percent, which includes the areas of the Bowman House, parking areas, public plaza, and proposed new police station. Staff finds that the excess in lot coverage is necessary in order to provide an adequately sized building and associated parking. Other amenities, such as the public plaza, which counts toward lot coverage, also contribute to a better quality project.
Parking
Section 18-130 of the Town Code requires one space for every 300 square feet of gross floor area for civic uses. Together, the police station and Bowman House require 105 parking spaces. A total of 63 spaces will be provided, which includes 41 spaces in the secure parking lot and 22 spaces in the visitor parking lot. The proposed parking provides four spaces more than the 59 spaces currently available, which includes 12 offsite spaces leased from Faith Baptist Church. If those spaces are not included, the new facility plan provides an increase of 16 parking spaces from what is currently available. With no proposed staff increases, the Police Department believes 63 spaces for the entire site is adequate.
Location of Masonry Screening Wall
Section 18-171 of the Town Code states the following:
"The setback and yard requirements of this chapter...
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