CITY OF FREDERICKSBURG

CITY COUNCIL

715 PRINCESS ANNE STREET

FREDERICKSBURG, VIRGINIA  22401

PUBLIC HEARING

February 28, 2012

7:30 P.M.

The City Council of the City of Fredericksburg will hold a public hearing and may take action on the following:

• Annual Action Plan for the Community Development Block Grant Program – Soliciting comments from the public on the development of the 2012-2013 Annual Action Plan for the expenditure of anticipated Community Development Block Grant funds

• Authorizing a deed for subordination for an emergency home repair lien at 808 Daniel Street

• Prohibiting the use of loudspeakers, amplifiers, and musical instruments plainly audible at a distance of fifty feet in the downtown business district by amending Fredericksburg City Code, Chapter 38, “Environment", Article II “Noise”, Section 38-36, “Specific Acts Prohibited.”

• Adopting a Tourism Plan, authorizing the Eagle Village Phase II Hotel project to meet a tourism deficiency identified in the plan, and approving an amendment to the Performance Agreement with the University of Mary Washington Foundation and the Economic Development Authority, to qualify the hotel project for State Economic Development Incentives

• Zoning Ordinance Text Amendment requesting to amend the City Code Chapter 78, Article III, “Zoning,” by amending the following sections: Commercial Downtown, Section 78-512, Permitted uses, by adding artist studio, arts center and related facilities and open air market as uses by right, and 78-513, Uses permitted by special use permit, by adding light warehousing, and light industry, and amending Section 78-1 Definitions, by adding a definition of Arts Center, Light Warehouse, Light Industry and Open air market

• Zoning Ordinance Text Amendment requesting to a amend the City Code Chapter 78, Article III, “Zoning,” by amending Section 78-118, Downtown Parking District Established, by expanding the boundaries of the parking district to include an area bounded by Kenmore Avenue, Lafayette Boulevard, Charlotte Street and the industrially zoned land located between Jackson and Spottswood Streets

• Zoning Ordinance Text Amendment requesting to a amend the City Code Chapter 78, Article III, “Zoning,” by amending Section 78-480, Permitted Uses, and Section 78-481, Uses Permitted By Special Use Permit, in the Commercial/ Office-Transitional Zoning District, (C-T) by adding the following uses: bed and breakfast, eating establishment, arts center, beauty and barber shop, tailor shop, dressmaking shop, shoe repair, laundromat, dry cleaner, repair service establishment, health and fitness club, child care center, museum, and multi-family dwelling units (except on the ground floor). Amend Section 78-481, Uses Permitted by special use permit, by adding the following use: retail sales establishment (excluding lumber/millwork and storage yards)

• A City initiated request to rezone the following properties from C-T, Commercial Transitional I-1, Industrial, C-H, Commercial Highway and R-8, Residential to C-D, Commercial Downtown:  

403 Sophia St., 401 Sophia St., 405 Caroline St., tax map 49-P2 (no address), 200 Lafayette Blvd., tax map 48-P2 (no address), tax map 48-P1(no address), 401 Princess Anne St., 411 Princess Anne St., 400 Princess Anne St., 404 Princess Anne St., 406 Princess Anne St., tax map 60-P1 (no address), tax map 60-P5 (no address), 405 Charles St., 401 Charles St., 406 Lafayette Blvd.,500 Lafayette Blvd., 512 Lafayette Blvd., 501 Lafayette Blvd., 502 Kenmore Ave., 510 Kenmore Ave., 514 Wolfe St., 507 Lafayette Blvd., 503 Lafayette Blvd., 505 Lafayette Blvd., 509 Lafayette Blvd., 509 Jackson St., 524 Wolfe St., 522 Wolfe St., 520 Wolfe St., 601 Jackson St., 600 Kenmore Ave., 616 Kenmore Ave., 618 Kenmore Ave., 622 Kenmore Ave., 632 Kenmore Ave., 700 Kenmore Ave., 608 Jackson St., 622 Charlotte St., 622 R Charlotte St., 600 Wolfe St., 601 Lafayette Blvd., 606 Wolfe St., 603 Lafayette Blvd., 607 Lafayette Blvd., 600 Lafayette Blvd., and 612 Lafayette Blvd., 600 Jackson St., 306-312 Frederick St., 318 Charles St., 316 Charles St. These properties are designated as Transitional/Office, General Commercial and Low Density Residential on the Future Land Use Map contained within the 2007 Comprehensive Plan.

The following properties are proposed to be rezoned from C-T, Commercial Transitional to C-D, Commercial Downtown:

207 Amelia St., 1122 Caroline St., 1104 Sophia St., 1107 Caroline St., 1109 Caroline St., 1111 Caroline St., 1113 Caroline St., 1115 Caroline St., 1117 Caroline St., 1119 Caroline St., 1100 Caroline St., 1110 Caroline St., 1114 Caroline St., 1118 Caroline St., 104 Lewis St., and 1114 Sophia St. These properties are designated as Transitional/Office on the Future Land Use Map contained within the 2007 Comprehensive Plan.

Copies of the full text of the above-listed items are available for public review in the office of the Clerk to Council, City Hall, Suite 208, 715 Princess Anne Street, Fredericksburg, VA or they may be viewed on the City’s website by directing your browser to http://www.fredericksburgva.gov the Friday before the Public Hearing, beginning at 11 a.m.

For additional information, contact Tonya B. Lacey, Clerk of Council, at 540-372-1010.  You may appear at the Council Chamber in the City Hall Building, 715 Princess Anne Street, Fredericksburg, Virginia, at the designated time to express your views.

ACCESSIBILITY TO PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES:  The hearings are being held at a public facility believed to be accessible to persons with disabilities.  Any persons with questions on the accessibility of the facility should contact Tonya B. Lacey, Clerk of Council, at 715 Princess Anne Street, Fredericksburg, Virginia, or by telephone at (540)-372-1010.  Persons needing interpreter services for the deaf must notify the Clerk of Council no later than Wednesday, February 22, 2012.