19790918 1979-16aORDINANCE NO. 1979-16A
AN ORDINANCE TO REZONE FROM R-2 TO PD 12.2OO3 ACRES OF
LAND MORE OR LESS, LOCATED IN THE 3800 BLOCK OF CHAIN
BRIDGE ROAD AND SHOWN ON CITY TAX MAP AS 57-2-((2))-147,
158 and 159, AND TO ACCORDINGLY CORRECT THE ZONING MAP
OF THE CITY OF FAIRFAX, VIRGINIA (APPLICATION NO. Z-637-
79-I).
WHEREAS, Robinson & Thayer, Incorporated, contract-owner, has heretofore
iled with this Council a written application to have rezoned from R-2 to PD
2.2003 acres of land more or less, located in the 3800 block of Chain Bridge
, and shown on City tax map as 57-2-((2))-147, 158 and 159, and more
~articularly described as follows:
Beginning at an iron pipe set in a southwesterly line of Chain Bridge
Road, State Route #123, 25' from centerline, said pipe being a corner
between~Prichard and the land hereindescribed; thence from the point
of beginning, departing said southwesterly line of Chain Bridge Road
and running with the dividing line between Prichard and the land here-
indescribed S22o55'34"W and the same course continued with the
dividing line between McCandlish and the land hereindescribed, a
total distance of 523.00 feet to an iron pipe found, said iron pipe
being a corner between McCandlish and VanDyck; thence running with
the dividing line between VanDyck and the land hereindescribed
S22°42'18"W 124.57 feet to an iron pipe set at the northeast corner
to Trustees, Truro Episcopal Church; thence running with the dividing
line between Trustees, Truro Episcopal Church and the land herein-
described N66o26'45"W 282.05 feet to an iron pipe found in an
easterly line of Mosby Apt. Assoc; thence running with the dividing
line between Mosby Apt. Assoc. and the land hereindescribed
N29°56'50"E 236.01 feet to an iron pipe found, said pipe being a
corner to Rust; thence running with the dividing line between Rust
and the land hereindescribed N29°56'50"E 175.00 feet and N22ooo'oo"E
327.13 feet to a point on a curve lying in a southwesterly line of
aforesaid Chain Bridge Road, 25' from centerline; thence running with
a curve to the left of radius 180.O0 feet (having chord of l!3.40
feet, bearing S35o52'45"E) an arc length of 115.37 feet to an iron
pipe set at a point of tangency 25' from centerline; thence running
S54°14'26'1E 143.17 feet to the point and place of beginning, contain-
ing 3.8482 acres of land, more or less,
and
Beginning at an iron pipe set in a westerly line of Chain Bridge Road,
State Route 123, 25' from centerline, said pipe being a corner between
Taba and the land hereindescribed; thence from the point of beginning
and running with said westerly line of Chain Bridge Road SilOl6'46"W
90.29 feet to an iron pipe set at a point of curvature 25' from center-
line; thence running with a curve to the left of radius 180.00 feet
(having chord of 89.52 feet, bearing S03o07'09"E) an arc length of
90.7 feet to a point of a curve 25' from centerline, said point being
a corner to Patteson; thence departing said westerly line of Chain
Bridge Road and running with the dividing line between Patteson and
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the land hereindescribed S22°O0'00"W 327.13 feet and S29°55'50"W
175.00 feet to an iron pipe found, said pipe being a corner to Mosby
Apt. Assoc.; thence running with the dividing line between Mosby Apt.
Assoc. and the land hereindescribed N6OO23'20"W and the same course
continued with the dividing line between Howze, et al, and the land
hereindescribed, and the same course continued with the dividing
llne betwen Kielsgard, et al, and the land hereindescribed, a total
distance of 605.55 feet to an iron pipe set in an easterly line of
Railroad Avenue (30' wide); thence running with said easterly line
of Railroad Avenue, passing over the northerly terminus thereof at
77.62 feet and continuing with the dividing line between Adkerson
and the land hereindescribed and thence with the dividing line be-
tween Briarcliff Subdivision and the land hereindescribed, along
the arc of a curve to the left of radius 925.40 feet (having chord
of 573.43 feet, bearing N22°OS'58"E) an arc length of 583.03 feet
to an iron pipe found in an easterly line of Lot 18, Briarcliff
Subdivision at the southwest corner to Nelson; thence running with
the dividing line between Nelson and the land hereindescribed
S69°40'14"E and the same course continued with the dividing llne
between Taba and the land hereindescribed, a total distance of
568.86 feet to the point and place of beginning, containing
8.3521 acres of land, more or less.
WHEREAS, the said application, having been found by this Council to be in
proper form and accompanied by the required general development plan and pre-
iminary site plan and the receipt showing payment of the fee required to be
,aid at the time of the filing thereof, was promptly referred to the Planning
:ommission of this City for its investigation and recommendations thereon, and
was duly advertised for public hearing before the Planning Commission in the
~anner and for the time required by the Zoning Ordinance of this City, as amend-
ed, and by Section 15.1-493 of the Code of Virginia of 1950, as amended, and
~as heard by the Planning Commission in public hearing pursuant to such adver-
tisement, and was duly advertised for public hearing thereon before this Council
n the manner and for the time required by the Zoning Ordinance of this City,
,s amended, and by Section 15.1-493 of the Code of Virginia of 1950, as amended,
,nd
WHEREAS, said public hearing on said application has been this day held,
~nd said Council has considered the recommendations of said City Planning
Commission, duly filed, and the evidence presented in connection with said
application at the public hearing, and has reached its decision on said appli-
cation and preliminary site plan;
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED that said application be and the same here-
by is granted and that the aforesaid land hereinbefore and in said application
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more specifically described be and it hereby is rezoned from R-2 to PD as set
forth and defined in the said Zoning Ordinance and amendments thereto, subject
to the use regulations permitted in such PD zone, and the site plan is approve(
with variances as follows:
A. Except as shown on the site plan, the construction of
curb, gutter and sidewalks on Route 123 will not be
required.
B. That the sight triangles required by Paragraph G. lO of
the PD Ordinance shall be forty-five feet instead of
fifty feet.
C. The subdivision streets shall be constructed as shown
on the site plan with a pavement of twenty-two feet.
D. The intrusion of the gazebo into the flood plain, as
shown on the site plan, is allowed subject to review
and approval by the Director of Public Works.
E.Waiving of the requirement for commercial floor space
as called for in the PD Ordinance.
and the Zoning Administrator of the City hereby is directed to correct the
Zoning Map heretofore adopted as a part of the Zoning Ordinance to properly
show such change in the zoning of said land, and the Clerk of this Council be
and she now hereby is directed to transmit duly certified copies of this
ordinance to the applicant, the Zoning Administrator and the Planning Commission
of this City as soon as possible.
This ordinance shall take effect immediately upon its passage by the City
Council of the City of Fairfax, Virginia.
Passed: September 18, 1979
ATTEST:
Deputy City Clerk
Mayor
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