19991123 r-99-39RESOLUTION NO. R-99-39
RESOLUTION TO APPROVE THE REQUEST OF TED BRITT FORD
SALES, INC., FOR A SPECIAL EXCEPTION TO CHAPTER 26 OF THE
CITY CODE FOR MODIFICATION OF THE PERIPHERAL PARKING
LOT LANDSCAPING REQUIREMENT ON THE PREMISES KNOWN
AS 11160 LEE HIGHWAY, AND MORE PARTICULARLY
DESCRIBED AS TAX MAP PARCELS 57-1-((2))-PT. 3 lA.
WHEREAS, Ted Britt Ford Sales, Inc. has submitted Application No. SE-243-99-1
requesting a Special Exception to the City Code Section listed below:
Section 26-69(a)(1) -
Each off-street parking area not adjacent to a public
right-of-way shall be separated from the property line
by a landscaped strip of not less than the width of the
required setback for the zoning district within which
such parking area is located, or twelve (12) feet in
width, whichever is less, provided that a minimum of
seven (7) feet in width shall be provided. Such
landscaped strip shall be planted with at least one
deciduous tree meeting the dimensional requirements
contained in Section 26-69(a)(1) for every two
hundred square feet of required landscaped strip.
Each off-street parking area adjacent to a public right-
of-way shall be separated from such right-of-way by
a landscaped strip of not less than the width of the
required building restriction area for the zoning
district within which said parking area is located and
shall contain an earthen berm, compact evergreen
hedge or an equal or better alternative approved by
the director and at least one deciduous tree not less
than three and one-half inches in caliper for every
500 square feet of landscaped strip.
WHEREAS, City Council has determined that the proposed Special Exception is
appropriate.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of
Fairfax on this 23rd day of November, 1999, that Application No. SE-243-99-1 be and
hereby is APPROVED with the following conditions:
The applicant shall provide a six-foot board-on-board (no masonry or
brick piers will be required) fence along the common C-2 boundary
between tax map parcel number 57-1-((2))-31A and tax map parcel
number 57-1-((2))-32. Additionally, the existing landscaping and the
eight parking spaces adjacent to tax map parcel number 57-1-((2))-32
shall be permitted to remain in lieu of meeting the requirements of
Section 26-69(a)(1)(b), since the existing condition provides for a 20-
foot-wide buffer extending for approximately one-half of the frontage
adjacent to tax map parcel number 57-1-((2))-32, and serves to an
adequate degree the purpose of peripheral parking lot landscaping.
The applicant shall provide, for the purpose of vehicle screening, either
a three to four-foot-tall shrub on the north and south sides of the
interparcel connection with Smart Wheels or the landscaping as shown
on the SE/SUP plat.
The applicant shall ensure that the SE/SUP plan prepared by Bengtson,
DeBell and Elkin, Ltd., dated April 1999, and revised through October
1999, is further revised to reflect the necessary changes generated by
these conditions and submitted for review and approval by the Zoning
Administrator at the time of site plan submission.
4. The applicant shall submit to the Zoning Administrator for review and
approval a revised site plan for the subject site consistent with the
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approved development conditions for SE-243-99-1 and SU-1453-99-4
within 90 days from the date of the approval of the special exceptions
and special use permits. The applicant shall diligently pursue site plan
approval through the comment and revision phase of the site plan review
process.
The applicant shall ensure that all improvements to the subject site
necessitated by the City Council approved SE/SUP plan and
development conditions are completed within nine months from the date
of site plan approval.
Adopted this 23rd day of
ATTEST:
November ,1999.
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