Title
Master Plan Amendment #2021-00009
Rezoning #2021-00008
Development Special Use Permit #2021-10026
3701 West Braddock Road - Alexandria City High School Project, Minnie Howard Campus
Public Hearing and consideration of requests for: (A) an amendment to the Seminary Hill/Strawberry Hill Small Area Plan chapter of the Alexandria Master Plan to amend the Height Limit Map from 35 feet to 77 feet for the subject property and to amend the City Land Use Map to switch the Institutional and Parks & Open Space land uses for the subject property; (B) an amendment to the official zoning map to change the zone from POS/Public Open Space and Community Recreation zone and R-12/Single-Family zone to OCM(50)/Office Commercial Medium (50) zone and POS/Public Open Space and Community Recreation zone; (C) a Development Special Use Permit with Site Plan for the construction of a new high school building, community services and athletic fields and courts, including Special Use Permits to allow in the POS zone a public park, congregate recreational facilities, and lighting facilities for nighttime use, congregate recreational facility lighting up to 80 feet in height, and an increase in height for recreational area up to 30 feet in height; to allow in the OCM(50) zone building height to exceed 50 feet up to 77 feet and to exceed the parking maximum; and modifications to the landscape islands requirements and street tree spacing requirements in the Landscape Guidelines; zoned: R-12/Single-Family Residential and POS/Public Open Space and Community Recreation.
Applicant: City of Alexandria and Alexandria City Public Schools, represented by Erika L. Gulick, ACPS
Planning Commission Action: Recommended Approval 6-0