Board of Appeals — 2024-05-07

This record is a notice and application for a Board of Zoning Appeals hearing on May 7, 2024 at 7:00 p.m. for Tred Avon Partners, LLC (Case V-02-24), seeking a variance to reduce the required driveway entrance setback from 7.5 feet to 0.5 feet at the right-side lot line of 216 N. Commerce Street (Parcel 0778) to allow construction of a mixed-use building in the Central Business District (CBD). The applicant submitted a packet (fee, variance form, site & construction plans, architectural schematics, Planning Commission materials, and a Centreville Design Standards compliance letter) and asked the Board to focus on the variance and site plan sheets. The submission states the lot is 59 feet wide with an existing left-side driveway encroachment, and asserts that complying with 7.5 feet would reduce the proposed building width from 32 feet to 25 feet (a 22% reduction). The applicants note they identified roughly 25 existing CBD properties that also do not meet the 7.5-foot entrance separation and say the Town Planner has unofficially suggested the requirement may be inappropriate for the CBD. Site plan notes included in the packet show zoning and setbacks for the parcel (front 0 ft, side 0 ft, rear 5 ft), list the property as vacant with proposed mixed commercial/residential use, provide parking calculations (e.g., 900 sf commercial = 3 spaces; 1-BR units at 1.5 spaces each), state connection to public water and sewer, and note the site is not in the 1% floodplain.