ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA

PUBLIC NOTICE

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE COUNTY BOARD OF ARLINGTON CO., VA, on November 16, 2024 at 2100 Clarendon Boulevard, Suite 307, Arlington Virginia 22201 in a meeting at 9:00 A.M. or as soon thereafter as matters may be heard, will consider the following cases, after offering the public an opportunity to be heard in a public hearing.

Sign up to speak in advance at https://www.arlingtonva.us/Government/County-Board or call 703-228-3130 between 8am and 5pm starting the week before the meeting. Members of the public may participate virtually and in person. Speaker signup will also be available in-person on the day of the meeting. The meeting will be available via live stream at www.arlingtonva.us and local cable stations on Comcast 25 & 1085 and Verizon FiOS 39 & 40. Contact the County Board office at 703-228-3130 or countyboard@arlingtonva.us 3 days in advance to request reasonable accommodations or language translation services.

NOTE: Copies of proposed plans, ordinances, amendments and applications, and related planning case materials may be viewed in-person at Arlington County offices available in the Permit Arlington Center (or PAC) (2100 Clarendon Boulevard, Suite 107, Arlington, VA) between 9 AM – 3 PM Monday through Thursday, except for the third Wednesday of each month when the PAC’s hours are 9AM-12PM. Text of proposed County Code amendments may be examined in the County Board Clerk’s Office, Suite 300; 2100 Clarendon Blvd., Arlington, VA by contacting staff at (703) 228-3130. The term Site Plan in this notice refers to a Special Exception Site Plan as defined in the Arlington County Zoning Ordinance and is not the same as an engineering site plan or construction plans submitted in satisfaction of other codes or ordinances. The terms ACZO and GLUP means Arlington County Zoning Ordinance and General Land Use Plan, respectively. Please contact Planning Division staff at 703-228-3525 or cphd@arlingtonva.us with any questions about the operating hours of the Permit Arlington Center.

Planning application materials are also available online at

https://www.arlingtonva.us/Government/Projects/Minor-Site-Plan-Use-Permit-Applications

THE FOLLOWING CASES TO BE HEARD BY THE COUNTY BOARD:

VACATIONS, EASEMENTS, ENCROACHMENTS, LEASES AND OTHER DISPOSITIONS OF PUBLIC PROPERTY

Ordinance to Vacate a Portion of an Easement for Public Street and Utilities Purposes Located on Property Owned by Arlington Title LLC and Located at 2300 9th Street S. (RPC# 25-017-044).

Vacation of a Portion of a 10' Storm Sewer Easement Running Generally Parallel to the Eastern Boundary of South Fern Street between 18th Street South and 22nd Street South, Located on Property of WHC Crystal LLC at 1900 South Eads Street, RPC No. 36-018-014, with conditions.

First Amendment to Deed of Lease between the County Board of Arlington County, Virginia as landlord and Signature Theatre, Inc., a Virginia Corporation, as tenant for premises located at 3806 S. Four Mile Run Drive, Arlington, Virginia (RPC No. 29-002-013).

Enactment of an Ordinance to permit the encroachment of 2 retaining walls into N. Queen Street, such encroachments pertaining to the property commonly known as 1300 N. Pierce St. (RPC #’s 17-033-332 and 17-033-333), with conditions.

ORDINANCES, PLANS AND POLICIES

SUBJECT: Ordinance to amend, reenact and recodify Chapter 13 Firearms, Article II (Firearms Ordinance) of the Arlington County Code to amend Section 13-14 to exclude the discharge of firearms for County supervised deer management activities from the prohibition of firearms on County property; and to amend, reenact and recodify Chapter 17 Miscellaneous Offenses and Provisions of the Arlington County Code to amend Section 17-5 to permit the discharge of firearms for County supervised deer management activities.

SUBJECT: Ordinance to amend, reenact and recodify Chapter 14.3 (Immobilization, removal, towing and storage of vehicles from private property) of the Arlington County Code.

SUBJECT: Ordinance to amend, reenact, and recodify Chapter 68 of The Arlington County Code (Clean Energy Financing Ordinance) to update the County’s Commercial Property Assessed Clean Energy (“C-PACE”) Program.

SUBJECT: Amendment to the Master Transportation Plan (MTP) Map to: a) establish a new segment of 26 Street South departing in an easterly direction from the 2600 block of Shirlington Road as shown on the map (attached to the staff report as Attachment A, as shown on slide 5 of the presentation at

https://www.arlingtonva.us/files/sharedassets/public/v/1/projects/images/facilities/aomf-opening-update-09.09.2024.pdf) with the following property parcels having frontage on the new 26th Street South segment: RPC: 31034008, RPC: 31034009; RPC: 31034026; RPC: 31034042; RPC: 31034043; RPC: 31034044; and RPC: 31034045; and b) facilitate the creation of a convenient, attractive and harmonious community; and for other reasons required by public necessity, convenience, general welfare, and good zoning practice.

ZOA-2024-06 Amendment to ACZO Section 7.16 to refine methods for establishing a 35-foot building height maximum that accommodates a 3-story form of development, for a discrete subarea within the Crystal City Coordinated Redevelopment District, as shown on the General Land Use Plan. Information about this amendment can be found by visiting the Zoning Studies webpage at

https://www.arlingtonva.us/Government/Programs/Building/Codes-Ordinances/Zoning/Studies

ZOA-2024-09 Amendment to ACZO Section 15.5 related to establishing a new special exception site plan category, adaptive reuse amendment, with specific criteria and methods to create an alternative process for the conversion of obsolete and vacant office buildings. Information about this amendment can be found by visiting the Zoning Studies webpage at

https://www.arlingtonva.us/Government/Programs/Building/Codes-Ordinances/Zoning/Studies.

SUBJECT: Request to Adopt the County Board Policy on the Transformation of Commercial Office Buildings in Arlington. This policy will provide guidance on the creation of a streamlined and economically viable process for the adaptive reuse of obsolete commercial buildings, in addition to policy guidance on other tools to reduce the supply of obsolete office buildings. The draft policy is available online at https://www.arlingtonva.us/files/sharedassets/public/v/2/projects/documents/cmri/county-board-policy-on-the-transformation-of-obsolete-office-buildings-draft-10.1.24.pdf.

SITE PLAN AMENDMENTS:

SPLA24-00012 Site Plan Amendment request for the Crystal House Phase 7 and 8 buildings; located at 1900 S. Eads St; and identified as RPC# 36-018-014. Additional information about this project can be found by visiting the project’s website at

https://www.arlingtonva.us/Government/Projects/Project-Types/Site-Plan/1900-S-Eads-St-Amendment

SPLA24-00028 site plan amendment request located at 3139 14th St S.; and identified as RPC# 32-018-049.

SPLA24-00031 site plan amendment request located at 400 15th St S; and identified as RPC# 35-009-008.

SPECIAL EXCEPTION USE PERMITS:

UPER24-00001 use permit request located at 4792 Langston Blvd; and identified as RPC# 07-006-008.

FBCN22-00002 Columbia Pike Form Based Code use permit request located at 2801 Columbia Pike; and identified as RPC# 25-016-001.

FBCN24-00001 Columbia Pike Form Based Code use permit request located at 2300 9th Street S.; and identified as RPC# 25-017-044 and 25-017-048.

FBCA24-00002 Columbia Pike Neighborhoods Form Based Code use permit amendment request located at 1100 S. Thomas Street; and identified as RPC# 27-002-001.

Mason Kushnir,

Clerk to the County Board

Publication dates November 1st, 2024

November 8th, 2024

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