ARLINGTON COUNTY, VIRGINIA County Board Agenda Item Meeting of September 22, 2018 DATE: September 13, 2018 SUBJECT: SP413-U-18-1 USE PERMIT ASSOCIATED WITH A SITE PLAN for food delivery service for Domino's Pizza; located at 550 N. Quincy St. (RPC# 14-060-074). Applicant: Team Washington, Inc. d/b/a 1600 Spring Hill Road, STE 100 Vienna, VA 22182 By: Zachary G. Williams, Attorney Bean, Kinney & Korman, P.C. 2300 Wilson Blvd, 7 th FL Arlington, VA 22201 C.M. RECOMMENDATION: Approve the use permit associated with a site plan for food delivery service at Domino s Pizza; located at 550 N Quincy St., subject to the proposed conditions and with a County Board review in one (1) year (September 2019). ISSUES: This is a use permit request for a food delivery service (); located at 550 N Quincy Street. No issues have been identified as of the date of this report. SUMMARY: This is a request for a use permit associated with a site plan for food delivery service at, located in a one- (1) story retail building within Site Plan #413 (Founder s Square) at 550 N Quincy St. The restaurant is not in operation at this time, and plans to open subsequent to County Board action. The delivery service areas for this store are the north and central Arlington areas including the Rosslyn-Ballston Corridor. The proposed food delivery County Manager: ##### County Attorney: ***** Staff: Cedric Southerland, DCPHD, Planning Division 11.
service hours of operation are Sunday through Thursday, 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 a.m.; and 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 a.m. on Friday and Saturday. Standard condition language for food delivery service uses includes implementing a delivery and driver safety plan before any food delivery service can begin, as well as ensuring delivery vehicles are parked in the on-site lot and not on the street, which are recommended with this approval. The recommended conditions also include designating a community liaison to communicate with surrounding residents and civic associations if issues or concerns arise due to the food delivery service use. Staff believes that the proposed use permit conditions will mitigate against any undue adverse impacts from the food delivery service on the surrounding community. Therefore, staff recommends approval of the use permit with a County Board review in one (1) year (September 2019). BACKGROUND: The following provides additional information about the site and location: Address / RPC: 550 N Quincy St. (RPC# 14-060-074) Neighborhood: Zoning: GLUP: Existing Land Use: Ashton Heights Civic Association C-O-2.5 Mixed-Use District Medium Office-Apartment-Hotel; GLUP Note 14: North Quincy Street Coordinated Mixed-Use District. The 22,887-square foot site, a part of SP #413 (Founder s Square), is developed with a 1-story retail building with 18 associated surface parking spaces. SP413-U-18-1 - 2 -
Figure 1. Aerial View 550 N. Quincy St. Source: Pictometry Figure 2. Street View Source: CPHD SP413-U-18-1 - 3 -
DISCUSSION: The following details the proposed use and provides staff s assessment of the use. PROPOSED USE: Food Delivery Service: A maximum of four (4) delivery drivers at any one time. Hours of Operation: 10:00 a.m. 1:00 a.m. Sunday through Thursday; 10:00 a.m. 3:00 a.m. Friday and Saturday ASSESSMENT: CPHD, Planning: Staff recommends approval of the subject use permit. Condition #2 requires the applicant to implement a delivery and driver safety plan prior to the commencement of delivery services. Furthermore, Condition #3 requires that delivery vehicles be parked on the surface lot when not in service. The applicant will reserve two parking spaces for delivery drivers to park in the on-site lot, which contains 18 surface parking spaces for the retail building. Staff finds that the parking is sufficient to support the proposed use. A maximum of four (4) delivery drivers will be allowed to operate at one time. The food delivery service is not anticipated to: a) adversely affect the health or safety of persons residing or working in the neighborhood; b) be detrimental to the public welfare or injurious to property or improvements in the neighborhood; or c) conflict with the purposes of the master plans of the county. PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT: Level of Engagement: Communicate This level of engagement is appropriate because the implementation and operation of the proposed use is not anticipated to adversely impact the neighborhood. Outreach Methods: Public notice was given in accordance with the Code of Virginia 15.2-2204. Notices of the County Board hearing on the use permit were placed in the August 29, 2018, and September 5, 2018, issues of the Washington Times for the September 22, 2018 County Board Meeting. In addition to the above legal requirements: SP413-U-18-1 - 4 -
Individual letters outlining the project description and public hearing details were mailed to surrounding property owners of the subject property. Placards were placed in various locations surrounding the subject property within seven (7) days of the public hearing. Adjacent civic associations, Ballston-Virginia Square and Buckingham, were informed of the application via email communication. The subject property is located within the Ashton Heights Civic Association. Community Feedback: The Ashton Heights Civic Association indicated they have received no complaints from the community and have no objections to the proposed use. The Ballston-Virginia Square Civic Association responded that they have no issues with the proposed use. The Buckingham Civic Association has not provided a response at the time of this report. CONCLUSION: Staff proposes Conditions #1-4 to mitigate any potential adverse impacts of the proposed food delivery service at this location. Therefore, staff recommends that the County Board approve the use permit associated with a site plan, subject to proposed Conditions #1-4, with a County Board review in one (1) year (September 2019). Proposed Conditions: 1. The applicant (applicant shall mean the applicant, owner and all successors and assigns) agrees that the hours of operation for the food delivery service (where delivery is by use of an automobile) shall be limited Sunday through Thursday, 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 a.m.; and from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 a.m. on Friday and Saturday. 2. The applicant agrees to develop and implement a delivery and driver safety plan and to obtain the Zoning Administrator s approval of such a plan before any food delivery service can begin. The plan shall include at a minimum: identification of a driver safety course, completion of which will be required of all drivers employed by the applicant before they begin delivery service; a routing plan including maps for delivery vehicles, which will show entry and exit routes from the site; and an outline of the contents of the course. The applicant understands and acknowledges that the County Board has found the exception for this use to be justified only because the applicant has agreed that the use will make deliveries by vehicles using only the commercial frontages and streets to the maximum extent possible. 3. The applicant agrees that the delivery vehicles will not be parked on the street surrounding the site when not in use for delivery and that delivery vehicles must be SP413-U-18-1 - 5 -
parked in the surface parking lot located at 550 North Quincy Street. The maximum number of delivery automobiles that may be used by the business at any one time is four (4) vehicles. 4. The applicant agrees to identify an on-site liaison who shall be available during all hours of operation to receive and respond to community concerns. The name, telephone number, and electronic mail address of the liaison shall be submitted to the Zoning Administrator and a copy sent to the Ashton Heights, Ballston-Virginia Square and Buckingham Civic Associations thirty (30) days after County Board approval. SP413-U-18-1 - 6 -
PREVIOUS COUNTY BOARD ACTIONS: July 19, 2008 Approved Rezoning request (Z-2539-08-2) for 4000 Wilson Boulevard and identified as Real Property Code numbers RPC #14-060-013, -015, -026, -036, -038, -050, -058, -061, -065 from C-2 Service Commercial - Community Business District to C-O-2.5 Commercial Office Building, Hotel and Apartment District. Approved Site Plan (SP #413) for a mixed-use office, retail, and residential building (with approximately 367 dwelling units, 660,190 sq. ft. office, 26,900 sq. ft. retail, comprehensive sign plan, modification of use regulations for, among others, density, height, parking, storage) at 4000 Wilson Boulevard subject to Conditions #1 through #85. January 22, 2011 Adopted a resolution certifying 76,212 square feet of commercial GFA and 23 residential units (which units may be transferred on a unit for unit basis as residential or hotel use, or at a rate of 3,000 square feet commercial GFA per unit), as transferrable development rights on Mosaic Park ( Sending Site ) for the eligible purposes of open space and to be used in association with Site Plan #413, Founders Square. Adopted a resolution to transfer 76,212 square feet of commercial GFA and 23 residential units, which units may be transferred on a unit for unit basis as residential or hotel use, or at a rate of 3,000 square feet commercial GFA per unit, from Mosaic Park ( Sending Site ) to portions of Founders Square site plan-sp #413 (Receiving Site) owned by Ashton Park Associates III, LLC and Ashton Park Associates IV, LLC, by site plan amendment. SP413-U-18-1 - 7 - Approved a site plan amendment to permit up to 109,212 additional square feet of commercial gross floor area in 5 stories on the north office building and 12 residential units on the north residential building based upon a Transfer of Development Rights; add approximately 5,628 square feet of bonus density for LEED Gold to the north office building; reallocate density from the south to the north residential building to provide for a total 257 residential units; change in use of the south residential building to a 183-unit hotel; amend the comprehensive sign plan to add
two (2) rooftop signs; and modifications of Zoning Ordinance requirements for density; height; exclusion from density of below grade storage in the parking garage and mechanical shafts; reduced parking ratio for office and hotel parking; and compact parking ratio greater than 15% for office, residential and retail uses. July 19, 2014 July 16, 2016 June 16, 2018 July 14, 2018 Approved a site plan amendment to allow an exclusion of 708 square feet of additional mezzanine retail space to be used among retail bays within the first-floor clear height, subject to modified Condition #64 and to all previously approved conditions. Approved a site plan amendment to permit the change in use of an approved un-built commercial office building to a vertical mixed-use building (Founders Square), with 192,095 square feet of office gross floor area, 33,200 square feet of retail gross floor area and 244 residential units. with modification of use regulations for density, height, parking and other modifications as necessary to achieve the proposed development plan; located at 4040 Wilson Boulevard. Approved a site plan amendment to add 1,265 (exempt from gross floor area) gross square feet to the DARPA building; located at 675 N. Randolph St. Adopt the attached ordinance to approve the subject site plan amendment to add six (6) residential units for a total of 250 dwelling units, subject to all previously approved conditions. SP413-U-18-1 - 8 -
C-2 675 C-O-2.5 650 CM N RANDOLPH ST 601 550 N QUINCY ST S-3A 530 538 505 5TH RD N 501 4019 4013 CM 5TH RD N 4012 4011 4004 3912 4000 522 518 514 RA8-18 N POLLARD ST C-2 C-O-2.5 SP413-U-18-1 585 C-O-2.5 521 RA6-15 550 N Quincy St I RPC #s 14-060-074 Scale: Case Location(s) 1:1,200 Note: These maps are for property location assistance only. They may not represent the latest survey and other information. Department of Community Planning, Housing and Development County Use Only Date Placard Posted By Removed