PLANNING COMMISSION WORK SESSION
JULY 21, 2020
Roger E. Hedgepeth Chambers, 2nd Floor Municipal Building
300 South Main Street
5:00 PM

Please observe appropriate Public Health Emergency provisions addressing social distancing.

I.               CALL TO ORDER

II.              ROLL CALL

III.             DISCUSSION  ITEMS

                  A.  RZN 20-0001/ORD 1932-Request for a Special Signage District in the Downtown Commercial (DC) zoning district at the Lyric Theatre on 0.215 acres at 135 College Avenue (Tax Map No. 256-
                        A90) by Greg Boatwright (applicant) for Lester Properties (property owner)
                             a.  Staff presentation-Emma Martin
                             b.  Applicant presentation-Greg Boatwright
                             c.  Discussion & Questions

                   B.  RZN 20-0004/ORD 1936-Request to rezone 0.293 acres from R-5 Transitional Residential to RM-48 Medium Density Multi-Unit Residential at 1709 Whipple Drive (Tax Parcel No. 197-1 63A,
                         64A) by Brent Agramonte-Harper of Greystone Companies, LLC (applicant) and Kirk Johnson (property owner).
                             a.  Staff presentation-Emma Martin
                             b.  Applicant presentation-Brent Agramonte-Harper, Kirk Johnson
                             c.  Discussion & Questions

                   C.  Zoning Ordinance Amendment #51/ORD 1940 –An Ordinance to amend Zoning Ordinance 3141 to Multi-Family Dwelling Units on the Ground Floor in the Downtown Commercial Zoning District
                         under certain conditions.
                             a.  Staff presentation-Anne McClung
                             b.  Discussion & Questions

                    D.  CUP 20-0003-Request for additional height above 60 feet in the Downtown Commercial (DC)  zoning district on 1.77 acres in the Midtown Development at 401 Church Street SE (part of Tax Map
                          257-A94) by Steve Semones of Balzer and Associates (applicant) for Midtown Redevelopment Partners, LLC (property owner).
                             a.  Staff presentation-Anne McClung
                             b.  Applicant presentation-Jim Cowan, Steve Semones, Ian Friend
                             c.  Discussion & Questions

                    E.  RZN 20-0002/ORD 1933-Request for an amendment to RZN 17-0006 on 22.96 acres encompassing the Midtown Development (former Old Blacksburg Middle School) site at 501 South Main
                          Street (Tax Map Nos. 257-A-94A; 257-A-94; 257-A-217; 257-A-218; 257-A188 & 257-25C) by Steve Semones of Balzer and Associates (applicant) for Midtown Redevelopment
                          Partners, LLC and the Town of Blacksburg (property owners).
                              a.  Staff presentation-Anne McClung
                              b.  Applicant presentation-Jim Cowan, Steve Semones, Ian Friend
                              c.  Discussion & Questions

                     F.  General Meeting Follow Up.
                              a.  Planning Commission meeting dates and times
                              b.  Planning Commission by-laws.

IV.              ADJOURNMENT OF WORK SESSION