The Mount Vernon Council of Citizens' Associations
Comprehensive Plan APR Nominations

LRSP-2009-12:  Beacon / Groveton

WHEREAS, the MVCCA is participating in the Area Plan Review 2009-2010,

WHEREAS, the Long Range and Strategic Planning Committee of the MVCCA has facilitated numerous charrettes and gathered input from community stakeholders and MVCCA members,

WHEREAS, nominations for the Area Plan Review Comprehensive Plan have been formulated,

WHEREAS, the Long Range and Strategic Planning Committee of the  has spent the past several months reviewing the current Comprehensive Plan as applicable to the Mount Vernon Magisterial District and adjoining areas and has recommended a change nomination to that Plan for the Area Plan Review 2009-2010, such nomination containing the following features:

Implement Low Impact Development
Demonstration Project in
Beacon / Groveton Community Business Center
Nomination Overview

Nomination Subject:  Beacon/Groveton Community Business Center

Location:  
Beacon Mall and commercial areas to the west and east of
Richmond Highway.

Vision Overview:
Consistent with the Little Hunting Creek Watershed Management Plan, a commercial Low Impact Development (LID) demonstration project should be created in Beacon Mall and the area north of it (sub-units A1 and A2).

Better control of stormwater runoff should be achieved in the CBC.

Development Conditions Overview: 
Add the following to the list of development conditions for increasing FAR in sub-units A-1 and A-2, land units B, D, and E of the Beacon/Groveton Community Business Center

• Provide mitigation of existing stormwater impacts.

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Co-Chairs of the MVCCA are hereby directed to prepare and submit a Comprehensive Plan change nomination which incorporates the foregoing features.

APR Nomination Form - Attachment C Property/Owner Information