10140-10160 Fairfax Boulevard
Summary
10140-10160 Fairfax Boulevard (Tax Map 47-4-23-000-A) is part of the Boulevard Marketplace Shopping Center, where applicant ABTB Mid-Atlantic, LLC sought approvals to develop a Taco Bell drive-through restaurant. The project required four separate approvals: a General Development Plan (GDP) amendment, a Special Use Permit for a drive-through restaurant, a Special Exception for interior parking landscaping, and a Major Certificate of Appropriateness for architecture and landscaping. On September 9, 2024, the Planning Commission unanimously (7-0) recommended City Council approve the GDP amendment (dated August 19, 2024), while taking no action on the remaining three items at that meeting. On December 10, 2024, City Council held a public hearing and approved all four items — adopting Ordinance No. 2024-14 for the GDP amendment, approving the Special Use Permit, adopting Resolution R-24-39 for the Special Exception, and approving the Certificate of Appropriateness — each by a 4-2 vote, with Council Members Lim and Stehle opposed. The matter is fully resolved at the legislative/entitlement level.
What members have said
At the December 10, 2024 City Council meeting, Council Member Stehle stated that the project was not a positive addition to the site, that there were better opportunities to consider, and that the shopping center could not handle a drive-through. He noted that a drive-through built there would remain for decades, and he voted against all four motions while acknowledging the applicant's efforts and his colleagues' engagement.
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Full history
[6a] Subject property (Tax Map 47-4-23-000-A) included in the GDP amendment area.
passedMotion by Ms. Lockhart, seconded by Mr. Coleman, to recommend City Council adopt the attached resolution approving the GDP amendment for ABTB Mid-Atlantic, LLC at 10120 and 10140-10160 Fairfax Boulevard (Tax Map Parcels 47-4-23-000-A and 47-4-23-000-D).✓ Feather✓ Briggs✓ Coleman✓ Cunningham✓ Denton✓ Lockhart✓ Rice[8a] This parcel (Tax Map 47-4-23-000-A) is part of the Boulevard Marketplace Shopping Center subject to the approved GDP amendment.
passedMotion to adopt Ordinance No. 2024-14 approving the General Development Plan amendment for Boulevard Marketplace (10120 and 10140-10160 Fairfax Boulevard).✓ Bates✓ Doyle Feingold✓ Greenfield✕ Lim✓ Ross✕ StehlepassedMotion to approve the Special Use Permit for a drive-through restaurant facility at 10120 Fairfax Boulevard (Tax Map 47-4-23-000-D).✓ Bates✓ Doyle Feingold✓ Greenfield✕ Lim✓ Ross✕ StehlepassedMotion to adopt Resolution R-24-39 approving the Special Exception for interior landscaped parking islands at 10120 Fairfax Boulevard.✓ Bates✓ Doyle Feingold✓ Greenfield✕ Lim✓ Ross✕ StehlepassedMotion to approve the Major Certificate of Appropriateness for architecture and landscaping at 10120 Fairfax Boulevard.✓ Bates✓ Doyle Feingold✓ Greenfield✕ Lim✓ Ross✕ Stehle
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