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Norfolk council adopts zoning fixes, leases, permits and grants in consent agenda; Chick-fil-A conditional use permit pulled then approved
Summary
Council approved a block of consent items including zoning ordinance corrections, a lease at 1311 Bayville Street, multiple budget and grant appropriations, a cruise ship agreement amendment and a conditional use permit for Chick-fil-A; one item was removed from consent for separate discussion about traffic.
Norfolk City Council approved a package of consent and regular-agenda items that included zoning ordinance corrections, municipal leases, budget adjustments, grant acceptances and several conditional-use permits.
Items approved on the record included an ordinance to amend the Norfolk Zoning Ordinance to correct clerical errors and clarify measurements and signage rules; an ordinance approving a lease agreement with SBA 2012 TC Assets LLC for a parcel at 1311 Bayville Street; and a conditional-use permit authorizing a large-scale drive-through at 1209 North Military Highway for a Chick-fil-A. Council removed the Chick-fil-A item from the consent block for brief discussion about traffic and possible egress improvements at the adjacent shopping center; after that discussion the council approved the permit.
Other actions adopted in the same session included: - A conditional-use permit and related ordinances permitting multifamily construction at multiple addresses on Monticello Avenue and East 20th Street and related deed modifications with the Norfolk Redevelopment and Housing Authority. - A first amendment to the cruise ship operating agreement with Carnival Cruise Line. - An ordinance amending city code governing Family Day Homes. - A budget amendment reappropriating $1,000,000 from general fund debt service to the waste management fund to offset increased recycling costs. - Acceptance and appropriation of up to $27,500 in grant funds from the Virginia Scribe Intervention Team Coalition to support local crisis intervention team work and trainings. - Permission for Oculus Rail Inc. to encroach into the city right-of-way at 12 locations to mount rail computer-vision sensors on 10-foot poles. - Acceptance of up to $150,000 from the Virginia Department of Criminal Justice Services for a medication-assisted treatment (MAT) expansion project.
Councilmembers recorded aye votes for the consent package and the separately considered items; no no-votes or abstentions were recorded on the items taken up during the meeting.
During discussion of the Chick-fil-A conditional-use permit, a council member asked staff to explore whether additional egress from the adjacent shopping center could be coordinated with the property owner to ease traffic at a nearby intersection. The transcript records staff and council agreement to work with the shopping center on potential improvements; no traffic mitigation condition was read into the permit on the record.
Several of the items carry implementation steps needing staff follow-up (for example, executing lease documents, recording deed modifications and accepting grant funds), but the meeting record did not enumerate detailed timelines for each follow-up action.
