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Council approves rezoning and three use permits for mixed-use project at 3200 Neil Armstrong Parkway
Summary
Hampton City Council voted unanimously to rezone roughly 5.29 acres at 3200 Neil Armstrong Parkway to the Langley Business Park (LBP) district and approved three use permits to allow a storage facility and two retail uses, subject to proffered conditions and site-design commitments.
Hampton City Council voted to rezone about 5.29 acres at 3200 Neil Armstrong Parkway from General Commercial (C-3) to Langley Business Park (LBP) district and approved three separate use permits to allow a three-story storage facility and two retail-sales uses on split parcels of the site.
The council approved rezoning application 24-0526 with 10 proffered conditions. Staff and the Planning Commission recommended the rezoning, saying it would support a mixed-use redevelopment that adds retail services for the Langley Research and Development Park workforce and puts an underutilized parcel back into productive use. Chief Planner Donald Whipple presented the proposal and the proffered concept plan and elevations.
Under the approved site plan the existing parcel would be subdivided into Site A and Site B. Site A would retain and renovate an existing building with rear portions converted to warehouse/manufacturing and the front portion dedicated to retail sales general. Site B would be demolished and replaced by a new three‑story building housing the storage facility in the rear and coworking and retail space at the front. The proposal includes proffered design standards, landscape buffers, screening, and limits on outdoor storage and certain retail use types.
Council also approved the three associated use permits separately: use permit 24-0527 (storage facility) subject to seven conditions and a requirement to comply with the rezoning proffers; use permit 24-0528 (retail sales on Site B) subject to five conditions; and use permit 24-0529 (retail sales on Site A) subject to five conditions. The four votes recorded on the record were unanimous: Councilman Randy Bowman, Vice Mayor Steve Brown, Councilwoman Carolyn Campbell, Councilwoman Ferebee (spelled in the packet as Farrabee), Councilwoman Hope Harper, Councilwoman Martha Mugler and Mayor Jimmy Gray voted “Aye.”
Staff noted the site had previously been rezoned in 2019 and that the Langley Business Park zoning district was adopted later the same year; the current application was judged consistent with the Langley Business Park purposes and with city land-use objectives for high-quality urban design and diversified commercial uses. Whipple said staff had contacted the Langley Research and Development Park association and that park representatives acknowledged notification and provided no negative feedback.
No members of the public signed up to speak on the combined hearing for these items. The approvals include conditions requiring compliance with the proffered concept plan and with applicable regulations, and standard revocation language if a use is not maintained in compliance with conditions.
The council recorded the rezoning as agenda item 24-0526 and the three use permits as 24-0527, 24-0528 and 24-0529. Implementation actions such as building permits, site plan review and certificate-of-occupancy approvals will follow the rezoning and use-permit approvals.
