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Planning commission denies broad encroachment for King Street retaining wall, approves limited alternative
Summary
The commission voted 7-0 to reject a property owner's request to rebuild a retaining wall that would continue to encroach into the public right-of-way along King Street at Carlisle Drive, and instead approved a staff-recommended, smaller modified encroachment.
The Alexandria Planning Commission unanimously approved staff's alternative to an encroachment application for a retaining wall along the 2200 block of King Street (near 400 Carlisle Drive), concluding the proposed full replacement in its current location would privatize public right-of-way and prevent a future five-foot sidewalk.
David Sharon of the Department of Planning and ZoningDevelopment Engineering Division summarized the request and staff analysis. The existing wall encroached approximately 4.7 feet from the property line and sits beside a sidewalk only 4.4 feet wide, below city standard. "Based on this criteria, city staff could not give this a favorable recommendation,"…
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