Manassas Park hears rezoning request for Ivy Park townhomes as applicants offer proffers, buffer changes and parking waivers

Manassas Park planning staff and the applicant presented a rezoning and waiver package Oct. 7 for the Ivy Park site, a roughly six‑acre assemblage split between industrial and PUD zoning that the developer proposes to consolidate into a planned unit development for 86 townhomes.

Michelle Berry, the city’s planning and zoning administrator, told the governing body the parcels lie within the City Center Redevelopment District and that the application seeks multiple waivers, including permission for 100% residential use and a reduction of the required 40‑foot vegetative buffer to 20 feet adjacent to an existing industrial business park. Berry said the application includes “four affordable dwelling units and five workforce dwelling housing units” in the staff report and described standard provisions in the proposed license and proffer package.

The applicant’s team—represented by Jonelle Cameron of Walsh, Colucci—said the proposal provides 33.8 percent open space (about 2.1 acres), three on‑site green spaces, landscaping and a solid vinyl fence along the eastern and northern property lines. Cameron said the development would offer nine units the…