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Vienna Planning Commission hears full public comment on Green Hedges's proposed CUP amendment; commissioners seek more data
Summary
Planning commissioners reviewed Green Hedges School's proposal to increase enrollment to 225 and staff to 50 and to seek multiple site-plan modifications (lot coverage, buffers, parking, stormwater). Staff and applicant presented technical materials including a continuous sound study; commissioners and dozens of residents raised concerns about noise, buffering, stormwater and traffic. No final vote; the item is held for two weeks for supplemental materials.
The Vienna Planning Commission on Jan. 14 held an extended session on Green Hedges School's request to amend its conditional use permit and to seek site-plan modifications, drawing a large in-person turnout and split public comment.
Staff summarized two linked applications: a recommendation to the Board of Zoning Appeals to raise the school's maximum enrollment from 190 to 225 and full-time employees from 42 to 50, and a separate recommendation to Town Council to modify multiple site-plan requirements (including lot coverage, sidewalks, loading, parking circulation, buffer widths and stormwater provisions). Lindsay Clark, the town's principal planner, told commissioners that staff considers the requests "separate but interrelated" and recommended any approvals be conditioned so the CUP and site modifications together ensure compatibility with surrounding residential neighborhoods.
The applicant team, represented by counsel Sarah Mariska and Head of School Peter Barrett, presented a campus plan that would replace older classroom buildings with a…
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