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Vienna council delays decision on Wilmar Place lot consolidations after applicant seeks alternatives
Summary
The council deferred action on a proposal to consolidate six parcels into two at 130 Wilmar Place NW after applicant Colin Sikas said he was considering alternative plans. Staff warned that packet deadlines for a Jan. 27 return require materials by Jan. 21; the council approved the deferral unanimously.
The Vienna Town Council on Jan. 13 deferred consideration of a final plat to consolidate multiple lots at 130 Wilmar Place NW after the applicant told the council he had received new information and wanted to pursue alternative plans.
David Levy, director of planning and zoning, told the council the applications before them would take six parcels and propose creating two lots — one intended to be fully conforming to the RS-10 single-unit residential zone and one that would be nonconforming. He noted the planning commission had recommended considering alternative approaches and that any plan creating a nonconforming lot could require variances from the Board of Zoning Appeals.
Applicant Colin Sikas said, "In light of some information that we received today, we're considering an alternative plan for the consolidation of these 2 parcels," and asked to defer so the applicant could return with revised materials. Sikas described four alternatives recorded in the planning commission notes, including combining all lots and redividing them or adjusting lot boundaries to try to make one lot conforming; he cited existing lot sizes of about 11,900 square feet and 7,000 square feet, and said one alternative would produce a smaller lot of about 10,584 square feet — still short of the full conformity standards for area and width.
Council member Anderson moved to defer the item to the next available meeting to give the applicant time to work on alternatives; the motion was seconded and carried on a unanimous roll-call vote. Council members and staff discussed adding flexibility to allow the applicant to return in February if necessary. Town staff and the town manager cautioned that materials for the Jan. 27 meeting must be finalized and transmitted by Jan. 21 to meet sequencing and publication deadlines; if the applicant changes the application significantly, the matter may have to return to the planning commission first and would not be ready for Jan. 27.
Next steps: The applicant will decide whether to proceed with the current application (which staff indicated could be sequenced for Jan. 27 if unchanged) or submit a revised application that likely would require additional planning commission review. The council made no substantive land-use decision on Jan. 13; it deferred action by unanimous vote.
