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Planning commission recommends rezoning of 250 Exchange Place, with conditions on park timing
Summary
The Herndon Planning Commission voted to recommend rezoning 250 Exchange Place to allow stacked townhouses and a 400-unit multifamily building, approving a draft resolution with conditions focused on interim park provision and clearer proffer language; staff had recommended a continuance to resolve those items.
The Herndon Planning Commission on April 27 recommended approval of a rezoning application for 250 Exchange Place, forwarding a conditional recommendation to Town Council while flagging unresolved language on park timing and enforceability.
Bryce Perry, deputy director of community development, told commissioners the application would convert the site from office/light industrial to PD TDRG‑1 and PD TDRG‑2 zoning to permit stacked townhouses and a 400‑unit multifamily building. He said the project would be built in three phases, construct two publicly accessible parks and the required infrastructure, and that staff’s review found several substantive items still under negotiation: “staff does believe that they’re of a little bit more substance and there’s a little bit more than we would typically be comfortable with moving it past planning commission at this stage.”
Ken Weir, representing the applicant, described a roughly nine‑acre site and said the developer plans to open interim park areas with limited amenities if the multifamily phase is delayed. “We will warrant you today that we’ll figure out a way to have the park amenities open in a temporary configuration, should the later phases be delayed,” Weir said, explaining the developer’s business plan and financing constraints.
Commissioners’ questions centered on interim park scope, stormwater and utilities relocation, power‑line setbacks and phasing. Staff said a recent resubmission (April 21) was under review and expected to be further refined before Town Council but that the unresolved items — chiefly the timing and content of interim park improvements (Park Area 2) and precise proffer language — remained the key outstanding issues.
After discussion, Commissioner Mont moved that the Commission recommend approval of ZMA 20‑401 subject to the draft resolution and its six conditions; the motion passed (5 yes, 2 abstain). The recommendation includes a set of proffer clarifications staff will work with the applicant to finalize before council consideration.
Next steps: the Planning Commission’s recommendation will be transmitted to Town Council; staff and the applicant will continue to refine the proffer and interim‑park language ahead of that hearing.
