THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO HELPED STOP THIS OBNOXIOUS OVER REACHING ATTEMPT TO INSERT BUSINESS ZONING INSIDE A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD!
Team work is the dream work.
Feel free to attend the Planning Commission informal hearing at 9am August 14 then the Public Hearing at noon. Held at Building 1 in VB Municipal Center.
There is no need to speak as it is being pulled from being heard as an “indefinite deferral.” If you want to learn how the sausage is made – witness democracy in action – feel free to attend.
We would 💓 LOVE Ocean Park Baptist Church to be preserved as a church with potentially a daycare & school as its been for decades with R5D Class Description 708 Religious - Churches Zoning.
Website archive below:
🚨Should the church in your neighborhood surrounded by homes become a B2, B1-A, ANY BUSINESS Zoned Party Event Venue serving alcohol?
🚫 NO, OF COURSE NOT‼️
Why?
B-2, B1-A, ANY BUSINESS ZONING would be a nightmare zoning change INSERTED INSIDE a RESIDENTIAL ZONED neighborhood.
The current DRAFT MAGICAL PARKING "PLAN" is attempting to ignore a minimum required 50 ADDITIONAL PARKING 🅿️ SPOTS.
There IS a real estate rental & sales market for the beloved OCEAN PARK BAPTIST CHURCH & potentially day care & school with the EXISTING R5D - CLASS 708 RELIGIOUS - CHURCH ZONING❗️
ACTION STEP EMAIL NOW:
KATHY WARREN PLANNING DIRECTOR
CARRIE BOOKHOLT DEPUTY DIRECTOR
ELIZABETH NOWAK Planner II
KMWarren@vbgov.com, CBookhol@vbgov.com, ENowak@vbgov.com,
IN YOUR OWN WORDS, BE RESPECTFUL:
NO 2 B-2, B1-A, ANY BUSINESS ZONING inserted inside our tranquil, quaint RESIDENTIAL ZONED neighborhood.
NO to IGNORING the REQUIRED 69 🅿️ SPOTS. We already have PARKING challenges in OCEAN PARK let alone ADDING at minimum an ADDITIONAL PARTY EVENT VENUE SHORT 50 PARKING SPOTS!
YES to THE CHURCH & potentially day care & school CAN BE PRESERVED WITH EXISTING ZONING.
🚨 PLANNING COMMISSION HEARING AUGUST 14TH '24 12 NOON PLANNING COMMISSION HEARING AT CITY HALL VIRGINIA BEACH MUNICIPAL CENTER.
🚨 THE APPLICATION & STAFF REPORT WILL BE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC AUGUST 8TH '24.
The Planning Commission meets at noon the second Wednesday of the month in the City Council chamber at City Hall, 2nd Floor, Building 1, 2401 Courthouse Drive. Staff briefings are held at 9 a.m.
Source: https://planning.virginiabeach.gov/boards-commissions/planning-commission
Previously, OCEAN PARK BAPTIST CHURCH APPLICATION PULLED FROM JUNE 12 2024.
June Agenda Source: https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/virginia-beach-departments-docs/planning/Boards-Commissions/PlanningXCommission/agendas/2024/Planning-Commission-Agenda-June.pdf
CURRENT USE:
Ocean Park Baptist Church is Zoned RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT R5D like 95% of its surrounding neighbors, R5D. Class Description 708 Religious - Churches. A Church. A dry Church.
