The Fredericksburg City Council has approved ordinance changes that could allow for higher-density residential development downtown.
The unified development ordinance amendment, approved 6â1 Tuesday, allows more residential units by special use permit in the Historic District. It also increases by-right residential density in mixed-use projects from 24 to 36 units per acre.
The change opens the door for the city to permit residential units to be operated on second and third floors, and also makes way for potential infill development in historic parts of the city, including Caroline, Princess Anne and Sophia streets.
An attempt by Councilman Matt Kelly to delay a vote on the amendment failed. Kelly said he is concerned that residents and those tasked with preserving the cityâs historical character havenât had enough time to weigh in on the issue.
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Fredericksburg just renewed a dollar lease for a local park.
The Fredericksburg City Council has just renewed a lease agreement with the locally-based Mayfield Civic Association to keep the parcels of land that form a public park known as the W.L. Harris Playground on Dixon Street, just south of Route 3.
Fredericksburg has leased the park since 1981 and pays the association $1 per year to lease the property. In return, the association is exempted from city real property taxes. The previous 10-year lease agreement between the city and the association ended in June 2009 but continued to operate as though the lease agreement was still in effect as it was in holdover status.
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The Fredericksburg City Council approved a special-use permit for Brompton to operate a private elementary school. The campus will be situated at Braehead Manor, a former bed and breakfast at Spotsylvania National Military Park, at 123 Lee Drive, at Lee’s Hill in Fredericksburg.
The special permit allows the Brompton School to operate out of the manor as an educational zoning group despite being in a regular residential area.
To operate with the special permit, Brompton will have to comply with several building codes for schools. The owners must make interior improvements like installing exit signs and a better heating and air conditioning system.
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The Fredericksburg City Council recently held a public hearing regarding a request for a special use permit to allow the Brompton Community School to open a new elementary school at the former bed and breakfast site.
Brompton proposes a private school that would teach kindergarten through eighth grade at Braehead Manor, at 123 Lee Drive, at Lee’s Hill, part of Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park. The school would have 116 students and staff.
The manor, which last used as bed and breakfast in 2018 and has been on the Real Estate market ever since, would have to undergo some interior improvements such as installing exit signs, lighting, improvements to the heating system, and improving persons’