Applicant DAC Agenda 7-3-2019
Development Advisory Committee (DAC). Jul 3, 2019.
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MEMORANDUM
Department of Planning & Inspections
City Hall at 15 Loockerman Plaza
P.O. Box 475
Dover, Delaware 19903
Phone: 302.736.7196 Fax: 302.736.4217
DATE: June 28, 2019
TO: Applicants to Planning Commission
FROM: Planning Office
SUBJECT: D.A.C. Meeting of WEDNESDAY, July 3, 2019
The Development Advisory Committee (D.A.C.) will hold an applicant meeting on WEDNESDAY,
July 3, 2019 at 10:00 AM in the City Hall Conference Room of City Hall to review and comment
on the following applications that will be considered by the Planning Commission at its meeting of
Monday, July 15, 2019.
Participation in the D.A.C. meetings is limited to agency reviewers and project applicants. While
the public is welcome to attend, public comment will not be accepted. The opportunity for public
comment will be available at the Planning Commission meeting.
1) C-19-03 Lands of TDM, LLC: Student Home at 230 North Governors Avenue – Review of a
Conditional Use Plan Application to permit the conversion of an existing one-family
residential dwelling into a Student Home for four (4) persons at 230 North Governors
Avenue. The subject property consists of 3,458 SF and is located on the west side of North
Governors Avenue, south of Mary Street. The property is zoned RG-1 (General Residence
Zone). The owner of record is TDM, LLC. Property Address: 230 North Governors Avenue.
Tax Parcel: ED-05-076.08-02-70.00-000. Council District 4.
2) C-19-04 Assemblée Chretienne International Ministry at 1209 Walker Road – Review of a
Conditional Use Plan Application to permit a place of worship in an existing 1,556 SF vacant
building to the rear of 1203-1209 Walker Road. The portion of the property to be leased to
the place of worship consists 1.9 acres and is in the northwest corner of the parcel. Parking is
to be provided in an existing paved area in front of the building. The front of the parcel and
the main building on the property is occupied by Dover Place, a senior assisted living
facility. The property is zoned R-8 (General Residence Zone). The owner of record is Kent
Lifecare, LLC. Property Address: 1203-1209 Walker Road. Tax Parcel: ED-05-067.18-01-
76.00-000. Council District 4. The property was previously developed as C-98-02 Capitol
Place Assisted Living Community: Planned Neighborhood Design – Senior Citizen Housing
Option.
3) C-19-05 Luther Village Parking Lot Expansion at Babb Drive – Review of a Conditional Use
Site Plan Application to permit the construction of an additional 10,609 +/- SF of paved
parking area providing thirty-four (34) parking spaces for a total of ninety-nine (99) parking
spaces in the Luther Village Phase III area. The subject property area consists of 2.85 acres
+/- and is located east of John Hunn Brown Road and northwest of Babb Drive as a portion
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of the Luther Village complex. The property is zoned RG-2 (General Residence Zone). The
owner of record is Luther Village III of Dover. Property Address: 101 Babb Drive – Building
3. Tax Parcel: ED-05-077.06-02-90.03-000. Council District 2. Waiver Request: Partial
Elimination of Upright Curbing. Luther Village Planned Neighborhood Design – Senior
Citizen Housing Option is to consist of 524 apartment units in a total of nine phases; it was
previously established by applications C-02-02 and C-13-03. Luther Village Phases 1, 2, and
3 have been constructed (Applications S-03-07, S-7-10, and C-13-03).
4) C-19-06 Calvary Baptist Church of Dover at 2285 Forrest Avenue – Review of a Conditional
Use Site Plan Application to permit the construction of a 40,026 +/- SF place of worship and
associated site improvements at 2285 Forrest Avenue. The subject property is 75.51 acres +/-
and is located on the south side Forrest Avenue west of Dover High Drive. The property is
zoned R-10 (One Family Residence Zone) and is subject to the COZ-1 (Corridor Overlay
Zone). The owner of record is Calvary Baptist Church of Dover Inc. Property Address: 2285
Forrest Avenue. Tax Parcel: ED-05-075.00-01-06.00-000. Council District 1. Waiver
Request: Partial Elimination of Upright Curbing.
5) S-19-13 Office Building at 223 and 225 West Division Street – Review of a Site Development
Plan and Lot Consolidation Plan Application to construct a three-story 7,671 SF office
building together with associated site improvements. The subject properties to be combined
total 5,120 feet and are located north side of West Division Street east of North New Street.
The property is zoned C-1A (Limited Commercial Zone). The owner of record is NCALL,
Inc. Property Addresses: 223 West Division Street and 225 West Division Street. Tax Parcels:
ED-05-076.08-05-28.00-000 and ED-05-076.08-05-29.00-000. Council District 4. Waiver
Requests: Elimination of Curbing, Consideration of Tree Mitigation Plan. Two variances
were approved by the Board of Adjustment at their April 2019 meeting. The variances are
from Zoning Ordinance, Article 4 §4.14 pertaining to the bulk standards of the C-1A zone: to
allow an increase in the maximum permitted number of stories from two (2) to three (3), and
to allow an increase in the maximum permitted building height from thirty (30) feet to thirty-
four (34) feet (V-19-04).
6) S-19-15 White Oak Property: Apartments and Townhouses on 3 parcels of land on White
Oak Road – Review of a Site Development Plan Application to construct a three-story
apartment building to contain twenty-four (24) dwelling units as well as eight (8) townhouse
units, comprising thirty-two (32) total dwelling units and associated site improvements. The
subject area of three parcels consists of 11.17 acres +/- and located north side of White Oak
Road west of State Route 1. The properties are zoned C-2A (Limited Central Commercial
Zone). The owner of record for all three (3) properties is Harman Brothers LLC. Property
Addresses: 1317 White Oak Road and other not yet addressed properties on White Oak
Road. Tax Parcels: ED-05-068.11-01-05.00-000, Tax Parcels: ED-05-068.11-01-03.00-000,
and Tax Parcels: ED-05-068.11-01-01.00-000. Council District 3. Waiver Request:
Reduction of Parking Requirement, Consideration of Cash-in-lieu of Partial Recreation Area
Construction. Potential Waiver Request: Partial Elimination of Sidewalk.
The following Application will not be considered at the July Planning Commission Meeting but
will be rescheduled for a future meeting:
7) S-19-14 Northgate Center Lot 1: Office and Retail Building at 101 Stover Boulevard –
Review of a Site Development Plan Application to construct a two-story 32,400 SF office
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and retail building together with associated site improvements. The project is Lot 1 located in
the Northgate Center (previously known as the Stover Professional Campus). The subject
property is 2.0 acres +/- and located at the northeast corner of Stover Boulevard and Bay
Road. The property is zoned C-4 (Highway Commercial Zone) and subject to the SWPOZ
(Source Water Protection Overlay Zone). The owner of record is 605 South Bay Road, LLC.
Property Address:101 Stover Boulevard. Tax Parcel: ED-05-077.00-03-01.00-000. Council
District 2. Waiver Request: Reduction of Arterial Street Buffer. The property was part of the
development of Subdivision Application SB-05-05F Stover Professional Park.
Please be advised that the Planning Commission meeting agenda will include other items in
addition to the items above. Applicants will receive a packet of information for the Planning
Commission meeting including the meeting agenda and Final D.A.C. Report.
CC:
David Berry, TDM LLC
Theresa Berry, TDM LLC
Michael Berry
Luc Saint Joachim
Mike V. Stone
Mel Stone
Lorraine Thaw
Fred Horn, W.F. Horn Architect
Ken Richter, Luther Village III of Dover
Alex Schmidt, Century Engineering, Inc.
Rev. Dr. Charles Fletcher Jr., Calvary Baptist Church
Bishop W. James Thomas II
Troy Adams, Mountain Consulting
Karen B Speakman, NCALL
Patricia Kelleher, NCALL
Bill Harman, Harman Brothers LLC
Ring W. Lardner, Davis, Bowen & Friedel Inc.
William Michelinie, Brandywine Contractors Inc.
Clifford O. Mitchell, Karins and Associates