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I reside at 109 E. Oxford Avenue and I am speaking specifically regarding the hours of operation for Hog Thaid. We support recommended conditions #3 and #5 regarding the hours of operation of the restaurant which is limited to between 7am and l l p m Sunday-Thursday, 7am and 12am Friday-Saturday; and outdoor hours of operation limited to 10pm daily. No other restaurants on Mount Vernon Avenue, especially in the historic core, have hours as late as what is requested by Hog Thaid. We believe the hours requested by the applicant are not consistent with existing establishments or the Mount Vernon Overlay Zone &Avenue Business Plan and are outside of what is acceptable in a commercial low zone.

I do not believe that the DRCA vote of approximately 60 members on May 10 represents the majority of Del Ray residents and certainly is not reflective of the 179 signatures against later hours listed on our petition. In fact, when a member asked during the discussion period what the compelling reason was for the late night hours, the remarks were about wanting a sports bar. They were NOT about a late night dining experience.

At the April Land Use Committee meeting the Oxford residents proposed a compromise of earlier hours during the work week ( l l pm) and later hours on the weekend (Mike's lam), and lOpm closing of the outdoor area. While not our ideal, we felt this preserved our right to have reduced intensity on our street during the work and school week and also met the needs of the late night bar scene crowd. At the time Hog Thaid representatives a t the meeting seemed receptive. However, neither the City Staff nor the LUC considered this compromise. We urge you to consider it.

We do support the hours that the City Staff has recommended. We do not understand why the Land Use Committee has chosen to give Hog Thaid special treatment and offered more than the zoning documents suggest or more than any other restaurant on Mt. Vernon Avenue. We live around the corner from some of the busiest spots on the Avenue- Dairy Godmother, Cheesetique, Taqueria and we have coexisted nicely. This 166 seat restaurantlbar will make this corner in the historic core even busier. We welcome new businesses but not with hours that will impact our families' quality of life and the character of our neighborhood. Please accept the conditions of City Staff. A t the very minimum please require l l p m closing Su-Thursday and outdoor dining closing a t lOpm daily.

M E M O R A N D U M

Date: May 15,2010

To: Mayor & City Council

From: Paul &Ashley Wick, 109 East Oxford Avenue Anna DePapp, 107 East Oxford Avenue Martha Norris, 101 East Oxford Avenue John & Lisa McNichols, 105 East Oxford Avenue Linda Jacobs-Condit & Bruce Condit, 106 East Oxford Avenue Rock & Michelle Vaughan, 100 East Oxford Avenue Bernardo & Clarissa Piereck, 2 East Oxford Avenue

Re: Hog Thaid SUP # 2010-0011

After reviewing the City Staff recommendations regarding Docket Item #9, SUP# 2010-0011, we would like to provide the following comments for consideration. Our position remains that we support the approval of the SUP with the conditions in the City Staff document and our additional conditions outlined below.

1. We support staff recommended condition # 3 regarding the hours of operation of the restaurant. No other restaurants on Mount Vernon Avenue, especially in the historic core, have hours as late as what is requested. We believe, as do the 200+ local residents who have signed our petition, that the hours should be consistent with the hours of other similar establishments, like Evening Star, and with what is outlined in the Mount Vernon Avenue Business Plan and Overlay Zone. The Mount Vernon Avenue Business Plan was established to provide guidelines and expectations for new businesses. Any deviation from the Mount Vernon Avenue Business Plan would be counterproductive.

2. We support staff recommended condition #5 regarding hours of operation for the outdoor dining area be limited to 10:OOpm daily.

3. We support with additional amendment staff recommended condition #21. We request that language be added so that Applicant" shall implement [his] three part-plan (eas/wood hvbrid cooker, ventilation hood filters, and dilution fan1 to mitieat# smoke coming from the restaurant." We are concerned that without the inclusion of "shall" that proposed technology outlined in the staff document will be considered optional.

4. We request an additional condition regarding roof top exhaust fans [not including the dilution fan which we know must be shot straight up): -ust fan or HVAC unit shall be installed with a visual mechanical screen/noise deflector and submitted for review and approval bv the Directors of Planninp and Zoning. Code Administration and Transportation and Environmental Services. The output (noise and odor] from anv rooftop exhaust fan shall be directed awav from the residences located behind and adiacent to the property. The a~plicant shall locate exhaust fan[s] as ]a manner as to not impa-f

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By signing below, please be advised that I support the proposed requests as set forth in the Application by Hog Thaid, LLC, t/a Pork Barrel BBQ for Special Use Permit (SUP) #2010-0011, with the revisions set forth below in order to ensure the preservation of the family-friendly atmosphere of Del Ray.

Pork Barrel BBQ, et. al. will be located at 2312 Mt. Vernon Ave., in the neighborhood of Del Ray, with Commercial Low zoning. The restaurant will be located on the same block as 14 residential homes with approximately 13 children in residence and within a one-block radius of 53 residential homes. The nearest residence with small children is located approximately 30 feet from the Applicant's restaurant.

In SUP #2010-0011, the Applicant asks: (i) to operate one 6,000 square foot restaurant Sunday through Friday from ll:30am to 2:OOam and on Saturday from 7:30am to 2:OOam; (ii) to vent up to 251 stories; (iii) to produce up to 400 pounds of trash per day; (iv) to have off street loading beginning at 4:OOam daily and continuing until 5:OOpm with trucks parked off Mt. Vernon Ave. only; (v) to have outdoor dining; and (vi) to offer carry out service.

I support the SUP with the following changes to ensure the restaurants conform with the commercial low zoning. and family-friendly character of Del Ray: (i) a change in hours so that the restaurants close by or before 1l:OOpm (or at a minimum closing at 1l:OOpm Sunday through Thursday); (ii) a change in the ventilation system sufficient to capture odors, smoke, emissions and other particulate matter generally associated with barbecue and other cooking techniques the Applicant proposes to use; (iii) off street loading hours (to be off Mt. Vernon Ave. only) limited to morning only Monday through Friday between 7AM and 5PM); (iv) outdoor dining tables limited and hours of operation ceasing by 10:OOpm daily; (v) audible sounds at the commercial building line limited to levels at or below 50 decibels; (vi) no speakers or other amplified sounds outside the restaurant; (vii) side door entrance to be used as an emergency exit only and all take out to be picked up through main entrance on Mt. Vernon Ave.; and (viii) a requirement that all deliveries to and from the restaurant use Mt. Vernon Avenue as the sole point of ingress and egress (using Oxford Avenue only between Mt. Vernon Avenue and the parking lot entrance). I respectfully ask that the SUP is approved with these changes.

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I support the SUP with the following changes to ensure the restaurants conform with the commercial low zoning and family-friendly character of Del Ray: (i) a change in hours so that the restaurants close by or before 1l:OOpm (or at a minimum closing at 1l:OOpm Sunday through Thursday); (ii) a change in the ventilation system sufficient to capture odors, smoke, emissions and other particulate matter generally associated with barbecue and other cooking techniques m e Applicant proposes to use; (iii) off street loading hours (to be off Mt. Vernon Ave. only) limited to morning only Monday through Friday between 7AM and 5PM); (iv) outdoor dining tables limited and hours of operation ceasing by 10:OOpm daily; (v) audible sounds at the commercial building line limited to levels at or below 50 decibels; (vi) no speakers or other amplified sounds outside the restaurant; (vii) side door entrance to be used as an emergency exit only and all take out to be picked up through main entrance on Mt. Vernon Ave.; and (viii) a requirement that all deliveries to and from the restaurant use Mt. Vernon Avenue as the sole point of ingress and egress (using Oxford Avenue only between Mt. Vernon Avenue and the parking lot entrance). I respectfully ask that the SUP is approved with these changes.

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I support the SUP with the following changes to ensure the restaurants conform with the commercial low zoning and family-friendly character of Del Ray: (i) a change in hours so that the restaurants close by or before 1l:OOpm (or at a minimum closing at 1l:OOpm Sunday through Thursday); (ii) a change in the ventilation system sufficient to capture odors, smoke, emissions and other particulate matter generally associated with barbecue and other cooking techniques the Applicant proposes to use; (iii) off street loading hours (to be off Mt. Vernon Ave. only) limited to Monday through Friday between 7AM and 5PM); (iv) outdoor dining tables limited and hours of operation ceasing by 10:OOpm daily; (v) audible sounds at the commercial building line limited to levels at or below 50 decibels; (vi) no speakers or other amplified sounds outside the restaurant; (vii) side door entrance to be used as an emergency exit only and all take out to be picked up through main entrance on Mt. Vernon Ave.; and (viii) a requirement that all deliveries to and from the restaurant use Mt. Vernon Avenue as the sole point of ingress and egress (using Oxford Avenue only between Mt. Vernon Avenue and the parking lot entrance). I respectfully ask that the SUP is approved with these changes.

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Pork Barrel BBQ, et. al. will be located at 2312 Mt. Vernon Ave., in the neighborhood of Del Ray, with . Commercial Low zoning. The restaurant will be located on the same block as 14 residential homes with

approximately 13 children in residence and within a one-block radius of 53 residential homes. The nearest residence with small children is located approximately 30 feet from the Applicant's restaurant.

In SUP #2010-0011, the Applicant asks: (i) to operate one 6,000 square foot restaurant Sunday through ~riday from ll:30am to 2:OOam and on Saturday from 7:30am to 2:OOam; (ii) to vent up to 235 stories; (iii) to produce up to 400 pounds of trash per day; (iv) to have off street loading beginning at 4:OOam daily and continuing until 5:OOpm with trucks parked off Mt. Vernon Ave. only; (v) to have outdoor dining; and (vi) to offer carry out service.

I support the SUP with the following changes to ensure the restaurants conform with the commercial low zoning and family-friendly character of Del Ray: (i) a change in hours so that the restaurants close by or before 1l:OOpm (or at a minimum closing at 1l:OOpm Sunday through Thursday); (ii) a change in the ventilation system sufficient to capture odors, smoke, emissions and other particulate matter generally associated with barbecue and other cooking techniques the Applicant proposes to use; (iii) off street loading hours (to be off Mt. Vernon Ave. only) limited bo Monday through Friday between 7AM and 5PM); (iv) outdoor dining tables limited and hours of operation ceasing by 10:OOpm daily; (v) audible sounds at the commercial building line limited to levels at or below 50 decibels; (vi) no speakers or other amplified sounds outside the restaurant; (vii) side door entrance to be used as an emergency exit only and all take out to be picked up through main entrance on Mt. Vernon Ave.; and (viii) a requirement that all deliveries to and from the restaurant use Mt. Vernon Avenue as the sole point of ingress and egress (using Oxford Avenue only between Mt. Vernon Avenue and the parking lot entrance). I respectfully ask that the SUP is approved with these changes.

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In SUP #2010-0011, the Applicant asks: (i) to operate one 6,000 square foot restaurant Sunday through Friday from ll:30am to 2:OOam and on Saturday from 7:30am to 2:OOam; (ii) to vent up to 2% stories; (iii) to produce up to 400 pounds of trash per day; (iv) to have off street loading beginning at 4:OOam daily and continuing until 5:OOpm with trucks parked off Mt. Vernon Ave. only; (v) to have outdoor dining; and (vi) to offer carry out service.

I support the SUP with the following changes to ensure the restaurants conform with the commercial low zoning and family-friendly character of Del Ray: (i) a change in hours so that the restaurants close by or before 11:OOpm (or at a minimum closing at 1l:OOpm Sunday through Thursday); (ii) a change in the ventilation system sufficient to capture odors, smoke, emissions and other particulate matter generally associated with barbecue and other cooking techniques the Applicant proposes to use; (iii) off street loading hours (to be off Mt. Vernon Ave. only) to be only Monday through Friday between 7AM and 5PM); (iv) outdoor dining tables limited and hours of operation ceasing by 10:OOpm daily; (v) audible sounds at the commercial building line limited to levels at or below 50 decibels; (vi) no speakers or other amplified ~lounds outside the restaurant; (vii) side door entrance to be used as an emergency exit only and all take out to be picked up through main entrance on Mt. Vernon Ave.; and (viii) a requirement that all deliveries to and from the restaurant use Mt. Vernon Avenue as the sole point of ingress and egress (using Oxford Avenue only between Mt. Vernon Avenue and the parking lot entrance). I respectfully ask that the SUP is approved with these changes.

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In SUP #2010-0011, the Applicant asks: (i) to operate one 6,000 square foot restaurant Sunday through Friday from 11:30am to 2:OOam and on Saturday from 7:30am to 2:OOam; (ii) to vent up to 2% stories; (iii) to produce up to 400 pounds of trash per day; (iv) to have off street loading beginning at 4:OOam daily and continuing until 5:OOpm with trucks parked off Mt. Vernon Ave. only; (v) to have outdoor dining; and (vi) to offer carry out service.

I support the SUP with the following changes to ensure the restaurants conform with the commercial low zoning and family-friendly character of Del Ray: (i) a change in hours so that the restaurants close by or before 1l:OOpm (or at a minimum closing at 1l:OOpm Sunday through Thursday); (ii) a change in the ventilation system sufficient to capture odors, smoke, emissions and other particulate matter generally associated with barbecue and other cooking techniques the Applicant proposes to use; (iii) off street loading hours (to be off Mt. Vernon Ave. only) limited to morning only Monday through Friday between 7AM and 5PM); (iv) outdoor dining tables limited and hours of operation ceasing by 10:OOpm daily; (v) audible sounds at the commercial building line limited to levels at or below 50 decibels; (vi) no speakers or other amplified sounds outside the restaurant; (vii) side door entrance to be used as an emergency exit only and all take out to be picked up through main entrance on Mt. Vernon Ave.; and (viii) a requirement that all deliveries to and from the restaurant use Mt. Vernon Avenue as the sole point of ingress and egress (using Oxford Avenue only between Mt. Vernon Avenue and the parking lot entrance). I respectfully ask that the SUP is approved with these changes.

By signing below, please be k" dvised that I support the proposed requests as set forth in the Application by Hog Thaid, LLC, t/a Pork Barrel BBQ for Special Use Permit (SUP) #2010-0011, with the revisions set forth below in order to ensure the preservation of the family-friendly atmosphere of Del Ray.


In SUP #2010-0011, the Applicant asks: (i) to operate one 6,000 square foot restaurant Sunday through Friday from 11:30am to 2:OOam and on Saturday from 7:30am to 2:OOam; (ii) to vent up to 21-1 stories; (iii) to produce up to 400 pounds of trash per day; (iv) to have off street loading beginning at 4:OOam daily and continuing until 5:OOpm with trucks parked off Mt. Vernon Ave. only; (v) to have outdoor dining; and (vi) to offer carry out service.

I support the SUP with the following changes to ensure the restaurants conform with the commercial low zoning and family-friendly character of Del Ray: (i) a change in hours so that the restaurants close by or before 11:OOpm (or at a minimum closing at 11:OOpm Sunday through Thursday); (ii) a change in the ventilation system sufficient to capture odors, smoke, emissions and other particulate matter generally associated with barbecue and other cooking techniques the Applicant proposes to use; (iii) off street loading hours (to be off Mt. Vernon Ave. only) to be only Monday through Friday between 7AM and 5PM); (iv) outdoor dining tables limited and hours of operation ceasing by 10:OOpm daily; (v) audible sounds at the commercial building line limited to levels at or below 50 decibels; (vi) no speakers or other amplified sounds outside the restaurant; (vii) side door entrance to be used as an emergency exit only and all take out to be picked up through main entrance on Mt. Vernon Ave.; and (viii) a requirement that all deliveries to and from the restaurant use Mt. Vernon Avenue as the sole point of ingress and egress (using Oxford Avenue only between Mt. Vernon Avenue and the parking lot entrance). I respectfully ask that the SUP is approved with these changes.


Pork Barrel BBQ, et. al. will be located at 2312 Mount Vernon Avenue, in the neighborhood of Del Ray, with Commercial Low zoning. The restaurant will be located on the same block as 14 residential homes and within a one-block radius of 53 residential homes with approximately 13 children in residence. The nearest residence with small children is located approximately 30 feet from the applicant's restaurant.

In SUP #2010-0011, the Applicant asks: (i) to operate one 6,000 square foot restaurant Sunday through Friday from 11:30am to 2:OOam and on Saturday from 7:30am to 2:OOam; (ii) to vent up to 2 and % stories; (iii) to produce up to 400 bags of trash per day; (iv) to have off street loading beginning at 4:OOam daily and continuing until 5:OOpm with trucks parked off Mount Vernon Avenue only; (v) to have outdoor dining; and (vi) to offer carry out service.

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May 14,2010

Honorable Mayor William Euille and Members of City Council City of Alexandria Suite 2300, City Hall 301 King Street Alexandria, VA 223 14

RE: Proposed Special Use Permit (SUP) 2010-001 1, to open barbecue restaurant at 2312 Mount Vernon Avenue.

Dear Mayor Euille and Members of City Council:

The Environmental Policy Commission appreciates the opportunity to comment on the potential environmental effects of proposed Special Use Permit (SUP) 2010-001 1, to establish a barbecue restaurant in Del Ray ("Hog Thaid") at 23 12 Mount Vernon Avenue.

Unlike most restaurants, the proposed barbecue restaurant presents potential environmental health concerns; specifically, fine particulate matter from smoke generated in barbecuing meat using a wood smoker, and odor. Strong, unpleasant, or unwanted odor can be a nuisance, and fine particulate matter can have health effects including premature death, aggravation of heart and lung disease, and asthma attacks. Particulate matter (PM) constitutes one of the six criteria air pollutants covered under the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) established by the federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Unfortunately, EPA has determined that the greater Washington, D.C. metropolitan area-including Alexandria-is a nonattainment area for fine particulate matter (particulates which are 2.5 micrometers in diameter and smaller, known as PM 2.5).

EPC strongly supports efforts by the City-both by itself and within the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments-to reduce PM 2.5 emissions. As reported in the City's 2009 Greenhouse Gas and Criteria Air Pollutant Emissions Inventory, gas-powered lawn and garden equipment by itself emits an estimated 9.1 tons of PM 2.5 each year, and onroad vehicle use in the city generates 209 tons of PM 2.5 annually. In comparison, all residential, community, and industrial wood burning is estimated to result in one ton per year of PM 2.5 emissions. Although the property owner originally proposed to use a smoker which used wood as the sole fuel source, he has amended his proposal to instead use a smoker powered primarily by natural

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gas, with a significantly reduced amount of wood being burned to contribute flavor. The SUP application also includes a diffusion fan to more strongly disperse emissions from the cooker.

Under Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) regulations, a source is considered exempt from permitting requirements if its potential uncontrolled emissions are less than 25 tons per year each of PM and VOC, and fuel burning equipment is considered exempt from permitting if it bums less than 1 MMBtu/hr of solid fuel and less than 50 MMBtuihr of gaseous fuel. Furthermore, a source of air pollution is considered to be an "Insignificant Activity" if its potential uncontrolled emissions are less than 5 tons per year of any criteria pollutant. Under these regulations, the proposed meat smoker is a very small source of air pollution that is considered to be insignificant and does not require a permit from the DEQ. According to estimates made by both City staff and an outside consultant, the restaurant's cooker is expected to emit between 0.02 and 0.08 tons of PM 2.5 per year.

There are no federa1 or state standards for odor control, and the City relies on a performance- based approach to prevent and address nuisances. As noted by City staff in their memo on the SUP, the City typically receives less than 10 odor complaints a year, which they work to resolve in coordination with the business in question and complainants. This same framework would be used here. As described in Condition #21 of the staff recommendation on the SUP, "the applicant must control cooking odors, smoke, and any other air pollution from operations at the site and prevent them from becoming a nuisance to neighboring properties." In order to minimize potential odor problems, applicant has agreed to install an extra filter in the ventilation hoods used in the restaurant cooking area, in addition to using the dilution fan and gas-powered cooker mentioned above. While additional technologies (such as carbon filtration) exist to address air pollution from the applicant's facility, those options come with a significant capital and annual operating expense. It is not clear at this time, especially in light of the applicant's decision to go with a gas-fired grill and dispersion fan, that such technology is necessary to address the community's concerns about potential pollutant emissions.

We believe the changes agreed to by the applicant sharply reduce the potential air pollution and odor emissions of the proposal, to acceptably low levels that should address the concerns of the community. Consequently, the Environmental Policy Commission voted unanimously to endorse approval of the SUP with the list of conditions set by the Department of Planning & Zoning. However, in light of the real possibility that this technology may not eliminate the potential for PM emissions to affect adjacent residents, EPC recommends that as part of the approval of the SLIP, Council require the applicant to construct his ventilation system in a manner that would be compatible with the installation of a carbon filtration system or similar technology, should one be required in the future to met Condition #21 of the staff-recommended SUP.

We applaud the community's engagement in the permitting process, and the time, effort, interest, and concern expressed by citizens in contacting us and others about the possible environmental

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health effects of the restaurant. We know citizens will contact City staff should they have concerns regarding emissions or odor once the restaurant is in operation. Thus, the applicant may need to install more advanced, and expensive, equipment later, or make substantial equipment upgrades, to address such concerns. We encourage the applicant to make allowances for potential required mitigation improvements now, during initial design and construction of the restaurant's facilities, in order to avoid increased expenses later on.

Thank you again for the opportunity to provide comment, and for y o u consideration.

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