December 17, 1980 Joint Meeting with Planning Commission166
A Joint Meeting of the Frederick County Board of Supervisors
and the Frederick County Planning Commission was held on December 17,
1980 at 7:30 P.M. in the Board of Supervisors' Meeting Room, 9 Court
Square, Winchester, Virginia.
PRESENT:
Board of Supervisors S. Roger Koontz, Chairman; Will L. Owings
Vice - Chairman; William H. Baker; Rhoda W. Maddox; R. Thomas Malcolm
and Kenneth Y. Stiles.
Planning Commission C. Langdon Gordon, Chairman; Frank Brum-
back, Vice - Chairman; W. French Kirk; James Golladay, Jr. and Manuel
DeHaven.
CALL TO ORDER
Chairman Koontz called the meeting to order.
DECEMBER 24th BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MEETING CANCELLED
Upon motion made by Kenneth Y. Stiles, seconded by William H.
Baker and passed unanimously, the second scheduled Board of Super-
visors meeting for December (24th) is hereby cancelled.
DISCUSSION - LARGE LOT SUBDIVISIONS
Mr. Gordon stated that the Planning Commission was concerned
about the large lot subdivisions inasmuch as the current requirements
are not working properly. He stated tht the Planning Commission
would like some direction from the Board as to what their ideas were
on how this problem might be resolved.
Discussion followed concerning the problems facing the county
on large lot subdivisions and it was decided that this was a serious
situation, but not an emergency one and that it was not necessary to
impose a moratorium at this time.
Mr. Koontz asked if there were many 5 acre lots being put to
record at this time.
Mr. Stiles stated that it was not the rate that they were being
put to record that was the concern, but rather the way they were
being done. He added that many have no provisions for roads and that
this was his main concern.
Mr. White asked if the present 5 acre minimum lot size was too
low and if maybe it should be raised to either 10 or 15 acres.
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Discussion followed concerning this proposal and it was decided
to leave it at the present 5 acres.
Mr. Stiles asked Mr. Sluder if a person could be required to
have Health Department approval before the deed is transferred. He
added that Clarke County had been doing this for years.
Discussion followed as to how the Office of Planning and
Development could be made aware of all subdivisions that were put to
record and Mr. Horne stated that certain surveyors would bring this
information in to the office and others would not.
Mr. Malcolm stated that he was not anxious to be involved in
emergency legislation again and that he felt that the two areas that
needed to be addressed were road and Health Department standards.
He further stated that he was not in favor of temporary legislation.
Mr. Riley read the section in the County Code concerning sub-
divisions.
This section of the code was discussed and it was decided that
all large lot subdivisions would meet Health Department and road
standards before being put to record.
Mr. Koontz asked Mr. Riley when this would be ready to come
before the Board and Mr. Riley replied, January 14, 1981.
Mrs. Maddox stated that she was concerned about rezoning re-
quests that come in prior to study of the Comprehensive Plan.
Mr. Riley stated that this would be a transition period for a-
while and that this could not be helped.
HEALTH DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR INTRODUCED
Mr. Sluder of the Health Department introduced the new director
Dr. Paul Lee Pederson.
UPON MOTION DULY MADE, SECONDED AND PASSED UNANIMOUSLY, IT IS
ORDERED THAT THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS DO NOW ADJOURN.
Bo 0?' S pervisor (;'Ierk, Board of Supervisors