DRRC 10-27-11 Meeting AgendaCOUNTY of FREDERICK
Department of Planning and Development
540/665-5651
MEMORANDUM
FAX: 540/665-6395
To: Development Review and Regulations Committee
From: Candice E. Perkins, AICP, Senior Planner e4 f
Subject: October Meeting and Agenda
Date: October 19, 2011
The Frederick County Development Review and Regulations Committee (DRRC) will be meeting on
Thursday, October 27, 2011 at 7:00 p.m. in the _first floor conference room (purple room) of the
County Administration Building, 107 North Kent Street, Winchester, Virginia. The DRRC will
discuss the following agenda items:
AGENDA
1) Permitted Uses in the RA (Rural Areas) and RP (Residential Performance) Zoning
Districts. Discussion on revisions to the RA and RP Zoning Districts.
2) Low Impact Design & Related Design Ordinance Revisions. Discussion on revisions to
the Zoning and Subdivision Ordinances for low impact design and the maximum cul-de-sac
length.
Please contact this office if you will not be able to attend the meeting. Thank you.
Access to this building is limited during the evening hours. Therefore, it will he necessary to enter
the building through the rear door of thefour-story wing. I would encourage committee members
and interested citizens to park in the County parking lot located behind the new addition or in the
joint Judicial Center parking lot and follow the sidewalk to the back door of the four-story wing.
CEP/bad
Attachments
107 North Kent Street, Suite 202 • Winchester, Virginia 22601-5000
Item #1: Permitted Uses in the RA and RP Districts
At the DRRC's July 2011 meeting, revisions to the RA (Rural Areas) and RP (Residential
Performance) districts were discussed. These revisions proposed to add libraries and public
buildings to the permitted uses in the RA District and museums and public buildings to the permitted
uses in the RP District. The revisions were subsequently discussed by the Planning Commission and
the Board of Supervisors. At the Board of Supervisors September 28, 2011 meeting, the Board
revised the amendment to allow the proposed uses as conditional uses. Since the Board discussion,
staff has realized that terminology currently within the Zoning Ordinance needs to be revised. The
Zoning Ordinance contains a definition and a supplementary use regulation for "government services
office" as well as "public buildings". This ordinance amendment proposes the following changes:
• The term "government services office" will be deleted;
• The supplementary use regulations that previously pertained to government services offices
will be revised to reflect the requirements for public buildings in the RA District;
• Government service offices will be deleted from the permitted uses in the RA District;
• Libraries and public building are shown as conditional uses in the RA District; and
• Museums and public buildings are shown as conditional uses in the RP District.
If the DRRC is supportive of this ordinance amendment, staff will forward it to the Planning
Commission and Board of Supervisors for their consideration.
Attachments: 1. Revised ordinance with deletions shown in strikethrough additions shown in
bold underlined italics.
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ATTACHMENT 1
ARTICLE I
GENERAL PROVISIONS, AMENDMENTS, AND CONDITIONAL USE PERMITS
§ 165-101.02 Definitions & word usage.
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Article II
SUPPLEMENTARY USE REGULATIONS, PARKING, BUFFERS, AND REGULATIONS FOR SPECIFIC USES
Part 204 — Additional Regulations for Specific Uses
§165-204.07 Government s^^•icpr, ^ffiro. Public Buildings.
Government s^^,ices ^ ;moo Public buildings located in the Rural Areas (RA) Zoning District shall be
subject to the following requirements:
A. GeveFriment seFVices ^ff;ce Public building uses shall be located within the Sewer and Water Service
Area (SWSA), as identified by the County's Comprehensive Policy Plan.
B. A transportation impact analysis (TIA) shall be conducted and the improvements identified as
necessary to achieve, or maintain, a minimum Level of Service (LOS) C shall be constructed in
conjunction with the facilities.
C. The facility shall be served by public water and sewer.
D. The use and site shall adhere to, and implement, Business General (132) Zoning District design
standards.
ARTICLE IV
AGRICULTURAL AND RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS
Part 401— RA Rural Areas District
§ 165-401.02 Permitted uses.
AA. GovernmeRt services effice.
99. AA. Residential subdivision identification signs.
CC. BB. Farm Wineries.
§ 165-401.03 Conditional uses.
LL. Libraries
MM. Public Buildings.
ATTACHMENT 1
Part 402 — RP Residential Performance District
§ 165-402.03 Conditional uses.
Uses and associated signs permitted with a conditional use permit shall be as follows:
(G) Museums.
(H) Public Buildings.
For reference:
PUBLIC BUILDING - Any area, building or structure used or controlled for government
purposes, that is owned, held, operated by any department, branch or unit of the Federal
Government, the Commonwealth of Virginia or one or more of its local governments, political
subdivisions or municipal corporations.
Item #2: Low Impact Design & Related Design Ordinance Revisions
Staff has received a request to revise the Zoning and Subdivision Ordinances to allow for alternative
designs, low impact design techniques, increased length for private roads and an increase in the
maximum cul-de-sac length. The requested revisions include the following:
• § 165-202.03 Motor vehicle access. Revision to provide the Planning Commission with
the ability to waive the curb and gutter requirement for private roads when low impact design
is proposed. The proposed curb and gutter elimination would need approval from the Zoning
Administrator and the Director of Public Works prior to consideration by the Planning
Commission.
• § 144.17. Streets. Revision to the street layout requirement for the continuation ofplanned,
existing or platted streets on adjoining parcels. This revision would eliminate the need to
continue a road when such continuation would result in an adverse impact on exiting traffic
patterns and access.
• § 144.18. Sidewalks and pedestrian walkways. Revision to the sidewalk requirement to
add "sidewalks" in addition to walkways and add the Director of Public Works as a
reviewing party to the allowance of alternative materials for sidewalks and walkways.
• § 144.24. Lot requirements. Revision to allow individual lots on private roads to be up to
1,000 feet from a state maintained road and allowance for the Planning Commission to allow
lots to be up to 1,200 feet from the state maintained road.
If the DRRC is supportive of this ordinance amendment, staff will forward it to the Planning
Commission and Board of Supervisors for their consideration.
Attachments: 1. Revised ordinance with deletions shown in strikethrough additions shown in
bold underlined italics.
2. Letter of request from the applicant.
3. Exhibit from the applicant.
ATTACHMENT
DRRC Reviewed 10/27/2011
Low Impact Design & Related Design Ordinance RPvisinnc
Chapter 165 — Zoning
Article it
SUPPLEMENTARY USE REGULATIONS, PARKING, BUFFERS, AND REGULATIONS FOR SPECIFIC
USES
Part 202 — Off -Street Parking, Loading and Access
§ 165-202.03 Motor vehicle access.
A. New driveways.
(14) Private roads providing lot access to multifamily and single-family small lot housing, as
permitted in §144-24 of the Subdivision Ordinance, shall be a minimum of 20 feet in
width. The pavement design for the private roads shall include eight inches of
aggregate base material, Type I, Size No. 21-13, and shall be paved with a 165 No. psy
asphalt concrete, Type SM -2A, surface treatment. In addition, curb and gutters,
standard curb CG -6, CG -7 or roll-top curb and sidewalks shall be provided along private
roads; however, the Planning Commission may approve a waiver of sidewalks on private
streets, provided that another recreational amenity is substituted for the sidewalk.
Additionally, the Planning Commission may approve a waiver of curb and putters and
allow alternate pavement design to accommodate low impact design provided that
the private road design is determined to be acceptable by the Zoning Administrator
and the Director of Public Works.
Chapter 144 — Subdivision of Land
ARTICLE V
Design Standards
§ 144.17. Streets.
B. Street layout. The layout, width, grade, design and location of all streets shall conform to
the approved final master development plan, the standards contained in the Frederick
County Comprehensive Plan, Virginia Department of Transportation requirements and the
following regulations:
(2) Provisions shall be made for the continuation of planned, existing or platted streets on
adjoining parcels. The design of such streets shall be coordinated in terms of location,
width, grades and drainage. Such continuations shall be made to provide access to
adjoining parcels, to provide for streets identified in the Comprehensive Plan and to
provide for safe and adequate traffic patterns and access. Such continuations may not
be appropriate where they provide for access between substantially different uses or
where they will result in adverse traffic impacts on existing neighborhoods or existing
traffic patterns and access. Where no lots front on the road, the Planning Commission
may require the design and grading of the right-of-way to conform to the Virginia
ATTACHMENT
DRRC Reviewed 10/27/2011
Department of Transportation standards with a minimum of temporary or permanent
seeding.
§ 144.18. Sidewalks and pedestrian walkways.
C. All sidewalks and walkways shall be a minimum of five feet wide. Sidewalks shall conform
to VDOT standards. Alternative sidewalks and walkways &W# may be approved by the
Planning Commission and shall be constructed in a manner that is acceptable to the
Subdivision Administrator and the Director of Public Works.
§ 144.24. Lot requirements.
C. Lot access. All lots shall abut and have direct access to a public street or right-of-way
dedicated for maintenance by the Virginia Department of Transportation.
(2) Multifamily and single-family small lot housing, single-family attached housing
and multifamily housing.
(a) Lots in subdivisions to be used for the following housing types, as
defined by Chapter 165, Zoning, need not abut public streets.-
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treets:[1] Duplexes.
[2] Multiplexes.
[3] Atrium houses.
[4] Townhouses.
[5] Weak -link townhouses.
[6] Garden apartments.
[7] Single-family small lot housing.
[8] Age -restricted multifamily housing.
(b) When such lots do not abut public streets, they shall abut private roads,
parking lots or access easements. The length and extent of private
roads, driveways and parking aisles providing access to lots shall be
minimized, and public streets shall be provided in larger subdivisions
when substantial distances are involved. Individual lots shall be no
more than -590 1,000 feet from a state -maintained road, as measured
from the public street along therip Vats access road. The Planning
Commission may allow lots to be located as much as 980 2200 feet
from a state -maintained road in cases where enhanced circulation is
provided with a driveway loop.
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011EFNW ENGINEERING, 'ix.
151 Windy Hill Lane
Winchester, Virginia 22602
Founded in 1971
October 18, 2011
Frederick County Planning Department
Attn: Eric Lawrence, Director
107 North Kent Street
Winchester, VA 22601
RE: Low Impact Design — Doonbeg Subdivision
Dear Eric:
The purpose of this letter is to request an opportunity to meet with the Development Review and
Regulations Committee on October 27, 2011 to discuss a proposed concept for low impact design
within a residential application. As you know, the state recently adopted new regulations to
manage the quality and quantity of runoff from development projects, which will ultimately
require Frederick County to implement a local stormwater management program. Therefore, this
state mandate will result in the need for Frederick County to plan for various low impact design
techniques resulting in new ordinance standards.
Greenway Engineering is working on a design concept for the Doonbeg Subdivision, which is
located on the north side of Apple Valley Road across from the General Electric plant. This
design proposes a series of low impact design techniques including:
➢ A private street system without curb and gutter.
➢ Pervious brick paver sidewalks immediately adjacent to the private street.
➢ Individual lots with small bioretention cells and rain barrels.
➢ Large bioretention facilities within common open space areas.
➢ Managed stormwater quality and quantity discharge.
➢ Stormwater quality testing for use by the County.
This low impact design concept will require amendments to the Frederick County Zoning and
Subdivision Ordinances, which are attached for consideration and recommendation by the
Development Review and Regulations Committee to move this matter forward. I appreciate your
willingness to schedule this item for your committee agenda.
Sincerely,
Evan yatt, AIC
Greenway Engineering
Cc: Ed Strawsnyder, Frederick County Public Works Director
Mark D. Smith, Greenway Engineering
Engineers Surveyors Planners Environmental Scientists
Telephone 540-662-4185 FAX 540-722-9528
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