CPPC 11-11-02 Meeting AgendaFile Copy COUNTY of FREDERICK
Department of Planning and Development
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MEMQRANDU1vI
TO: Comprehensive Plans and Programs Subcommittee
FROM: Eric R. Lawrence, AICP, Planning Director tit Ll
RE: November Meeting and Agenda
DATE: November 4, 2002
The Frederick County Comprehensive Plans and Programs Subcommittee (CPPS) will be meeting
on Monday, November 11, 2002, at 7:30 p.m. in the first floor conference room of the County
Administration Building, 107 North Kent Street, Winchester, Virginia. The CPPS will discuss the
following agenda items:
AGENDA
1) Continuation of discussions regarding the Northeast Land Use Plan review.
2) Other.
Please contact our department if you are unable to attend this meeting. Thank you.
Staff has been directed to advise all committee members that access to the County Administration
Building -for night meetings that do not occur in the Board room will be limited to the back door
of the four-story wing. I would encourage committee members 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.
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ITEM #1
CONTINUATION OF DISCUSSIONS REGARDING THE
NORTHEAST LAND USE PLAN REVIEW
The Comprehensive Plans and Programs Subcommittee (CPPS) has been reviewing the Northeast
Land Use Plan (NELUP) for the past few months, per a directive of the Board of Supervisors. More
specifically, the committee was tasked with reviewing the industrial and historic land uses, both
existing and as proposed in the Northeast Land Use Plan.
During the CPPS' monthly meeting in August, the committee achieved a consensus that the land
uses identified in the adopted NELUP were generally acceptable west of Martinsburg Pike (Route
11), and north of Walters Mill Road (Route 836). As a result, the CPPS Chairman requested that
each committee member provide staff with a potential land use scheme for the land located south
of Walters Mill Lane (Route 836), and east of Martinsburg Pike (a.k.a. "concentrated study area").
During September, staff received a number of potential land use plan scenarios from the CPPS
membership. These potential land use plan alternatives were distributed to the CPPS membership
under a memorandum from the Planning Department dated September 24, 2002. This September
24, 2002 memorandum and associated alternative land use schemes are available via the internet at
http: //www. co. frederick. va. us/planninganddevelopment/Alternatives. htm
Staff has enclosed, with this agenda package, a land use alternative which draws from the various
land use suggestions received from the committee. Specifically, this alternative recognizes the
concerns raised and identified in various committee alternatives, and suggests that industrial land
use is not appropriate west of the CSX railroad. Accordingly, the proposed industrial land use label,
as well as the SWSA, have been removed from this area.
Shenandoah Valley Battlefield Foundation
The Shenandoah Valley Battlefield Foundation (SVBF) has undertaken an effort of analyzing
Winchester's historical areas. This exercise looks at various documents regarding civil war battles
and other historical features. It is the SVBF's intent to identify land parcels which have retained
their historical integrity, as well as those properties which are viable for preservation. This
information, when made available, could be considered for incorporation into the NELUP.
Land Owners' Request
Staff has received a proposed land use alternative from the property owners who jointly own a
majority of the land located south of Old Charlestown Road (Route 761) and east of Martinsburg
Pike (Route 11). In a letter from Mr. Shockey and Ms. Slaughter, dated October 31, 2002, they
request that the County consider a future residential planned community land use on their properties.
The adopted NELUP presently identifies their lands for future industrial use. The letter of request,
as well as their proposed revisions to the NELUP are attached.
Conclusion
Staff suggests that the committee be prepared to discuss the various land use alternatives that have
been enclosed with this agenda. In addition to the documents noted above, staff has included a copy
of the approved NELUP within the agenda. For those with internet access, a color version of this
agenda and associated alternative land use proposals are available at
http:/www.co.frederick.va.us/p lanninganddevelopment/Agenda CPPS.htm
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October 31, 2002
Frederick County
Department of Planning and Development
107 North bent Street
Winchester, VA 22601
Attn: Eric R. Lawrence, Planning Director
Re: Northeast Land Use Plan Revision
Dear Mr. Lawrence:
The purpose of this letter is to request consideration of the attached general land use plan
by the Frederick County Board of Supervisors, Planning Commission and
Comprehensive Plans and Programs Subcomrnittee (CPPS). The attached general land
use plan is in response to the CPPS consideration of revisions to the Northeast Land Use
Plan.
The Northeast Land Use Plan was adopted as a component of the Frederick County
Comprehensive Policy Plan in January 1997 (then known as the Route 11 North Land
Use Plan). This general land use plan was revised and adopted in September 2000 to
include additional land from Interstate 81 Exit 321 to the West Virginia line between
Berkeley County and Frederick County_ The adoption of each plan extended the
Frederick County Sewer and Water Service Area (SWSA) to provide for the development
of future land uses within the northeast area. The adopted original land use plan and the
adopted revised land use plan identify the future land use for the area south of Old
Charles Town Road (Route 761) and east of the CSX Railroad as industrial.
Furthermore, both plans were adopted to identify a major collector road to provide for a
connection between Old Charles Town Road and Martinsburg Pike (U.S. Route 11), with
a secondary connection between the major collector road and Redbud Road (Route 661).
Finally, a Developmentally Sensitive Area (DSA) designation was established along the
Milburn Road (Route 662) corridor, which also identified land area between Milburn
Road and the CSX Railroad due to its historic significance.
The Board of Supervisors denied a request to rezone 404 acres of Shockey land to M1,
Light Industrial District in August 2001. The opposition to this industrial request
suggested that a better use of this land was appropriate and that the industrial proposal
was not a smart growth plan.
The attached general land use plan is intended to provide the Board of Supervisors and
the community with a smart growth plan for this portion of the Northeast Land Use Plan.
This proposal calls for the revision of the future industrial land use bubble on the south
side of Old Charles Town Road and east of the CSX Railroad to a future residential
planned community land use bubble. The future residential planned community land use
bubble provides an opportunity to utilize smart growth principles that will enhance
File 92760C
Northeast Lard Use Plan Revision Letter
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October :31, 2002
development in this area of the community. The residential planned community proposal
will provide for a mixture of housing types to create a range of housing opportunities and
choices, will provide for mixed land use to provide opportunities to live, shop and work
in the same community, will provide for public service and public recreation use which is
limited in this area of the community, will provide for neighborhoods that promote
walkability and active recreational areas, will cluster development to provide for
preservation of open space, historic and environmental areas, will utilize low impact
development techniques and best management practices to promote infiltration and water
quality and will utilize design techniques and standards to foster distinctive, attractive
communities with a strong sense of place.
The Shockey and McCann families control much of the land area on the south side of Old
Charles Town Road and east of the CSX Railroad. The proposal to modify the future
industrial land use bubble to the future residential planned community bubble is
acceptable to both families. A map depicting the land owned by the Shockey and
McCann families has been provided in addition to the proposed land use plan revision for
the Northeast Land Use Plan. Representatives of Greenway Engineering will attend the
November 11, 2002 Comprehensive Plans and Programs Subcommittee meeting to
address questions of the subcommittee regarding this proposed land use plan revision.
Thank you for the opportunity to submit a proposal that addresses the community's desire
for smart growth opportunities within Frederick County.
We appreciate your consideration of this matter.
Sincerely,
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Judith McCann Slaughter
Cc: Frederick County Board of Supervisors
Frederick County Planning Commission
Mark Smith, Greenway Engineering
Thomas M. Lawson, Lawson & Sileck, P.L.C.
File t#2760C
MAP ATTACHMENTS
1) Northeast Land Use Plan Proposed Revisions
2) Shockey Family and McCann Family Land Within Revised Plan Area
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Prepared by Greenway Engineering
October 2002
Source: Frederick County GIS Data