HRAB 10-20-15 Meeting Agenda COUNTY of FREDERICK
Department of Planning and Development
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TO: Historic Resources Advisory Board
FROM: Candice E. Perkins, AICP, Senior Planner
RE: October 20, 2015 HRAB Meeting Agenda
DATE: October 8, 2015
The Frederick County Historic Resources Advisory Board (HRAB) will be meeting on Tuesday,
October 20, 2015, at 6:00 p.m., in the Board of Supervisors Executive Session Room* in the
Frederick County Administration Building, 107 North Kent Street, Winchester, Virginia. The
HRAB will discuss the following items:
AGENDA
1. September 2015 Meeting Minutes
2. Review of the Rezoning Application for the 81-West Business Park Property.
3. Review and Update of the Historic Resources Chapter for the 2035 Comprehensive
Plan.
Please contact this office if you will not be able to attend the meeting. Thank you.
*PLEASE NOTE MEETING LOCATION
Access to this building is limited during the evening hours. Therefore, it will be necessary to
enter the building through the rear door of the Board Room. I would encourage Committee
members to park in the County parking lot located behind the new addition (accessible off of
Cameron Street).
CEP/pd
Attachments
MEMORANDUM
Frederick County Historic Resources Advisory Board (HRAB)
September 15, 2015
Board of Supervisors Executive Session Room of the County
Administrative Building
107 North Kent Street, Winchester, VA
Members Present: Elizabeth Fravel, Chris Oldham, Gary Crawford, Denny Perry, and William Schuller
Members Absent: Lauren Murphy, Maral Kalbian, David O’Neil, Dr. Robert R. Meadows, and Clint Jones
Staff Present: Mark Cheran
Agenda Items:
Call to order at 6:00 PM.
Other: The members welcomed new member William Schuller to the committee.
Item 1: March 2015 and July 2015 HRAB Minutes
The minutes were approved as presented.
Item 2: Review of the Rezoning Application for the Woodside Land Company Property.
The Frederick County Historic Resources Advisory Board (HRAB) considered the above referenced
rezoning proposal. The HRAB reviewed information associated with Rural Landmarks Survey Report,
information from the Virginia Department of Historic Resources and information provided by the
applicant’s representative.
This application seeks to rezone 20 acres from the RA (Rural Areas) District to the M2 (Industrial
General) District with proffers. The site is located on the eastern side of the Winchester & Western
Railroad and south of Route 669, Woodbine Road, about 2000’ east of Route 11 (Martinsburg Pike).
The proposed use of the property is industrial uses.
Historic Resources Advisory Board Concerns
The Study of Civil War Sites in the Shenandoah Valley, published by the National Park Service, does not
identify the proposed tower site or the surrounding areas as being part of a battlefield. The Rural
Landmarks Survey Report for Frederick County, Virginia, identifies two historic structures located within
the vicinity of the proposed rezoning. Both of these properties are listed as potentially significant. The
sites that are listed in the survey are:
Sarsaparilla Springs (#34-0156)
Woodside (#34-0731)
After reviewing this information and the applicant’s materials, the Historic Resources Advisory Board
(HRAB) recommended the rezoning be sent forward to the Planning Commission and Board of
Supervisors for review. The HRAB had no recommendations to forward due to the alterations that have
been made to the structures which render them ineligible for the State Registry.
Meeting was adjourned at 6:30 p.m.
Item # 2
Rezoning Application for the 81-West Business Park Property
The Historic Resources Advisory Board (HRAB) has been asked to provide a comment pertaining
to a rezoning application for the 81-West Business Park properties. These properties are
identified by Property Identification Numbers 33-(A)-113, 33-(A)-124, and 33-(A)-114B in the
Stonewall Magisterial District. The site is located on the western side of Interstate 81 between
Cedar Hill Road (Route 671) to the north and Hopewell Road (Route 672) to the south.
The three parcels total 155.488 acres and are currently zoned RA (Rural Areas) and used for
agriculture purposes. The rezoning application seeks to rezone 36.676 acres to B2 (General
Business) District, 45.453 to the B3 (Industrial Transition) District and 73.360 acres to M-1 (Light
Industrial) District. The parcel lies within the Sewer and Water Service Area. The 2030 Frederick
County Comprehensive Plan (Northeast Land Use Plan) shows the future use of this area as
commercial and industrial.
The Study of Civil War Sites in the Shenandoah Valley published by the National Park Service
does not identify the proposed site or the surrounding areas as being part of a battlefield. The
Rural Landmarks Survey Report for Frederick County Virginia identifies one mapped historic
property (located across Hopewell Road from the subject site) which listed as potentially
significant:
Robinson-Cline House (#34-1056). (The Glebe)
Representatives for the application will be available at the HRAB meeting to provide additional
information on the proposed rezoning application. Staff is seeking comments from the HRAB on
the historical elements possibly impacted by proposed rezoning application. The comments will
be forwarded to the Planning Commission and the Board of Supervisors.
Attachments:
1. Application, Proffer Statement, GDP, Area Plan, Location Map, and Impact Statement
2. Survey information from the Virginia Department of Historic Resources.
3. Photographs of the Robinson-Cline House
Item # 3
2035 Comprehensive Plan Update – Historic Chapter
The Frederick County Planning Commission and the Comprehensive Plans and Programs
Committee (CPPC) will be undertaking the 5-year review and update of the 2030
Comprehensive Plan over the next 12 months. It is the goal to complete the update by this time
next year, spring 2016. As part of this update, the HRAB has been requested to review the
currently adopted Historic Chapter in the 2030 Comprehensive.
Staff is seeking comments from the HRAB suggested changes to the Historic Chapter in the
2030 Comprehensive Plan. The comments will be forwarded to the CPPC.
Attachments:
1. Adopted Historic Chapter from the 2030 Comprehensive Plan