HRAB 10-20-15 Meeting MinutesFrederick County Historic Resources Advisory Board (HRAB)
October 20, 2015
Board of Supervisors Executive Session Room of the County
Administrative Building
107 North Kent Street, Winchester, VA
Members Present: Lauren Murphy, Elizabeth Fravel, Chris Oldham, Gary Crawford, Denny Perry, William
Schuller and Chuck Dunlap (PC Liaison)
Members Absent: Maral Kalbian, Clint Jones
Staff Present: Candice Perkins
Agenda Items:
Call to order at 6:00 PM.
Item 1: September 2015 HRAB Minutes
The minutes were approved as presented.
Item 2: Review of the Rezoning Application for the 81-West Business Park 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.
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.
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 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)
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.
Item 3: Review and Update of the Historic Resources Chapter for the 2035 Comprehensive Plan.
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 was requested to review the currently adopted Historic Chapter in the 2030
Comprehensive.
HRAB Comments:
Change Indian to prehistory or Native American throughout the text.
Page 1: The HRAB recommend an updated survey for properties 50 years and older, text box on
page 1 was missing.
Question on other national historic landmarks – other than Belle Grove
The text shows a number of recommendations – but it appears there are no plans to get these
things completed.
The civil war map is off on the numbering.
Land preservation map - add the roadways to the historic map.
Maps – there were questions regarding the map for historic districts – local vs state/national
Spelling on the map for Opequon is wrong.
Meeting was adjourned at 7:15 p.m.