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DRRC 02-25-16 Meeting AgendaCOUNTY of FREDERICK Department of Planning and Development 540/ 665-5651 Fax: 540/ 665-6395 MEMORANDUM To: Development Review and Regulations Committee From: Candice E. Perkins, AICP, CZA, Assistant Director Subject: February Meeting and Agenda Date: February 11, 2016 The Frederick County Development Review and Regulations Committee (DRRC) will be meeting on Thursday, February 25, 2016 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 DRR C will discuss the following agenda items: AGENDA 1) Election of DRRC Chairman and Vice-Chairman. As stipulated in the DRRC Operating Procedures, a chairman and vice-chairman will be elected during the first meeting of each year. 2) Dedication of Public Utility Lots on Rural Preservation Lots. Discussion on revisions to the Zoning Ordinance to allow the dedication of public utility lots on rural preservation lots. 3) Request to include outdoor Flea Markets as a Conditional Use in the B2 and B3 Districts. Discussion on a request to include Flea Markets as a Conditional Use in th e B2 (Business General) and B3 (Industrial Transition) Districts. 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 be necessary to enter the building through the rear door of the four-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/dw Attachments Item #2: Dedication of Public Utility Lots on Rural Preservation Lots Staff has received a request to revise the Zoning Ordinance to provide for an allowance to permit divisions from rural preservation lots for public road dedications or utility dedications. Currently the Zoning Ordinance prohibits all future divisions from rural preservation tracts. Proposed revision: ARTICLE IV AGRICULTURAL AND RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS Part 401 – RA Rural Areas District § 165-401.06 Permitted lot sizes. C. Rural preservation lots. (1) Within the RA Rural Areas District, lots as small as two acres shall be permitted on tracts over 20 acres in size, subject to the following: (a) Sixty percent or more of the parent tract shall remain intact as a contiguous parcel (Rural Preservation Tract). (b) This acreage must be designated prior to the division of the fourth lot. (c) No future division of this designated Rural Preservation Tract shall be permitted, other than for public road right-of-way or public utility dedications, unless all the following are met: i. The division results in an overall acreage increase to the Rural Preservation Tract; and ii. Acreage added to the preservation tract may come from areas internal or external to the rural preservation subdivision; and iii. Acreage from the preservation tract may not be adjusted into parcels outside of the rural preservation subdivision; and iv. The Rural Preservation Tract continues to meet all requirements of Chapter 165 and 144. Staff would like to discuss with the DRRC the current Ordinance requirements and potential allowance for divisions from rural preservation tracts. Item #3: Flea Markets as a Conditional Use in the B2/B3 Districts Staff has been requested to draft an amendment to the Zoning Ordinance to address the allowance of flea markets. Currently, flea markets operated outdoors are permitted as a conditional use in the RA (Rural Areas) District through a Conditional Use Permit (added in 2010). Flea markets operated indoors is a permitted use in the B2 District. The request is to allow flea markets, operated outdoors, as a conditional use in the B2 (Business General) and B3 (Industrial Transition) Zoning Districts. The approved supplementary use regulations that were adopted in 2010 with the RA flea market allowance have been modified to correspond to this requested addition. 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. Proposed changes 2. Letter of Request Attachment Original language Draft revisions ARTICLE VI BUSINESS AND INDUSTRIAL ZONING DISTRICTS Part 603 – B2 Business General District § 165-603.03 Conditional Uses. Uses permitted with a conditional use permit shall be as follows: Flea Markets, Operated Outdoors. *(Indoor flea markets is a permitted use in the B2 District). Part 604 – B3 Industrial Transition District § 165-604.03. Conditional Uses. Uses permitted with a conditional use permit shall be as follows: Flea Markets, Operated Indoors or Outdoors. Article II SUPPLEMENTARY USE REGULATIONS, PARKING, BUFFERS, AND REGULATIONS FOR SPECIFIC USES Part 204 – Additional Regulations for Specific Uses § 165-204.25. Flea Markets. Flea Markets where allowed through a Conditional Use Permit in the RA (Rural Areas) Zoning District shall meet the following requirements: 1. Property size shall be a minimum of six (6) acres not to exceed fifteen (15) acres. 2. In the RA (Rural Areas) District, the site must have direct frontage and access to a collector or arterial roadway. In the B2 (Business General) and B3 (Industrial Transition) Districts, the site at a minimum must have direct frontage and access to local road dedicated to VDOT. All entrances shall conform to VDOT standards. 3. Flea markets may be located indoor or outdoor. 4. Flea markets shall only be permitted to operate Friday-Sunday and on holidays. 5. Required onsite parking shall be one (1) space per 400 square feet of enclosed floor area and one (1) space per 3,000 square feet of outdoor display area. Attachment 6. All parking spaces and travel aisles shall be graveled. The Board of Supervisors may require through the Conditional Use Permit process that all travel aisles and/or parking spaces be paved with a minimum double prime and seal or alternative dust free surface. 7. All items displayed for sale shall be located within designated vendor spaces. 8. In the RA (Rural Areas) District, A Category B Zoning District Buffer shall be required along any adjacent parcel six acres in size or less that is used for residential purposes. A Category B Zoning District Buffer shall also be required along any adjacent property where a dwelling is located 50 feet or less from the proposed flea market property. 9. When adjacent to property primarily used for purposes other than residential, fencing (wire type – non opaque) shall be provided along the property line. 10. A site plan in accordance with the requirements of Article VIII shall be submitted to and approved by Frederick County and all applicable agencies. The site plan shall delineate all vendor spaces and parking spaces.