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CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT #13-01
Lynnette L. Embree
Cottage Occupation - Counseling Service
LOCATION: This property is located at 687 Front Royal Pike.
MAGISTERIAL DISTRICT: Shawnee
PROPERTY ID NUMBER: 64C -A-2
PROPERTY ZONING & PRESENT USE: Zoned RP (Residential Performance) District;
Land Use: Residential
ADJOINING PROPERTY ZONING & USE: Zoned RP (Residential Performance) District;
Land Use: Residential and Vacant
PROPOSED USE: Cottage Occupation - Counseling Service
REVIEW EVALUATIONS:
Virginia Dept. of Transportation: The application for a conditional use permit for this
property appears to have little measurable impact on Route 522, the VDOT facility which
would provide access to the property. Existing entrance is adequate for proposed use.
However should use ever expand in the future, the entrance may have to be upgraded to
VDOT minimum commercial standards.
Inspections Department: No comment required provided existing business use was in place.
Fire Marshal: Portable fire extinguishers are recommended. Fire hydrant is located at drive
entrance off Rt. 522. Smoke detectors are recommended along with fire extinguisher(s)
meeting a 2A:1 OBC rating. Plan approval is recommended.
Health Department: The Health Department has no objection as long as there is no increase
in water use generated by the proposal.
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September 28, 2001
Frederick County Sanitation Authoriq: No comment.
Winchester Regional Airport: See attached letter dated 8/7/01 from S. R. Manuel,
Executive Director.
City of Winchester: No comments.
Planning and Zoning: The Frederick County Zoning Ordinance allows for cottage
occupations in the RP Zoning District. This proposed Conditional Use Permit application is
for a counseling service to occur in a detached garage. This garage has been modified into an
office. No more than one client will be seen at any one time, and no more than five per day.
This detached garage is located more than five (5) feet from any adjoining properties. No
screening or buffers would be required. Based upon the limited scale of the proposed use and
evaluation of the property, it appears this use would not have any significant impacts on the
adjoining properties.
STAFF CONCLUSIONS FOR THE 09-05-01 PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING:
If the Planning Commission finds this use to be appropriate, staff would recommend the following
conditions:
All review agency comments shall be complied with at all times.
2. Any proposed business sign shall conform to Cottage Occupation sign requirements; sign is
not to exceed four (4) square feet.
3. Any change of use or expansion of this use will require a new Conditional Use Permit.
PLANNING COMMISSION SUMMARY & ACTION OF 09/05/01:
The applicant and owner of the property explained that she will be operating a "coaching" business,
which is somewhat different from counseling in that counseling deals with the past and coaching deals
with the present and the future; she said she will be working with people to help them achieve the
results they want in life; she added that the business will not require licensing from the State.
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September 28, 2001
There were no public comments. No issues of concern were raised by the Commission and they
believed the use would not have any significant impacts on adjoining properties.
The Commission unanimously recommended approval of the CUP with the same conditions as
recommended by the staff, as follows:
All review agency comments shall be complied with at all times.
2. Any proposed business sign shall conform to Cottage Occupation sign requirements; sign is
not to exceed four (4) square feet.
3. Any change of use or expansion of this use will require a new Conditional Use Permit.
(NOTE: Mr. Cordell Watt and Mr. S. Blaine Wilson were absent from the meeting.)
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