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CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT #13-00
DONNA MARIE FOWLER
Cottage Occupation - Office
LOCATION: This property is located at 111 Front Drive.
MAGISTERIAL DISTRICT: Shawnee
PROPERTY ID NUMBERS: 6413-4-2
PROPERTY ZONING & PRESENT USE: Zoned RP (Residential Performance) District;
Land Use: Residential
ADJOINING PROPERTY ZONING & USE: Zoned RP (Residential Performance) District;
Land Use: Residential
PROPOSED USE: Cottage Occupation - Office
REVIEW EVALUATIONS:
Virginia Dept. of Transportation: No objection to conditional use permit for this 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: Existing building shall comply with the Virginia Uniform
Statewide Building Code and Section 304, Use Group B (Business) of the BOCA National
Building Code/1996. Other codes that apply are CABO 117.1-92, Accessible and Usable
Buildings and Facilities. Please submit a floor plan of the structure at the time of permit
application to remodel and change use.
Fire Marshal: Plan approval is recommended; no additional comments.
Sanitation Authority: No comment.
Donna Marie Fowler
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September 21, 2000
Planning and Zoning: This application is a request to allow a Cottage Occupation within
an accessory structure. Specifically, this Cottage Occupation would allow the applicant to
prepare paperwork in association with her business, Fowler Homes. Cottage Occupations
are a permitted use in the RP (Residential Performance) Zoning District with an approved
conditional use permit.
The existing outbuilding, which the applicant plans to remodel, is located to the rear of the
home and is separated by an asphalt drive. Occasionally, customers would visit the proposed
office in conjunction with the purchase of a home from the applicant. The applicant has
stated that the office would be open from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and would be by appointment only.
It appears as though the existing driveway is adequate to accommodate one or two vehicles
in association with the office use. There will be no excessive noise or odor as a result of this
Cottage Occupation.
Based upon the limited scale of the proposed operation, staff feels that the business could
operate without significant impact on the adjoining properties.
STAFF CONCLUSIONS FOR THE 09-06-00 PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING:
Approval of this conditional use permit would be appropriate with the following conditions:
1. All review agency comments shall be complied with at all times.
2. In accordance with Cottage Occupation sign requirements, signage for the proposed use may
not exceed four (4) square feet in area.
All activity associated with the Cottage Occupation shall be accomplished inside a completely
enclosed structure.
4. Any change of use or expansion of the approved Cottage Occupation shall require a new
conditional use permit.
PLANNING COMMISSION SUMMARY & ACTION OF 09/06/00: There were no citizen
comments regarding the proposed use. No issues were raised by members of the Commission and
they believed that based on the limited scale of the proposed operation, the business could operate
without significant impact on the adjoining properties.
Donna Marie Fowler
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September 21, 2000
The Planning Commission unanimously recommended approval with the same conditions stated by
the staff, as follows:
1) All review agency comments shall be complied with at all times.
2) In accordance with Cottage Occupation sign requirements, signage for the proposed use may
not exceed four (4) square feet in area.
3) All activity associated with the Cottage Occupation shall be accomplished inside a completely
enclosed structure.
4) Any change of use or expansion of the approved Cottage Occupation shall require a new
conditional use permit.
(Note: Mr. S. Blaine Wilson, Mr. Robert A. Morris, and Mr. Richard C. Ours were absent from this
meeting.)