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CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT #07-00
GERALD STRATFORD and PATTI BURGE
Cottage Occupation - Antique Storage and Preparation
LOCATION: This property is located at 1196 Hites Road.
MAGISTERIAL DISTRICT: Back Creek
PROPERTY ID NUMBER: 84-A-31
PROPERTY ZONING & PRESENT USE: Zoned RA (Rural Areas) District; Land Use:
Residential
ADJOINING PROPERTY ZONING & USE: Zoned RA (Rural Areas) Districts; Land Use:
Residential, Orchard, and Vacant
PROPOSED USE: Cottage Occupation - Antique Storage and Preparation
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 311, Use Group S (Storage) of the BOCA National
Building Code/ 1996. Please submit a floor plan of the structure at the time of Change of Use
permit application. Please show the location of egress doors on the plan. Plumbing facilities
shall be accessible with 500 feet of the building.
Fire Marshal: Maintain emergency vehicle access at all times. Plan approval recommended.
Health Department: The Health Department conducted a walkover of the existing sewage
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disposal system on the property on 3/10/00 and found no problems with the system. As the
proposed use will not increase use on the system, the Health Department has no objection to
the Conditional Use Permit.
Planning and Zoning: This application is a request to allow a cottage occupation within an
accessory structure. Specifically, this cottage occupation would allow the applicants to store
their collection of antiques in an existing outbuilding. Minimal preparation work such as
cleaning and dusting will also be performed within the accessory storage building. Cottage
occupations are a permitted use in the RA (Rural Areas) Zoning District with an approved
conditional use permit.
The applicants buy antique furniture, clocks, and other items with the intention of re -selling
these items at auctions. Occasionally, a large moving van or truck would be utilized to
transport items to antique shows and auctions.
There will be no excessive noise or odor as a result of this cottage occupation. In addition,
there will be no retail element on the site.
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 05-03-00 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. All storage and preparation work shall be accomplished inside a completely enclosed
structure.
Any expansion ofthe approved cottage occupation shall require a new conditional use permit.
PLANNING COMMISSION SUMMARY & ACTION FOR THE 05/03/00 MEETING:
Members of the Commission inquired if any type of chemicals would be used in the cleaning and
preparation process. The applicant stated that he will occasionally use turpentine to remove wax
build-up or to remove an existing finish; however, this will be hand -applied and no dipping tanks will
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be used. He had no problems with the conditions applied to his permit.
There were no citizen comments. Based on the limited scale of the proposed operation, the
Commission believed the business could operate without significant impact on the adjoining
properties. The Commission unanimously recommended approval with the following conditions:
1. All review agency comments shall be complied with at all times.
2. All storage and preparation work shall be accomplished inside a completely enclosed
structure.
3. Any expansion of the approved cottage occupation shall require a new conditional use permit.
(Note: Mr. Ours and Mr. Wilson were absent from this meeting.)
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