HRAB 09-18-12 Meeting MinutesFrederick County Historic Resources Advisory Board (HRAB)
September 18, 2012
Board of Supervisors Executive Session Room of the County
Administrative building
107 North Kent Street Winchester, VA
Minutes Adopted
Members Present: Rhoda Kriz (Chairman), Elizabeth Fravel, Lauren Murphy, Clint Jones, Denny
Perry, Stacey Yost, Robert Hess, Gary Oates, Maral Kalbian
Members Absent: Mary Turner, Claus Bader
Staff Present: Mark Cheran
Applicants Present: John Lewis, Painter and Lewis, Tracy L. Anderson, Donohue & Stearns, PLC
Agenda Items: Review of the site plan application for Rose Hill Farm access and parking, Review
of the AT&T Commercial Telecommunications Facility Conditional Use Permit (proposed tower
located at 141 Fairview Road).
Call to order at 6:30 PM.
Item One: Planner Cheran introduced the first agenda item which was a review of the site plan
application for Rose Hill Farm access and parking, submitted by John Lewis with Painter &
Lewis. The site plan application seeks to use gravel access and parking in lieu of double prime
and seal for this property as required by the Frederick County Zoning Ordinance. The HRAB
supported the request and added that wooden wheelstops in lieu of concrete wheelstops
should be used because they would be more in keeping with the theme of Rose Hill. With that
one suggestion the HRAB approved the site plan.
Item Two: Planner Cheran introduced the second item which was a Conditional Use Permit
application for a proposed 199 -foot commercial monopole telecommunications tower with an
accessory equipment building for AT&T. The property is located at 141 Fairview Road. The
Rural Landmarks Survey Report for Frederick County Virginia identified three historic structures
located within the vicinity of the proposed tower, one of which is located on site. All of these
properties are listed as potentially significant. The sites that are listed in the survey are:
® Easton House (#34-482)
® Fairview Church (#34-1515)
■ White -McKee House (#34-1516)
The HRAB felt that the submitted application did not provide the board with enough
information to make a recommendation on the proposed tower and requested that the
application provide additional information and return to a future meeting. The applicant was
also requested to provide a balloon test of where the tower would be located.
Meeting was adjourned at 7:00p.m.
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