CPPC 08-13-01 Meeting AgendaCOUNTY of FREDERICK
Department of Planning and Development
MEMORANDUM
TO: Comprehensive Plans and Programs Subcommittee
FROM: Eric R. Lawrence, Deputy Directorb"'-�
RE: August Meeting and Agenda
DATE: Au ust 7, 2001
540/665-5651
FAX: 540/665-6395
The Frederick County Comprehensive Plans and Programs Subcommittee (CPPS) will be meeting
on Monday, August 13, 2001, at 7:30 p.m. in the first floor conference room of the County
Administration Building, 107 North Kent Street, Winchester, Virginia. The CPPS will discuss the
following agenda items:
AGENDA
1) Discussion regarding the possible expansion of the Sewer and Water Service Area (S WSA)
south of Fairfax Pike (Route 277).
2) Rural Areas Policy review. Review and discussion regarding the format of the upcoming
Comprehensive Policy Plan Community Update educational presentations and meeting dates.
3) Other.
Please contact our department if you are unable to attend this meeting. Thank you.
Staff has been directed to advise all committee members and liaisons that access to the County Administration
Building for night meetings that do not occur in the Board room will be limited to the back door of the four-story
wing. I would encourage committee members 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.
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ITEM #1
SEWER AND WATER SERVICE AREA (SWSA) EXPANSION
The County Administrator's Office has directed staff to consider the possibility of extending the
Sewer and Water Service Area (SWSA) south of Fairfax Pike (Route 277), in the Sherando Park
area. This extension is intended to enable existing residences, many of whom have failing health
systems, to utilize the public water and sewer system.
In recent months the CPPS has reviewed, and the Board of Supervisors approved, an extension of
the SWSA to enable the Pioneer Trailer Park to utilize the public sewer and water system. As you
may recall, Pioneer Trailer Park had made the extension request as the result of a failing lagoon
system. A number of the residential properties surrounding the Pioneer facility have also
encountered failing health systems.
Staff will present for discussion three possible alternatives to address the County Administrator's
directive:
1) Alternative 1: Alternative 1 expands the SWSA by approximately 304 acres, and
encompasses 42 properties. Of the 42 properties, 17 are currently
serviced by public facilities. Staff estimates that 38 structures are
located within the proposed extension area. A majority of the
acreage included in Alternative 1 is county owned: Sherando High
School and Sherando Park. The proposed expansion would include
those properties fronting on Fairfax Pike and White Oak Road.
2) Alternative 2: Alternative 2 expands the SWSA by approximately 380 acres, and
encompasses 51 properties. Of these 51 properties, 19 are
currently served by public facilities. Staff estimates that 44
structures are located within the proposed extension area. A majority
of the acreage included in Alternative 2 continues to county owned:
Sherando High School and Sherando Park. The proposed expansion
would include those properties generally located north of Brandy
Lane, and fronting on White Oak Road.
3) Alternative 3: Alternative 3 expands the SWSA by approximately 1,035 acres, and
encompasses 219 properties. Of the 219 properties, 28 are
currently served by public facilities. Staff estimates that 100
structures are located within the proposed extension area. The
proposed extension area would include those properties located north
of Double Church Road and the Lone Oak subdivision. The
extension would also include a portion of the Forest Lakes mobile
home park.
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ITEM #2
RURAL AREAS POLICY REVIEW
The CPPS has spent the better part of this year reviewing, discussing, and revising the Goals from
the Comprehensive Policy Plan (Chapter 10), with a concentration of rural areas development. This
effort has resulted in updated Goals for the Comprehensive Policy Plan.
This fall the County will hold an educational meeting at five different locations throughout the
County. These meetings are envisioned that the meeting will be utilized to educate the community
on the merits of long range planning, recent development trends in the rural areas of the county, and
the Board's concern with the loss of agricultural lands to residential development. Participants will
also be asked to rank the Goals of the Comprehensive Policy Plan; the rankings provided by the
participants will assist in prioritizing which goals to concentrate on our efforts.
Following these educational meetings, staff will assemble a number of Action Oriented Committee
(AOC) to develop the appropriate Actions necessary to accomplish the Goals of the Comprehensive
Policy Plan. The Educational Meeting participants will be given the opportunity to sign-up for the
an AOC. Each AOC will be charged with the creation of Actions to accomplish one particular Goal.
The ADCs will be representative of the various community organizations throughout our
community, in an attempt to develop action programs that support the various organization's
missions, while accomplishing the County's Comprehensive Policy Plan's Goals.
Tentative Educational Meeting Agenda
A) Welcome
B) Quality of Life Issues
C) The Comprehensive Policy Plan
D) 2001 Planning Commissioner's Retreat summary - Rural Area Development
E) Board of Supervisor's directive to review Comprehensive Policy Plan, specifically
policies regarding rural area development
F) CPPS efforts; Chapter 10 Goals update
G) Consistency with 2020 Vision Project
H) Action Oriented Committees (AOC); next phase
I) Prioritize Goals - Identify top priorities, hand-out list and request that participants
prioritize and return
During the CPPS meeting, staff will present:
1) Meeting dates, times, and locations for the educational presentations
2) Lists of the community organizations that have been identified, and will be encouraged to
invite their membership to the presentations.
Frederick County Comprehensive Policy Plan
Goal Ranking
Below are the revised Goals to be included in the updated Frederick County Comprehensive
Policy Plan. Please rate the importance of each goal, on a scale of 1 to 5; 1 being the most
important, and 5 being the least important. Staff will utilize this information to identify the
20 most important Goals.
During the Educational Meetings this fall, the meeting participants will be asked to prioritize
these 20 Goals which the CPPS has identified. This information will then be utilized by the
Action Oriented Committees (AOC), whom will be charged with developing Actions to
accomplish the Comprehensive Policy Plan's Goals.
Please rate each of the following goals, and then return this completed material to the
Planning Department.
RURAL AREA
Continue to provide support to and maintain agriculture as a significant portion of the
County's economy.
Maintain the rural character of areas outside of the Urban Development Area.
Let identified rural community centers serve as service centers for rural areas and
policies be developed by residents to reflect the particular characteristics of each
center.
Insure that land development activities in the rural areas are of appropriate quality,
and protect the rural environment.
Rural business uses should be developed in conformance with performance standards
similar to those used for urban businesses. Review the ordinances to insure proper
standards.
Permitted uses within the rural areas of the County should be evaluated to determine
their potential impacts on agricultural operations.
Establish a true agricultural zoning district to promote active farming.
Establish new Zoning Ordinance standards for Rural Areas, encouraging cluster
development.
URBAN DEVELOPMENT AREA
Provide sufficient land for a competitive market within the Urban Development Area.
Provide sufficient land and a diversity of locations for a variety of housing types and
locations to meet the varied needs and income levels of the County's present and
future population.
Reduce the costs of providing housing and public facilities to serve residential areas.
Confine urban forms of land development to the Urban Development Area.
Provide efficient and environmentally sensitive use of land in the Urban
Development Area.
Provide for livable, high quality suburban residential neighborhoods.
Protect the environment and avoid adverse impacts that can result from suburban
residential areas.
Allow large scale new communities that are creatively and appropriately designed to
provide the highest possible quality of development.
Insure that new planned communities do not have adverse impacts on the County.
TRANSPORTATION
Coordinate land use planning and decisions with transportation planning to provide
a safe and efficient road system throughout the County.
Encourage the provision of a full range of transportation options including air, rail,
and bus services.
Provide for adequate and safe pedestrian and bicycle travel.
Insure that a satisfactory level of service for turning movements is provided along
business corridors.
HISTORIC PRESERVATION
Protect the historic resources in Frederick County.
Promote the preservation and protection of Civil War Battlefield resources.
Establish design guidelines for the Historic Area Overlay District.
Protect the natural environment and avoid adverse impacts from development
activity.
Provide for development according to the capacity of the natural environment to
carry that development.
Identify and protect important natural resources.
COMMERCE
Support a business climate conducive to economic activity and orderly economic
growth.
Provide sufficient land and a diversity of locations for business and industrial uses.
Carefully locate and limit business and industrial areas to avoid conflicts with other
uses and to avoid traffic impacts.
Provide for quality business and industrial areas.
Insure that corridors develop in a manner that is sensitive to environmental and visual
impacts, and reflects positively on the community.
Provide key economic development sites.
COMMUNITY FACILITIES
GENERAL
Appropriate services and facilities shall be provided to serve planned land uses and
development.
Facilities and services should be carefully planned to meet projected needs.
Contribute to the community's physical, mental, cultural, and economic health
through a complete program of parks and recreation.
Continue to develop the County's regional park as a major source of recreational
facilities and activities.
Insure that appropriate open space and recreational facilities are provided in urban
and rural areas.
Provide recreational programs and activities based on identified needs and available
funding.
Maintain a moderate rate and balanced distribution of population growth.
Encourage energy efficient housing and housing patterns.
Provide support to travel and tourist related activities.
Develop land according to the characteristics of the land and the facilities available.
Develop land in accordance with standards that provide for appropriate quality
development.
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