PC_04-19-00_Meeting_MinutesMEETING MINUTES
OF THE
FREDERICK COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION
Held in the Board Room of the Frederick County Administration Building at 107 North Kent Street in
Winchester, Virginia on April 19, 2000.
PRESENT: Charles S. DeHaven, Jr., Chairman/Stonewall District; John R Marker, Vice-Chairman, Back
Creek District; Greg L. Unger, Back Creek District; John H. Light, Stonewall District; I Richard C. Ours,
Opequon District; George J. Kriz, Gainesboro District; W. Wayne Miller, Gainesboro District; Robert A.
Morris, Shawnee District; Roger L. Thomas, Opequon District; Gene E. Fisher, Citizen at Large; Sidney A.
Reyes, Board Liaison; and Jay Cook, Legal Counsel.
ABSENT: S. Blaine Wilson, Shawnee District
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STAFF PRESENT: Evan A. Wyatt, Deputy Planning Director; Christopher M. Mohn, Planner II; and
Renee' S. Arlotta, Clerk.
CALL TO ORDER
Chairman DeHaven called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m.
COMMITTEE REPORTS
Comprehensive Plans & Programs Subcommittee (CPPS) - 04/10/00 Mtg.
Commissioner Robert M. Morris, subcommittee member, reported that the CPPS is continuing
discussions regarding the Northeastern Land Use Study and is preparing for a worksession with the Planning .
Commission and the Board of Supervisors. He added that a couple new citizen members have been added to
the subcommittee.
Sanitation Authority (SA)
Commissioner W. Wayne Miller, Planning Commission liaison to the SA, reported that the
SA is doing everything possible to enable them to extract water from the quarries. Commissioner Miller said
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that the quarries have not been regenerating as well as what was hoped and that the County is still basically
under the effects of last summer's drought.
Winchester City Planning Commission (WPCI
Commissioner Richard C. Ours, the Planning Commission's liaison to the WPC, reported that
the WPC recommended approval to the City Council of a text amendment to add government warehousing,
storage, and facilities in the EIP (Education, Institutional, & Public) District.
Economic Development Commission (EDC)
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Commissioner Roger L. Thomas, the Planning Commission's liaison to the EDC I , reported that
the Commission would like Frederick County to take another look at its sign ordinance. He said that at the EDC
would like the ordinance to be a little more stringent.
PUBLIC HEARING
An amendment to the Frederick County Code, Chapter 165, Zoning, Article IV, Supplemental Use
Regulations, and Article X, Business and Industrial Districts, Section 165 -82.13, B2 (Business General)
District. The proposed amendment allows Advertising Specialties - Wholesale uses (SIC #5199) in the
B2 (Business General) Zoning District and establishes performance standards applicable to the same.
Action - Recommended Approval
Mr. Christopher M. Mohn, Planner 11, stated that a request had been submitted by Mr. Ralph
Beeman of Greenway Engineering, on behalf of TIC Enterprises (Signet Screen Services & Embroidery) to
amend the Zoning Ordinance to permit Advertising Specialties - Wholesale (SIC 95199) uses in the B2
(Business General) Zoning District. Mr. Mohn reported that the Development Review & Regulations
Subcommittee (DRRS) recommended approval of the amendment at their February 23, 2000 meeting and
further recommended that performance standards be adopted to ensure that the scale and operation of such uses
would remain consistent with the intent of the B2 District.
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Mr. Mohn explained that establishments classified as Advertising Specialties -Wholesale may
involve an array of advertising - related activities, including custom embroidery, custom textile printing, and the
coordination of orders for advertising specialties for local clients through outside suppliers. As endorsed by
the DRRS, Mr. Mohn said that such uses would be subject to the following performance standards: 1)
Establishments engaged in such businesses shall not exceed 10,000 square feet oftotal floor area; 2) Only 25%
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of the total floor area of a shopping center shall contain such businesses; and, 3) Such businesses shall not have
outdoor storage.
Mr. Claus Bader of Greenway Engineering, on behalf of TIC Enterprises) was available to
answer questions from the Commission.
There were no citizen comments regarding the amendment.
No issues of concern were raised by the Commission and members were in favor of the
amendment as written.
Upon motion made by Mr. Marker and seconded by Mr. Miller,
BE IT RESOLVED, That the Frederick County Planning Commission does hereby unani I ously recommend
approval of an amendment to the Frederick County Code, Chapter 165, Zoning, Article IV, Supplemental Use
Regulations, and Article X, Business and Industrial Districts, Section 165 -82.13, B2 (Business General) District
to allow Advertising Specialties - Wholesale Uses (SIC #5199) with applicable performance standards.
DISCUSSION ITEMS
Woodlands Waiver Request by Eastgate Commerce Center to obtain a waiver froml Section 165 -31B,
Environmental Features Disturbance, to allow for additional disturbance ofeasting woodlands. Eastgate
• Commerce Center is located on the west side of Front Royal Pike (Rt. 522 South), an along both sides
of Tasker Road (Rt. 642) in the Shawnee Magisterial District
Action - Recommended Approval w/ Stipulation
Mr..Evan A. Wyatt, Deputy Planning Director, stated that Mr. Charles E! Maddox, Jr., P.E.,
Vice- President of G. W. Clifford & Associates, Inc., on behalf of Eastgate Properties, Inc., has requested a
woodland disturbance waiver as permitted under Section 165- 31B(7) of the Frederick County Zoning
Ordinance. Mr. Wyatt explained that the ordinance currently allows for the disturbance of 25% of the total
woodland area on a specific parcel or within the total acreage of a master planned area however, Eastgate
properties is requesting a waiver to allow for the disturbance of up to 55 %, or 21 acres, of the total woodland
area within the Eastgate Commerce Center.
Mr. Charles E. Maddox, Jr., P.E., pointed out on an exhibit the 38 acres of woodland
throughout the commercial and industrial park and the location of 17 acres of woodland that would remain
undisturbed, if the waiver was granted. Mr. Maddox indicated that the Eastgate Commerce Center has
proposed, in order to ensure that additional disturbance will not occur, the establishment of an environmental
corridor easement for the remaining 17 acres of woodlands. He noted that the environmental corridor easement
is identified with a legal survey description which will be incorporated on the master development plan and on
all subdivision plats that are established within the Eastgate Commerce Center. This easement preserves the
environmental features by restricting any disturbance within the surveyed area.
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The Planning Commission recognized the need to support this request to ensure that master
planned industrial land was not unreasonably restricted for development purposes; however, it was felt that
woodland preservation should occur along the southwestern boundary line to protect the adjoining property
owner. The applicant advised the Planning Commission that they would revise the plan and the environmental
corridor easement to provide for a 25 -foot strip of protected woodland area along the southwestern boundary
line. The Planning Commission supported that concept and recommended unanimous approval of this waiver
request.
Upon motion made by Mr. Thomas and seconded by Mr. Ours,
BE IT RESOLVED, That the Frederick County Planning Commission does hereby unanimously recommend
approval of the woodlands waiver request, by Eastgate Commerce Center, from Section 165 -31B,
Environmental Features Disturbance, to allow for additional disturbance of existing woodlands, with the
stipulation that a 25 -foot woodlands border remain along the southwestern boundary line.
ADJOURNMENT
No further business remained to be discussed and the meeting adjourned it 7:45 p.m. by
unanim vote.
. Respectfully submitted,
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Charles S. DeHaven, Jr., Chairman
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