PC_09-19-84_Meeting_MinutesMINUTES OF THE MEETING
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FREDERICK COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION
Held in the Board of Supervisors' meeting room, 9 Court Square, Winchester,
Virginia, on September 19, 1984.
PRESENT: Frank Brumback, Chairman; James Golladay, Vice - Chairman;
Carl M. McDonald; George L. Romine; Kenneth Y. Stiles;
Marjorie H. Copenhaver; W. French Kirk; John T. P. Horne,
secretary; Stephen M. Gyurisin, advisory
ABSENT: Manuel C. DeHaven, A. Lynn Myers
CALL TO ORDER
Chairman Brumback called the meeting to order at 2:00 p.m. The first
order of business was the consideration of the minutes of September 5, 1984.
Upon motion made by Mr. Kirk and seconded by Mr. Romine, the minutes were
unanimously approved as presented.
BIMONTHLY AND MONTHLY REPORTS
Mr. Horne said that an amended site plan was submitted by Mr. Robert
C. Tullius for his airplane hanger to put an entrance onto Route 645. Mr.
Horne said the building would remain as approved by the Planning Commission,
except for the addition of the entranceway. Mr. Horne said that he
administratively approved this site plan.
The Commission and staff proceeded to discuss pending applications.
There next ensued a discussion on the necessity for persons to
acquire building permits and /or variance approvals for accessory buildings.
The staff felt that although placing accessory buildings against property
lines in rural areas did not seem to cause a lot of problems with neighbors,
in urban areas it could cause many problems and upset adjoining property
owners. Chairman Brumback requested that the staff present some guidelines
for the administrative approval of side yard variance on accessory buildings.
SITE PLANS
Amended Site Plan #032 -78 of Allen Propertites, Inc. for the shell
construction for new retail space, with no current tenants proposed, on
Route 277, east of I -81, in the Opequon Magisterial District.
ACTION - Approved
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Mr. Horne gave the background information.
Mr. Dave Holliday, contractor for the retail space, came forward to
answer questions from the Commission. Mr. Holliday informed the Commission
that a fire hydrant will be on the site before any tenants move in. He added
that he called the road contractor and a hydrant is planned for just south of
the building on the east side. Mr. Holliday pointed out on the site plan the
direction of- traffic flow and where he thought future entranceways should be
placed.
Chairman Brumback asked for the distance between the building and
the new road and Mr. Holliday replied that it would be 36'
In reply to Mr. Kirk's question, Mr. Holliday said that the proposed
structure was 7,000 square foot.
Mr. Golladay then moved for approval of this amended site plan.
This motion was seconded by Mr. Romine and passed unanimously.
BE IT RESOLVED, That the Frederick County Planning Commission does hereby
approve amended Site Plan #032 -78 of Allen Properties, Inc. for the shell
construction of new retail space on Route 277, east of I -81, in the Opequon
Magisterial District.
Subdivision Request of Marshall Lots to subdivide two lots for single - family
detached traditional housing on Broad Avenue in the Shawnee Magisterial
District.
ACTION - Approved
Mr. Horne read the background material. Mr. Horne explained that
this subdivision will go to the Board of Supervisors because there is no
Master Development Plan on a small subdivision as this one.
Mr. Jack Philips, representing Mr. Marshall, came forward. Mr.
Philip stated that this was a 200' width lot and proposal is to subdivide
with the existing house on one lot and then create a second lot with a 73.62'
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frontage. Mr. Philips added that the lots will be connected to water and
sewer.
Upon motion made by Mr. Kirk, seconded by Mr. Romine, and passed
unanimously,
BE IT RESOLVED, That the Frederick County Planning Commission does hereby
approve the Marshall Lots subdivision of two lots for single - family detached
traditional housing on Broad Avenue in the Shawnee Magisterial District.
ADMINISTRATIVE APPROVAL ON CERTAIN SUBDIVISIONS
Mr. Stiles suggested that for subdivisions splitting one lot into
two lots the ordinance should be amended to allow administrative approval for
these cases. The Commission agreed with this suggestion and the Chairman
instructed the staff to draft an amendment proposal.
DISCUSSION OF ORDINANCE AMENDMENTS TO B -2 AND B -3 ZONING DISTRICTS AND FOR
ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW OF SITE PLANS FOR MULTI - FAMILY DEVELOPMENT
Mr. Horne presented a proposal to amend the ordinance to allow
Commercial Indoor Recreation and Athletic Facilities in the B -2 and B -3
zoning districts. He said that this amendment was in response to the recent
request for a gymnastics center provision in the ordinance and would not only
allow that type facility, but other types of indoor recreation or athletic
facilities as well.
Motion was made by Mr. Stiles, seconded by Mr. Romine, and passed
unanimously to direct the staff to advertise this amendment.
With regard to an amendment to allow for administrative review of
site plans for multi - family development in the Residential Performance
District, the staff felt that Paragraph 19 -6 -4 of the Site Plan Section of
the Zoning Ordinance, currently used to allow administrative approval for
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some commercial and industrial site plans, would be sufficient as is to allow
administrative approval of multi - family residential developments.
The Commission felt it would be best to include an actual statement
in the Residential Performance Section of the Zoning Ordinance noting that
administrative approval is permissible for multi - family development only.
Mr. Horne stated that he would present a proposal at the next meeting.
DISCUSSION OF THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN SUBCOMMITTEE
John Riley, County Administrator, and Will Owings, Chairman of the
Finance Committee, were present to discuss their views on how the CIP
Subcommittee and the Board of Supervisors could work together. It was
decided by the Commission that the CIP Subcommittee would continue to operate
and update the project priority list as they have done in the past.
ADJOURNMENT
There being no further business to discuss, the meeting adjourned.
Respectfully submitted,
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Frank Brumback, Chairman