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PC_04-03-85_Meeting_MinutesMINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE FREDERICK COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION Held in the Board of Supervisors' meeting room, 9 Court Square, Winchester, Virginia, on April 3, 1985. PRESENT: Frank Brumback, Chairman; James Golladay, Vice — Chairman; George L. Romine; Carl M. McDonald; A. Lynn Myers; Manuel C. DeHaven; Kenneth Y. Stiles; Marjorie H. Copenhaver; W. French Kirk; John T. P. Horne, secretary; Stephen M. Gyurisin, advisory CALL TO ORDER Chairman Brumback called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. The first order of business was the approval of the minutes of March 20, 1985. Upon motion made by Mr. Romine, and seconded by Mr. Kirk, the minutes were unanimously approved as presented. RTMONTPTV Mr. Gyurisin noted that an amended site plan had been submitted by Schenck Foods to expand their storage facilities by an addition of approximately 8,000 square feet onto the existing building. After a short discussion of the proposal, the Commission authorized the staff to administratively approve the amended site plan. COMMITTEE REPORTS Rural Ordinance Subcommittee Mr. Horne stated that a summarization of the subcommittee's last meeting was mailed out and if any members would like to have another meeting prior to the joint worksession, to please let him know. SITE PLANS Lenoir City Company of Virginia to subdivide 2 lots each of approximately 2.5 acres for industrial purposes in the Stonewall Industrial Park. ACTION — Approved 2039 -2- Mr. Horne read the background material. Mr. Horne added that these lots are located at the corner of McGhee Road and the realigned right -of -way of Lenoir Drive. Mr. Tom Gilpin with Lenoir City Company of Virginia came forward to answer questions. The Commission asked if these lots had ever been subdivided before and Mr. Gilpin replied that they had not. Upon motion made by Mr. DeHaven, seconded by Col. Myers, BE IT RESOLVED, That the Frederick County Planning Commission does hereby approve the Subdivision Request of Lenoir City Company of Virginia to subdivide two lots, each of approximately 2.5 acres, for industrial purposes in the Stonewall Industrial Park, Stonewall District. Country Park, Section II, to subdivide 63 lots for residential use in the Shawnee District. ACTION - Approved Mr. Horne read the background material. Mr. Horne said that he discussed the fire company's comments with Mr. Jones of the Sanitation Authority and Mr. Jones stated that there would be adequate fire flows to all hydrants on Country Park Drive and the design submitted is satisfactory. Mr. Tom Glass, developer, came forward to answer questions. Mr. Golladay asked if this would be going northwest of the present development off Greenwood Road. Mr. Glass said that this entrance comes in off Senseny Road and will be the main street of the development. Mr. Kirk asked if there will be an entrance down over the hill by the church and Mr. Glass replied that there will be an entrance off Greenwood Road, 400' from Senseny Road. 2040 -3- Mr. Walt Cunningham, Chief of Greenwood Fire Company, said that under ideal situations the 8" water main would be enough to handle fire protection, but under adverse conditions, it may not be enough. After a brief discussion on fire protection and fire company comments, the Commission directed the staff to draft a letter from the Planning Commission to the Sanitation Authority requesting the Authority to conduct a general study of areas where water is to be extended to determine the adequacy of fire safety, ie. fire hydrant spacing and line size requirements. Upon motion made by Mr. Romine, seconded by Mr. Kirk, BE IT RESOLVED, That the Frederick County Planning Commission does hereby unanimously approve the subdivision request of Country Park, Section II, to subdivide 63 lots for patio, patio zero Lot line, and single - family detached cluster units with required utilities and state maintained roads in the Shawnee District. Mr. Stiles arrived at this point of the meeting. --------------- - - - - -- FREDERICK COUNTY TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS Mr. Golladay commented that this is the year that projects are rearranged within the plan and next year projects may be added. Mr. William H. Bushman, Resident Engineer for the Virginia Department of Highways and Transportation, was present to answer questions from the Commission. Col. Myers left the meeting at this point. Upon motion made by Mr. DeHaven, seconded by Mr. Golladay, 2041 -4- BE IT RESOLVED, That the Frederick County Planning Commission does hereby unanimously approve the recommendations of the Frederick County Transportation Committee as follows: SECONDARY SIX -YEAR ROAD IMPROVEMENT PLAN The Commission unanimously recommends that the priorities of the current Six -Year Road Improvement Plan remain listed as recommended by the Transportation Committee. HIGHWAY SAFETY PLAN The Commission unanimously recommends that the Highway Safety Goal and Strategies be forwarded to the Department of Motor Vehicles as the County's highway safety goals for this year for the administration of highway safety projects grants through DMV. Projects that are requested through this grant program that meet the Federal goals, the State goals, and the County goals would be considered for funding. PROPOSED ORDINANCE CHANGES Mr. Gyurisin presented some minor ordinance change proposals for discussion. The first two ordinances discussed dealt with outside storage and screening requirements in the M -1 (Light Industrial) and M -2 (Industrial General) Districts. The staff felt that portions of the existing ordinance should be deleted because many industries are constantly changing their outside stock or outside materials and cannot be constantly meeting the requirements for fully screened storage of their outside materials. The Committee approved of this change and directed the staff to put the change in ordinance form for review by the Commission. The next two ordinances discussed dealt with lot coverage in the M -1 (Light Industrial) and M -2 (Industrial General) districts. The staff felt 2042 -5- the administrator could require that post — development runoff rates not exceed pre — development runoff rates because the current 50% requirement does not adequately address runoff rates and penalizes those industries on small sites who can achieve runoff control through other means. The Commission wanted the staff to look at additional possible means of addressing runoff, such as building on green space or a sliding scale based on the number of acres owned and bring those back to the Commission for discussion. The next three ordinances dealt with dimensional requirements in the RP (Residential Performance) district and the approval process for both Preliminary and Final Master Development Plans. The staff felt the changes in the RP District were needed to better administer the ordinance and promote clustering. The staff felt that the approval process should be changed so that the Preliminary Plan would go to both the Planning Commission and Board of Supervisors and the Final Plan would go only to the Planning Commission. The Commission approved of these changes and directed the staff to put them in ordinance form. ADJOURNMENT There being no further items to discuss, the Chairman adjourned the meeting. Respectfully submitted, 2043 ra�mback, Chairman