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HomeMy WebLinkAboutPC_10-19-83_Meeting_MinutesMINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE FREDERICK COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION Held in the Board of Supervisors' Meeting Room on October 19, 1983. PRESENT: Frank Brumback, Chairman; James Golladay, Vice - Chairman; George L. Romine; W. French Kirk; Carl M. McDonald; Kenneth Y. Stiles; John T. P. Horne, advisory; Stephen M. Gyurisin, advisory ABSENT: A. Lynn Myers; Marjorie H. Copenhaver; Manuel C. DeHaven CAL 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 October S, 1983. Mr. Kirk pointed out a typographical error on page four. Upon motion made by Mr. Golladay, seconded by Mr. Kirk, and passed unanimously, the minutes were approved as corrected. BIMONTHLY REPORT The Commission and staff reviewed the monthly and bimonthly reports. PUBLIC HEAR An ordinance to amend the Frederick County Code, Chapter 21, Zoning, to amend Article XIV, Section 21 -120 (f). This ordinance would allow certain general office buildings as permitted uses in the M -1 (Light Industrial) Zoning District. Chairman Brumback called for anyone wishing to speak regarding this amendment. Mr. Ralph Shockey of Shockey Realty Company came forward. Mr. Shockey stated that his company initiated this request because of a number of inquiries from businesses that wanted to acquire a large amount of office space at one location and this was very 0 1816 - 2 - difficult to do in most of the areas currently zoned for business. Mr. Shockey felt that it was in the best interest of the County to have available space for prospective business. Upon motion made by Mr. Stiles, seconded by Mr. Romine, and passed unanimously, BE IT RESOLVED, That the Frederick County Planning Commission does hereby approve the ordinance to amend the Frederick County Code, Chapter 21, zoning, to amend Article XIV, Section 21 -120 (f) as follows: General Office Buildings, including general corporate, governmental, or business offices or office buildings, in excess of five thousand (5,000) square feet in area; excluding offices that provide direct services to the general public on a regular basis such as financial institutions providing direct regular public services, medical or dental offices, real estate or accounting offices and the like. SITE PLANS Site Plan #016 -83 of Dennis L. Ridings for a welding and steel fabrication shop in the Opequon Magisterial District. Action - Approved Mr. Horne gave the background information. Mr. Dennis Ridings, owner of the property, came forward and introduced himself to the Commission. Mr. Ridings stated that he has ten employees; five that work in the field and five that work in the shop. He said that employee traffic would be generated three times in the morning and three times in the evening. Mr. Ridings stated that he will receive supplies on Tuesdays and Thursdays by tractor trailer and this truck will make only one delivery on each of those days. On Mondays or Fridays he makes deliveries to his customers and this is also usually only one trip out and then back in. Mr. Ridings added that if the road gets dusty in the summer, he applies calcium chloride or oil. 1817 - 3 - The Commission discussed whether the amount of traffic generated merited paving that portion of the entrance road adjacent to a neighboring residence. The Commissioners felt that this business was not large enough to require paving the road at this time; however, if Mr. Ridings business expanded, he would be required to submit an amended site plan and the Commission could re- evaluate the traffic situation at that time. Motion was made by Mr. Golladay, seconded by Mr. Stiles, and passed unanimously to approve the site plan as presented. BE IT RESOLVED, That the Frederick County Planning Commission does hereby approve site plan #016 -83 of Dennis L. Ridings for a welding and steel fabrication shop in the Opequon Magisterial District. MEMBERSHIP OF -RURAL ORDINANCE SUBCOMMIT Mr. Horne presented the names of the citizen members which have been proposed to represent their particular community group on the Rural Ordinance Subcommittee. Those citizen members were: Ronald Ward, Jr. - Blue Ridge Board of Realtors Catherine Monte - Extension Homemakers Paul Anderson, Jr. - Farm Bureau David Holliday - Top of Virginia Home Builders Chairman Brumback requested that the staff contact the Winchester /Frederick County Home Builders in order for them to have an opportunity to appoint a representative. RURAL ORDINANCE ISSUES The Commission generally discussed some initial starting points for the Rural Ordinance Subcommittee. They felt that some of the technical work for the rural community studies could be done by the Comprehensive Plan Subcommittee. om - 4 - The Commission also tentatively scheduled October 31, 1983 as the first meeting date of the Rural Ordinance Subcommittee, to be held from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. SEWER EXTENSION BY THE CITY OF WINCHESTER, I.D.C. PROPERTY Mr. Horne stated that on October 12, 1983, the Frederick County Board of Supervisors approved the extension of sewer facilities by the City of Winchester from the General Electric site to property owned by the Frederick County /Winchester Industrial Development Corporation. This property lies immediately to the south of the General Electric property on the south side of Route 37 and is zoned M -1 (Industrial Limited). ADJOURNMENT There being no further business to discuss, the meeting adjourned. Respectfully submitted, F ank Brum ack, Chairman 1819