[I. CALL TO ORDER]
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THIS, UH, REGULAR MA MEETING OF THE FRONT ROW PLANNING COMMISSION FOR WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY THE 21ST, 2024.
UH, THE TIME IS NOW SEVEN O'CLOCK.
WE'LL GET STARTED WITH THE ROLL CALL.
COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS? I AM HERE.
AND WITH THAT WE HAVE A QUORUM.
THE NEXT ITEM OF BUSINESS THIS EVENING WOULD BE THE ADDITION OR DELETION OF ITEMS FROM THE AGENDA.
WE HAVE ANY ADDITIONS OR DELETING OF ITEMS? HEARING NONE
[IV. APPROVAL OF MINUTES]
WILL MOVE FORWARD TO ITEM FOUR, THE APPROVAL OF MINUTES FOR THE JANUARY 17TH, 2024 REGULAR MEETING.MS. POTTER? CHAIRMAN WELLS? YES.
WITH THAT THE MEETING MINUTES ARE APPROVED.
[V. ELECTION OF OFFICERS]
MOVING ON THE NEXT ORDER OF BUSINESS.ITEM FIVE IS THE ELECTION OF OFFICERS, UH, FOR THE YEAR WE WILL BE ELECTING A CHAIRMAN AND A VICE CHAIRMAN TO BEGIN SERVING MARCH, 2024.
MR. CHAIRMAN, I MOVE THAT WE ELECT YOU TO CONTINUE AS MR. MR. WELLS TO CONTINUE AS OUR CHAIRMAN.
SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
UH, MS. POTTER OR ROLL CALL PLEASE.
CHAIRMAN, I'D LIKE TO NOMINATE, UH, CONNIE MARNER FOR VICE CHAIR, UM, OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
ALRIGHT, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
ANY DISCUSSION? MS. POTTER A VOTE PLEASE.
VICE CHAIRMAN MARSH, I GUESS? YES.
ITEM SIX ON THE AGENDA IS CITIZEN COMMENTS.
THIS WOULD BE THE TIME FOR ANY COMMENTS, UH, REGARDING ANYTHING NOT CURRENTLY ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT.
IF YOU'RE HERE TO SPEAK REGARDING ANY ISSUE, UH, OR, OR APPLICATION ON THE PUBLIC HEARING THAT WOULD COME LATER.
UH, DURING THE NEXT ORDER OF BUSINESS.
DO WE HAVE ANY CITIZEN COMMENTS? ALRIGHT, HEARING AND SEEING
[VII. PUBLIC HEARING]
NONE WE'LL MOVE FORWARD.ITEM SEVEN IS THE PUBLIC HEARING.
UH, WE HAVE THREE APPLICATIONS THIS EVENING.
UM, SO BEFORE WE GET STARTED, I'D LIKE TO GO OVER A FEW RULES, UH, REGARDING THE PUBLIC HEARING.
UH, THE, THE ORDER OF BUSINESS FOR EACH APPLICATION IS AS FOLLOWS.
THE STAFF WILL GIVE A REPORT TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION AFTER COMPLETION OF THE STAFF REPORT, THE A APPLICANT IS ALLOWED OR ENCOURAGED TO SPEAK.
AFTER THE APPLICANT GIVES THEIR PRESENTATION, WE WILL THEN OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING COMMENT SECTION AND ONCE ALL THOSE THAT WISH TO DO SO, HAVE DONE SO.
UH, WE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
THERE'LL BE A PERIOD OF TIME FOR THE APPLICANT REBUTTAL.
AND AT THAT POINT THE PLANNING COMMISSION MAY HAVE A QUESTION OF EITHER THE APPLICANT OR THE SPEAKER.
I ASK THAT YOU PLEASE DIRECT ALL YOUR COMMENTS TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
DO NOT ADDRESS THE APPLICANT'S STAFF OR OTHER SPEAKERS.
FOR THOSE THAT HAVE SIGNED UP AND WISHED TO SPEAK, PLEASE KEEP YOUR COMMENTS TO THREE MINUTES OR LESS.
AND WHEN YOU STEP UP TO THE PODIUM, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, UH, AND ENSURE ALL COMMENTS ARE RELATED TO THE TOPIC OF THE AGENDA.
SO THE FIRST APPLICATION WE HAVE TONIGHT IS 2 4 0 0 0 1 3, WHICH IS A REZONING APPLICATION STAFF REZONING APPLICATION 24 0 0 1 3.
THE APPLICATION FOR REVIEW IS REQUESTING AN AMENDMENT OF THE ZONING MAP, THE TOWN OF FRONT ROYAL TO RECLASSIFY 1724 NORTH ROYAL AVENUE, IDENTIFIED AS TAX MAP NUMBER 2082 DASH TWO DASH 11
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FROM R ONE RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT TO ONE TWO R ONE A RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT.UH, THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 175 FEET SOUTH OF THE INTERSECTION OF WEST 18TH STREET IN NORTH ROYAL AVENUE.
OUTLINED IN RED THERE INCLUDED WITHIN YOUR PACKET IS THE STAFF REPORT REZONING APPLICATION, A STATEMENT OF JUSTIFICATION, A BOUNDARY SURVEY PLAT SHOWING THE EXISTING PARCEL AND A SKETCH PLAT SHOWING THE PROPOSED DIVISION OF THE PARCEL.
THERE IS THE CURRENT ZONING ON AN AS R ONE.
AND AS YOU CAN SEE ACROSS THE STREET THERE IS A, A SECTION OF R ONE A.
THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN CALLS FOR THIS AREA OF WARREN PARK TO BE NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTIAL, WHICH IS MEDIUM DENSITY WITH SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED, SINGLE FAMILY.
ATTACHED TWO FAMILY ATTACHED HOMES AND INFIELD DEVELOPMENT WILL MATCH THE CHARACTER OF THE EXISTING NEIGHBORHOODS.
NO PROFFERS WERE MADE BY THE APPLICANT.
THE R ONE ZONING DISTRICT REQUIRES MINIMUM LOT SIZES TO BE 10,000 SQUARE FEET WITH PUBLIC WATER AND SEWER AVAILABLE.
THE CURRENT LOT IS NEARLY ONE ACRE IN SIZE AT 43,333 SQUARE FEET.
THE R ONE ALSO REQUIRES THE MINIMUM WIDTH, UH, AT THE SETBACK LINE TO BE 75 FEET.
THE CURRENT LOT HAS 124.34 FEET IN WIDTH.
THE R ONE A ZONING DISTRICT REQUIRES THE MINIMUM LOT SIZE FOR SINGLE FAMILY DWELLINGS TO BE 7,000 SQUARE FEET.
THE PROPOSED NEW LOTS WOULD BE 13,258 SQUARE FEET AND 30,076 SQUARE FEET RESPECTIVELY.
THERE'S THE PLAT OF THE EXISTING LOT OF NEARLY ONE ACRE.
IT FRONTS ON NORTH ROYAL AVENUE.
UH, THE MINIMUM LOT WIDTH, UH, FOR R ONE A IS 50 FEET.
THE PROPOSED NEW LOTS WOULD BE 72.84 FEET AND 51.50 FEET WIDE RESPECTIVELY.
LOTS DEFINED BY TOWN CODE IS A PARCEL OF LAND SITUATED AND HAVING ITS PRINCIPLE FRONTAGE ON A PUBLIC OR PRIVATE STREET APPROVED BY THE TOWN.
AND WHAT WE HAVE HERE ON THIS INSTANCE IS THERE IS A ALLEYWAY ON THE SIDE OF THE PROPERTY LINE.
HOWEVER, THAT THE LOT HAS TO HAVE ITS PRINCIPLE FRONTAGE ON A PUBLIC OR PRIVATE STREET.
SO EVEN THOUGH THE LOT IS EXAMPLE OVER 40,000 SQUARE FEET, THEY COULD NOT SUBDIVIDE THAT AND HAVE FOUR 10,000 SQUARE FOOT LOTS FRONTING ON THE ALLEY.
THEIR OPTION IS TO FRONT ONLY OPTION IS TO FRONT ON NORTH ROYAL AVENUE AND THEY'RE REQUESTING THIS REZONING, UH, ESSENTIALLY TO SUBDIVIDE IT INTO TWO LOTS.
AND WITH BEING 43,000 SQUARE FEET, THE MINIMUM LOT SIZE CURRENTLY IS ONLY 10,000.
BUT THEY'RE ASKING FOR THE R ONE A FOR THE REDUCTION OF THE ROAD FRONTAGE ALLOWED IN THE R ONE A DISTRICT.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMISSIONERS? ANY QUESTIONS OF STAFF? UH, THE NEW LOT, WILL THAT BE A RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURE? YEAH, SO THEY WOULD FRONT ON NORTH ROYAL HERE A LOT WOULD RUN BACK AND THERE THEY HAVE A PROPOSED DWELLING TO BE HERE IN THE, THE REAR OF THE LOT FOR A SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING.
SO BASICALLY THE LOT WOULD, UH, BASICALLY YOU HAVE A ONE ACRE THERE.
ONE EXISTING HOME ON IT AND THERE WOULD LIKE TO, UH, ESTABLISH A NEW SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING ON THE LOT, THE SECOND PART OF THE LOT.
JOHN, WHAT ABOUT IN, IN DRIVING BY LOOKING AT THAT ON NORTH ROW, JUST NORTH ROW NORTH
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OF THIS LOT, THERE'S CURVE AND GUTTER.NOW WILL THIS SUBDIVIDING OF THE LOT, WILL THAT REQUIRE THEN CURVE AND GUTTER? UH, FOR THE NEW LOT CREATION OF NEW LOTS ON TOWN STREETS WOULD REQUIRE CURB AND GUTTER.
SO THAT CREATION OF A NEW LOT WOULD BE FRONTING ON TOWN STREET WOULD REQUIRE CURB AND GUTTER, CURB AND GUTTER TO BE EXTENDED.
UH, ESSENTIALLY THERE TO THE, UH, THEY'RE NEAR THE ALLEYWAY THERE.
I I JUST WANNA SEE IF I PASS THE TEST HERE.
SO EVERYTHING THEY'RE ASKING FOR IS, PLEASE CORRECT ME IN EXCESS OF WHAT IS REQUIRED BY TOWN CODE.
IT'S JUST A MATTER OF US SAYING, OKAY, WELL THEY'RE ASKING FOR THE REZONING BECAUSE THE CURRENT ZONING ON THAT, IT DOESN'T HAVE THE WIDTH OF THE LOT TO SUBDIVIDE IT UNDER THE R ONE, THE LOT IS NOT WIDE ENOUGH TO SUBDIVIDE IT.
SO THEY HAVE A ONE ACRE LOT, BUT THE WIDTH IS NOT WIDE ENOUGH TO SUBDIVIDE IT AT ALL.
SO THEN MY QUESTION MIGHT BE FOR MS. KAKI, WITH RESPECT TO THE UM, COMP PLAN, HOW DOES THIS FIT INTO THE CURRENT COMP PLAN THAT WE PROMOTE? OH, THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN CALLS FOR THIS AREA TO BE, UM, UNDER WHAT WE CALL A NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTIAL.
SO THAT IS MEDIUM DENSITY, UM, RESIDENTIAL AREA.
SO THAT WOULD PERMIT JUST IT'S HIGHER DENSITY THAN THE R ONE, WHICH IT'S R ONE NOW, CORRECT.
UM, SO IT WOULD ALLOW THAT TO HAVE A SMALLER LOT, UM, AND, AND IT WOULD ALLOW, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT TYPES.
SO IT WOULD ALLOW LIKE THE DUPLEXES OR UM, OKAY.
SO IN THAT, IN THAT CASE, LET ME AGAIN SEE IF I PASS THE TEST.
SO DOES THE PROPOSAL THAT THE APPLICANT IS ASKING FOR EQUAL OR GO AGAINST WHAT OUR COMP PLAN HAS? I THINK IT'S IN LINE WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
IT'S BRINGING IT TO THE DENSITY THAT THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS, IS SAYING THAT IT SHOULD BE.
SO THAT'S ALL I NEEDED TO KNOW.
UH, WOULD THE APPLICANT LIKE TO SPEAK? OKAY, GOOD EVENING, ALL MY NAME IS FERNANDO ORANA AND GOOD EVENING ALL.
UM, I LIVE IN UH, 1 1 6 4 0 8 CAVALIER LANDING COURT IN FAIRFAX, VIRGINIA.
UM, MY WIFE AND I FROM THE COUPLE OF YEARS NOW, WE WERE CONSIDERING MOVING TO FRONT ROYAL AND UH, WE WERE LUCKY ENOUGH TO PURCHASE THIS, UH, EXISTING HOME WITH, UH, SITTING ON A ONE ACRE LOT.
SO, UH, UH, WITH A POSSIBILITY TO SUBDIVIDE AND, AND BUILD A OUR OUR HOME.
SO BASICALLY, UH, OUR PLAN IS TO, UH, RENOVATE THE, THE EXISTING HOME AND SELL IT AND WITH SUCH, WITH THE PROFITS, UH, START UH, BUILDING OUR, OUR HOME.
SO YOUR HOME WOULD BE THE ONE ON THE BACK LOT? YES.
AND SIR, DID I UNDERSTAND YOU'RE GONNA RENOVATE THE CURRENT STRUCTURE? YES.
ALRIGHT, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OF THE APPLICANT? I SUPPOSE THE POST OFFICE WOULD GIVE IT AN ADDRESS, RIGHT? BUT IT WOULD BE A NORTH ROYAL ADDRESS.
I MEAN THE NEW LOT I THINK IT'S LISTED AS 7 24 NORTHWARD.
WELL THAT'S THE EXISTING HOUSE, BUT THE NEW HOUSE WOULD'VE A NEW NUMBER, I SUPPOSE STAFF WOULD ASSIGN AN ADDRESS, A 9 1 1 ADDRESS TO THE NEW HOME.
OH, THE STAFF ASSIGNS THAT? NOT THE POST OFFICE.
I'M A REPRESENTATIVE TO SPEAK.
A THE APPLICANT MAY JUST FOR A MINUTE.
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I LIVE AT ONE 10 CURF AVENUE HERE IN FRONT ROYAL.UM, COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS AND COMMISSIONER WOOD BO BRING UP VERY GOOD, UH, COMMENTS REGARDING THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
AS OUR PLANNING DIRECTOR INDICATED, UH, OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS DIFFERENT FROM OUR ZONING PLAN IN THAT THE DENSITIES ARE MORE CONTROLLING IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
UH, THIS IS A MEDIUM DENSITY AREA AND CURRENTLY THE DENSITY REQUIREMENT, WHICH WE DON'T USE IN OUR ZONING ORDINANCE, WE JUST USE LOT SIZES INSTEAD OF DENSITY.
BUT IT'S, IT'S, IT'S A BACK DOOR TO USING, UM, DENSITY.
SO THE R ONE ZONE, UM, 10,000 SQUARE FOOT MINIMUM LOTS.
IT'S BASICALLY FOUR UNITS PER ACRE DENSITY, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, MEDIUM DENSITY, UM, YOU KNOW, NOT LIKE A RURAL RESIDENTIAL OR SUBURBAN, UH, ZONE.
THE R ONE A IS A LITTLE BIT LESS, I BELIEVE THAT'S LIKE SIX UNITS PER ACRE.
NOW, THE UNIQUE SITUATION WE HAVE HERE, THIS LOT WAS CREATED IN 1884.
IT HASN'T BEEN SUBDIVIDED OR SURVEYED SINCE 1884 WHEN THIS LOT WAS CREATED.
SO I KNOW IN OUR DISCUSSIONS WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THAT, THAT WE KNEW WE HAD A LOT OF INFIELD LOTS IN THE OLDER SECTION OF TOWN.
THEY, WE GOTTA FIGURE OUT HOW TO BE ABLE TO UTILIZE.
SO I WOULD URGE, UH, THE PLAN OF COMMISSIONER APPROVAL ON THIS FOR THE SIMPLE FACT THAT THE DENSITY IS STILL NOWHERE NEAR WHAT IS PERMITTED IN THE R ONE ZONE.
AND THE ONLY REASON WE HAD TO GO TO THE R ONE A WAS BECAUSE OF WHEN THIS LOT WAS CREATED IN 1884, THERE WAS NO WORRY OF LOT FRONTAGE, WHICH WE HAVE NOW WITH THE NEW ZONE.
SO THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT FALLS WELL WITHIN THE CATEGORY DENSITY WISE THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR IN OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
AND I THINK IT GIVES US A UNIQUE ABILITY TO START LOOKING AT HOW TO DO OTHER INFILL LOTS.
UH, YOU KNOW, WHERE WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT A LOT FOR, UM, AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
YOU KNOW, THE, WHEN YOU NEED OR TO GET AFFORDABLE HOUSING, YOU GOTTA HAVE HOUSING, YOU GOTTA HAVE A LOT OF HOUSING TO, TO DRIVE THE PRICES DOWN.
BUT, BUT I THINK THIS IS A UNIQUE SITUATION TO LOOK AT, UH, USING, UH, OUR ZONING ORDINANCE TO LOOK AT THESE INFILL LOTS IN AN R ONE ZONE.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'LL BE HERE.
SO MR. MERCHANT, I LOOKED ON HERE, UH, TWO THINGS.
IT IT STRIKES ME, UH, I UNDERSTAND, I THINK JOHN MENTIONED IT EARLIER.
UM, THEY HAVE TO HAVE A DRIVEWAY TO RURAL AVENUE BECAUSE IT HAS TO FRONT RURAL AVENUE CANNOT FRONT, UM, UH, THE ALLEY.
UH, AND THE, YOUR DRAWING OF IT, THE PROPOSED DRAWING OF THE NEW LOT MM-HMM.
BUT THEY'RE GOING TO, UH, AN INCREDIBLY, UH, GREATER EXPENSE BY HAVING TO BE PUTTING THAT DRIVEWAY IN JUST ABOUT THE FULL LENGTH OF THAT LOT.
IT'S NOT THE EASIEST, UH, LOT IN THE WORLD.
BUT THEY WILL BE USING THE ALLEY.
THEY, THEY STILL CAN USE THE ALLEY AS ACCESS.
TO HAVE, UH, YOU HAD TALKED ABOUT THE CURB AND GUTTER, UH, THE APPLICANT IS AMENABLE TO, UH, PLACING THE CURB AND GUTTER AS WE SHOW ON THAT PARTICULAR SKI.
NO OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU.
IT'S, IT'S ONLY 12 TO 14 FOOT OF PAVEMENT.
I'M SORRY, I DIDN'T MEAN ALLEY, I MEANT DRIVEWAY.
UH, THE DRIVEWAY UH, ONLY HAS TO BE A PAVED ALL WEATHER SURFACE.
IT COULD BE EITHER GRAVEL OR, OR ASPHALT, UH, AT THE, UH, ASSISTANCE OF THE APPLICANT OR AT THE PLEASURE OF THE APPLICANT.
AS SOMEONE WHO IS A LITTLE BIT MORE PRETTY IN TUNE WITH THE MOST UPDATED COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU.
AT THIS TIME WE WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.
IS THERE ANYBODY THAT WISHES TO SPEAK ON THIS APPLICATION? SEEING AND HEARING NONE? I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING
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AT THIS POINT.ARE THERE ANY COMMISSIONER QUESTIONS? I, I WOULD MAKE ONE COMMENT.
I THINK THAT, UM, UH, LISTENING TO THE STAFF REPORT, UH, MR. MERCHANT, I THINK THAT THIS IS A, UM, A, A GOOD SOLUTION TO A LARGE LOT IN TOWN THAT WE, WE KNOW THAT WE NEED AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
WE KNOW THAT, UM, THERE ARE SOME UNUSUAL SITUATIONS OUT THERE AND THE LAYOUT OF THIS LOT BEING BACK IN THE 18 HUNDREDS POINTS TO ANOTHER SITUATION.
THEY DIDN'T, YOU KNOW, WE DIDN'T HAVE ZONING UNTIL PROBABLY 19, 20 OR 30 OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
BUT IT LOOKS TO ME AT LEAST THAT THIS IS, UM, A, A GOOD USE OF THAT LOT.
UH, THE, THE APPLICANT COULD BE ASKING US TO PUT, UH, DUPLEXES OR SOMETHING ON IT.
I THINK IT'S SINGLE FAMILY HOME.
IT'S WHAT THEY'RE INTENDING TO BUILD AND I JUST, UH, I THINK IT'S A GOOD USE OF IT.
ANY MORE QUESTIONS? HEARING NONE, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
I MOVE THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION FORWARD A RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL TO THE FRONT ROYAL TOWN COUNCIL FOR REZONING APPLICATION NUMBER 2 4 0 0 0 1 3 TO AMEND THE ZONING MAP OF THE TOWN OF FRONT ROYAL TO RECLASSIFY 1 7 2 4 NORTH ROYAL AVENUE, IDENTIFIED BY TAX MAP NUMBER TWO A TWO DASH TWO DASH 11 FROM R ONE RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT TO R ONE A RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT.
A SECOND WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
MS. POTTER A VOTE PLEASE, PLEASE.
WE WILL FORWARD A RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL TO THE TOWN COUNCIL.
NEXT APPLICATION ON THE PUBLIC HEARING IS APPLICATION NUMBER 2 4 0 0 0 1 6.
UH, SPECIAL USE PERMIT, UH, FOR A SHORT TERM RENTAL LOCATED AT 3 22 KER FOOT AVENUE.
PERMIT NUMBER 24 0 0 0 1 6 IS A SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR A SHORT TERM RENTAL AT 3 22 KER FOOT AVENUE.
IT IS IDENTIFIED AS TAX MAP NUMBER 20 A SIX DASH SEVEN DASH 10 LOTS, 38 OR 39, 40, 41, AND 42.
IT IS IN THE R ONE RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT.
THE REQUEST IS FOR A PARTIAL HOUSE RENTAL OF A SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING FOR TWO BEDROOMS FOR TWO PEOPLE.
THE HOME WILL BE OWNER OCCUPIED.
UH, THE SITE INSPECTION WA UH, INSPECTION WAS CONDUCTED ON JANUARY 25TH AND WAS FOUND IN FULL COMPLIANCE WITH THE APPLICATION.
OFF STREET PARKING IS AVAILABLE IN THE PAVED AREA NEXT TO THE HOME, OFFERING SUFFICIENT PARKING FOR THE INTENDED USE.
UH, THERE'S THE, UH, PLAT OF THE, UH, PROPERTY WITH THE, UH, HOUSE ON IT.
UH, THERE ON THE RIGHT SIDE IS THE OVERVIEW OF THE PAVED PARKING AREA AND IT DOES HAVE SUFFICIENT OFF STREET PARKING FOR THE INTENDED USE.
UH, THEY, WITHIN YOUR STAFF RE YOU HAD A STAFF REPORT THE APPLICATION AND A MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR YOU TO REVIEW, AND THE APPLICANT IS HERE TO ANSWER THE QUESTIONS.
IF YOU HAVE ANY, YOU HAVE ANY FOR STAFF? LOOKS LIKE NO.
WOULD THE APPLICANT LIKE TO SPEAK? HELLO, I'M SAM.
I LIVE AT 3 2 2 CURVE FOOT AVENUE.
I'M A CO-APPLICANT WITH MY FIANCE JD.
UM, WE MET AT THE COMMISSION, THE WORK COMMISSION MEETING.
UM, BUT YEAH, OUR INTENTION IS TO RENT OUT A FEW ROOMS IN OUR HOUSE AND STILL OCCUPY
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THE HOME TO HELP, YOU KNOW, RUN, START A BUSINESS AND BUILT A WEALTH FOR US AND SHOW PEOPLE HOW MUCH WE LOVE FRONT ROYAL AND HOW GREAT IT IS.ANY QUESTIONS OF THE APPLICANT? MORE COMMENT, I, I, AT THE WORK SESSION, THE PRESENTATION YOU ALL GAVE, I FELT WAS VERY THOROUGH AND VERY IMPRESSIVE.
AND I WAS VERY APPRECIATIVE OF THAT.
ONE QUESTION, HAVE YOU RECONSIDERED THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN YOUR BROCHURE? YES, WE HAVE.
WE HAVE, UM, BROUGHT IT DOWN TO 15, BUT WE'RE CONSIDERING SAYING THAT WHEN QUIET HOURS START AT 10, IT'S ONLY ALLOWED TO BE THE PEOPLE THAT WILL BE SLEEPING.
AND WE'RE ONLY APPROVED FOR FOUR PEOPLE.
SO WE'RE ONLY, ONLY FOUR PEOPLE CAN BE AT THE HOUSE WHEN QUIET HOURS BEGIN AT 10:00 PM OKAY.
AT THIS POINT WE'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.
WE DO HAVE ONE PERSON SIGNED UP.
HI, MY NAME'S MICHELLE ARRINGTON.
I LIVE AT 3 25 SOUTH SHENANDOAH AVENUE, RIGHT BEHIND THE PROPERTY, UM, THAT WE'RE DISCUSSING.
I, FOR ONE, WHEN I PURCHASED THIS HOME NINE YEARS AGO, I INTENDED TO HAVE A SINGLE FAMILY HOME AND BE AROUND NEIGHBORS THAT I WOULD BE AROUND WITH FOR AT LEAST MORE THAN A MONTH AT A TIME.
FOR ONE, I BROUGHT ONE OF MY NEIGHBORS WHO'S BEEN A NEIGHBOR OF MINE FOR SEVERAL YEARS.
IT IS MY HUSBAND AND I, MY REQUEST THAT IF THERE IS GOING TO BE A SHORT TERM RENTAL, ALTHOUGH WE DO DESPERATELY NEED SHORT TERM RENTALS IN FRONT ROYAL, THAT'S WITHOUT A DOUBT EVERYBODY KNOWS THIS.
WE WOULD REQUEST OR LIKE TO REQUEST THAT THERE BE A PRIVACY FENCE PUT UP BECAUSE IF THERE IS GOING TO BE AN EVER EVOLVING ROTATING DOOR OF PEOPLE MOVING IN AND OUT, 'CAUSE IT SAYS THEY COULD BE THERE A MONTH, IT COULD BE SIX MONTHS, IT COULD BE A YEAR.
IF IT'S EVERY MONTH, THEN WE ALL HAVE TO GET READJUSTED TO NEW APPLICANTS EVERY SINGLE TIME A NEW PERSON COMES IN.
IT DID CEASE AT 10:10 PM LAST WEEK, BUT THERE WAS STILL A LOT OF NOISE AND PEOPLE IN THAT BACKYARD.
UM, AND AGAIN, LIKE I SAID, I PURCHASED A SINGLE FAMILY HOME TO BE ABLE TO HAVE MY FAMILY ENJOY OUR PROPERTY WITHOUT HAVING TO WORRY ABOUT AN EVER EVOLVING DOOR OF APPLICANTS MOVING IN.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK? WE HAVE NO ONE ELSE SIGNED UP.
WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING COMMISSIONER QUESTIONS.
COULD YOU, JOHN, COULD YOU SHOW US THE PICTURES AGAIN SO WE SEE WHERE THE PROPERTY LINE IS AND WHERE THIS FENCE WOULD BE AND WHERE THE NEIGHBORS ARE? UH, I BELIEVE SHE SAID SHE'S AT 3 21 SOUTH SHEOO AVENUE.
RIGHT BEHIND THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION I, MY HOME WAS THE ONE THAT PUT UP THE FENCING AROUND ALL OF THE PROPERTIES AND PEOPLE HAVE BUILT OFF OF THAT.
AND WE JUST HAVE A CHAIN FENCE.
DO WE HAVE A PHOTO OF THAT? IN ONE OF THE PICTURE WE SAW EARLIER WITH THE PARKING? WAS THERE A PHOTO OF THAT? YES.
SO WHERE'S THE FENCE BEHIND THE HOUSE? THIS IS THE FRONT OF THE HOUSE.
YOU'RE, YOU'RE ON, UH, CUR FOOT HERE LOOKING AT THE PROPERTY.
THE PHOTOGRAPH WE WE HAD, IT WAS FROM THE STREET VIEW THAT DOES NOT ENCOMPASS THE ENTIRE LENGTH OF THE LOT TO THE REAR.
AND THIS FENCE IS FURTHER RIGHT? OR CAN YOU EVEN SEE IT IN THIS PICTURE? RIGHT? IT'S BEHIND THE HOUSE.
THE, THE FENCE YOU SEE HERE PRESENTLY THAT IS NOT AT THE REAR OF THE PROPERTY LINE.
THE FENCE YOU SEE HERE IS HERE AT THE REAR OF THE HOUSE, THE PHOTOGRAPH.
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CAN YOU GO BACK TO THAT PICTURE A MINUTE FOR A MINUTE? COMMISSIONER NER, MAY I ASK A QUESTION? PLEASE? I DON'T WANNA INTERRUPT YOU, BUT CAN I ASK A FOLLOW UP TO WHAT YEAH, YOU ASKED PLEASE.AND MR. COMMISSIONER WOOD, UM, IS YOUR, DOES YOUR FENCE LINE BACK UP TO THAT PROPERTY RIGHT THERE? I'M TRYING TO FIND A VIDEO ON MY CAMERA.
I JUST NEED YOUR, YOUR WORD'S FINE.
OKAY, SO YOUR, SO YOUR CHAIN LINK FENCE.
SO YOUR CHAIN LINK FENCE FROM WHERE THAT PROPERTY OKAY.
I JUST NEED THAT, THAT ONE RIGHT THERE.
BACK WHERE THAT, WHERE THAT, WHERE THAT UM, WHERE THAT UH, UM, RIGHT BEYOND THAT SHED, THAT RED SHED, THERE'S A GENTLE FENCE.
UM, QUESTION I'D LIKE TO ASK THE APPLICANT, UM, THE YOUNG LADY WHO SPOKE, UH, TALKED ABOUT A RECENT EVENT THERE.
YOU HAVE NOT STARTED RENTING, HAVE YOU? NO SIR.
OKAY, SO THESE WERE JUST FRIENDS OVER? YEAH, JD AND I GOT BETROTH LAST WEEK AND THREW A PARTY AT OUR HOUSE AFTERWARDS.
BUT EVEN JUST WITH A PRIVATE PARTY, WE HAD EVERYBODY OUT BY 10:00 PM ALRIGHT.
ALRIGHT, ANY MORE COMMISSION QUESTIONS MR. CHAIRMAN? YES SIR.
SINCE WE HAD A PUBLIC SPEAKER, UM, THE, TECHNICALLY THERE SHOULD BE A REBUTTAL, ALTHOUGH MAYBE WE JUST HEARD A REBUTTAL.
I DON'T KNOW, BUT DOES THE APPLICANT WISH TO REBUT? UH, YES.
UM, SO I UNDERSTAND MICHELLE'S CONCERNS.
OUR, UM, PERMIT RIGHT NOW IS FOR A SHORT-TERM RENTAL.
SO THAT WOULD NOT BE A LONG-TERM RENTAL OF 30 DAYS OR MORE.
UM, BUT THAT'S JUST FOR THE SPEAKERS, YOU KNOW, NEED TO KNOW.
BUT WE DO INTEND TO PUT UP A PRIVACY FENCE, BUT MOSTLY JUST FOR AESTHETICS.
IF THAT IS A CONTINGENCY, THEN THAT WOULD BE MADE MORE OF A PRIORITY.
UM, BUT THAT IS IN OUR LONG-TERM PLAN FOR THE PROPERTY.
BUT I BELIEVE I ADDRESSED EVERYTHING THAT SHE BROUGHT UP.
SO WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO MAKE THE PRIVACY FENCE A, A CONDITION OF YOUR SHORT OR, UM, SUP? IF IT IS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY, YES, BUT FINANCES RIGHT NOW WOULD MAKE THAT VERY DIFFICULT.
BUT IF OUR SHORT TERM RENTAL IS DEPENDENT ON IT, THEN WE WOULD OBVIOUSLY HAVE TO.
ALRIGHT, ANY MORE PLANNING COMMISSION QUESTIONS? OKAY, GO AHEAD.
SO IS IT POSSIBLE, IS IT POSSIBLE OR EVEN PERMISSIBLE TO APPROVE THIS, NOT APPROVE IT, BUT TO ALLOW IT TO GO THROUGH ON A CONDITION THAT OFFENSE NOT IMMEDIATELY, BUT SAY WITHIN A CERTAIN PERIOD OF TIME IS ERECTED? YES.
YOU COULD PUT A TIME PERIOD ON THAT CONDITION.
SO YOU COULD SAY THAT YOU WOULD RECOMMEND APPROVAL AS LONG AS A PRIVACY FENCE WAS INSTALLED WITHIN A YEAR OF, UH, UH, COMMENCING THE USE THIS BODY CAN AND CAN MAKE THAT TYPE OF RECOMMENDATION.
WHAT WOULD BE THE LENGTH THAT, UH, STAFF WOULD RECOMMEND? I WOULDN'T PUSH IT OUT FURTHER THAN A YEAR.
ALRIGHT, IF THERE'S NO MORE QUESTIONS, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
MR. CHAIRMAN, I MOVE THAT APPLICANT 2 4 0 0 0 1 6 SPECIAL USE PERMIT APPLICATION SUBMITTED BY JEAN DAVID LAJEUNE AND SUBMIT THE HARRIS TO ALLOW A SHORT TERM
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RENTAL LOCATED AT 3 22 KER FOOT AVENUE IDENTIFIED BY TAX MAP TWO OH Z TWO OH A SIX DASH SEVEN DASH ZERO DASH 39 40 DASH 41 DASH 42.UM, PROPERTY ZONED CURRENTLY ZONED R ONE RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT, UH, BE APPROVED WITH THE CONTINGENCY THAT A PRIVACY FENCE BE ERECTED WITHIN ONE YEAR.
THERE ARE OTHER CONDITIONS RECOMMENDED THE APPLICANT WILL NOT PERMIT MORE THAN FOUR OVERNIGHT GUESTS PER DAY, AND THAT THE APPLICANT WILL OBTAIN ALL NECESSARY BUILDING AND ZONING PERMITS PRIOR TO IN ISSUANCE OF THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT.
MAY I, MAY I AMEND YOUR MOTION? ABSOLUTELY.
UH, THAT, THAT WITHIN A YEAR OF BEGINNING THE USAGE AS A SHORT TERM RENTAL, THAT THERE WOULD BE A PRIVACY OFFENSE CONSTRUCTED.
I THOUGHT HE MADE THAT PART OF THE MOTION.
OH, DID, DID HE, DID YOU SAY THAT? THINK THAT WAS WITHIN THE 12.
THAT WAS WITHIN THE 12 MONTHS, THE ORIGINAL CHAIRMAN.
FOR CLARITY, WE PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE MS. POTTER TO TELL US WHAT SHE THINKS THE MOTION IS.
THE CONDITION PRIVACY WILL NOT OBTAIN.
ALRIGHT, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND A VOTE PLEASE.
VICE CHAIRMAN MARNER, I I JUST WANNA SAY THAT, UM, IT IS EXACTLY WHAT FRONT ROYAL NEEDS.
UH, THE FACT THAT YOU'VE GOT BETROTH MEANS YOU'RE GOING TO GET MARRIED AND THAT'S A VERY GOOD THING IN AND OF ITSELF, BUT IT IS, YOU'RE GONNA BE OCCUPYING THE SHORT-TERM RENTAL THAT IS SO GOOD AND THAT WILL, I HOPE, REASSURE THE NEIGHBORS BECAUSE THERE WILL BE SOMEBODY ON SITE YOU CAN COMPLAIN TO IF YOU NEED TO
BUT THE OWNER OCCUPANCY IS A OF A SHORT-TERM RENTAL IS SOMETHING THAT I HIGHLY VALUE.
AND SO I'M DELIGHTED THAT YOU ARE DOING THIS AS AND PLANNING TO OCCUPY IT.
AND WITH THAT THE MOTION PASSES, WE WILL FORWARD A RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL TO THE TOWN COUNCIL.
NEXT ITEM ON THE PUBLIC HEARING IS APPLICATION 2 4 0 0 0 1 8.
A REZONING APPLICATION, STAFF APPLICATION FOR REVIEW IS REQUESTING AN AMENDMENT TO THE ZONING MAP OF THE TOWN OF FRONT ROYAL TO RECLASSIFY.
1324 OLD WINCHESTER PIKE IDENTIFIED AS TAX MAP 20 A 1 24 DASH SIX FROM R ONE RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT TO R THREE RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT.
UH, THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF EAST STRASSBURG AND OLD WINCHESTER PIKE.
INCLUDED WITHIN YOUR PACKET IS THE STAFF REPORT REZONING APPLICATION, A STATEMENT OF JUSTIFICATION AND THE BOUNDARY SURVEY PLAT OF THE EXISTING PARCEL.
THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN CALLS FOR THIS AREA OF RIVERTON TO BE MIXED USE, INTENDED FOR THE MIXTURE OF USES THAT EMULATE THE SMALL HISTORIC VILLAGE WITH THE PRIMARY USE FOR SINGLE FAMILY, RESIDENTIAL, RETAIL AND LODGING.
NO PROFFERS WERE MADE BY THE APPLICANT.
USES PERMITTED BY THE R ONE ZONING DISTRICT IS SINGLE FAMILY DWELLINGS, DETACHED CHURCHES, PUBLIC LIBRARY SCHOOLS, OPEN SPACE AND PUBLIC PARKS USES PERMITTED.
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WHAT'S A SPECIAL USE PERMIT? OUR BED AND BREAKFAST DAYCARE, COMMUNITY CENTERS, FIRE AND RESCUE SQUADS AND POLICE STATIONS.THE R THREE ZONING DISTRICT USES PERMITTED BY RIGHT WOULD BE DUPLEXES, SINGLE FAMILY DWELLINGS, DETACHED TOWN HOMES ON SITES OF MORE THAN 20,000 SQUARE FEET.
TWO FAMILY DWELLINGS, HOSPITALS, PHARMACEUTICAL CENTERS, PROFESSIONAL OFFICES, NURSING HOMES, CHURCHES, SCHOOLS OPEN SPACE AND PUBLIC PARKS.
USES PERMITTED WITH A SPECIAL USE PERMIT.
IN THE R THREE ARE APARTMENTS, TOWN HOMES ON SITE OF OVER ONE ACRE BED AND BREAKFAST COMMUNITY CENTERS, DAYCARE, NURSING HOMES, ART GALLERIES, FIRE AND RESCUE SQUADS, POLICE STATIONS, PUBLIC LIBRARIES AND LODGING HOUSES, ROOMING HOUSES AND BOARDING HOUSES.
UH, THE REASON THE, UH, THE APPLICANT, UH, CAME BEFORE US IS THAT, UH, THEY CAME IN TO GET A BUSINESS LICENSE TO OPERATE A BED AND BREAKFAST.
AND WE REALIZED THAT A BED AND BREAKFAST IS NOT PERMITTED IN THIS DISTRICT AT ALL.
THE PREVIOUS OWNER OPERATED A BED AND BREAKFAST WITHOUT A SPECIAL USE PERMIT OR APPROVAL OR A BUSINESS LICENSE.
SO THE CURRENT OWNER THOUGHT SINCE ESSENTIALLY THE PREVIOUS OWNER OPERATED A B UH, BED AND BREAKFAST, THEY WOULD COME IN AND GET A BUSINESS LICENSE.
SO WE CAUGHT THAT, UH, ON THEIR APPLICATION AND THEY'VE KIND OF CHANGED THEIR PLAN FROM OPERATING A BED AND BREAKFAST TO A LODGING HOUSE.
IF YOU READ THE STATEMENT OF JUSTIFICATION, THAT'S INCLUDED IN THERE.
ALSO POINTED OUT THAT IN THIS DISTRICT RIGHT TO THE SOUTH OF IT IS A LOT THAT IS R THREE, THAT IS A BED AND BREAKFAST.
SO THE APPLICANT, UH, WITH THIS REZONING WOULD LIKE TO BRING THE USE AND THE LOT INTO COMPLIANCE.
THAT'S THE REASON THEY HAVE, UM, SUBMITTED THE APPLICATION FOR THE REZONING.
UH, THE APPLICANT IS HERE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS.
DO YOU HAVE ANY FOR STAFF FOR THIS, UH, UNDER THIS PRESENTATION? CHAIRMAN, I HAVE ONE.
UM, MR. WARE, UH, I CAN'T READ THE NUMBER.
THAT, THAT'S WINDY HILL OR SOMETHING.
LACK OF WATER IS RIGHT ACROSS THE, THAT STREET FROM THEM AS WELL.
SO IT WOULD BE, AGAIN, CONSISTENT WITH THE USE GOING ON IN THE AREA TO, IF WE PERMIT THIS REZONING TO GO AND WE'RE NO LONGER LOOKING AT A BED AND BREAKFAST, NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT A BOARDING HOUSE.
UH, THE LODGING HOUSE WOULD FIT INTO OUR CATEGORY, UH, WHAT THEIR INTENDED.
UH, FUTURE USE WOULD BE OF THE PROPERTY.
BUT TONIGHT YOU ARE JUST LOOKING AT THE APPROPRIATENESS OF THE REZONING.
YOU'RE NOT LOOKING AT THE APPROPRIATENESS OF A POTENTIAL, YOU KNOW, SPECIAL USE OR PERMIT FOR THE LODGING HOUSE OR OKAY.
ANYTHING RELATED TO THE LODGING HOUSE.
UM, MAY I ASK QUESTION IN THE, IN THE, EXCUSE ME, IN THE INTEREST OF PUBLIC EDUC, IN THE INTEREST OF PUBLIC EDUCATION, HOWEVER, EVEN THOUGH WE'RE NOT DEALING WITH IT TONIGHT, COULD YOU STATE FOR THE RECORD THE DEFINITION OF A LODGING HOUSE? IS IT IN THE CO WHERE IN THE CODE? IT IS.
IT'S IN CODE I I DID NOT, UH, L LAUREN'S, IF YOU CAN LOOK THAT UP.
YOU DIDN'T MEAN TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT, BUT I, I KNOW PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE WONDERING AND IT'S, IT'S IN 1 75 DASH THREE OF THE ZONING ORDINANCE.
I JUST, I GOTTA SEE IF I CAN PULL THIS UP HERE FOR YOU.
IN THE INTEREST OF AVOIDING CONFUSION AND MISUNDERSTANDINGS ON THE PART OF THE PUBLIC, IT'S GOOD TO HAVE ALL THE INFORMATION AVAILABLE ON RECORD.
I THINK WE DISCUSSED THAT AT THE WORK SESSION.
UH OH, IN THE LAST I WAS, YEAH.
WELL, WELL, IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT ME WHO NEEDS IT SO MUCH.
DEFINED IN TOWN CODE IS A RESIDENTIAL BUILDING OTHER THAN A HOTEL MOTEL OR BED AND BREAKFAST HOME WHERE LODGING IS PROVIDED FOR COMPENSATION
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ON A REGULAR BASIS PURSUANT OF PREVIOUS ARRANGEMENTS, BUT WHICH IS NOT OPEN TO THE PUBLIC OR TRANSIENT GUEST.MEALS MAY BE PROVIDED TO THE RESIDENTS IN THE CENTRAL LOCATION.
HOWEVER, NO PROVISION SHALL BE MADE FOR COOKING IN INDIVIDUAL ROOMS OR UNITS.
THE MAXIMUM NUMBER OF ROOMS OR UNITS SHALL BE CONTROLLED BY THE AREA REQUIREMENTS OF THE DISTRICT IN WHICH IT IS LOCATED.
BUT IN NO CASE SHALL THE TOTAL NUMBER OF LODGING ROOMS OR UNITS EXCEED 10.
THE LODGING HOUSE SHALL ALSO BE ALSO BE KNOWN AS A ROOMING HOUSE OR A BOARDING HOUSE.
SO LODGING ON A REGULAR BASIS, NOT A HOTEL.
NO COOKING IN INDIVIDUAL ROOMS, NO MORE THAN 10 PEOPLE.
THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION.
WOULD THE APPLICANT WISH TO SPEAK? I AM JANELLE, THE FOUNDER OF THE ABO OF LIBERATION, WHO IS APPLYING FOR THIS.
UM, AS, AS FAR AS OUR END GOAL, MAYBE TO, TO SHED SOME LIGHTS ON YOUR QUESTIONS.
UM, MY COUSIN CAME TO LIVE WITH ME ABOUT 14 YEARS AGO.
HE'S INTELLECTUALLY DISABLED AND HE FAILED THREE GROUP HOMES AND HE WAS SEXUALLY AND FINANCIALLY EXPLOITED.
SO I TOOK HIM IN AND, UM, SHORTLY AFTER TAKING HIM IN, UH, I TOOK, UH, HIS GIRLFRIEND IN WHO'S INTELLECTUALLY DISABLED.
SHE WAS HIDING IN THE BUSHES OUTSIDE EVERY GROUP HOME EVERY NIGHT.
AND THEY WERE HAVING SEARCH PARTIES.
SO THEN, UM, SOMEONE ELSE IN OUR NETWORK, WE DO SPECIAL OLYMPICS, WE DO ARC OF VIRGINIA EVENTS.
SOMEONE ELSE IN OUR NETWORK, UM, ADULT PROTECTIVE SERVICES REMOVED HER FROM HER ABUSIVE RELATIONSHIP.
SO THROUGH FRIENDS, SHE ENDED UP THERE.
SO, AND I ACTUALLY HAVE TWO OTHER PEOPLE,
AND WHAT HAPPENS IS THE FOLKS WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES, THEY GO IN GROUP HOMES AND THEY DON'T ALWAYS FIT IN THAT MODEL.
THERE'S A LOT, THERE ARE A LOT OF REGULATIONS.
SO WE'VE KIND OF, WE'RE KIND OF TRYING A BRAND NEW THING HERE OF HAVING MORE OF A BORDER HOUSE FOR THEM SO THAT THEY COULD COME.
THEY, THEY, THEY HAVE ALL AUTONOMY.
THEY MAKE THEIR OWN DECISIONS.
UM, THEY HAVE CAREGIVERS, UM, THEY CAN LIVE IN, THEY CAN LIVE OUT, THEY CAN BE A BORDER OR NOT.
IT DEPENDS ON THE INTELLECTUALLY DISABLED PERSON.
SO IT'S KIND OF MORE FOR THE HIGHER FUNCTIONING FOLKS WHO JUST START FEELING REALLY, UM, I HATE TO USE THE WORD PRISONER, BUT IN THE GROUP HOME, SOME OF THE HIGHER FUNCTIONING FOLKS DO KIND OF FEEL LIKE THAT.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO PROVIDE A PERMANENT HOME FOR THEM WHERE THEY CAN COME AND LIVE AND NOT HAVE, YOU KNOW, SO MANY RESTRICTIONS PUT ON THEM AND THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE COME.
UM, MY COUSIN'S BEEN THERE 14 YEARS NOW WITH ME.
HIS WIFE FAILED GROUP HOMES BEFORE.
UM, THE THIRD RESIDENT, UM, THAT CAME FROM ADULT, ADULT PROTECTIVE SERVICES IS DOING GREAT.
SO IF WE CAN CHANGE THIS EIGHT BEDROOM HOUSE INTO A BORDER HOUSE, THEN MAYBE I COULD HELP A COUPLE MORE FOLKS.
ANY QUESTIONS? COMMENDABLE? HOW MANY I I DID HAVE ONE QUESTION.
HOW MANY ROOMS DO YOU HAVE? I HAVE EIGHT BEDROOMS, SO WE'RE NOT GONNA, AND, AND I I THINK WE 10.
ALRIGHT, MOVING ON TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.
IS THERE ANYBODY THAT WISHES TO SPEAK? THERE IS NOBODY SIGNED UP HEARING NOBODY AND SEEING NOBODY.
I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING, UH, PLANNING COMMISSIONER QUESTIONS.
ALRIGHT, HEARING NONE, WE'LL MOVE FORWARD.
IS THERE A MOTION? CHAIRMAN WELLS, I MOVE THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION FORWARD A RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL TO THE FRONT ROYAL TOWN COUNCIL FOR REZONING APPLICATION NUMBER 2 4 0 0 0 1 8 TO AMEND THE ZONING MAP OF THE TOWN OF FRONT WORLD TO RECLASSIFY, 1 3 2 4
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OLD WINCHESTER PIKE IDENTIFIED BY TAX MAP NUMBER TWO ZERO A ONE TWO DASH FOUR DASH SIX FROM R ONE RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT TWO R THREE RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT.ALRIGHT, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
ALRIGHT, WITH THAT WE HAVE APPROVED THAT APPLICATION AND WE'LL FORWARD A RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL TO THE TOWN COUNCIL.
I MOVING FORWARD TO THE NEXT ITEM OF BUSINESS IS ITEM EIGHT, WHICH IS COMMISSION MEMBER REPORTS.
COMMISSIONERS, DO YOU HAVE ANY REPORTS FOR THIS MONTH? ALRIGHT, HEARING DONE.
[IX. PLANNING DIRECTOR REPORT]
MOVE ON.ITEM NINE, PLANNING DIRECTOR REPORT FOR JANUARY? YES.
UM, IN YOUR REPORT FOR THIS MONTH, I BELIEVE WE'VE ADDED A NEW CATEGORY.
SO THAT, UM, PROVIDES YOU WITH WALK-IN INFORMATION INTO PLANNING AND ZONING.
UM, SO AS YOU CAN SEE, FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY, WE HAD 218, UM, WALK-IN CUSTOMERS THAT CAME INTO THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT FOR THAT MONTH.
UM, WE'VE ALSO, TODAY WE GOT OUR DATA ABOUT CALL LOGS TOO.
SO IN THE LAST 90 DAYS WE'VE HAD 580 PHONE CALLS TO THE DEPARTMENT.
UM, AND WE ARE A DEPARTMENT OF FIVE PEOPLE.
UM, BUT AS FAR AS PERMITS GO, UM, WE ISSUED 19 ZONING PERMITS, UH, FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY.
AND WE HAD 21 NEW CODE ENFORCEMENT CASES AND WE DID 20 CODE ENFORCEMENT INSPECTIONS AND 46 RE-INSPECTIONS.
AND AS YOU CAN SEE, WE ALSO HAD ONE PROPERTY MAINTENANCE INSPECTION AND ONE PROPERTY MAINTENANCE REINSPECTION.
UM, WE TOOK IN THREE RIGHT OF WAY UTILIZATION PERMITS.
I WILL SAY WE JUST ACCEPTED I THINK 77 NEW RIGHT OF WAY PERMIT APPLICATIONS.
SO PERMITTING MAY SLOW DOWN A LITTLE BIT OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS WHILE WE PROCESS THAT VOLUME OF APPLICATIONS.
UM, AND THEN I ALSO WANNA SAY THAT, UM, CONNIE WAS ABLE TO GET THE ANNUAL REPORT OUT AND AND DONE.
AND WE WENT OVER THAT IN THE WORK SESSION.
CONNIE, YOU DID A REALLY GOOD JOB AND SO WE REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.
THAT IS ON OUR WEBSITE FOR THE PUBLIC AND I BELIEVE CHAIRMAN WELLS WILL BE DOING A PRESENTATION ON MONDAY TO COUNCIL ABOUT THE PLANNING ACTIVITIES.
AND FINALLY ON MARCH 18TH, WE WILL BE HAVING A JOINT WORK SESSION WITH TOWN COUNCIL SUMMIT, WHO IS OUR, UM, UH, KIND OF OUR, OUR, OUR CONSULTANT FOR THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND THE ZONING REWRITE.
WE'LL KIND OF BE RUNNING THAT MEETING, BUT I THINK THE GOAL WILL BE TO JUST GET AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE, THE DIRECTION THAT WE WANNA TAKE THESE ZONING ORDINANCE.
SO STAFF HAS BEEN WORKING WITH SUMMIT OVER THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS TO, UM, WORK OUT SOME OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS.
WE ARE ABOUT TO GET INTO SOME OF THE, UM, LIKE ZONE SPECIFIC, UH, CHANGES AND EDITS.
AND IN THAT PORTION, I, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT, UH, STAFF AND, AND THE CONSULTANT HAVE A CLEAR IDEA OF, YOU KNOW, WHERE ULTIMATELY COUNCIL WANTS TO SEE THIS ORDINANCE TAKEN.
UM, BUT AS THE, UH, THE ADVISORY PARTY, IT'S, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT YOU GUYS ARE PART OF THAT TOO.
UM, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I CAN TAKE THEM.
WHAT, WHERE ARE THEY ALL COMING FROM? UM, I BELIEVE IT'S A, IT'S AN INTERNET PROVIDER OR BROADBAND.
JOHN, YOU MAY KNOW A LITTLE MORE ABOUT THAT.
YEAH, IT'S UTILITY PROVIDER, OVERHEAD UTILITY PROVIDER, WHETHER IT'S UH OH OKAY.
BRIGHT SPEEDED OR THOSE THAT ARE ATTACHING, UM, CABLES TO, UH, UTILITY POLES.
SO THEY BROKE THOSE DOWN IN SEGMENTS OF STREETS WHERE THEY HAD TO HAVE A RIGHT OF WAY UTILIZATION PERMIT PERMITS TO DO THE WORK WITHIN THE TOWNS RIGHT OF WAY.
AND SO I THINK WE'VE GOTTEN OUR FIRST BATCH AND I, I BELIEVE THERE'S ANOTHER BATCH OF, I THINK WE'RE GETTING UP TO ABOUT 150 IS SO, IT, IT WILL DEFINITELY SLOW THINGS DOWN IN OUR DEPARTMENT A LITTLE BIT.
BUT, UH, CAROL'S BEEN GETTING EVERYTHING INPUT AS FAST AS SHE CAN.
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I BEAT YOU.