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THANK YOU.[I. CALL TO ORDER]
IT IS 7:00 PM AND I WILL CALL TO ORDER THE REGULAR PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING FOR THE TOWN OF FRONT ROYAL FOR MARCH 19TH.MS. POTTER, DO WE HAVE A QUORUM? PLEASE CALL THE ROYAL.
BEFORE YOU, BEFORE YOU CALL THE ROLE, LET ME INTRODUCE THE NEWEST MEMBER OF OUR PLANNING COMMISSION WELCOMING THERESA FEDERICA, WHO IS ATTENDING HER FIRST OFFICIAL FULL MEETING.
SO, WELCOME TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION, CHAIRMAN MARNER.
PRESENT VICE CHAIRMAN NEIL PRESENT.
COMMISSIONER FEDERICA PRESENT.
AND COMMISSIONER MARRAZZO IS AT, UH, PLANNING COMMISSION TRAINING TONIGHT.
[III. ADDITION/DELETION OF ITEMS FROM THE AGENDA]
THE ADDITION OR DELETION OF ITEMS FROM THE AGENDA.MADAM CHAIR, I MOVE THAT THE ZONING TEXT AMENDMENT NUMBER 2 5 0 0 0 6 2 BE REMOVED FROM THE AGENDA AND REMITTED TO THE APRIL 2ND, 2025 WORK SESSION.
ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
ANY OTHER ADDITIONS OR DELETIONS OF ITEMS FROM THE AGENDA? OKAY.
[IV. APPROVAL OF MINUTES]
WE, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM THE LAST MEETING.MADAM CHAIR, I MOVE TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE FEBRUARY 19TH, 2025 REGULAR MEETING AS WRITTEN.
UM, COMMISSIONER FEDERICA? YES.
[V. PUBLIC COMMENTS NOT RELATED TO PUBLIC HEARINGS]
NOW I WILL OPEN THE FLOOR TO PUBLIC COMMENTS NOT RELATED TO PUBLIC HEARINGS.AT THIS POINT, THERE IS ONE PERSON WHO HAS SIGNED UP IN ADVANCE, UH, TO SPEAK ON, UH, PUBLIC, MAKE PUBLIC COMMENTS, NOT RELATED TO MATTERS UNDER HEARING.
IF THERE'S ANYBODY ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT, UH, PLEASE COME FORWARD.
BUT FAILING THAT, IF YOU, MR. COLIN MATHIS, PLEASE COME AND IDENTIFY YOURSELF.
I'M THE, UH, CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW, UH, HERE IN TOWN.
AND, UH, DURING SOME OF OUR WORK SESSIONS, UH, WE'VE BEEN REVIEWING OUR GUIDELINES AND, UH, THE HISTORIC DISTRICT OVERLAY.
AND THAT RAISED A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS ABOUT THE CURRENT ZONING ORDINANCE FOR THE RESIDENTIAL PORTION OF THE HISTORIC DISTRICT.
AND, UH, IT'S CURRENTLY ZONED R THREE, UH, FOR MULTIFAMILY DWELLINGS LIKE TOWN HOMES AND APARTMENTS, AND, UH, CONSTRUCTED ON A SINGLE LOT.
AND, UH, THIS KIND OF CONFLICTS WITH THE BARR'S MISSION STATEMENT, UM, WHICH IS TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT THE CHARACTER AND THE BEAUTY OF THE HISTORIC DISTRICT.
UM, AND WITH HELP, WITH HELP FROM TOWN STAFF, WE'VE DRAFTED, UM, SOME LANGUAGE TO AMEND THE EXISTING ZONING ORDINANCE, UH, FOR THE RESIDENTIAL PORTION OF THE HISTORIC DISTRICT.
AND, UH, ARE PLANNING TO SUBMIT THAT TO YOU ALL FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.
UM, JUST WANTED TO MAKE THIS STATEMENT, MAKE YOU GUYS AWARE OF IT.
WE'RE GONNA SEND IT OVER TO LAUREN.
LAUREN'S GONNA SEND IT OVER TO YOU GUYS.
HOPEFULLY YOU'LL TAKE A LOOK AT IT AND, UH, LET US KNOW WHAT YOU THINK WE WILL DO.
IT'S A, AT VERY APPROPRIATE TIME TO BE RECEIVING THAT.
THAT AT THIS POINT WE HAVE THE
[VI. CONSENT AGENDA]
CONSENT AGENDA.UH, I MOVE THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA TO PUBLICLY ADVERTISE FOR A PUBLICLY PUBLIC HEARING IN APRIL AS PRESENTED.
DO YOU NEED TO ROLL CALL THAT? I WILL.
SO WE HAVE ACCEPTED THE CONSENT AGENDA.
[VII. PUBLIC HEARINGS]
TO THE FIRST PUBLIC HEARING AND, UH, WHICH IS A REQUEST FOR SPECIAL EXCEPTION FROM TOWN CODE CHAPTER 1 48 DASH EIGHT 20 D SIX SUB SUBMITTED BY HANOCK, H-C-L-L-C.[00:05:02]
UH, MS. KOSKI, WOULD YOU LIKE TO GIVE US A REPORT, PLEASE? YES.SO, OOPS, THIS REQUEST IS FOR A SPECIAL EXCEPTION TO REDUCE THE REQUIRED, UM, STREET WIDTH, UH, FOR THIS SUBDIVISION THAT WAS APPROVED BY TOWN COUNCIL LAST AUGUST.
UM, SO AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, THIS IS JUST AN AERIAL MAP OF THE PROPERTY.
UM, IT IS OFF OF HAPPY CREEK ROAD, UH, NEAR LEACH RUN PARKWAY AND IS SURROUNDED BY THE HAPPY CREEK KNOLLS SUBDIVISION.
UM, THAT IS JUST THE VICINITY MAP.
UM, SO BASICALLY THIS REQUEST IS TO REDUCE THE REQUIRED ROAD WIDTH AT OUR SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE FROM 36 FEET CURB TO CURB DOWN TO 29 FEET.
UM, CURRENTLY OUR ORDINANCE DOES REQUIRE THAT LOCAL STREETS, WHICH IS WHAT THE, UM, SUBDIVISION STREETS ARE CALLED, THEY'RE CALLED LOCAL STREETS.
YOU HAVE PRI, YOU'VE GOT COLLECTORS, YOU'VE GOT, UM, UH, PRIMARY ROADS, BUT THIS IS JUST FOR THIS TYPE OF STREET FOR LESS THAN 2000, UM, DAILY TRIPS.
UM, VDOT, HOWEVER, THEIR STANDARDS REQUIRE ONLY 25 FEET OF WIDTH FROM CURB TO CURB.
UM, AND THEN, UH, SORRY, 24 FEET, SORRY.
AND THAT DOES ALLOW, THAT'S FOR PARKING ON ONE SIDE, FOR PARKING ON BOTH SIDES OF THE STREET.
IT'S 29 FEET IS THE REQUIREMENT.
SO AS YOU CAN SEE, VDOT STANDARDS ARE LESS THAN THE TOWN STANDARDS.
UM, SO WHAT THE APPLICANT PROPOSED HERE IS THE SUBDIVISION.
I THINK THERE ARE APPROXIMATELY 96 LOTS.
UM, WITH 29 FOOT WIDE ROADS, YOU WOULD STILL HAVE ONE SIDE OF ON STREET PARKING, UM, RAISED, UH, CROSSWALKS, WHICH I REMEMBER, OR WHICH WAS, UM, REQUESTED BY THE CITIZENS.
AT THE AUGUST, UM, 2024 PUBLIC HEARING FOR TOWN COUNCIL, THEY ASKED FOR ADDITIONAL SAFETY MEASURES WE PUT IN PLACE, WHICH THE APPLICANT HAS OBLIGED IN THIS PLAN.
UM, OOPS, IF I CAN GET THIS TO WORK.
SO THIS IS JUST THE CROSS SECTION SHOWING HOW YOU COULD TECHNICALLY HAVE CARS PARKING ON BOTH SIDES OF THE STREET HERE WITH THE 29 FOOT, UM, WIDTH, UH, FOR FIRE EMS SAFETY OR FOR THE WIDTH REQUIREMENT, THAT'S ONLY 18 FEET WOULD BE REQUIRED.
SO THE EXCEEDS THE AMOUNT, UH, THAT THE FIRE TRUCKS WOULD NEED TO GET THROUGH THE SUBDIVISION.
UM, THEN WE GET TO THE CODE CONSIDERATION.
SO WITHIN THE CODE 1 48, 2 11 OF TOWN CODE PERMITS THEM TO APPLY FOR THIS SPECIAL EXCEPTION.
IT GIVES CRITERIA AS TO HOW THE DECISION NEEDS TO BE MADE.
SO BASICALLY TOWN COUNCIL AT, WITH THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION CAN APPROVE THIS REDUCTION WHEN IT'S DEMONSTRATED WHEN THESE CRITERIA MET.
SO ONE OF 'EM IS THAT WHEN IT'S DEMONSTRATED THAT THE USE OF ALTERNATIVE REGULATIONS FOR A PARTICULAR DEVELOPMENT WOULD BETTER ACHIEVE AT LEAST ONE OF THE GOALS LISTED BELOW, PROVIDED THAT THE SPECIAL EXCEPTION WOULD NOT DIMINISH PUBLIC HEALTH SAFETY OR GENERAL WELFARE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO CONSIDERATION THAT ADEQUATE PROVISIONS ARE PROVIDED TO ENSURE LONG-TERM MAINTENANCE OF PUBLIC AND SHARED PRIVATE FACILITIES AND CONFORMANCE WITH THE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
THE APPLICANT'S APPLICATION DOES MEET THESE STANDARDS.
UM, THE OTHER STANDARDS ARE THAT DESIGN EMPHASIS ON THE PRINCIPLES OF TRADITIONAL NEIGHBORHOOD DESIGN, INCLUDING PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY ROADS, INTERCONNECTION OF NEW LOCAL STREETS WITH EXISTING LOCAL STREETS AND CONNECTIVITY OF PEDESTRIAN NETWORKS AND MIXED USE NEIGHBORHOODS.
AND THEN CONSERVATION OR USE OF ONSITE NATURAL FEATURES TO PROTECT WATER QUALITY OR OPEN SPACES.
SO THOSE ARE THE CRITERIA AT WHICH THE DECISIONS NEED TO BE MADE.
SO WHEN WE ANALYZE THE APPLICATION, UM, WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT PUBLIC HEALTH SAFETY, GENERAL WELFARE, TYPICALLY IN PLANNING LITERATURE AND IN TRANSPORTATION PLANNING AND STUDIES, THEY TEND TO PROMOTE NARROWER STREETS AS A MEANS TO SAFER STREETS.
WE USE THOSE AS TRAFFIC CALMING MEASURES, AND IT'S BECAUSE NARROWER STREETS TEND TO SLOW PEOPLE DOWN.
UM, THEN WHEN WE GET TO CONSIDERATION THAT THE PROVISIONS PROVIDED ARE ADEQUATE TO ENSURE LONG-TERM MAINTENANCE OF PUBLIC AND SHARED PRIVATE FACILITIES.
SO WHILE THE DEVELOPER BEARS THE INITIAL COST OF DEVELOPMENT OF THESE ROADS, THE TOWN THEN ASSUMES MAINTENANCE COSTS FOR THESE IN PERPETUITY AFTER THAT.
SO EVERY 10 TO 15 YEARS, THE TOWN HAS TO COME IN AT THE TAXPAYER AND TOWN EXPENSE AND REPAVE.
SO WE MILL, WE PUT NEW ASPHALT DOWN,
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WE PLOW THESE ROADS BY ASKING FOR A SEVEN FOOT REDUCTION IN ROAD WITH, UM, OVER THE COURSE OF 6,000 PLUS LINEAR FEET, WE'RE LOOKING AT ALMOST A REDUCTION OF AN ACRE OF ASPHALT, WHICH IN THE LONG RUN SAVES THE TOWN MONEY.UM, THE NEXT PORTION OF IT IS THAT DESIGN EMPHASIS OF TRADITIONAL NEIGHBORHOOD DESIGN.
SO THAT'S GOING BACK TO WALKABLE COMMUNITIES, NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE IT'S PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY, THERE'S INTERCONNECTION WITH NEW LOCAL STREETS.
THAT'S WHAT THIS DEVELOPMENT ACCOMPLISHES.
BY TYING INTO ODIN RIDGE AND HAPPY CREEK ROAD, YOU'RE GETTING INTERCONNECTIVITY BETWEEN LARGE PARCELS OF LAND THAT TENDS TO REDUCE TRAFFIC VOLUME AND BURDEN ON OUR PRIMARY ROADS.
UM, AND THE LAST PIECE OF IT IS THAT CONSERVATION OR USE OF ONSITE NATURAL FEATURES TO PROTECT WATER QUALITY AND OPEN SPACES BY REDUCING THE AMOUNT OF IMPERVIOUS SURFACE BY NARROWING THE ROADS YOU'RE ENLARGING THE, UM, BASICALLY THE GRASSY AREA IS THE LOT SIZE AND THAT ALLOWS FOR ADDITIONAL WATER TO BE ABSORBED IN THE GROUND.
THAT'S LESS WATER, LESS VELOCITY OF STORM WATER GOING INTO OUR SYSTEM.
SO THAT ENDS MY PORTION OF IT.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? NO.
NO, WE SEEM TO NOT HAVE QUESTIONS FOR STAFF.
UH, DOES THE, UH, DOES THE APPLICANT IS THE APPLICANT PRESENT? YES.
YOU WISH TO SPEAK? I'M TRYING NOT TO LIKE COUGH.
GOOD EVENING, MADAM CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
I'M THE CHIEF DEVELOPMENT OFFICER FOR RAPPAHANNOCK DEVELOPMENT GROUP, WHICH IS THE OWNER AND THE DEVELOPER OF THE PROJECT.
UM, WHEN WE WERE BEFORE THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND TOWN COUNCIL, THERE WERE NUMEROUS CITIZEN COMMENTS, RAISING CONCERNS, PRIMARILY ABOUT TWO ISSUES.
THE FIRST BEING, UM, RUNOFF ON THE SITE AND ISSUES WITH THE EXISTING DEN STREET RUNOFF THAT RAN ALONG THE EDGE OF OUR PROPERTY.
UM, AS WE INVESTIGATED THAT, WE DETERMINED THAT THE CAUSE OF THAT WAS THAT THE BULK OF THE STORM WATER FOR THE SUBDIVISION WAS DRAINING DOWN ODIN STREET TO THE BOTTOM AND THEN DISCHARGED INTO A LARGE DITCH THAT MEANDERED BETWEEN OUR PROPERTY AND THE ODIN RIDGE PROPERTY.
SO THAT WAS ONE OF THE, THE MAIN THINGS IN OUR SITE DESIGN WE WANTED TO ADDRESS.
THE SECOND WAS ABOUT CUT THROUGH TRAFFIC AND PEOPLE DRIVING TOO FAST ON THE STREETS.
THERE WERE COMPLAINTS THAT PEOPLE ARE ALREADY DRIVING TOO FAST ON THE STREETS.
SO AT THE, UM, TOWN COUNCIL MEETING, IT WASN'T IN A REQUIREMENT OF THE REZONING.
WE AGREED THAT WE WOULD WORK WITH STAFF TO COME UP WITH A TRAFFIC CALMING PLAN FOR THE PROJECT TO SLOW DOWN TRAFFIC COMING THROUGH SO THAT PEOPLE WOULD NOT USE IT AS A CUT THROUGH TO CUT FROM HAPPY CREEK ROAD OVER TO THE PARKWAY.
SO THOSE ARE THE KIND OF THE, THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES OF US PREPARING OUR SITE PLAN.
UM, WHEN WE LOOKED INTO THE DIFFERENT TRAFFIC CALLING MEASURES THAT ARE AVAILABLE, THOSE TYPICALLY ARE THINGS LIKE, UH, MAKING THREE OR FOUR WAY STOPS WHEREVER POSSIBLE INSTEAD OF ALLOWING THROUGH STREETS EVERYWHERE SO THAT THE MAIN STREET JUST GOES STRAIGHT THROUGH.
THE OTHER IS FOR PEDESTRIAN SAFETY AS TO RATHER THAN JUST HAVING A REGULAR CROSSWALK PAINTED ON THE GROUND, ACTUALLY HAVE THEM AS KIND OF SPEED TABLES WHERE PEOPLE HAVE TO SLOW DOWN TO GO OVER THOSE.
AND THE NUMBER ONE ITEM LISTED IN MOST HANDBOOKS ABOUT TRAFFIC CALMING IS THE SIZE OF THE ROADWAY.
UM, THERE ARE MANY DIFFERENT KINDS OF SPEEDERS.
UM, I WILL TELL YOU THAT AFTER THE TOWN COUNCIL MEETING, I WAS DRIVING OUT OF TOWN AND I GOT PULLED OVER FOR GOING 38 AND A 25.
AND THE POLICE OFFICER SAID, UM, I UNDERSTAND BECAUSE THIS ROAD LOOKS LIKE IT SHOULD BE, IT GOES MUCH FASTER.
I, I DON'T KNOW THE NAME OF THE ROAD.
UM, AND THANK YOU OFFICER, HE DID, UH, LET ME GO WITH A WARNING.
SO I I APPRECIATE THAT, BUT I DIDN'T SEE THE SPEED LIMIT SIGN.
THAT ROAD HAS THE APPEARANCE IN CERTAIN STRETCHES THAT YOU CAN GO FASTER THAN, AND SO MENTALLY.
UM, SO I, I LIKE TO PUT MYSELF IN THAT CATEGORY OF THE, THE UNINFORMED SPEEDER.
UM, BUT THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS WHEN PEOPLE ARE DRIVING ON ROADS, PARTICULARLY STREETS THAT ARE EXTRA WIDE.
THEY HAVE A FEELING THAT IT'S SAFER TO GO HIGHER SPEEDS.
UM, SO, UH, LAUREN ALREADY COVERED SOME OF THIS, BUT THIS IS WHAT A 36 FOOT WIDE ROADWAY WOULD PERMIT PARKING ON BOTH SIDES PLUS THE TRAVEL LANE IN THE, IN THE CENTER.
UM, AS LAUREN MENTIONED, VDOT STANDARD, WHICH YOU DON'T HAVE TO FOLLOW, WE'RE NOT ASKING FOR THE VDOT STANDARD.
WE WANT TO GO HIGHER THAN VDOT STANDARD.
IT WOULD ALLOW A 24 FOOT WIDE ROADWAY.
AND IN MANY JURISDICTIONS THAT WE WORK IN, THAT'S WHAT THE SUBDIVISION STREETS LOOK LIKE, 24 FOOT WIDE WITH PARKING ON ONE SIDE.
UM, TO GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE, THIS IS THE 36 FOOT WIDE SECTION
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OF ODIN STREET, UM, THAT YOU CAN SEE.AND IT'S AN EXTREMELY WIDE ROADWAY.
AND PART OF THE CHALLENGE WITH THE TWO SUBDIVISIONS NEXT TO US IS THE ROADS ARE VERY LONG, VERY STRAIGHT, AND VERY WIDE.
UH, SO WHEN WE LOOKED AT THAT, WE THOUGHT, WELL, THAT'S CREATES A NUMBER OF PROBLEMS. ONE, UH, IT'S GONNA ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO GO FASTER, UM, EITHER MENTALLY OR JUST BECAUSE THEY CAN, THEY HAVE THE ROOM.
UM, THE SECOND IS A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT ADDITIONAL RUNOFF THAT'S NOT NECESSARY THAT COULD EXACERBATE EXISTING PROBLEMS WITH DRAINAGE.
THIS IS IN, UH, EM, BODEN EMDEN, I'M NOT SURE HOW I PRONOUNCE THAT.
EM BODEN EM, BODEN STREET 36 FEET WIDE IN THIS PARTICULAR SHOT.
THERE'S NO CARS PARKED ON IT, BUT IT WOULD ACCOMMODATE PARKING ON BOTH SIDES.
BUT, UM, THAT WOULD BE A, THAT'S A 36 FOOT WIDE SECTION.
AND YOU CAN SEE THAT ON THIS PLAN, EVEN THOUGH PARKING IS PERMITTED ON BOTH SIDES OF THE ROAD IN THIS AREA TAKEN LESS THAN 5% OF THE ON-STREET PARKING IS BEING USED.
SO IT'S UNUSED PAVEMENT, UH, THAT'S UNNECESSARY.
THAT'S INCREASING RUNOFF AND INCREASING, UH, IMPACTS TO THE ENVIRONMENT.
SO WE DID SUBMIT THIS PLAN WITH OUR PLAN.
THAT'S WHEN WE WERE INFORMED BY THE TOWN THAT THEY WERE NOT PERMITTED WITHOUT A SPECIAL EXCEPTION TO REDUCE THE LANE WIDTHS, WHICH IS WHY WE'RE HERE.
UM, TONIGHT IS TO REQUEST TAKING THE 36 DOWN TO, TO 29.
UM, THIS PLAN SHOWS ALL OF THE THREE-WAY STOPS WE'RE PROPOSING THROUGHOUT THE SITE.
IT ALSO, IF YOU HAVE A LARGER COPY OF IT, SHOWS WHERE OUR CROSSWALKS AND SPEED TABLES ARE, UH, THROUGHOUT THE SITE AND WHERE PARKING IS PERMITTED ON ONE SIDE OF THE STREET.
UM, AND THIS IS THE 29 FOOT SECTION.
WHEN IT, UM, JUST AN EXAMPLE, THIS IS A, UH, IN SPOTSYLVANIA COUNTY, THIS IS A 25, UH, A ROADWAY WITH A 29 FOOT ROAD SECTION WITH PARKING ON ONE SIDE.
THE THE PARKING IS, YOU KNOW, WHEN SOMEBODY'S HAVING A PARTY, IT GETS USED UP, BUT MOST OF THE TIME IT'S FIVE TO 10% OF THE AVAILABLE ON STREETE PARKING SPACES ARE PROVIDED, UH, ARE USED.
THIS PARTICULAR DEVELOPMENT, THE DRIVEWAYS ARE ABOUT ANYWHERE FROM 28 TO 30 FEET LONG.
SO TYPICALLY YOU CAN GET TWO CARS IN A DRIVEWAY, UM, ON THIS DEVELOPMENT AT, UM, AT, UH, MARSHALL'S GLEN, WE CAN GET MUCH MORE AND WE'LL, I'LL SHOW THAT IN A MINUTE, BUT THIS IS WHAT THAT STREET LOOKS LIKE.
SO WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT A CRAZY NARROW STREET AT 29 FEET IS A STILL A WIDE SUBDIVISION STREET IN MOST JURISDICTIONS.
THERE'S ANOTHER EXAMPLE THAT SAME DEVELOPMENT, UM, BECAUSE OF THE SETBACK REQUIREMENTS OF THE MARSHALLS GLEN PROJECT AND THE, THE ZONING, THE 35 FOOT BUILDING RESTRICTION EACH LOT WITH A TWO CAR GARAGE, WHICH THEY WILL ALL HAVE, SOME, MAY EVEN HAVE THREE CAR GARAGES CAN ACCOMMODATE UP TO SIX PARKING SPACES ON THE LOT.
SO WHEN IT COMES TO ACTUAL NEED OF MEET MEETING PARKING CODE, THERE IS NO ON STREET PARKING NEEDED TO MEET THE DEMAND.
NOW, THAT DOESN'T COVER WHEN PEOPLE DON'T USE THEIR GARAGES OR THEY PUT THEIR JUNK IN THE GARAGES AND THEY PARK IN THEIR DRIVEWAYS.
BUT EVEN WITH ELIMINATING THOSE GARAGE SPACES, THERE'S FAR MORE PARKING PROVIDED JUST IN THE, THE, THE DRIVEWAYS THEMSELVES.
UM, WE DID A, A QUICK ANALYSIS AND FOR THE ENTIRE SITE, JUST THE UNLOCKED PARKING, UM, ADDS UP TO 582 SPACES, WHICH IS SIX SPACES PER HOUSEHOLD.
OKAY? IF YOU GO WITH 29, UM, OR SORRY, 36 FOOT WIDE ROADS, YOU CAN ACCOMMODATE 1050 PARKING SPACES, WHICH IS 10.8 SPACES PER HOUSE, WHICH IS JUST, UH, A TON OF A TON OF PARKING, UM, THAT WILL NEVER BE USED.
IF YOU GO DOWN TO 29 FEET, YOU STILL HAVE 838 SPACES, UM, WHICH IS 8.6 SPACES PER LOT.
AND IF YOU WERE TO DELETE THE GARAGE PARKING, IT WOULD STILL BE 6.6 SPACES PER LOT.
SO WE, WE FEEL LIKE FROM A PARKING STANDPOINT, FROM A SAFETY STANDPOINT, UM, IT, IT CHECKS THE BOXES OF THE THINGS YOU WOULD LOOK FOR TO IMPROVE THE, THE DESIGN AND IMPROVE SAFETY ON THE STREETS.
UM, THIS IS THE, THE CALCULATION WE DID SHOWING, UH, SORRY IT'S A SMALL BUT A 29 FOOT ROADWAY AND WHAT THAT PARKING WOULD PERMIT, UH, A 24, 29 AND A 36.
AND THAT'S, THESE ARE OUR, OUR CALCULATIONS.
UM, AND THEN THE, UH, STREET PAVEMENT ASSOCIATED WITH A 24, A 29 AND A 36.
AND THERE'S ROUGHLY JUST SHY OF AN, AN ENTIRE ACRE OF ADDITIONAL PAVEMENT, UM, THAT WOULD BE, UH, INCLUDED IF YOU WERE TO GO WITH THE WIDER STREETS.
SO AS FAR AS THE, UM, THE CONCERNS WE HAVE WITH THE ORIGINAL, WITH THE CURRENT REQUIREMENT, IT'S EXCESS PAVEMENT.
IT'S 50% MORE THAN WHAT VDOT REQUIRES.
UM, PARTICULARLY 'CAUSE THESE LOTS ARE BIGGER BECAUSE THESE LOTS ARE A LITTLE BIT BIGGER THAN OUR NEIGHBORS.
IT MEANS YOU CAN PARK MORE ON THE STREET, SO YOU REALLY DON'T NEED THAT WIDE OF A STREET TO HAVE STREET PARKING ON IT.
UM, THE WIDER ROADS TYPICALLY MEAN HIGHER VEHICLE SPEEDS, INCREASED STORM WATER, UM, STEEPER YARDS BECAUSE AS YOU MAKE THAT ROAD WIDER, YOU HAVE TO TRANSITION THE GRADE ACROSS THE SITE THROUGH YARDS AND AT THE PERIMETER.
SO YOU END UP WITH STEEPER SLOPES AND MORE RETAINING WALLS, UM, SMALLER YARDS AND OPEN SPACE, AND
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THEN THE HIGHER FUTURE MAINTENANCE COST TO THE TOWN.UM, THE EXCEPTION WITH THE 29 FEET DOES THE OPPOSITE.
IT REDUCES THE PAVEMENT AREAS, DECREASES THE RUNOFF, UH, ALLOWS FOR FLATTER SLOPES.
WE HAVE DESIGNED THE PROJECT WHERE NO SLOPES ON THE SITE ARE GREATER THAN A THREE TO ONE SLOPE, WHICH IS MALLABLE, UM, IF YOU GOT GOOD CALF MUSCLES.
UM, BUT THAT MOST OF THOSE ARE IN COMMON AREAS THAT WE'RE SETTING ASIDE THAT WILL BE MAINTAINED BY THE HOA, UM, LOWER VEHICLE SPEEDS, LARGER YARDS, UH, STILL MORE PARKING, THREE TIMES MORE PARKING THAN NEEDED, UM, AND STILL ACCOMMODATING EMERGENCY SERVICE VEHICLES PASSING.
ACTUALLY TWO COULD PASS EACH OTHER AND STILL, UH, BE ACCOMMODATED WITH PARKING ON THE STREET AND THEN THE REDUCTION IN THE FUTURE MAINTENANCE COST TO THE TOWN.
UM, SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE AS FAR AS AN EXPLANATION.
HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
YOU MAY HAVE QUESTIONS ON THE ADDITIONAL CALMING FEATURES OF THE RAISED SIDEWALKS AND THE STOP SIGN AS WELL AS THE NARROWER STREETS.
THE INTENTION OF THAT'S A HARD COMMITMENT FROM YOU.
IT'S INCLUDED IN OUR CURRENT SITE PLAN DRAFT.
UM, WE ARE COMMITTED TO DOING THAT.
WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE TOWN.
IT'S NOT A PROFFERED CONDITION, BUT AS SOON AS THE SITE PLAN IS APPROVED, UM, IT WOULD BE A REQUIREMENT OF THE PLAN.
SO IF, IF THERE WAS A A, A CONDITION OF THE EXCEPTION DOING TO CONSIDER THOSE AT TOWN COUNCIL, WE WOULD BE HAPPY TO DO THAT.
UH, WE DO HAVE A COUPLE MEMBERS OF THE, UH, UH, PUBLIC WHO HAVE SIGNED UP TO COMMENT ON THIS.
UH, SO I WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.
CHAIRMAN, CHAIRMAN, YOU NEED TO READ THAT.
OH, I GUESS WE NEED, OH, THOSE ARE, YES.
UH, I DON'T HAVE A COPY OF THEM IN FRONT OF ME, BUT THE GUIDELINES FOR PUBLIC HEARING ARE THAT YOU SPEAK FOR THREE MINUTES, YOU SPEAK OUTTA THE SUBJECT AT HAND.
YOU MAINTAIN COURTEOUS BEHAVIOR AT ALL TIMES AND POLITE CONVERSATION.
AND THE, UH, YOU ARE NOT, THERE'S NO OPPORTUNITY TO ENGAGE IN DIALOGUE IN, IN THE PUBLIC COMMENT.
YOU MAKE YOUR COMMENT AND WE ACCEPT YOUR COMMENTS, AND THEN WE DISCUSS THEM LATER, PERHAPS WHEN WE HAVE OUR OWN CONVERSATION AFTER THERE'S A MOTION.
UM, DID I COVER EVERYTHING I NEEDED TO? YES.
NOW PLEASE COME FORWARD AND WHEN YOU COME, IDENTIFY YOURSELF AND YOUR ADDRESS PLEASE.
SO I AM DIRECTLY IMPACTED BY THE CONSTRUCTION OF THAT IS TAKING PLACE.
UM, MY HUSBAND AND I HAVE BOTH BEEN ACTIVELY COMMUNICATING WITH THE TOWN MEMBERS, UM, THE MAYOR, THE TOWN MANAGER, UM, CERTAIN DEPARTMENTS WITHIN THE TOWN.
WE'VE ALSO COMMUNICATED WITH VDOT.
I WAS HERE AT THE PUBLIC HEARING.
I DID MAKE COMMENTS IN AUGUST WHEN THEY WERE HERE TO, FOR THE DENSITY OF THE LOTS.
THIS TIME I COME BACK BECAUSE I'M NOT OPPOSED TO THIS.
I'M NOT OPPOSED TO SMALLER STREETS BECAUSE I KNOW HOW FAST PEOPLE GO EVERY DAY.
I HAVE A RING DOORBELL, I SEE THEM GO BY.
YOU CAN HEAR THEM HUSTLING DOWN THE STREET WHEN THEY COME.
MY QUESTION IS IF WE'RE, I'M, I'M GLAD THE DEVELOPER'S MAKING THE CHANGES FOR HIS DEVELOPMENT, BUT WHAT HAPPENS TO US? WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THOSE ADDITIONAL 580 CARS COME DOWN OUR STREET WHERE MY THREE KIDS PLAY, WHERE THEY PLAY IN MY FRONT YARD, THEY MIGHT PLAY IN MY BACKYARD.
THEY RIDE THEIR BIKES DOWN THE SIDEWALK.
IT ONLY TAKES ONE MISHAP FOR SOMEONE TO LOSE CONTROL AND POP A SIDEWALK, AND THEN THERE'S A CATASTROPHE.
AND WHAT HAPPENS IF IT WAS YOUR KID? WOULD YOU CONSIDER THE SAME? YOU'RE GONNA GO FROM A 36 FOOT WIDE STREET WHERE THERE'S KNOWN SPEEDING ISSUES WHERE THE COPS DO SIT SOMETIMES AND TAKE RADAR, BUT WE'RE NOT GONNA ADDRESS THAT ISSUE.
WE'RE NOT GONNA ADDRESS WHERE THE EXISTING ISSUE IS AND WHERE THE PROBLEMS ARE TODAY BEFORE WE ADD THOSE 580 CARS.
UM, THE OTHER ISSUE THAT I HAVE THAT I DID NOT BRING UP BEFORE, BUT I WILL BRING IT UP TODAY, IS I THINK IN THE EXISTING DEVELOPMENT, WE ALSO NEED TO TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT THEY'RE DOING AS FAR AS THREE AND FOUR-WAY STOPS, BECAUSE WE DO HAVE SOME TWO-WAY STOPS.
A HILL IS RIGHT THERE, A CAR CREST VERY FAST, ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY'RE COMING UP OVER THE HILL.
YOU COULD BE HALFWAY THROUGH AND THEN A CAR POPS OVER THE HILL AND YOU'RE RIGHT THERE.
THERE'S BEEN NUMEROUS ACCIDENTS RECENTLY AND IT ALSO AMPLIFIES AN ISSUE WHEN THE MIDDLE SCHOOL PARENTS THAT AREN'T IN THE PICKUP LINE AND THEIR KIDS ARE WALKING ACROSS THE
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STREET AND THEY'RE PARKED BECAUSE THE ROADS ARE SO WIDE.UM, I HOPE THAT WE CAN TAKE A LOOK AT IT.
AS A TOWN, WE DO PAY OUR COUNTY, OUR TOWN AND COUNTY TAXES.
AND I DO THINK THAT PROTECTING THE CHILDREN NOW WILL PREVENT ISSUES LATER.
I LIVE AT, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.
I LIVE AT 1210 ODIN, WHICH IS THE STREET THAT DEVELOPMENT SENDS, UH, TRAFFIC THROUGH.
UM, AND I THINK FOR YOU'RE CONCERNED WITH TRAFFIC, WHICH IS A GREAT THING.
THE SAFETY THEY HAVE IN MIND IS GREAT.
THE NARROWEST STREETS, THE RAISED CROSSWALK, THE EXISTING PEOPLE ON ODIN, ALL WE ASK FOR IS THREE SPEED BUMPS.
WHO USE THEIR WORDS WIDE STREETS MEANS FASTER TRAFFIC.
WHEN THEY COME OUTTA HIS SUBDIVISION OR HIS COMPANY'S SUBDIVISION, WHAT ARE THEY GOING TO DO? WE KNOW IT'S GONNA BE JUST LIKE NASCAR AND SOMEBODY DROP THE FLASH.
THEY'RE GONNA FLY UP THAT STREET, APPROXIMATELY 20 HOUSES, 12 GOOD WHITE HAIR PEOPLE LIVE ON THAT STREET, YOU GOT TO BACK INTO THAT STREET OR YOU GOTTA STOP TO BACK INTO YOUR DRIVEWAY IF THERE'S TRAFFIC COMING UP THROUGH THERE.
DEVELOPING IS THAT CONCERNED ABOUT SAFETY.
AND ONCE THIS CHANGED, HE COULD GIVE US THREE SPEED BUMPS.
EXTRA LAW ENFORCEMENT, THAT'S GREAT, BUT IT DON'T MEAN NOTHING UNLESS HE'S SITTING RIGHT THERE.
YOU CAN GO ON THE PARK, POLICE RUN PARKWAY.
YOU GOT, UH, THE SPEED CAMERAS.
THAT TRAFFIC DOES NOT SLOW DOWN.
AND WE ALL KNOW THIS UNLESS THEY CAN SEE THAT POLICEMAN OR LADY, THAT CAR, THAT'S WHEN THEY SLOWED DOWN.
AND THERE'S QUITE A FEW CHILDREN ON THE STREET.
AND THEN, AND WHEN IT LEAVES OUR STREET, IT'S GOING INTO THAT INTERSECTION.
MOST OF THE TIME I GO BACK THROUGH THE SUBDIVISION BEFORE I GO THROUGH THAT INTERSECTION OR EITHER ONE OF THOSE LIGHTS, IF YOU DON'T LIKE MY OPINION, GO UP THERE AND TALK TO THE CROSSING GUARD THAT WORKS.
THAT HELPS GET THEM CHILDREN ACROSS THE STREET AND HOW MUCH VERBAL ABUSE THEY HAVE TAKEN.
ALL THE PEOPLE ON OCEAN STREET IS WANT AS MUCH SAFETY FOR OUR LITTLE PIECE OF STREET AS THEY WANT FOR THEIR SUBDIVISION.
I MEAN, IT'D BE GREAT IF THE WHOLE TOWN COULD HAVE IT.
THE POLICEMEN CAN'T BE EVERYWHERE.
THE BUDGET DON'T ALLOW FOR EVERYTHING.
AND THANK Y'ALL FOR YOUR TIME.
DOES ANYBODY ELSE WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? OKAY.
UM, I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ENTERTAIN A MOTION SO THAT WE MAY HAVE A DISCUSSION.
MADAM CHAIR, I MOVE THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION FORWARD A RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL TO THE TOWN COUNCIL FOR REQUEST FOR A SPECIAL EXCEPTION NUMBER 2 5 0 0 0 4 9 FROM TOWN CODE CHAPTER 1 48 DASH 8 2 0 D SIX, SUBMITTED BY RAPPAHANNOCK H-C-L-L-C FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1321 HAPPY CREEK ROAD, IDENTIFIED BY TAX MAP TWO ZERO A 21 DASH TWO DASH FOUR TO REDUCE THE REQUIRED MINIMUM STREET PAVEMENT WIDTH FROM 36 FEET TO 29 FEET.
IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND NOW WE MAY DISCUSS, UH, WHAT DO YOU HAVE THOUGHTS? YEAH, THERE'S, UM, THIS, THIS WAS ACTUALLY QUITE AN IN INTERESTING RESEARCH PROJECT INTO STREETS AND SIGNS AND, UH, THAT, BUT THERE'S, THERE'S, UM, WHAT WHAT YOU'RE, WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO IS COMPLETELY RE SEEMS COMPLETELY REASONABLE TO SLOW TRAFFIC.
UM, AND THEN IT ALSO WITH THE, THE ADDITIONAL SAVING MONEY FOR THE TOWN, FOR TAKING CARE OF THE PAYMENT COSTS, WATER RUNOFF OR WATERSHED CONSIDERATIONS.
UM, AND, UM, THE THINGS I COULD FIND NEGATIVE A ABOUT IT REALLY HAD MORE TO DO WITH AESTHETICS WHERE CERTAIN PEOPLE MAY SAY THEY DON'T CARE FOR THE, THE, THE WIDER OR THE NARROWER STREETS, BUT IN, AND CERTAINLY IN YOUR CASE, IT'S GONNA BE PEOPLE, UM, THAT ARE BUYING HOUSES WILL HAVE THE NARROWER STREETS WHEN THEY BUY THE HOUSE.
SO THEY'RE ACCEPTING INTO IT IN THE FIRST PLACE.
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THE FOLKS ON THE OTHER STREETS.UM, UH, HAVING SAID THAT, WE, THE CONCERNS ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS ON NOT, NOT JUST, UH, YUE, BUT THERE'S OVER, UM, OR O DEN YUE, UM, IN BODEN IN, IN THAT WHOLE NEIGHBORHOOD AREA, HAS A SIMILAR THING.
IN FACT, THEY'RE GETTING WHAT WILL BE HAPPENING WILL BE SOMETHING SIMILAR TO WHAT'S HAPPENING ON IN BODEN NOW WITH A LONG STRAIGHT STRESS.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING THE TOWN DOES NEED TO LOOK IN INTO, AND AT LEAST, UH, WE CAN FOLLOW UP ON THAT SOME MORE AND WE, AND WE WILL DO THAT.
ARE YOU SUGGESTING MAKING IT A CONDITION OF THE APPROVAL? NO, NO.
NOT A CONDITION THAT HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THE, THAT'S, THAT'S WORK THE TOWN NEEDS TO DO.
OKAY, MS. FEDERICO? YEAH, I AGREE WITH A LOT OF WHAT, UM, COMMISSIONER NEIL SAID.
AS YOU MENTIONED, THE ISSUES ON ODIN STREET ARE KIND OF BEYOND THE SCOPE OF THIS PROJECT, BUT WE DO NEED, NEED TO ACKNOWLEDGE SOME OF THE CONCERNS THAT THE PUBLIC DID BRING FORWARD.
BUT AGAIN, IT'S BEYOND THE SCOPE OF WHAT WE'RE CONSIDERING TODAY.
BUT TRAFFIC COMING MEASURES ARE CERTAINLY AN ISSUE, AGAIN, BASED ON WHAT WE'VE HEARD FROM THE PUBLIC, CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT IS, UM, THAT IS NECESSARY.
YEAH, I THINK, I THINK THE, UH, DEFINITELY WOULD, WOULD, UH, UH, THE, THE IDEA OF HAVING MORE AND HIGHER, PERHAPS SPEED BUMPS ON THE OTHER ROADS MAKES A GREAT DEAL AMOUNT OF SENSE TO EASE THE TRANSITION.
BUT THAT IS, UH, NOT WITHIN THE PURVIEW OF THIS BECAUSE THAT'S NOT THE LAND UNDER CONSIDERATION IN THIS, IN THIS MATTER, BUT IT IS A VERY GOOD IDEA AND PERHAPS THAT WILL BE ACTED UPON.
UH, WE CAN CERTAINLY SUGGEST THAT TO THE TOWN.
UM, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? OKAY.
I WILL CALL THE QUESTION COMMISSIONER FEDERICA, YES OR NO? DO YOU AGREE WITH IT? YES.
UM, OUR, OUR NEXT ITEM IS NUMBER 2 5 0 0 5 1, AN ORDINANCE AMENDMENT TO AMEND THE FRONT ROW TOWN CODE CHAPTER 1 75 DASH 1 37 PERTAINING TO FEES, CHARGES, AND EXPENSES, AND CHAPTER 1 48 DASH 1100 FEES.
UH, DOES THE STAFF WISH TO SPEAK TO THIS? OKAY.
SO THIS IS THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR HERITAGE HALL NURSING HALL? NO, THE NEXT THING ON THE AGENDA IS THE, UH, UH, FEES AND CHARGES.
THAT'S, YOU NEED TO MAKE A MOTION TO REMIT THAT OR TO DELAY THAT TO THE NEXT FOR ADVERTISING.
SO THAT, THAT'S YOU WERE GONNA OKAY.
UH, I MAKE A MOTION TO POSTPONE CONSIDERATION OF ITEM 2 5 0 0 5 1, THE ORDINANCE AMENDMENT TO AMEND FRONT ROYAL TOWN CODE FEES, CHARGES, AND EXPENSES.
PLEASE CALL THE VOTE MS. POTTER TO POSTPONE TO THE NEXT REGULAR MEETING.
TO THE NEXT REGULAR MEETING ON APRIL 16TH.
AND WE'LL, YES, JUST POSTPONE IT TO THE REGULAR MEETING OF APRIL THE 16TH AND WE'LL TO SPEAK TO IT, UNLESS THAT WAS NOT, NOBODY HAD SIGNED UP TO SPEAK TO THAT.
SO AT THIS POINT, YOU MADE THE MOTION, YOU'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA VOTE, POSTPONE IT TO THE APRIL 16TH REGULAR MEETING.
SO YOU NEED A SECOND? I'LL SAY SECOND.
MS. POTTER, CALL THE ROLE PLEASE.
NOW WE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 2 5 0 0 5 4, WHICH IS THE REQUEST FOR A SPECIAL USE PERMIT SUBMITTED BY HERITAGE HALL LLC FOR THE EXPANSION OF EXISTING SKILLED NURSING FACILITY BUILDING WITH A NEW BUILDING ADDITION.
UH, DO WE HAVE A STAFF REPORT ON THIS? YES.
SO THIS IS THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT, UM, FOR 400 WEST STRASBURG ROAD.
UM, SO THE PROPERTY IS ZONED R TWO, SO IT'S WITHIN OUR RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT.
SO IN THIS DISTRICT, UH, THE NURSING
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HOME USE IS PERMITTED, UH, BY SPECIAL USE PERMIT, AND THEN IT'S GOT, UM, PERFORMANCE STANDARDS SET FORTH IN 1 75 DASH 1 0 7.UM, WHEN THE APPLICATION WAS SUBMITTED, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT WAS REQUIRED BECAUSE, SO BACK IN 19 87, 86, THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT HAD NOT BEEN OBTAINED.
SO THEREFORE THE USE WAS NON-CONFORMING.
THIS REQUIREMENT WILL BRING THEM INTO CONFORMANCE AND ALLOW THEM TO EXPAND THE USE, WHICH IS THE 20 BED, UM, UH, THE NEW 20 BED WING.
YOU CAN SEE THE AERIAL, YOU CAN SEE THE EXISTING NURSING HOME, THEIR PARKING FACILITIES.
THEY'VE GOT STORM STORMWATER MANAGEMENT, UM, TOWARDS THE, TOWARDS STRASBURG ROAD.
WHAT THEY'RE PROPOSING HERE IS THIS NEW WING, THIS ADDITION WITH ADDITIONAL, UM, STORMWATER MANAGEMENT POND, UH, TO THE SOUTHWEST OF THE ADDITION.
SO ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF WITH THIS APPLICATION? AND I BELIEVE THE APPLICANT IS HERE AS WELL.
ARE YOU QUESTIONS FOR QUESTION.
DOES THE APPLICANT TO SPEAK, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? NO, NO, NO QUESTIONS FOR STAFF.
DOES THE APPLICANT WISH TO SPEAK? SURE.
UM, WE'RE THE ENGINEERS FOR THE PROJECT.
HE'S THE ARCHITECT FOR THE PROJECT.
UM, I THINK YOU'RE ALL FAMILIAR WITH IT.
UM, AND LAUREN, UM, EXPLAINED THE, UH, BRIEFLY THERE.
UM, WITH, WITH OUR AGING COMMUNITIES, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A VITAL, UM, IMPORTANCE HERE TO TAKE THESE OLDER BUILDINGS AND ADD TO THEM AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE TO EXPAND THEM.
SO I WORK WITH THIS COMPANY ON A FEW OTHER ONES AND THEY'RE DOING THE SAME THING AND IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S WELL RECEIVED AND OTHER JURISDICTIONS FOR WORKING.
SO IN THIS, THIS EDITION IS 2020 BEDS.
AND I THINK IN THE FUTURE, WHO KNOWS IF THEY WANT TO ADD MORE, BUT THERE'S MORE SPACE ON THE PROJECT IF THEY EVER WANTED TO.
UM, YOU SEE, WE'RE, WE'RE, UM, I THINK IT'S A HUNDRED FEET TO STRASBURG ROAD, ROUGHLY.
WE'RE AMPLE DISTANCE TO THE, UH, EAST AND, YOU KNOW, REAL FAR TO THE WEST, TO THE DRIVEWAY THAT DRIVES INTO THE PROPERTY.
I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT THAT FOR A MOMENT.
UM, THE POND ON THE SITE IS EXISTING AND HANDLES THE EXISTING SITE WITH THE ADDITION OF THE NEW BUILDING, WHICH IS MORE IMPERVIOUS WATER.
WE'RE GONNA DO AN ADDITIONAL FEATURE TO TAKE CARE OF THAT.
AND IT'S REQUIRED TO DO THESE DAYS.
SO IT MAY NOT BE A POND, IT MAY BE A RAIN GARDEN, IT MAY BE A, YOU KNOW, SOME SORT OF A-A-B-M-P FACILITY, UM, WHICH WILL WORK IN TANDEM WITH THE EXISTING POND.
UM, BUT WE HAVEN'T DONE THE ENGINEERING YET, SO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT EXACTLY WHAT FEATURE IT'LL BE YET.
UM, SO, YOU KNOW, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, WE'RE HERE.
UM, WE MEET ALL THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE ORDINANCE WITH THIS PROPOSAL.
UM, AND AGAIN, IT'S 20 BEDS ADDED TO 60 BEDS, SO IT'LL BE A TOTAL OF 80 BEDS ON THE PROPERTY.
QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? THANK YOU.
UH, DO WE HAVE A MOTION? UR OH YES.
HARD TO REMEMBER THAT WHEN THERE'S NOBODY HERE, I'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.
IF ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC WISHES TO SPEAK ON THIS SUBJECT COME FORWARD.
GENTLEMEN, MY NAME'S ROBERT CANBY.
I'M THE ADMINISTRATOR OF HERITAGE HALL.
I HAVE BEEN FOR ALMOST SEVEN YEARS.
UH, AND THIS EDITION IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT TO OUR COMMUNITY.
WE HAVE A WAITING LIST OF OVER A HUNDRED PEOPLE THAT NEED OUR CARE AND THIS IS THE FIRST STEP WE NEED TO TAKE TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN AND BE ABLE TO BETTER SERVE OUR COMMUNITY.
SPEAKER, SIGN IN AFTER THE MEETING.
I DIDN'T CALL UPON YOU 'CAUSE YOU HADN'T SIGNED IN.
YOU CAN DO IT AFTER THE MEETING.
NOW I CAN CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
I MOVE, MOVE THE MOTION, I MOVE THE PLANNING COMMISSION FORWARD A RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL TO THE TOWN COUNCIL FOR SPECIAL USE PERMIT NUMBER 2 50 0 0 5 4 FOR BUILDING ADDITION AT 400 WEST STRASSBURG ROAD.
THIS IS, THIS IS IN PRIMARILY CORRECTING CORRECT.
OF THE PAST, SO TO SPEAK, CORRECT? EXACTLY.
IT WAS LONG BEFORE OUR TIME, SO, UM, YES, YES.
THERE HAD BEEN NO SPECIAL USE PERMIT, SO THIS IS WHEN IT SHOULD HAVE
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BEEN.ARE THERE ANY COMMISSION MEMBER REPORTS TONIGHT? UM, UH, PLANNING
[IX. PLANNING DIRECTOR REPORT]
DIRECTOR REPORT? UM, YES.SO FOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY, THE PLANNING AND ZONING DEPARTMENT HAD 171 WALK-INS FROM THE PUBLIC.
UM, WE ISSUED 18 ZONING PERMITS, OPENED UP, UH, 12 NEW CODE ENFORCEMENT CASES, CLOSED OUT FIVE AND CONDUCTED 25 CODE ENFORCEMENT INSPECTIONS.
AND WE TOOK IN SIX NEW LAND USE APPLICATIONS, WHICH POTENTIALLY BE COMING TO PLANNING COMMISSION IN THE COMING WEEKS WHEN WE ISSUED, UH, 14 NEW BUSINESS LICENSES.
UM, WE ARE GOING TO, AT THE NEXT WORK SESSION BE DISCUSSING, UM, THE SIM SOME ALTERNATIVE HOUSING, SHELTER DEFINITIONS.
UM, AND WE ARE ALSO GOING TO BE, UH, STAFF IS GONNA BE BRINGING YOU THE PROPOSED TEXT AMENDMENT FROM THE BOARD OF ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW.
SO DURING THE BOARD OF ARCHITECTURAL REVIEWS, UM, LAST WORK SESSION, ALONG WITH TALKING ABOUT THE HISTORIC DISTRICT GUIDELINES, WE ALSO DISCUSSED CODE ENFORCEMENT WITHIN THE HISTORIC DISTRICT AND WHAT CHANGES TO THE ZONING ORDINANCE, WHICH THIS BOARD, UH, REVIEWED THAT SECTION AT THEIR, AT ONE OF THE LAST WORK SESSIONS.
UM, AND SO THE TIMING OF THAT JUST KIND OF FITS TOGETHER AS WE MOVE THE ORDINANCE FORWARD.
UM, BUT I THINK THAT AT THIS POINT, THAT PORTION NEEDS TO BE CHANGED NOW AND NOT WAIT TILL WE DO THE COMPREHENSIVE, UM, UM, ADOPTION OF THE, THE ENTIRE ORDINANCE.
UM, AND I BELIEVE THAT IS ALL I HAVE ON THIS.
UM, THE NEXT ITEM IS YOUR ANNUAL REPORT.
THIS IS THE REPORT THAT THE STATE CODE REQUIRES THE TOWN OR THE TOWN STAFF COMPLETE.
WE PUBLISH THIS ON THE WEBSITE ONCE, UH, PLANNING COMMISSION HAS REVIEWED IT.
TO MY KNOWLEDGE YOU REVIEWED IT AT THE LAST WORK SESSION.
BUT IT GIVES A BREAKDOWN OF THIS BODY OR THIS COMMISSION'S ACTIVITIES FROM 2024.
IT ALSO, UM, EXPLAINS WHAT THE BAR DID, THE BOARD OF ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW, AS WELL AS THE BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS.
UM, SO THIS INFORMATION WILL BE PUT ON THE TOWN'S PLANNING AND ZONING WEBSITE FOR THE PUBLIC TO VIEW.
I, I WISH TO COMMEND THE STAFF FOR THIS ANNUAL REPORT.
THIS IS THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE AND COMPLETE REPORT THAT I THINK I'VE EVER SEEN.
YES, CONNIE DID A GREAT JOB GETTING THIS DONE.
CONNIE, ARE YOU THE ONE BEING I COMMEND YOU? THIS IS AN EXCELLENT PRESENTATION AND IT REALLY DOES SHOW THE HUGE AMOUNT OF WORK THAT THE PLANNING AND ZONING OFFICE DOES IN THE TOWN OF FRONT ROYAL.
SO ACCOMMODATIONS AND THANKS TO ALL THE STAFF.
ANYBODY WISH TO ADJOURN? I MOVE.
WILL ADJOURN THE MEETING TONIGHT.
DO WE NEED A ROLL CALL FOR THAT ONE TOO? CON