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[I. CALL TO ORDER]
SEVEN O'CLOCK, SO I WILL CALL TO ORDER THE FRONT ROW PLANNING COMMISSION FOR THE JUNE 18TH, 2025 MEETING.MS. POTTER, CAN YOU CALL THE ROLE PLEASE? CHAIRMAN MARNER.
HERE, VICE CHAIRMAN NEIL? HERE.
UH, THE FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS THE, UH, UH, ADDITION OR DELETION OF ITEMS FROM THE AGENDA.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY ADDITIONS OR DELETIONS TO MAKE TO THE AGENDA? HEARING NONE, UH, WE WILL MOVE TO THE APPROVAL
[IV. APPROVAL OF MINUTES]
OF MINUTES.HAVE ALL THE MEMBERS REVIEWED THE MINUTES OR ARE THERE ANY CHANGES? NO.
WOULD SOMEONE LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION? MADAM CHAIR? I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE REGULAR MEETING MINUTES FROM MAY 21ST, 2025 AS WRITTEN.
IS THERE A DISCUSSION? MS. POTTER, PLEASE CALL THE ROLE.
UH, MS. POTTER, DID ANYBODY SIGN UP TO SPEAK? NO, THEY DID.
[VI. CONSENT AGENDA]
AGENDA PORTION OF THE MEETING.THESE ARE ITEMS THAT WILL BE DISCUSSED AT THE JULY 2ND WORK SESSION.
UH, THEY'RE NOT THE ITEMS WE'RE DISCUSSING TONIGHT.
WE'RE SIMPLY PERMITTING STAFF TO ADVERTISE FOR PUBLIC HEARINGS FOR JULY 16TH.
UH, WOULD SOMEONE LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION? I MOVE THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION APPROVED THE CONSENT AGENDA TO PUBLICLY ADVERTISED FOR A PUBLIC HEARING IN JULY AS PRESENTED.
MS. POTTER, PLEASE CALL THE ROLE CHAIRMAN MARNER.
COMMISSIONER BROOKS, I MEAN YES.
[VII. PUBLIC HEARING]
WE OPEN OUR PUBLIC HEARING PORTION OF THE MEETING.UH, THE FIRST ITEM OF BUSINESS IS THE 2 5 0 0 2 3 8 A REZONING APPLICATION SUBMITTED BY STEVEN WILLIAMS. UH, MR. WARE, CAN YOU TELL US WHAT WE NEED TO KNOW PLEASE? APPLICATION 25 2 38 IS A REZONING APPLICATION, UH, SUBMITTED BY STEVEN C. WILLIAMS, UH, TO MEND THE, UH, ZONING MAP TO RECLASSIFY VACANT LOTS ON ELSA DRIVE, IDENTIFIED AS TAX MAP 20 A SIX, SECTION ONE PARCELS FIVE C AND SIX.
UH, THERE CURRENTLY ZONED C ONE COMMUNITY BUSINESS DISTRICT, THEY'RE REQUESTING A REZONING TO R THREE RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT.
UH, SO PART OF THE REZONING IS PROFFERS.
UH, SO A LITTLE BIT FROM THE STATE CODE.
A PROFFER IS A CONDITION OFFERED BY THE OWNERS OF THE PROPERTY SUBJECT TO THE REZONING, WHICH MAY BE ACCEPTED BY THE LOCALITIES GOVERNING BODY IN CONJUNCTION WITH ITS APPROVAL OF THE REZONING.
REZONINGS WITH PROFFERS ARE REFERRED TO IN VIRGINIA, CODE 15.2, 2296 AS CONDITIONAL ZONINGS.
SO TYPICAL PROFFERS ADDRESS THE IMPACT OF THE DEVELOPMENT RESULTING FROM THE REZONING.
IN OTHER WORDS, ROAD IMPROVEMENTS TO ADDRESS TRAFFIC IMPACT OR CASH PROFFERS TO ADDRESS THE IMPACTS OF MORE STUDENTS ATTENDING A PUBLIC SCHOOL BEYOND THE SCHOOL'S EXISTING CAPACITY.
UH, SOME ESSENTIAL FEATURES OF PROFFERS PROFFERS MUST, MUST BE VOLUNTARY, WHICH MEANS THAT THE LOCALITY IDENTIFIES THE IMPACTS ARISING FROM THE REZONING.
IT IS UP TO THE OWNER TO DECIDE WHETHER IT WANTS TO ADDRESS THE IMPACTS THROUGH PROFFERS OR RISKS, HAVING THE REZONING DENIED BY THE GOVERNING BODY BECAUSE THE IMPACTS WERE NOT ADDRESSED.
IT IS IMPROPER FOR LOCALITY TO DENY REZONING SIMPLY BECAUSE THE OWNER DID NOT PROFFER SOMETHING REQUESTED BY THE LOCALITY.
UH, AND PROFFERS MUST BE REASONABLE.
THE PROFFER SUBMITTED MUST BE SUBMITTED BEFORE THE PUBLIC HEARING BY THE GOVERNING BODY AND MAY NOT BE MATERIALLY AMENDED ONCE THE PUBLIC HEARING BEGINS WITHOUT HOLDING ANOTHER PUBLIC HEARING, PROVIDED THAT THE GOVERNING BODY MAY WAIVE THE REQUIREMENT OF THE PUBLIC HEARING IF THE AMENDMENT DOES NOT AFFECT CONDITIONS OF USE OR DENSITY.
UH, SO, UH, TOWN STAFF FORWARD THE REZONING APPLICATION, UH, TO THE WARREN COUNTY BUILDING OFFICIAL, THE FIRE MARSHAL, UH, THE WARREN COUNTY PLANNING DIRECTOR AND FLOODPLAIN MANAGER, TOWN OF PUBLIC WORKS, AND THE TOWN OF FRONT ROYAL ENERGY SERVICES.
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UH, MAY 15TH, 2025.WE RECEIVED COMMENTS FROM THE BUILDING OFFICIAL ON MAY 15TH.
UH, THEIR COMMENTS BASICALLY IN THE SUMMARIZATION WAS, UH, THEY WOULD ADDRESS ANY COMMENTS DURING THE SITE PLAN REVIEW WHEN SUBMITTED.
UH, THE SAME COMMENT FOR THE WARREN COUNTY FIRE MARSHAL.
THE COMMENT FROM THE WARREN COUNTY PLANNING DIRECTOR WAS THEY WERE UNABLE TO RUN A FISCAL IMPACT MODEL, UH, WITH THE HOUSING OPTIONS VARYING, UH, TOWN OF PUBLIC, UH, FRONT ROYAL PUBLIC WORKS HAD NO COMMENTS OR CONCERNS REGARDING REZONING AND THE ENERGY SERVICES ALSO HAD NO CONCERNS.
UH, THE BUILDING OFFICIAL ON THE 15TH OF MAY, FIRE MARSHAL TO 15TH OF MAY.
UH, WARREN COUNTY PLANNING DIRECTOR ON JUNE 6TH, PUBLIC WORKS, UH, JUNE 9TH AND ENERGY SERVICES ON THE FIFTH, 14TH OF MAY.
UH, COMMON ELEMENTS AND PRINCIPLES OF REZONINGS, UH, FOR PROFFERS, THEY MUST BE VOLUNTARY.
THAT'S OUT OF VIRGINIA CODE 15 2 22 97.
PROFFERS MUST BE REASONABLE AND MUST HAVE A REASONABLE RELATIONSHIP TO THE REZONING AND PROFFERS MUST BE CONSISTENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
THAT'S VIRGINIA CODE 15 2 22 97 A, UH, CASH PROFFERS FROM OFFSITE ROAD OR TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENTS.
THE PROFFERS MAY PERTAIN TO THE PAYMENT OF CASH OR PROFFERS OFFSITE ROAD OR OFFSITE TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENTS.
HOWEVER, THOSE MUST BE INCLUDED IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OR INCORPORATED IN THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT, UH, PROGRAM.
UH, SO THE SUBJECT PROPERTIES ARE CURRENTLY ZONED.
C ONE, UH, THAT'S A COMMUNITY BUSINESS DISTRICT CONTINUED TO ACCOMMODATE GENERAL BUSINESS AREAS AND BE HIGHWAY ORIENTED COMMERCIAL USES.
UH, SO THEY'RE ASKING RE RE REQUEST FOR ZONING GO FROM C ONE TO R THREE.
R THREE IS RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT COMPOSED OF MEDIUM TO HIGH DENSITY CONCENTRATION OF RESIDENTIAL USES.
THERE IS THEREFORE LIMITED TO MEDIUM TO HIGH DENSITY CONCENTRATION AND PERMITTED USES ARE LIMITED TO SINGLE FAMILY TWO FAMILY AND MULTIFAMILY DWELLINGS.
SO THAT'S THE, UH, REZONING REQUEST FROM C ONE TO R THREE.
THE APPLICANT DID NOT OFFER PROFFERS, UH, WITH THIS APPLICATION.
UH, THERE'S A SUBJECT PROPERTY, TWO PARCELS PARCEL FIVE C TO THE SOUTH, LARGER PARCEL AND LAR AND PARCEL NUMBER SIX, WHICH, UH, FRONTS ON EL CA DRIVE THERE.
SO THESE PARCELS DO NOT FRONT ON SOUTH COMMERCE AVENUE.
UH, THAT'S THE SEVEN 11 IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THAT AREA.
THERE AT WEST RYER ROAD INTERSECTION WITH, UH, SOUTH COMMERCE AVENUE OR SOUTH ROYAL AVENUE, EXCUSE ME.
UH, THE PROPERTY OWNERS, THEY DO OWN THREE PARCELS, UH, OUTLINED THERE, UM, THAT TO THE LEFT IS CURRENTLY ALREADY ZONED.
R THREE, THAT TRIANGLE PIECE THERE HIGHLIGHTED BY THE RED IS CURRENTLY ZONED R THREE, AND THEY OWN ALL THREE OF THOSE PARCELS, AND THEY'D LIKE TO REZONE THE TWO, UH, THAT RUN NORTH AND SOUTH FROM C ONE TO R THREE.
UH, SO THAT'S THE FIRST PARCEL THERE.
THAT'S THE OH 0.661 ACRE PARCEL.
AND, UH, THE NOTED HERE ON THIS PLAT AS NUMBER THREE, UH, HIGHLIGHTED THERE IN YELLOW.
THEN THE OTHER PARCEL JUST DO NORTH OF THAT AS PARCEL NUMBER FIVE.
ON THAT SURVEY PLAT, UH, THERE YOU SEE THE CURRENT ZONING OF THE PARCELS, THE TOWN ZONING, C ONE, UH, THOSE OUTLINED IN RED WITH THE OUTLINE IN BLUE AROUND THE PROPERTIES.
AND THAT'S THE LEFT OR THE WEST OF THAT IS R THREE.
UH, THOSE PROPERTIES, AGAIN, THEY DO NOT, UH, JOIN THE, THE HIGHWAY THERE.
IT, THE ONLY ACCESS IS CURRENTLY OFF, OFF OF ELCA DRIVE.
UH, THERE'S THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, UH, FOR THE PRO, UH, FOR THE TOWN.
SO THEIR PROJECT IS LOCATED, UH, RIGHT IN THAT AREA THERE, UH, WHICH IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS NOTED AS THE SINGLE FAMILY, RESIDENTIAL OR RESIDENTIAL USES.
UH, CURRENTLY WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, UH, THEY DID, UH, PRODUCE SOME OTHER RENDERINGS, UH, SINCE OUR WORK SESSION, UH, THAT INCORPORATED ON THEIR CURRENTLY THE THREE LOTS THAT THEY HAVE THERE.
THEY DID GIVE SOME RENDERINGS OF WHAT THEY POTENTIALLY COULD BE PUT ON THE PROJECT.
THEY GAVE A COUPLE OPTIONS THERE FOR YOU TO LOOK AT WITH HOUSING TYPES THERE.
UH, SO STAFF WENT AHEAD, UH, SINCE THE LAST WORK SESSION MEETING, UH, YOU KNOW, WE ASKED, MAYBE
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YOU ASKED FOR SOME NUMBERS OF THE TYPE OF HOUSING THAT COULD GO IN THERE.UH, SO PARCEL THREE, WHICH WAS THE BIGGER PIECE, THAT'S 2.195 ACRES, UH, AND PARCEL FIVE AT OH 0.661 GIVES THEM A TOTAL ACREAGE OF, UH, 2.856 ACRES OR 124,407 SQUARE FEET OF THOSE TWO PARCELS TOGETHER COMBINED.
UH, SO TYPICALLY WE ESTIMATE THAT ROAD AND INFRASTRUCTURE REQUIRES 20% OF THE LAND, UH, TO TAKE UP FOR THAT.
SO THAT, UH, LEAVES THE REMAINING ABOUT A 99,000 5 25 SQUARE FEET LEFT.
SO IF WE TAKE THAT NUMBER AND DIVIDE THAT BY THE MINIMUM LOT SIZE OF 6,000, UH, THE POTENTIAL IS TO HAVE AROUND 16 SINGLE FAMILY LOTS BASED ON THOSE NUMBERS.
UH, IF THEY WERE TO DO A DUPLEX, THOSE LOTS REQUIRE A 7,500.
THE MINIMUM LOT SIZE, UH, GETS YOU ABOUT 13 DUPLEXES OR 26 DWELLING UNITS.
UH, THOSE ARE BY RIGHT IN THE R THREE.
UH, A SPECIAL USE PERMIT WOULD BE REQUIRED FOR TOWN HOMES OVER ONE ACRE, UH, WITH THE ONE ACRE OF, UH, FOR THE TOWN HOMES.
WE ALSO REQUIRE 25% OF THE LAND TO BE OPEN SPACE, SO THEY LOSE THAT AMOUNT OF LAND FOR OPEN SPACE.
SO WE TAKE THE TOTAL OF 1 24, 4 0 7 OF THE SQUARE FOOTAGE OF THE TWO PARCELS, UH, GIVES US A NUMBER OF 68,424, DIVIDE THAT BY THE MINIMUM LOT SIZE FOR TOWN HOMES OF 2,500.
GIVES THEM BASICALLY AROUND 27 TOWN HOMES POTENTIALLY COULD BE ON THE SITE.
SO YOU ASKED THAT DURING THE LAST WORK SESSION IF WE COULD COME UP WITH THE DENSITY, UH, MODEL.
SO WE DID THAT CALCULATIONS FOR YOU.
UH, THERE WAS SOME QUESTION ABOUT THE OTHER PARCEL, PARCEL FOUR, WHICH THEY ALSO OWNED THAT IS NOT PART OF THE REZONING, THAT IS NOT PART OF THE REZONING, THAT IS ALREADY ZONED R THREE.
BUT QUESTIONS WERE BROUGHT UP ABOUT THE TOTAL IMPACT, UH, POTENTIALLY.
SO WE TAKE PARCEL FOUR, THREE, AND FIVE, COMBINE THEM, UH, AGAIN WITH A 20% REDUCTION FOR ROADS AND INFRASTRUCTURE.
UH, POTENTIALLY THEY COULD GET THE MAXIMUM WE BELIEVE, UH, OF 25 SINGLE FAMILY LOTS.
UH, MAYBE 20 DUPLEXES, WHICH WOULD BE EQUIVALENT TO 40 DWELLING UNITS AND POTENTIALLY AROUND 42 TOWN HOMES ON THOSE THREE PARCELS COMBINED.
BUT AGAIN, PARCEL FOUR IS NOT PART OF THIS REZONING.
THAT'S THE TOTAL IMPACT OF THE THREE PARCELS.
UM, SO YOUR PART ON THE REZONING IS THE IMPACT OF PARCEL THREE AND FIVE COMBINED.
THOSE ARE THE DENSITIES THAT WE CAME UP WITH, UH, WITH THE NUMBERS.
UH, YOU ASKED THAT DURING THE WORK SESSION.
SO STAFF TOOK THE TIME TO COME UP WITH THESE NUMBERS.
AND THAT'S BASED BASICALLY BASED ON THE DENSITY, THE MINIMUM LOT SIZES FOR SINGLE FAMILY DUPLEXES AND TOWN HOMES.
AGAIN, TOWN HOMES, SPECIAL USE PERMIT.
APARTMENTS ARE BY SPECIAL USE PERMIT ALSO.
THEY CAN ONLY DO SINGLE FAMILY AND DUPLEXES.
WITH THIS REZONING, UH, THEY DID SEND A STATEMENT OF JUSTIFICATION, WHICH IS IN YOUR PACKET WITH, UH, OTHER INFORMATION THERE FOR YOU.
UH, THE COMMENTS FROM, UH, WARREN COUNTY AND FROM PUBLIC WORKS WAS ALSO CONTAINED IN YOUR PACKET.
UH, WE WENT OVER THIS INFORMATION AT THE WORK SESSION WITH THIS LOCATION OF THE PROPERTY.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR TOWN STAFF AT THIS POINT? UH, JOHN, CAN WE JUST MAKE, MAKE IT CLEAR THE NUMBERS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE IS FOR ALL THREE PARCELS, NOT JUST THE TWO THAT ARE UP FOR DISCUSSION.
THE, THE, THE, THE PLANNING COMMISSION ASKED THE QUESTIONS AT THE WORK SESSION.
SO STAFF WENT AHEAD AND GAVE YOU THAT NUMBER, BUT HOWEVER, YOU SHOULD ONLY BE LOOKING AT PARCELS THREE AND FIVE OF THE IMPACT.
WHAT POTENTIALLY COULD GO THERE FOR THE RIGHT BY RIGHT'S USE? YES.
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TONIGHT, YES.
AND THIS, THIS WAS JUST IN RESPONSE TO THE DENSITY QUESTION.
THERE'S N CORRECT THAT THAT IS RESPONSE FROM YOUR YES.
THAT WAS A RESPONSE FROM THE WORK SESSION THAT YOU HAD, UH, HAD ON THE DENSITY, WHICH COULD BE ALLOWED.
SO GENERALLY, UH, WE SEE, AGAIN, WE HAVE TO MAKE SOME ASSUMPTIONS.
THEY DID NOT SUBMIT, UH, A LAYOUT OF THE LOTS.
SO WE HAD TO MAKE AN ASSUMPTION BASED ON, UH, THINGS THAT WE DO KNOW, OR THE LOT SIZES OR THE MINIMUM LOT SIZES.
BUT TYPICALLY THE ROAD AND AND INFRASTRUCTURE SOMEWHERE RUNS 20 TO SOMETIMES AS HIGH AS 25%.
THAT'S WHAT WE'VE BEEN SEEING.
25% WAS ON THE REZONING FOR RAPPAHANNOCK.
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PROJECT, UH, THAT TOOK UP 25%.IF YOU'RE ASKING FOR AN OPINION, I WOULD THINK THAT THE NUMBER OF 20% IS PROBABLY CONSERVATIVE BECAUSE THE PROPERTY DOES HAVE SOME, UH, UH, TOPOGRAPHY ISSUES AS YOU WOULD, UH, THINK THEY WERE.
IT'S GONNA BE A LITTLE BIT HARDER TO DEVELOP IN OTHER AREAS OF TOWN WITH SOME, UH, THE LAYOUT OF LAND.
SO I THINK, UH, THAT PROBABLY THE 20% COULD PROBABLY INCREASE THE 25%, THUS REDUCING THOSE NUMBERS.
BUT WE CAME UP, UH, TYPICALLY THAT'S WHAT YOU USE 20 TO 25%.
OTHER QUESTIONS, MR. NEIL? NO, THANKS FOR DOING THIS.
SO WE CAME UP WITH THOSE NUMBERS.
UH, UH, THE PLANNING COMMISSION ASKED THAT THE STAFF TOOK THE TIME LAST WEEK TO COME UP WITH THOSE NUMBERS FOR YOU.
I'LL, UH, THIS IS BACK TO THE THANK YOU, YOUR HONOR.
IS THE APPLICANT PRESENT AND DOES HE WISH TO SPEAK? GOOD EVENING.
I AM, UH, STEVE WILLIAMS. UM, I AM CO-TRUSTEE OF THE JAMES E. WILLIAMS FAMILY TRUST THAT OWNS THE LOTS AND ISSUE TONIGHT THAT, UH, MR. WARE JUST SPOKE ABOUT.
UH, MY BROTHER IS THE OTHER CO-TRUSTEE OF THE TRUST, MICHAEL WILLIAMS. UH, WE BOTH, I LIVE IN, UH, RICHMOND AND MICHAEL LIVES OUTSIDE OF RICHMOND NEAR NEW KENT.
UM, HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTION.
I THINK MR. WARE, UH, DID A FANTASTIC JOB OF, UH, DESCRIBING, UH, OUR LOTS.
YOU CAN SEE, YOU KNOW, UM, WHERE YOU WOULD COME IN AND ENTER OFF OF EL C DRIVE TO ACCESS THE LOTS BECAUSE THEY'RE, THEY'RE LANDLOCKED BASICALLY THE WAY THEY ARE.
SO WE ARE INTERESTED IN, YOU KNOW, ALL THREE LOTS BEING DEVELOPED.
UM, UH, YOU KNOW, AS OUR ARE BEING REZONED AS R THREE, UM, TO BE CONTI BE CONSISTENT WITH, UH, LOT FIVE D, WHICH IS ALREADY R THREE.
UM, SO THAT'S KIND OF THE IMPETUS BEHIND OUR, UH, OUR, UH, APPEARANCE HERE TONIGHT.
AND THE, UH, REZONING APPLICATION.
UM, WE, THE REASON WE DID NOT TENDER A PROFFER IS BECAUSE, UM, WE ARE NOT, UH, IN THE DEVELOPMENT BUSINESS, WE'RE NOT PLANNING ON DEVELOPING IT.
UM, WE WANT THE LAND TO GO TO ITS HIGHEST AND BEST USE, AND WE THINK, UH, BY REZONING IT TO R THREE, THAT WILL ALLOW IT TO GO TO ITS HIGHEST AND BEST USE.
UM, AND, UH, YOU KNOW, HOWEVER IT'S DEVELOPED.
BUT WE DON'T KNOW EXACTLY HOW THAT'S GONNA BE DEVELOPED YET.
UM, OUR INTENTION IS TO, UH, SELL THE PROPERTY AND THEN IT WOULD BE DEVELOPED, UM, BY WHOEVER OWNS IT.
AND IF WE OFFER PROFITS NOW, IT WOULD ENCUMBER THE PROPERTY POTENTIALLY IN CONFLICT WITH THE ULTIMATE INTENDED DEVELOPMENT BY THE NEW OWNERS.
ANY QUESTIONS? ANY QUESTIONS? I DON'T THINK SO.
UM, UH, I'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING, SEEING NOBODY WHO WISHES TO SPEAK.
I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ASK FOR A MOTION.
WOULD SOMEONE LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION SO WE CAN HAVE A DISCUSSION? MR. BROOKS? MADAM CHAIR, I MOVE THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION FORWARD A RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL TO THE FRONT ROYAL TOWN COUNCIL FOR REZONING APPLICATION NUMBER 2 5 0 0 2 3 8 TO RECLASSIFY TWO VACANT LOTS ON ELCA DRIVE IDENTIFIED BY TAX MAP TWO ZERO A SIX SECTION ONE PARCELS FIVE C AND SIX FROM C ONE COMMUNITY BUSINESS DISTRICT TO R THREE RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT.
IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND DISCUSSION.
OKAY, MR. NEIL, ANYTHING ELSE? YOU MAY NOW TURN THIS ON.
GOING THROUGH, THIS ACTUALLY ENDED UP KIND OF AN INTERESTING EXERCISE TO FIGURE, FIGURE OUT, BUT THE APPLICANT MET ALL THE APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS TO C ONE PROPERTIES ON THREE 40 ARE UNLIKELY TO BE IMPACTED BY RE RESORTING.
THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN CALLS FOR FUTURE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT.
THE R THREE IS A GOOD FIT FOR THE SURROUNDING PROPERTIES.
SO THEY'RE, THEY'RE WITH IT BECAUSE THEY'RE IN ADJACENT.
UM, AND THE MAXIMUM NUMBER OF HOMES DUPLEXES WAS CONSIDERED TO, TO DO THE REAL IMPACT.
AND SO WE WOULD HAVE AN INDICATE UNDERSTANDING.
UH, THE APPLICATION WAS CIRCULATED AROUND TO THE VARIOUS TOWN DEPARTMENTS AND WAS NOT IMPACTED.
UM, THE, THE COUNTY'S ANSWER COMING BACK WAS, UM, TOOK A LITTLE PAUSE BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T HAVE A MODEL TO HANDLE THE SMALL NUMBERS THAT WENT WITH IT.
SO, BUT BY WHAT JOHN, UM, WHAT MR. WARE DID, HE GAVE US THAT DATA.
AND FROM THAT DATA WE COULD EXTRAPOLATE THE IMPACT ON THE SCHOOLS IF YOU WANT TO.
AND THAT, THAT COMES OUT TO BE A SMALL NUMBER OF PEOPLE.
I, I CAN GIVE YOU ALL THE MATH, BUT
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IT, IT COMES OUT TO BE SOMETHING AKIN WITH, FOR SINGLE FAMILY HOMES OF SEVEN CHILDREN.IF YOU, IF YOU ADD IT ALL FOR THE, FOR THE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES, AND THAT'S ASSUMING A TOTAL OF SEVEN TOTAL OF SEVEN, AND THAT, THAT ASSUMES 42% OF THE HOUSEHOLDS HAVE CHILDREN.
AND THAT'S WHAT THE WARREN COUNTY AVERAGE OR THE FRONT WORLD AVERAGES.
SO, AND THEN IF YOU LOOK AT THE NUMBER, THE OCCUPANCY OF THE SCHOOLS, WHICH I CAN SHARE WITH YOU GUYS TOO, I LOOKED UP, UM, AND THIS IS IN
JEFFRIES IS THE TUS ONE, BUT IT STILL HAS CAPACITY WELL BEYOND THAT, ALTHOUGH THEY MAY HAVE TO HIRE MORE TEACHERS SOON.
SO I, I DON'T, I JUST, THAT WAS A LITTLE BEYOND WHAT WE HAD TO CONSIDER, BUT IT WAS SOMETHING WE WERE TALKING ABOUT AND GO, SO, AND I JUST WANTED TO FILL THAT IN.
SO I HAVE NO CONCERNS, QUESTIONS.
ANY, ANY OTHER CONCERNS? SO YOUR, YOUR CONCERNS FROM THE WORK SESSION HAVE ALL BEEN RESOLVED? YES.
WELL, I CALL THE QUESTION COMM.
WE FORWARD IT ON TO THE TOWN COUNCIL.
AT THIS POINT WE HAVE COMMISSION MEMBER REPORTS.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE A REPORT OF ANY ACTIVITY? AND THEN WE MOVE ON TO
[IX. PLANNING DIRECTOR REPORT]
THE PLANNING DIRECTOR REPORT, MS. KAKI.FOR THE MONTH OF MAY, WE HAD, UM, 37 NEW ZONING PERMITS, ZERO NEW DWELLING UNITS.
UM, CODE ENFORCEMENT OPENED UP 22, NEW CASES, CLOSED OUT 12 AND CONDUCTED 23 INSPECTIONS.
UM, WE TOOK IN FOUR LAND USE APPLICATIONS, WHICH WILL BE COMING YOUR WAY IN THE NEXT MONTH OR SO.
UM, WE ISSUED 12 NEW BUSINESS LICENSES AND WE HAD 221 WALK-INS TO PLANNING AND ZONING.
UM, AND THEN TONIGHT, AS YOU ALL KNOW, WE'RE CLOSING OUT, GOING INTO A WORK SESSION TO DISCUSS THE DEFINITIONS AFTER THE DEFINITIONS SECTION.
UM, WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON TO THE LAND USES AND THEN REALLY START WRAPPING UP THE ZONING ORDINANCE.
SO MY HOPE IS THAT WE WOULD GO TO PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE ENTIRE ORDINANCE THIS FALL, HOPEFULLY SEPTEMBER.
DO I HEAR A MOTION TO ADJOURN? I MOVE TO ADJOURN.
ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
THE SHORTEST MEETING OF HISTORY.