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I THINK WE NEED[Board of Zoning Appeals on February 5, 2025.]
TO HAVE THE ELECTION OF OUR POSITIONS.SO, UM, DO I HEAR A NOMINATION FOR THE ELECTION OF CHAIR? I MOVE, UH, MS. BETTY KERNS, BE CHAIR SECOND.
MOTION HAS BEEN MADE AND SECONDED.
NOW, A NOMINATION OF THE VICE CHAIR.
I YOU DON'T WANNA DO IT AGAIN BY CHANCE.
MOTION HAS BEEN MADE AND SECONDED.
GARY MILLER, BE OUR VICE CHAIR.
I THINK WE DO HAVE A QUORUM HERE.
SO, UM, DO I HEAR AN ADOPTION, A MOTION TO ADOPT THE AGENDA AS PRESENTED.
AND, UH, WAS THERE ANY PROBLEMS OR CORRECTIONS CHANGES TO THE MINUTES THAT WERE CIRCULATED? HEARING NONE, UH, MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES.
WE ARE READY FOR THE PUBLIC HEARINGS.
UH, GOOD MORNING, UH, PAUL WATSON FROM THE ZONING DEPARTMENT MORNING.
AND THE FIRST ONE WE HAVE IS, UH, CMH HOMES INC.
AND, UH, THIS IS AN APPLICATION FOR VARIANCES TO BOTH OF THE SIDE YARD SETBACKS.
AND THE PROPERTY OWNER IS, UH, CMH HOMES OR CLAYTON HOMES.
UM, THIS LOCATION IS RIGHT OFF CHINE ROAD, UH, NOT TOO FAR OFF ROUTE 13, UH, TOWARDS THE END OF PEARL DRIVE.
UM, ALTHOUGH THIS IS A, A SMALL COMMUNITY OF SEVERAL HOMES ALONG PEARL DRIVE, UM, IT BACKS UP TO A FIELD.
UM, THE ADJACENT ZONING IS AGRICULTURE.
IT'S GOT A FIELD BEHIND IT, UH, HOUSES ON EITHER SIDE AND ALL UP AND DOWN THE STREET OF PEARL DRIVE.
HERE'S THE SITE PLAN OR THE PROPOSED SITE PLAN, UH, FOR THE PARCEL OF PEARL DRIVE IS, UH, TO THE WEST.
AND AS YOU CAN SEE, IT'S, UH, A LITTLE SMALL, BUT YOU CAN SEE THE, UH, PROPOSED SETBACKS ON EITHER SIDE.
UH, ACCORDING TO THE ZONING CODE, THE SETBACK SHOULD BE 15 FEET.
UM, THE PROPOSED STRUCTURE HERE IS, UH, TOO WIDE TO FIT IN, UH, THE SLIGHTLY LESS THAN 70 FEET AVAILABLE WITH THE 15 FOOT SETBACKS.
IT SAYS IT'S A HUNDRED FEET ALONG PEARL DRIVE.
IT'S, I GUESS NOT A PERFECT THREE SIDED, THREE SIDES TO THE SQUARE.
OBVIOUSLY THE BACK IS CURVED, BUT IT'S A LITTLE BIT LESS THAN A HUNDRED FEET WHERE THAT STRUCTURE IS.
UH, SO THEY WOULD NEED, UM, THE SETBACKS THAT THEY'RE REQUESTING, UH, TO BE ABLE TO PUT THE STRUCTURE, UM, AT THAT LOCATION.
HERE IS A, UH, THE PICTURE OF THE PROPOSED STRUCTURE.
THEY'VE ALL, THEY'VE ALREADY SUBMITTED THE BUILDING APPLICATION, AND THIS IS THE, UH, SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE THAT WAS IN THE BUILDING APPLICATION.
HERE IS THE ACTUAL PARCEL OF SHOWING THE BASE ZONING OF AGRICULTURE.
AND, UH, THERE WAS A STRUCTURE ON THE PROPERTY THAT WAS REMOVED, I BELIEVE SOMETIME IN THE LAST YEAR, BUT RIGHT NOW IT IS A VACANT PARCEL.
THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP ALSO SHOWS, UH, AGRICULTURAL ZONING.
THIS IS THE FLOOD HAZARD MAP, WHICH INDICATES NO, UH, FLOOD ISSUES, NO FLOOD HAZARD ISSUES.
AND THIS IS A CHESAPEAKE BAY ACT MAP, WHICH SHOWS NO BUFFER ISSUES.
HERE ARE A FEW PICTURES OF THE VACANT PARCEL OF THIS CONCRETE PAD IS, UH, CLOSER TO THE STREET.
UH, PRETTY MUCH WITHIN THIS, UH, FRONT SETBACK.
YOU CAN SEE THE STAKES SHOWING,
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UM, OR THE, UH, UH, END FLAG SHOWING THE APPROXIMATE LOCATION OF THE, UH, PROPOSED SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE.HERE IS A PICTURE FROM, AS YOU'RE FACING THE PARCEL, THE LEFT FRONT ALONG THE STREET TOWARDS THE BACK, AND THAT'S FROM THE RIGHT FRONT OF THE PARCEL.
HERE ARE THE CONSIDERATIONS FOR A VARIANCE.
UH, FIRST, UM, WHETHER THERE'S A HARDSHIP.
UH, THE PROPOSED SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE, WHICH IS TYPICAL TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD, IS, UH, 76 FEET WIDE, UH, TOO WIDE FOR, UH, THIS PARCEL WITH THE SETBACKS.
UM, THE PROPERTY WAS, UH, ACQUIRED BY CM, UH, C-M-H-C-M-H OR CLAYTON HOMES, UH, RECENTLY.
AND, UH, THEY DO DESIRE TO PUT A 76 FOOT WIDE, UH, SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE ON THE PARCEL.
UM, WITH REGARD TO THE ADJACENT PROPERTIES, UH, THE PROPOSED SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE, IT'S VERY TYPICAL OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
UH, SEVERAL OTHER SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCES IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD ARE WITHIN THE SIDE SETBACKS.
SO, UH, WHAT THEY ARE REQUESTING IS TYPICAL TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
UH, THIS IS NOT A GENERALLY RECURRING SITUATION THAT REQUIRES ANY TYPE OF ORDINANCE AMENDMENT BECAUSE ALL VARIANCES ARE, UH, SPECIFIC TO THE PARCEL.
UM, THIS, UH, GRANTING OF A SETBACK VARIANCE WILL NOT CHANGE THE ZONING CLASS CLASSIFICATION IN ANY WAY.
AND FINALLY, UH, THERE'S NO OTHER PROCESS AVAILABLE TO ADDRESS THIS REQUEST.
AS FAR AS TRANSPORTATION OF PEARL DRIVE AS A PUBLIC STREET, UM, NOTICES WERE PROVIDED IN THE NEWSPAPER AND TO ALL ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNERS.
UH, WE'VE RECEIVED NO PUBLIC COMMENT.
SOME INQUIRIES, BUT NO COMMENT ONE WAY OR THE OTHER.
THE FINDINGS ARE THAT THE PARCEL, AS I SAID, HAS 15 YARD OR 15 FOOT SIDE YARD SETBACKS FOR POST SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE IS 16 BY 76.
WITH THE LONG SIDE FACING PEARL DRIVE, THE LOT IS ABOUT 99.1 FEET WIDE, WHERE THE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE WILL BE CITED.
UH, SO THERE'S A SHORTAGE OF ABOUT 6.9 FEET TO BE ABLE TO FIT, UH, THE DESIRED STRUCTURE ON THIS LOT.
UM, THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS GENERALLY MEDIUM DENSITY, UH, WITH HOUSES ON EITHER SIDE, AND AS I SAID BEFORE, OTHER SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCES IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD ARE WITHIN THE SIDE.
FACTS, WE DO NOT MAKE RE UH, RECOMMENDATIONS FOR VARIANCES, BUT IF APPROVED, WE WOULD ASK FOR THE FOLLOWING THREE CONDITIONS.
UH, FIRST THAT ALL PROPER PERMITS ARE, UH, APPLY FOR AND RECEIVE FROM AGENCIES, UH, THAT THESE PERMANENT APPLICATIONS ARE CONSISTENT WITH THE VARIANCE THAT WOULD BE GRANTED.
AND FINALLY, UM, THAT WE HAVE ACCURATE FLAGGING OF THE CORNERS OF THE LOT AND ALSO, UH, WHERE, UH, THE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDE RESIDENCE IS GOING BECAUSE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, UH, VERY, UH, TIGHT CONFINES AS TO WHERE IT COULD GO TO BE ABLE TO MEET, UH, THE VARIANCE IF IT IS GRANTED.
AND THE FINAL IS JUST, UH, ANOTHER PART OF, UH, FLAGGING THE LOT AND MAKING SURE THAT THE STRUCTURE IS PUT IN THE RIGHT SPOT.
UM, AND I WOULD SAY THAT, UH, CMH HOMES TYPICALLY ALREADY HAS A SURVEYOR, UH, UH, HAVING SEEN THE SITE AND AS YOU CAN SEE, IT'S ALREADY FLAGGED.
SO I DO NOT ANTICIPATE ANY ISSUE WITH THAT.
AND FINALLY, HERE'S THE RECOMMENDED MOTION, AND, UH, UNLESS YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, I WILL.
WELL, WHEN WERE THESE LOTS CREATED? UH, I, ALL I CAN TELL YOU IS THESE LOTS WERE CREATED SOMETIME AGO.
I WOULD SAY LEAST I WOULD SAY FROM THE SIZE OF THEM THAT I CAN ANSWER THAT.
HMM, I CAN ANSWER THAT PROBABLY IN THE EARLY NINETIES.
MID, MID IN THE NINETIES TO EARLY NINETIES.
UH, IS THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR MR. WATSON? AND DO WE HAVE ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE CASE? UH, MS. OWENS HERE.
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HELLO.WOULD YOU STATE YOUR NAME AND DO YOU SWEAR TO TELL THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH, AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH? SO HELP.
UM, I GUESS, HAVE YOU ALREADY, HAS THE, UH, HOME ALREADY BEEN PURCHASED AND IS READY TO GO OR? YES.
UM, PRIOR TO BUYING THE LOTS, THE OWNER, UM, MR. LV, HE WAS KIND OF CONFUSED ON THE SETBACK.
SO BY THE TIME WE HAD APPLIED FOR THE BUILDING PERMIT, THAT'S WHEN WE FOUND OUT THAT, OH, WE WOULD NEED, THAT'S WHY THE PERMIT WAS APPLIED FOR BEFORE THE VARIANCE, BECAUSE HE GOT THE SIDE SETBACKS WRONG ON IT.
'CAUSE SOME OF HIS LOTS ARE A LITTLE BIT BIGGER.
SO WE STOPPED IT AND APPLIED FOR THE VARIANCE OR JUST PUT IT ON HOLD SINCE WE REALIZED THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO HAVE ONE BECAUSE IT'S A 76 FOOT HOME.
AND REALLY, UM, WE TRIED TO SWITCH HOMES FOR HER, BUT IT WAS JUST A BUDGET THING.
IT, IT COULDN'T GO EVEN A SMALLER HOME BECAUSE THIS ONE WAS KIND OF A, A SALE DEAL, OUR END OF THE YEAR SALE.
UM, THAT'S HOW IT FIT IN BUDGET FOR HER TO BE ABLE TO GET THIS PARTICULAR HOME.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? OKAY.
UH, HERE, YOU KNOW, I, YOU KNOW, THIS IS TYPICAL OF THESE LOTS THAT ARE 30 PLUS YEARS, YOU KNOW, THAT YOU HAVE TO DEAL WITH THIS.
SO YOU, UM, I MOVE THAT THE AKIMA COUNTY BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS APPROVE THE 3.6 FOOT VARIANCE OF THE SOUTH SIDE YARD SETBACK AND A 3.3 FOOT VARIANCE FROM THE NORTH SIDE YARD SETBACK FOR A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE ON PARCEL 27 DASH FIVE DASH 33 WITH THE THREE CONDITIONS RECOMMENDED BY THE STAFF.
ACTUALLY, I THINK THERE WERE FOUR CONDITIONS.
THE, WELL, THE, THE, THEY ADDED 1 1 4 CONDITIONS.
I, UM, JUST TO CLARIFY, IT WAS, UH, THREE A B OH, OKAY.
MOTION HAS BEEN MADE AND SECONDED.
THE NEXT APPLICATION IS FOR A SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR, UH, MR. ERIC OLSON.
UM, ALSO, UH, THIS PROPERTY IS COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS THE V HALL PROPERTY AT 27 6 9 8 BOB TOWN ROAD.
UH, THERE ARE A VARIETY OF ADDRESSES ON THAT PARCEL.
UM, THIS, UH, SPECIAL USE PERMIT IS SPECIFIC TO THAT ADDRESS, WHICH IS A BUILDING.
UM, AND JUST A LITTLE FURTHER EXPLANATION OF PROPERTIES ARE NOT ADDRESSED.
SO YOU COULD HAVE ONE PARCEL WITH, WELL, THIS PARCEL HAS A LOT OF BUILDINGS.
UM, YOU COULD HAVE ONE PARCEL WITH TWO, FIVE, OR EVEN 10 ADDRESSES ON IT.
UM, AND CONVERSELY, IF YOU HAVE A PARCEL WITH NO BUILDINGS ON IT, YOU DO NOT GET A STREET ADDRESS.
SO THIS APPLICATION IS SPECIFIC TO THIS STRUCTURE AT THAT ADDRESS.
UH, MR. OLSON, UM, OWNS THE PROPERTY AND, AND, UH, IN HIS NAME, UH, NOT AN LLC.
UM, THE PROPERTY IS ZONED AGRICULTURAL.
AND, UH, THE SPECIFIC REQUEST HERE IS FOR, UH, RETAIL USE FOR THIS SPECIFIC STRUCTURE.
UH, THE ADJACENT ZONING IS AGRICULTURAL AND ADJACENT USES OF BOTH, UH, RESIDENTIAL AND AGRICULTURAL.
HERE IS A SITE PLAN, UH, FOR THE STRUCTURE.
UM, BOB TOWN ROAD IS ON THE TOP, YOU CAN SEE.
AND, UH, UH, PARKING IS TO THE LEFT.
AS I'M LOOKING AT IT, THE STRUCTURE IS TO THE RIGHT.
I KNOW SOMETIMES IT CAN BE A LITTLE HARD TO, UH, FIGURE OUT EXACTLY WHAT'S THERE WITHOUT A, A FEW POINTERS, UM, TO GET, UH, YOU KNOW, REFERENCE AS TO WHAT'S THE PARKING LOT AND WHAT'S A BUILDING.
AND AS YOU CAN SEE, IT'S 162 FEET, UH, FROM BOB TOWN ROAD.
SO IT'S OBVIOUSLY FRONTING BOB TOWN ROAD NOT TOO FAR OFF.
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DON'T WANT TO CLICK OFF BEFORE EVERYBODY'S GOTTEN A CHANCE TO LOOK AT IT.SO JUST IF YOU COULD LET ME KNOW WHEN YOU'RE DONE, IF, UM, FIGURING THIS OUT.
NOW HERE IS, UH, ANOTHER REPRESENTATION OF WHAT'S THERE.
UH, BOB TOWN ROAD IS NOW ON THE BOTTOM OF THIS.
AND IN THE RED IS WHERE, UH, WHAT YOU JUST SAW IS LOCATED.
UM, RED BANK ROAD IS, UH, ABOUT TWO INCHES TO THE RIGHT OR SO WHERE THAT, UH, WHERE THE RED MARKINGS ARE INDICATING WHERE, UH, THIS PARTICULAR STRUCTURE IS.
HERE IS THE ENTIRETY OF THAT PARCEL, UM, SHOWING THE AGRICULTURAL ZONING.
THE FUTURE ZONING IS ALSO AGRICULTURAL.
AND WHILE THERE ARE SOME ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS ON OTHER PARTS OF THE PROPERTY, THIS IS THE FLOOD MAP OF THERE ARE NO CONCERNS AT THAT PARTICULAR, UH, SPOT WHERE THIS STRUCTURE IS.
AND IT'S A GOOD WAYS AWAY FOR MANY, UH, TYPE OF EITHER FLOOD HAZARD AREA OR THE, UH, CHESAPEAKE BAY PROTECTION ACT.
HERE ARE SOME PICTURES OF THE STRUCTURE OF THIS IS, UH, BASICALLY STANDING AT THE WINDOWS AT THE FRONT.
UH, LOOKING BACK INTO THE STRUCTURE OF, AND JUST TO BE CLEAR, I WAS INSIDE THE STRUCTURE WHEN I TOOK THE PICTURES, BUT WITH MY BACK TO THOSE WINDOWS, HERE ARE A FEW OTHER VIEWS OF FROM BASICALLY THE SAME SPOT.
THIS IS UNDER THE STAIRS THAT YOU JUST SAW.
UM, YOU CAN SEE THE STAIRS RIGHT THERE WHERE IT SAYS VHA FARM.
SO THIS IS A VIEW UNDERNEATH THE STAIRS.
AND HERE'S A VIEW STANDING AT THE TOP OF THE STAIRS, LOOKING DOWN FROM WHERE I TOOK THE FIRST FEW PICTURES.
AND HERE ARE A COUPLE OF EXTERIOR PICTURES.
SO HERE ARE THE CONSIDERATIONS FOR A SPECIAL USE PERMIT FROM, UH, FIRST IS WHETHER THERE WOULD BE A ADVERSE IMPACT TO THE GENERAL CHARACTER OF THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, THIS STRUCTURE WHILE IN THE MIDDLE OF A LOT OF PARCELS ZONED AGRICULTURAL AND IN THE MIDDLE OF A LOT OF PARCELS THAT HAVE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCES, IT, UH, IT IS, THIS PARTICULAR STRUCTURE IS A GOOD WAYS AWAY FROM ANY OTHER SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE.
AND, UH, IT'S KIND OF A, IN A SENSE ALL BY ITSELF IS, UH, A CITY IN THE FIELD.
UM, IT WOULD HAVE NO IMPACT ON PUBLIC UTILITIES.
NO ADVERSE EFFECTS TO THE COMMUNITY ARE ANTICIPATED.
I WOULD SAY IN RELATION SPECIFICALLY TO THIS POINT, UM, WE HAVE GOTTEN NO, UH, UH, LETTERS OR COMMUNICATIONS, UH, UH, THAT, UH, WERE UNFAVORABLE TO THIS PROJECT.
AND THAT IN PART IS WHY, UH, THAT STATEMENT IS THERE.
UM, OBVIOUSLY IF ANY OF THE NEIGHBORS HAD COMPLAINED OR IN ANY WAY, UH, OBJECTED TO THIS, I WOULD'VE, UH, INCLUDED THAT HERE.
UH, ITEM NUMBER FOUR IS WHETHER THIS PROS USED WILL ADVERSELY IMPACT THE ENVIRONMENT SEEN AT HISTORICAL WATERFRONT AREAS.
AND WHILE THIS PARCEL DOES HAVE ENVIRONMENTALLY SENSITIVE AREAS, UH, THIS PARTICULAR STRUCTURE IS NOT CLOSE TO ANY OF THOSE AREAS.
NUMBER FIVE IS WHETHER THE PROPOSED USE WILL ADVERSELY IMPACT THE PROPERTY RIGHTS AND VALUES OF NEARBY PROPERTY OWNERS.
UM, WE DON'T ANTICIPATE ANY ADVERSE EFFECTS, UH, BECAUSE OF THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THIS PARTICULAR STRUCTURE AND ANY, UH, ADJOINING NEIGHBORS.
UH, NUMBER SIX IS WHETHER IT WILL PROMOTE THE PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY AND GENERAL WE WELFARE.
UH, NO ADVERSE IMPACTS ARE ANTICIPATED.
UM, VDOT AND DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH HAVE LOOKED AT THIS PROJECT AND HAD NO OBJECTIONS.
UH, VDOT DID REQUIRE, UH, SOME
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ADDITIONAL WORK ON THE DRIVEWAY, UH, BUT THAT WILL BE TAKEN CARE OF IF IT HADN'T BEEN TAKEN CARE OF ALREADY, UH, BEFORE, UH, THEY'RE ALLOWED TO OPEN.UH, NUMBER SEVEN IS WHETHER THE PROPOSED USES IN CONFORMANCE WITH GOOD ZONING PRACTICES, STATE AND LOCAL LAW ORDINANCES AND REGULATIONS.
AND, UH, NO LAWS, ORDINANCES OR REGULATIONS ARE AFFECTED OTHER THAN OBVIOUSLY THEY NEED A SPECIAL USE PERMIT, UH, FOR THIS USE.
NUMBER EIGHT IS WHETHER THE GRANTING THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT IS JUSTIFIED BY PUBLIC NECESSITY OR CONVENIENCE.
UM, IT WOULD ENABLE TO HAVE, UH, FOR THE OWNER TO HAVE A RETAIL BUSINESS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC NOTICES WERE, WERE PROVIDED IN THE NEWSPAPER AND ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNERS.
UH, WE RECEIVED, UH, 15 LETTERS IN SUPPORT.
UH, ACTUALLY WE GOT 16, BUT ONE PERSON SUBMITTED TWICE
UH, THERE ARE SEVERAL ZONING VIOLATIONS ON THE SITE.
I'VE BEEN PERSONALLY WORKING WITH, UH, MR. OLSON AND OTHER, UH, PEOPLE THERE.
AND WE DO HAVE, UM, APPLICATIONS TO RESOLVE ALL THE ZONING VIOLATIONS, AND THEY ARE MAKING A GOOD FAITH EFFORT TO GET ALL OF THOSE RESOLVED.
UM, WE'RE GETTING PRETTY CLOSE TO COMPLETED APPLICATIONS, AND AS I NOTED BEFORE, UH, THE APPLICANT HAS OBTAINED APPROVAL FROM BOTH VDOT AND THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH FOR RETAIL USE OF THIS STRUCTURE.
UM, JUST TO BE CLEAR ONCE AGAIN AND TO EMPHASIZE THIS IS A, UH, AN APPLICATION FOR A SPECIFIC STRUCTURAL ON A VERY LARGE PARCEL.
I DID GET SEVERAL PHONE CALLS FROM PEOPLE INQUIRING AS TO, UH, THE REST OF THE PARCEL BECAUSE IT'S, YOU KNOW, SOMEWHAT UNCLEAR WHEN YOU READ THIS IN THE NEWSPAPER, WHETHER THE RETAIL USE IS FOR A SPECIFIC STRUCTURE OR THE ENTIRE PARCEL.
UM, AND, UH, THEY WERE NOT CONCERNED ONCE I EXPLAINED IT WAS FOR THE STRUCTURE AND NOT FOR, YOU KNOW, THE BACKSIDE OF THE PROPERTY OR THE, OR, OR, OR ANY PARTS ON THE CREEK.
ONE ISSUE THAT WILL NEED TO BE DEALT WITH IF THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT IS GRANTED IS THIS STRUCTURE WAS INITIALLY PERMITTED AS AN AGRICULTURAL STRUCTURE, UH, MEANING THAT IT WAS EXEMPT FROM, UH, BUILDING INSPECTIONS, UH, OR SUBMITTAL OF BUILDING PLANS.
UH, IF THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT IS GRANTED, UH, BUILDING PLANS AND, UH, BUILDING INSPECTIONS, UH, WILL TAKE PLACE.
AND, UH, IT IS, UH, NOT AN EASY PROCESS TO GO THROUGH.
MEANING IF YOU GET A STRUCTURE BUILT UNDER AN EXEMPTION AND THEN YOU HAVE TO GO BACK THROUGH THE, UH, BUILDING PERMITTING PROCESS, IT MAKES IT MUCH MORE DIFFICULT THAN IF YOU HAD JUST SUBMITTED A REGULAR BUILDING APPLICATION IN THE FIRST PLACE.
BUT IT IS VERY CLEAR UNDER THE BUILDING CODE THAT A, UH, STRUCTURE THAT IS GOING TO BE USED FOR RETAIL USE HAS TO MEET, UH, THE, UH, BUILDING CODE FOR THAT USE.
SO THEY WILL HAVE TO GO BACK THROUGH THAT.
ALSO FOR THE PARKING LOT, WE WOULD NEED A LAND DISTURBANCE PERMIT AND HAVE ENVIRONMENTAL, UH, MAKE SURE THAT, UH, THAT THAT MEETS ALL THEIR REQUIREMENTS.
AND WE RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT WITH THE FOLLOWING FOUR CONDITIONS THAT THE APPLICANT OBTAIN ALL THE REQUIRED PERMITS FROM AGENCIES, AND THAT THESE APPLICATIONS AND PERMITS BE CONSISTENT WITH THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT, UH, THAT THE RETAILER USE IS LIMITED TO THIS PARTICULAR STRUCTURE, AND THAT THE APPLICANT SHALL REMEDY THE OUTSTANDING ZONING VIOLATIONS FOR THE SUBJECT PROPERTY.
AND HERE IS THE RECOMMENDED MOTION.
IS THERE SOMEONE HERE, ANY QUESTIONS MORE HERE? I JUST HAVE ONE QUESTION.
IF IT'S GRANTED AND YOU HAVE TO GO BACK AND DO ALL THE BUILDING CODES, IS IT FROM THE BUILDING CODES WHEN THE DATE IT WAS BUILT, OR IS IT BUILDING CODES TODAY? UM, WELL, I WOULD SAY THE BUILDING CODES FROM TODAY, BUT THOSE WOULD BE ONE AND THE SAME.
BECAUSE IT WOULD, THIS IS A VERY RECENT, UH, PROJECT.
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KES.THANK YOU, UH, ALL OF THE BCA FOR THE RECORD.
I'M A LOCAL ATTORNEY THAT IS REPRESENTING, UH, THE APPLICANT IN THIS MANNER.
I WANNA THANK EVERYBODY FOR BEING HERE THIS MORNING AND CONSIDERING THIS, THIS APPLICATION, I'D ALSO LIKE TO THANK MR. WATSON AND THE ENTIRE AKIMA COUNTY STAFF AS ALWAYS, FOR THEIR HARD WORK ON THIS REQUEST.
UH, MADAM CHAIRPERSON, BEFORE I BEGIN, I WOULD RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THAT THE APPLICATION, THE STAFF REPORT, AND ALL EXHIBITS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE SUBJECT, UH, SUBJECT TO THIS MATTER, INCLUDING ALL 16 LETTERS OF SUPPORT, INCLUDING THE ONE THAT WAS VERY EXCITED WITH TWO, UH, BE MADE A PART OF TODAY'S OFFICIAL RECORD.
SO LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, I THINK MR. WATSON DID A FANTASTIC JOB OF LAYING OUT WHAT THE REQUEST HERE IS TODAY, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO CREATE A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A RECORD JUST TO CLARIFY A FEW ADDITIONAL THINGS.
UM, TODAY IS, UH, MR. OLSON IS SEEKING A, A SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR A RETAIL STORE.
UM, BUT I'D LIKE TO FLUSH OUT THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE.
THE RETAIL STORE THAT IS BEING, UH, PRESENTED TODAY IS ACTUALLY GONNA BE A FARMER'S MARKET.
UM, SO, UH, MR. OLSON IS LOOKING TO UTILIZE A CURRENTLY EXISTING BUILDING.
THE PURPOSE IS TO PROVIDE A FORUM TO SELL NOT ONLY GOODS THAT ARE PRODUCED AT FOX HALL, UH, BUT ALSO BY OTHER LOCAL FARMERS IN VIRGINIA GROWERS.
UM, SO THIS WILL CREATE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, CREATE JOBS, CREATE A FORUM TO PROMOTE AGRITOURISM, UH, AND GIVE ACCESS TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC, TO A LOCAL MARKET THAT WILL SHOWCASE WHAT OUR AMAZING FARMERS DO ON THE SHORE EACH AND EVERY DAY.
IN OTHER WORDS, WE'RE GONNA PROVIDE AKIMA COUNTY WITH AN AGRICULTURAL MARKET IN THE AGRICULTURAL ZONING DISTRICT TO PROMOTE AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC ON A FARM THAT VIRTUALLY HAS NO NEIGHBORS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED.
THIS IS LOCATED AT VOX HALL, WHICH IS ABOUT A FOUR, IS 400 ACRES, AND I BELIEVE THE, THE FARM IS MUCH BIGGER THAN THAT WHEN YOU ADD ADDITIONAL PARCELS THAT MR. OLSON OWNS AROUND IT.
UM, THE BUILDING, UH, DOES FRONT THERE ON BOB TOWN ROAD.
THERE IS ONE RESIDENCE, AS MR. WATSON SAID, THAT IS 600 FEET AWAY.
THE OTHERS, UH, BY MY CALCULATION, WERE, UH, ALMOST A HALF MILE AWAY.
UM, AND TO NOTE ONE FARM OVER FROM THOSE RESIDENCES IS A 12 HOUSE POULTRY OPERATION JUST SHOWING THE DISTANCE, UH, BETWEEN OURS AND THEIRS.
THEY, TO MY KNOWLEDGE TODAY HAVE NO ISSUE WITH A 12 HOUSE POULTRY OPERATION, AN EQUAL DISTANCE AWAY.
THIS IS GONNA BE A VERY LOW IMPACT.
SO WE WON'T THINK THE NEIGHBORS WOULD BE AFFECTED WHATSOEVER.
AS YOU KNOW, EVERY GOOD ANALYSIS OF A ZONING MATTER STARTS WITH A THOROUGH REVIEW OF THE COMP PLAN.
AND AS YOU KNOW, AND AS DEFINED BY VIRGINIA CODE, A COMP PLAN IS A PLAN FOR THE PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE TERRITORY WITHIN A LOCALITY'S JURISDICTION.
IT PROVIDES A GUIDELINE FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT AND SYSTEMATIC CHANGE REACHED AFTER CONSULTATION WITH EXPERTS AND THE PUBLIC.
THE AKIMA COUNTY COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FOCUSES HEAVILY ON A FEW INDUSTRIES, ONE OF WHICH TO NO ONE'S SURPRISE IS AGRICULTURE.
AGRICULTURE IS ACKNOWLEDGED AS A MAJOR ELEMENT IN THE COUNTY'S CULTURE AND ECONOMY.
THE COMP PLAN REPEATEDLY STATES THAT A BETTER ECONOMIC EFFORTS ARE NEEDED TO EXPAND EXISTING BUSINESSES AND INDUSTRIES IN THE AGRICULTURAL FIELD, SUCH AS EXPANSION.
UH, SUCH AN EXPANSION WOULD INCLUDE AND PROVIDE EXTRA JOBS AND EXPAND THE ECONOMIC BASE FOR THE COUNTY.
IN CHAPTER THREE OF THE COMP PLAN, THE COMP PLAN ACKNOWLEDGES THAT OUR ECO, OUR ECONOMY IS BASED ON AGRICULTURE AND IT RECOMMENDS THAT THE COUNTY ESTABLISH AN AGRICULTURAL COMMISSION OR COUNCIL TO FURTHER PROMOTE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN THE AGRICULTURAL INDUSTRY.
TO THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE, THAT WAS NEVER DONE, BUT IT DOES SHOW THE INTENT AND IMPORTANCE OF AGRICULTURE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
CHAPTER FIVE OF THE COMP PLAN FOCUSES HEAVILY ON THE PROMOTION AND BUSINESSES THAT SUPPORT AGRICULTURE IN OUR, IN OUR COUNTY.
I COULD GO ON AND ON, BUT I THINK YOU GET THE THEME.
THESE TYPES OF USES THAT SUPPORT OUR LOCAL FARMERS AND AGRICULTURAL INDUSTRIES ARE EXACTLY WHAT OUR COUNTY WANTS AND EXACTLY WHAT OUR COUNTY NEEDS.
LET'S TURN OUR REVIEW TO THE APPLICABLE SECTION OF THE ZONING ORDINANCE.
LET'S START WITH THE STATEMENT OF INTENT FOR THE AG DISTRICT SECTION 1 0 6 51.
THIS DISTRICT IS ESTABLISHED FOR THE SPECIFIC PURPOSE OF FACILITATING EXISTING AND FUTURE FARMING OPERATIONS, AMONG OTHER THINGS AS WELL.
IT SAYS, QUOTE, ENCOURAGING DESIRABLE RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES SUCH AS FARMING, FORESTRY, AND TOURISM.
AS YOU CONSIDER TODAY'S APPLICATION, I BELIEVE A REVIEW OF THE STANDARD OF APPROVAL FOR A SPECIAL USE PERMIT IS IN ORDER AS WELL.
OBVIOUSLY, THEY'RE LEGISLATIVE IN NATURE.
THAT'S WHY WE ARE, ARE HERE TODAY.
AND THE FOCUS ON ANALYZING ONE SHOULD BE ON THE POTENTIALLY GREATER IMPACT ON NEIGHBORING PROPERTIES.
IT IS A USE THAT REQUIRE A USE THAT REQUIRES A SPECIAL USE PERMIT.
UNDER THE ZONING ORDINANCE IS ONE THAT IS SPECIFICALLY LISTED AS ENCOURAGED IN THE DISTRICT OR ACKNOWLEDGED TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE PERMITTED USES.
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FOR GREATER IMPACTS ON NEIGHBORING PROPERTIES.OBVIOUSLY, IF THERE ARE GREATER IMPACTS, THIS BOARD CAN PUT, UH, LEGIT IF THEY'RE LEGITIMATE AND SPECIFICALLY IDENTIFIED.
THIS BOARD CAN ADDRESS THOSE WITH CONDITIONS THAT ARE REASONABLY AND PROPORTIONALLY RELATED TO THAT POTENTIAL IMPACT.
SO IN THIS CIRCUMSTANCE, I BELIEVE THE FOLLOWING OR KEY FOR THIS BOARD TO CONSIDER THE PROPERTY THAT WE ARE DISCUSSING IS APPROXIMATELY 400 AND ACRES IS APPROXIMATELY 400 ACRES WITH LIMITED NEIGHBORS THAT ARE WITHIN THE REALM OF IMPACT FOR THIS USE THAT MENTIONED ONE HOUSE APPROXIMATELY 600 FEET AWAY, AND THE NEXT CLOSEST WOULD BE ABOUT A HALF MILE AWAY.
THE USE BEING REQUESTED IS AGRICULTURAL IN NATURE BEING ESTABLISHED TO ENCOURAGE AND PROMOTE AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS PRODUCED HERE ON THE EASTERN SHORE.
THE COMP PLAN OVERWHELMINGLY ENCOURAGES SUCH ACTIVITIES THROUGHOUT ITS PAGES.
AS I PREVIOUSLY STATED, THE ZONING ORDINANCE CLEARLY STATES THAT AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES ARE TO BE PROMOTED AS WELL, IF NOT AS IMPORTANT OR MORE IMPORTANTLY OF THE FACTS AND LAW THAT I HAVE CONVEYED.
THE AKIMA COUNTY STAFF HAS REVIEWED THE APPLICATION IN DETAIL, PREPARED A WELL-DOCUMENTED STAFF REPORT, AND AS YOU CAN SEE, IS SUPPORTIVE OF THIS REQUEST, INCLUDING ALL ITS PRACTICAL CONSIDERATIONS AS WELL AS THE LEGAL CONSIDERATIONS.
THE BOTTOM LINE, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THIS IS WHAT AKIMA COUNTY IS ALL ABOUT.
AND I APOLOGIZE FOR SETTING A RECORD FOR USING THE WORD AGRICULTURAL IN A PRESENTATION, BUT I THINK YOU GET THE POINT.
THE REQUEST IS BASED ON AN AGRICULTURAL USE IN THE AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT THAT DOES NOT NEGATIVELY, THAT DOES NOT NEGATIVELY AFFECT ANY NEIGHBORS OR ANYONE ELSE.
THIS IS THE TYPE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT THIS COUNTY SHOULD BE APPROVING, IF NOT BEGGING FOR WHAT A GREAT ASSET THIS COULD BE TO SHOWCASE OUR FARMERS IN SUCH A LOW IMPACT MANNER.
THE AKIMA COUNTY COMPREHENSIVE PLANS VISION STATEMENT AS EXPRESSED ON PAGE FIVE, NINE, STATES THAT ACK COUNTY IS A QUIET RURAL COMMUNITY AND ALL EFFORTS IN THE COMP PLAN SHOULD FOSTER THIS SO THAT, THAT IT REMAINS THE VEGETABLE GARDEN OF VIRGINIA.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WHAT BETTER WAY TO HONOR THAT VISION THAN TO APPROVE A FARMER'S MARKET IN THE AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT WITH NO IMPACTS TO NEIGHBORS OR THE NEIGHBORHOODS CREATED WHATSOEVER? WHAT A GREAT STATEMENT THIS BOARD COULD MAKE TO THE COUNTY'S COMMITMENT TO THE PROMOTION OF AGRICULTURE.
AGAIN, I CAN'T THANK YOU ENOUGH FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION OF THIS IMPORTANT MATTER.
I ALSO THANK MR. WATSON AND THE STAFF AS WELL.
I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY, I THINK, UH, I HAVE A NOTE THAT ANN KYLE DDY WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK JUST PERFECT.
IF YOU WOULD, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND STATE YOUR NAME.
AND DO YOU SWEAR TO TELL THE WHOLE TRUTH TO HELP YOU GOD? YES.
I'M BOTH A RESIDENT IN AKIMA COUNTY AS WELL AS A BUSINESS OWNER.
I OWN A REAL ESTATE COMPANY HERE ON THE EASTERN SHORE.
UM, AND I'M HERE TODAY TO OFFER MY SUPPORT FOR THE PROPOSED CHANGE OF ZONING TO ALLOW FOR THE OPERATION OF A FARM MARKET AT THE PROPERTY KNOWN AS VOX HALL.
THIS CHANGE IS NOT ABOUT LAND USE, IT'S ABOUT STRENGTHENING OUR LOCAL ECONOMY, SUPPORTING OUR AGRICULTURAL COMMUNITY, AND PROVIDING ACCESS TO FRESH, LOCALLY SOURCED FOOD FOR RESIDENTS.
IT'LL CREATE JOBS, ATTRACT VISITORS, AND MAKE HEALTHY FARM FRESH PRODUCE AND MEATS MORE ACCESSIBLE TO FAMILIES.
IT'S IN AN AGRICULTURAL AREA SURROUNDED BY THE FERRY FARMS THAT WILL SUPPLY IT.
FURTHERMORE, THIS PROPERTY HAS BEEN VACANT FOR OVER A DECADE UNTIL MR. OLSON PURCHASED IT.
AND AS A RESIDENT AND BUSINESS OWNER IN AKIMA COUNTY, I FOR 1:00 AM GRATEFUL FOR THE OWNER FOR INVESTING IN IT AND TURNING IT INTO SOMETHING BENEFICIAL FOR THE ENTIRE ENTIRE COMMUNITY.
RATHER THAN LETTING IT SIT UNUSED, WE NOW HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO TRANSFORM IT INTO SOMETHING THAT SERVES BOTH RESIDENTS AND TOURISTS VISITING OUR AREA.
I URGE THIS BODY TO APPROVE THE ZONING CHANGE AND SUPPORT THE FARMER'S MARKET.
IT'S A WIN-WIN FOR OUR COUNTY, OUR FARMERS AND OUR FAMILIES.
SOMETHING DEFINITELY EXCITING TO LOOK FORWARD TO.
AND, UH, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? ANY OTHER MOTION? NO.
I MOVE THAT MACK COUNTY BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS APPROVE SUSE 0 0 6 86 DASH 2 0 2 4, ESPECIALLY USE PERMIT PURSUANT TO AKIMA COUNTY CODE SECTION 1 0 6 DASH 5 3 27 FOR RETAIL USE OF THE STRUCTURE ON TAX MAP NUMBER 1 0 1 DASH A DASH
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THREE WITH THE FOUR CONDITIONS RECOMMENDED BY STAFF SECOND.MOTION HAS BEEN MADE IN SECONDED.
UM, MORNING JONES, CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER FOR ZONING.
UM, THE FIRST ONE THAT I HAVE IS, UH, FOR WILLIAM AND WHITNEY SAYERS AT, UH, 1 7 2 1 2 MICHAELS HILL ROAD IN MALFA.
THIS IS FOR AN RV FOR TEMPORARY HABITATION.
UM, THERE'S SOME BACKGROUND INFORMATION.
THE APPLICANT AND THE OWNERS ARE WILLIAM AND WHITNEY.
PROPERTY LOCATION IS 1 0 1 DASH A DASH 43 OR, UM, 1 7 2 1 2 MICHAEL SKILL ROAD.
UM, THE PROPERTY IS ONE AND A HALF ACRES AND THE ADJACENT ZONINGS AND USES ARE AGRICULTURAL.
UM, THE ADJACENT USES ARE ALSO RESIDENTIAL AND SINGLE FAMILY DWELLINGS IN THE AREA.
PLAINTIFF'S ELEVATIONS, THIS IS THE SITE PLAN IS SHOWING THE PROPOSED RV LOCATION.
IT IS 54 FEET AWAY FROM THE RESIDENCE THAT'S CURRENTLY BEING CONSTRUCTED.
UM, THIS IS AN AERIAL OF THE PROPERTY ITSELF, UH, ZONED AG, UH, NO FLOODPLAIN REQUIREMENTS.
IT'S NOT IN A FLOOD PLAIN, UH, IT'S NOT IN A RESOURCE PROTECTION AREA.
UM, AND THESE ARE PHOTOS OF THE, OF THE SITE.
SO, UM, THE FIRST PHOTO IS AC, THE ONE TOP LEFT IS ACTUALLY BEHIND THE PROPOSED, UH, RV.
UM, TOP RIGHT IS FROM THE FRONT OF THE PROPERTY SHOWING THE PRO THE STRUCTURE THAT'S CURRENTLY BEING BUILT.
AND THE THIRD PICTURE IS FROM THE RV.
LOOKING AT THE, THE, UH, STRUCTURE.
AND THE FOURTH PHOTO IS THE RV.
THAT'S ANOTHER SITE PLAN OF WHERE THE RV'S GOING.
AND THIS, UM, THIS SPECIAL USE PERMIT, UH, AROSE OUT OF A BUILDING PERMIT FOR THE HOUSE.
UM, SO THIS IS THE SITE PLAN FOR THE HOUSE, AND THESE ARE SOME BUILD PLANS FOR, FOR THE, UH, STRUCTURE THAT'S CURRENTLY BEING BUILT.
UM, ELEVATIONS FOR THE STRUCTURE BEING BUILT, UM, AGAIN, ELEVATIONS.
AND THEN WE GET ANY CONSIDERATIONS FOR SPECIAL USE PERMIT.
UM, IN THE INTEREST OF TIME, IF IT'S OKAY, I'LL, UH, SUMMARIZE.
UM, BASICALLY NO DETRIMENTAL EFFECTS ARE ANTICIPATED.
THE RV IS TEMPORARY IN NATURE, SO IT WON'T BE THERE FOREVER.
UM, AND NO IN ADVERSE IMPACTS WILL RESULT.
UM, PUBLIC COMMENT NOTICES WERE PROVIDED IN THE NEWSPAPER AND TO ADJACENT OWNER OWNERS PER STATE LAW.
UH, WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY LETTERS OR INQUIRIES EITHER FOR OR AGAINST THIS PROJECT.
UM, THERE ARE THREE ZONING VIOLATIONS ON THE SITE.
UH, THREE UTILITY SHEDS THAT WERE PLACED ON THE PROPERTY WITHOUT A PERMIT.
UM, THESE ARE THE THREE SHEDS ARE IN THE PROCESS OF BEING BROUGHT INTO COMPLIANCE.
UH, PERMITS HAVE BEEN TAKEN OUT, TAKEN OUT TO MAKE SURE THESE ARE, UM, THESE MEET THE ZONING CODE, UH, STAFF FINDINGS.
THE TRAVEL TRAILER WILL BE USED ON A TEMPORARY BASIS FOR THE APPLICANTS TO LIVE IN WHILE THEIR HOME IS BEING CONSTRUCTED.
NO DETRIMENTAL EFFECTS OF THE ADJACENT PROPERTIES ARE ANTICIPATED WHILE THE APPLICANTS RESIDE IN THE TRAVEL TRAILER.
THERE ARE THREE ZONING VIOLATIONS THAT ARE IN THE PROCESS OF BEING BROUGHT INTO COMPLIANCE.
AND A BUILDING PERMIT FOR THE DWELLING WAS APPLIED FOR AND APPROVED BY, UH, BUILDING AND ZONING UNDER PERMIT BLDR 0 0 1 0 7 5 20 24.
RECOMMENDATIONS, THE STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF SUSE, UH, 0 0 0 6 9 3 DASH 2024.
A SPECIAL USE PERMIT TO ALLOW A TRAVEL TRAILER TO BE USED FOR TEMPORARY HABITATION LOCATED OUTSIDE OF TRAVEL TRAILER PARKS, WHICH ARE TO BE OCCUPIED FOR HABITATION PURSUANT TO AKIMA COUNTY CODE SECTION 1 0 6 DASH 53 14.
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WHILE THE APPLICANT CONSTRUCTS A NEW SINGLE FAMILY HOME WITH THE FOLLOWING FOUR CONDITIONS, CONDITIONS ONE AND TWO, UH, NUMBER ONE, THE APPLICANT SHALL OBTAIN ALL REQUIRED PERMITS FROM THE COUNTY'S BUILDING DEPARTMENT, VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, AND THE VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH FOR THE PROPOSED USE AND THE FORTHCOMING NEW HOME.IN PARTICULAR, THE APPLICANT SHALL OBTAIN APPROVAL OF THE WELL AND SEPTIC FOR THE TRAVEL TRAILER.
NUMBER TWO, THE BUILDING APPLICATION SHALL BE CONSISTENT WITH THIS APPLICATION.
UH, NUMBER THREE, THE USE OF A TRAVEL TRAILER FOR HABITATION SHALL EITHER EXPIRE IN 12 MONTHS OR ONE YEAR, OR WHEN THE CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY FOR THE DWELLING IS ISSUED.
AND NUMBER FOUR, THE APPLICANT SHALL APPLY FOR THE NECESSARY PERMITS FROM THE COUNTY'S BUILDING AND ZONING DEPARTMENT AND THE VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH FOR THE THREE SHEDS THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN VIOLATION.
AND THERE'S THE MOTION, UM, IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS, NO QUESTIONS? SURE.
CAN I TIME? I'M, I'M RYAN STA.
YEAH, THIS IS THE OWNER IF YOU GUYS WANNA TALK TO HIM.
AND DO YOU SWEAR TO TELL THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH, SO HELP YOU GOD? YES, MA'AM, I DO.
UM, WE JUST RECENTLY GOT ALL THE PERMITS ON THE SHEDS THAT'S BEEN TAKEN CARE OF AND THE WELL AND SEPTIC, ALL THE PERMITS HAVE BEEN DONE FOR THAT.
UM, THE HOUSE IS PROBABLY, THAT'S A VERY OLD PICTURE.
THE HOUSE IS PROBABLY 70% DONE.
INTERIOR'S, COMPLETELY FRAMED, UH, ROUGH INS FOR PLUMBING ARE DONE, HAVE BEEN INSPECTED.
HEAT AND AIR GUY IS THERE RIGHT NOW.
HE SAID HE'D BE 90% DONE FRIDAY.
UM, AND THEN OUR ELECTRIC GUY'S GONNA COME DIRECTLY AFTER HIM.
HE WANTED EVERYTHING KIND OF, 'CAUSE YOU CAN MOVE ELECTRICAL WIRES WHEREVER YOU WANT, BASICALLY.
BUT, UM, PROJECTS MOVING ALONG QUICKLY AND WE DON'T WANNA LIVE IN THE CAMPER.
DO YOU THINK A YEAR IS LONG ENOUGH? OH, YES, MA'AM.
TO COMPLETE THE HOUSE? YES, MA'AM.
I WOULD ANTICIPATE, AND I DON'T WANNA JINX MYSELF, SO
YEAH, I I'D SAY SPRING, EARLY SUMMER WILL BE COMPLETELY, SO A YEAR WILL BE YES, MA'AM.
THIS TIME A YEAR OR THE, OR THE OCCUPANCY.
I MEAN, EVERYTHING'S BEEN MOVING ALONG VERY RAPIDLY, SO I'M THANKFUL FOR THAT.
JUST ZONING IN PERMITS ARE ONLY THING THAT WE'VE KIND OF GOOD.
WE'RE FROM HAM COUNTY AND EVERYTHING'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT.
YOU KNOW, MOST OF THESE THAT WE GET THERE, THE FOUNDATION ISN'T EVEN THERE.
I DO HAVE PICTURES I CAN SHOW YOU.
WELL, NO, NO, YOU KNOW, MOST OF 'EM, THERE'S NO FOUNDATION.
AND THIS, THEY'RE, YOU'RE ALMOST, IT'S COMPLETELY DRIED IN WINDOWS, DOORS, ROOF, I MEAN, YEAH.
GARAGE DOORS, EVERYTHING IS ON.
ALRIGHT, I MOVE THAT ACKMAN COUNTY BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS APPROVED SUSE 0 0 0 6 9 3 DASH 2024, A SPECIAL USE PERMIT TO ALLOW A TRAVEL TRAILER LOCATED OUTSIDE OF TRAVEL TRAILER PARK TO BE OCCUPIED FOR HABITATION PURSUANT TO AIMA COUNTY CODE SECTION 1 0 6 DASH 53 24 FOR TAX MAP PARCEL NUMBER 1 0 1 DASH A DASH 43 WITH THE FULL CONDITIONS RECOMMENDED BY STAFF SECOND.
ONE CLARIFICATION, I THINK YOU SAID 1 0 6 DASH 53 24 INSTEAD OF 14.
WANNA MAKE SURE THE RECORD SHOWS THAT.
UH, THE, THE TAX PARCEL WAS WITH THE 43.
OKAY, SO THE NEXT ONE WE GOT IS FOR, UH, JIMMY TAYLOR JUNIOR.
THIS IS 2 1 6 2 9 PARSONS ROAD IN GREEN BUSH.
THIS IS, UH, SPECIAL USE PERMIT, UH, 0 0 0 7 0 7 20 24.
AND THIS IS FOR AN ACCESSORY DWELLING, UH, BACKGROUND.
UH, JIMMY TAYLOR JUNIOR'S, THE APPLICANT PROPERTY OWNERS ARE JIMMY TAYLOR AND JENNY TAYLOR.
THE LOCATION IS, UH, MAP NUMBER 86 DASH A DASH 57 A AND THE LOCATION IS 2 1 6 2 9 PARSONS ROAD.
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UM, THE SITE IS, UH, 19 ACRES.THE ZONING IS AGRICULTURAL AND THEY'RE REQUESTING A SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR AN ACCESSORY DWELLING.
UM, ADJACENT ZONINGS ARE AGRICULTURAL AND THE ADJACENT USES ARE RESIDENTIAL AGRICULTURAL, AND THERE ARE SINGLE FAMILY DWELLINGS IN THE AREA, PLANS AND ELEVATIONS.
UM, THIS SCENARIO OF THE PROPERTY, THIS IS THE, UM, FLOODPLAIN MAP.
THERE'S NO, UH, FLOODPLAIN CONCERNS.
THIS IS THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP, UM, WHERE THE, WHERE THE SITE IS IS NOT IN THE, UH, GREEN SHADED AREA.
SO WHERE THIS IS WILL STILL BE AG.
THERE ARE NO RPA CONCERNS, AND THIS IS THE ZONING AERIAL.
UM, THESE ARE PICTURES OF THE SITE.
UH, THE FIRST THREE PICTURES FROM TOP LEFT TO BOTTOM RIGHT ARE TAKEN FROM THE LOCATION OF THE, UM, STRUCTURED SELF.
SO WE ARE VERY FAR AWAY FROM ANY PROPERTY LINES.
UM, AND THE LAST PICTURE IS THE ENTRANCE TO THEIR PROPERTY.
UM, THE CLOSEST DISTANCE TO ANY LOT LINE WOULD BE 150 FEET, AND THAT WOULD BE TO THE LOT LINE CLOSEST TO PARSONS ROAD.
UM, EVERY OTHER, EVERY OTHER SETBACK DISTANCE IS, UM, THE ONE SIDE IS 250 FEET AND THE, UH, GOING TO THE REAR LOT LINE WOULD BE 330 FEET.
UM, THIS IS A, UH, SEPTIC PLAN FOR THE HOME.
AND THESE ARE, UH, BUILD PLANS FOR THE HOME FOUNDATION PLAN, UM, AND ROOFING.
AND THESE ARE, THESE ARE ELEVATIONS AS WELL.
SO, UM, AGAIN, BASICALLY THE, UH, THE CLIFF NOTES VERSION IS NO DETRIMENTAL EFFECTS ARE ANTICIPATED.
UM, SITES NOT SERVICED BY PUBLIC WATER AND SEWER.
THEY WILL HAVE THEIR OWN THEIR OWN SEPTIC SYSTEM, AND THE PROPERTY IS NOT LOCATED TO ANY ENVIRONMENTAL, HISTORIC, SCENIC, OR WATERFRONT AREAS.
AND OF COURSE, THE VZA HAS GRANTED SUVS FOR THIS TYPE OF USE AT PREVIOUS MEETINGS.
UM, AGAIN, PUBLIC COMMENT NOTICES WERE PROVIDED IN THE NEWSPAPER AND TO ADJACENT OWNERS PER STATE LAW.
UM, I DID HAVE ONE INQUIRY ACTUALLY THIS MORNING ABOUT THE, UM, PROPERTY.
UM, THEY WERE NOT FOR OR AGAINST.
THEY WERE JUST TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT THEIR PROPERTY WASN'T BEING TAKEN SO THEIR PROPERTY'S NOT BEING TAKEN.
STAFF FINDINGS, THE PROPOSED USE IS CONSISTENT WITH THE USE OF OTHER PROPERTIES IN THE AREA.
NO JUDGEMENTAL EFFECTS TO THE ADJACENT PARCELS ARE ANTICIPATED, AND NO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSTRAINTS ARE APPLICABLE TO THIS PARCEL.
STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF SUSE 7 0 7 20 24 PURSUANT TO MACK COUNTY CODE SECTION 1 0 6 DASH 53 22 TO ALLOW FOR AN ACCESSORY DWELLING ON LOTS WITH A MINIMUM AREA OF FIVE ACRES OR ON NON-CONFORMING LOTS WITH A MINIMUM AREA OF 60,000 SQUARE FEET ACCORDING TO LAND RECORDS AS OF JUNE 28TH, 2026.
UM, IT, IT'S A 19 ACRE SITE, SO IT'S, IT'S CONFORMING STAFF ALSO RECOMMENDS THE FOLLOWING FOUR, FOUR CONDITIONS.
THE APPLICANT SHALL APPLY FOR A BUILDING PERMIT FOR THE ACCESSORY DWELLING AND COMPLY WITH THE RELEVANT HEALTH DEPARTMENT, UH, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS, WHICH FOR THIS CASE THERE AREN'T ANY.
UH, NUMBER TWO, THE BUILDING PERMITT APPLICATION SHALL BE CONSISTENT WITH THIS APPLICATION.
NUMBER THREE, UH, PRIOR TO CONSTRUCTION, THE APPLICANT SHALL MARK THE FOOTPRINT OF THE STRUCTURE AND HAVE AN INSPECTOR VERIFY THE LOCATION OF THE STRUCTURE AND THE SETBACK DISTANCE FROM THE MAIN DWELLING BEFORE FOUNDATION WORK CAN BEGIN.
AND NUMBER FOUR, IF USED AS A SHORT-TERM RENTAL, THE APPLICANT MUST COMPLY WITH THE COUNTY REGULATIONS FOR SHORT-TERM RENTALS.
UH, FOR CONDITION THREE THAT IS IN THERE BECAUSE THERE IS A MINIMUM SETBACK DISTANCE FROM THE PRIMARY DWELLING.
IT'S 140 FEET FROM, FROM OUR SITE PLAN.
UM, THE DISTANCE TO THE NEAREST STRUCTURE THAT'S NOT IN THE HOUSE WAS 168 FEET.
SO THERE'S, THERE'S PLENTY OF ROOM.
UM, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS,
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JUST ONE QUESTION.THE DISTANCE FROM THE MAIN HOUSE TO THE LOCATION OF THE PROPOSED HOUSE IS TWO 50? NO, THE TWO 50 IS FROM THE, UH, I'LL GO BACK, LET'S SEE.
YEAH, IT'S, IT'S 168 FEET TO THE NEAREST STRUCTURE.
IT'S FURTHER THAN THAT TO THE, TO THE DWELL TO THE HOUSE.
THE NEAREST STRUCTURE WAS 168 FEET.
MR. TAYLOR'S HERE TOO, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
MR. TAYLOR, DID YOU WANNA COME AND NOT REALLY.
OKAY,
WELL, UH, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. TAYLOR? SHOULD WE, OKAY.
UH, THEN DO I HEAR A MOTION? I MOVE THAT THE ABA COUNTY BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS APPROVED SUSE DASH 0 0 0 7 0 7 DASH 2024 A SPECIAL USE PERMIT PURSUANT TO AKIMA COUNTY CODE SECTION 1 0 6 DASH 53 2, UH, FOR AN ACCESSORY DWELLING LOCATED ON TAX PARCEL EIGHT SIX DASH A DASH FIVE SEVEN A WITH THE FOUR CONDITIONS RECOMMENDED BY THE STAFF SECOND.
AND MOTION HAS BEEN MADE AND SECONDED.
RIDLEY COUNTY PLANNER, ONE FOR AKIMA COUNTY.
UM, THIS NEXT SPECIAL USE PERMIT MIT IS FOR MR. TOMA REYES.
UM, IT'S FOR AN ACCESSORY STRUCTURE ON LESLIE TR ROAD.
AGAIN, THE APPLICANT AND PROPERTY OWNER IS MR. TOMARES.
UH, TAX MAP NUMBER 78 A TWO DASH ONE DASH 4 39 LOCATED AT 23 5 18.
LESLIE TRENT ROAD IN PARKS, VIRGINIA.
UM, IT IS IN ELECTION DISTRICT FOUR SUPERVISOR J PARKS POINT 22 ACRES.
THE ZONING IS RESIDENTIAL AND THE REQUEST IS FOR A SPECIAL, SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR AN ACCESSORY STRUCTURE WITH NO PRIMARY USE.
FUTURE LAND USE RECOMMENDATION IS VILLAGE DEVELOPMENT.
THE CURRENT USE IS CLEARED, UNDEVELOPED, AND IS SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL WILL BE THE PROPOSED USE.
THE ADJACENT ZONING IS RESIDENTIAL AND THE ADJACENT USES ARE SINGLE FAMILY DWELLINGS, VACANT, RESIDENTIAL, AND THEN THERE'S A PRETTY LARGE CEMETERY.
SO HERE'S AN AERIAL AND THAT CEMETERY IS UP IN THIS CORNER.
THE ZONING MAP, RESIDENTIAL FUTURE LAND USE.
AND, UM, THERE'S NO RPA LOCATED IN THIS AREA, SO NO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSTRAINTS.
UM, THIS IS THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE THAT HAS BEEN PLACED ON THE PROPERTY.
THIS IS THE LOT HERE, WHICH IS CLEARED OFF.
UM, WHICH I WILL SAY THE HOME THAT WAS THERE PREVIOUSLY WAS, UM, IT DID LOOK REALLY BAD.
IT WAS STARTING TO FALL IN, SO THEY HAVE CLEARED OFF THE SITE.
AND THE BOTTOM, THESE ARE, UM, PHOTOS OF THE HOMES TO THE LEFT AND THE RIGHT, ANOTHER PHOTO OF THE STRUCTURE HERE.
AND THEN JUST SITE CONDITIONS AND ROAD CONDITIONS.
THIS IS THE SITE PLAN THAT WAS SUBMITTED WITH THE APPLICATION.
AND THIS IS A UPDATED ONE SHOWING THAT THERE WAS A PRE A WELL INCEPTED ALREADY, UM, INSTALLED, WHICH THEY WOULD NOT BE USING FOR THE STRUCTURE.
CONSIDERATIONS FOR SPECIAL USE PERMITS, UM, EVEN THOUGH THE STRUCTURE HAS ALREADY BEEN PLACED, THERE HAS BEEN, AND THERE WILL BE NO ADVERSE IMPACTS.
UM, THERE ARE SEVERAL SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCES IN CLOSE PROXIMITY.
UM, THERE I BELIEVE NINE OF THOSE LOTS HAVE HOMES ON THEM, AND MOST OF THOSE LOTS DO HAVE AT LEAST ONE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE ON THEM.
AGAIN, THE WELL AND SEP THERE'S ALREADY A WELL AND SEPTIC THERE FROM THE HOME THAT WAS THERE PREVIOUSLY, BUT THEY WILL NOT BE USING THAT.
AND IT IS NOT SITUATED, UH, DIRECTLY ON THE WATER OR NEAR ANY SCENIC OR HISTORIC AREAS.
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MORE CONSIDERATIONS CONTINUED.UM, IT DOES NOT FEAR INTERFERE WITH ANY OF THE ADJACENT PROPERTIES.
AND THEY ARE, THEY'RE USING THIS ACCESSORY STRUCTURE CURRENTLY TO STORE PERSONAL ITEMS, CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS, LAWN CARE MATERIALS.
THEY ARE PLANNING TO BUILD A HOME THERE AND THEY'RE WORKING ON GETTING THOSE PLANS TOGETHER TO SUBMIT A BUILDING PERMIT FOR THAT HOME.
THE BZA HAS GRANTED SPECIAL USE PERMITS FOR THIS TYPE OF USE BEFORE GRANTING THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT WILL ADDRESS ZONING CODE CASE ZON 0 0 1 9 9 20 24, WHICH WILL BRING THIS PARCEL INTO COMPLIANCE.
PUBLIC COMMENT AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
AS ALWAYS, NOTICES WERE PROVIDED TO THE NEWSPAPER AND THE ADJOIN ADJOINING PROPERTY OWNERS.
UH, WE DID GET SEVERAL CALLS AND SEVERAL EMAILS ABOUT THIS PROJECT.
MOST OF THEM WERE APOS WHO THOUGHT THAT THE APPLICANT HAD PLACED A STRUCTURE ON THEIR PROPERTY OR THAT THE COUNTY WAS DOING SOMETHING WITH THEIR PROPERTY.
SO AGAIN, AND THEY ALSO THOUGHT MULTIPLE BUILDINGS WERE BEING PLACED WITH THE RESCHEDULING OF THE FIRST MEETING DUE TO INCLEMENT WEATHER.
SO THERE'S ONLY, JUST TO CLARIFY THIS ONE STRUCTURE.
THIS ONE STRUCTURE IS ON THE APPLICANT'S PARCEL, NOT ANYONE ELSE'S.
AND AGAIN, IT IS JUST ONE STRUCTURE.
UM, THERE'S ONE CODE CASE IN RELATION TO THE SITE, ZERO ON 0 0 1 9 9 DASH 2024.
THEY DID RECEIVE NOTICE FOR THAT VIOLATION.
HENCE THIS APPLICATION FOR SPECIAL USE PERMIT.
AND THAT WAS FOR PLACING OF THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE ON AN UNDEVELOPED PROPERTY WITHOUT A PERMIT.
STAFF FINDINGS, AND I'LL READ ALL FOUR OF THESE INTO THE RECORD, THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE HAS BEEN PLACED ON A PARCEL PRIOR TO THE APPLICANT APPLYING FOR A SPECIAL USE PERMIT.
THERE IS ONE VIOLATION ON SITE TWO.
THE SPECIAL USE APPLICATION IS INTENDED TO ADDRESS AND RECTIFY THE EXISTING CODE VIOLATION, ZON DASH 0 0 1 9 9 20 24.
ON THE PARCEL NUMBER THREE, THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS GENERALLY HIGH DENSITY.
LESLIE TRENT ROAD EXTENDS APPROXIMATELY 697 FEET TO ITS INTERSECTION WITH STATON AVENUE IN ENCOMPASSING NINE RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES AND ONE CHURCH.
THE PROPOSED USE WILL NOT DETRACT FROM THE GENERAL CHARACTER OF THE SURROUNDING RESIDENTIAL ZONE NEIGHBORHOOD.
SEVERAL PARCELS IN THE VICINITY CURRENTLY SUPPORT THE SAME USE INDICATING ITS COMP COMPATIBILITY WITH THE AREA STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF SUSC DASH 0 0 0 7 0 8 DASH 2024, A SPECIAL USE PERMIT PURSUANT TO ACK COUNTY CODE SECTION 1 0 6 DASH 78 12 FOR AN ACCESSORY STRUCTURE ON A PARCEL WITH NO PRIMARY USE OR STRUCTURE ON TAX MAP NUMBER 78 A TWO DASH ONE DASH 4 39 WITH THE FOLLOWING TWO CONDITIONS, CONDITIONS ONE AND TWO, ONE, THE APPLICANT SHALL OBTAIN ALL REQUIRED PERMITS FROM THE COUNTY'S BUILDING DEPARTMENT, THE VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, AND THE VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION FOR THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE.
CONDITION NUMBER TWO, THE BUILDING APPLICATION MUST BE CONSISTENT WITH THIS SPECIAL USE PERMIT.
UM, HERE IS YOUR RECOMMENDED MOTION AND, UM, I MUST HAVE JUMPED INTO THE FUTURE
MR. TOMAS IS HERE IF YOU DID NEED TO SPEAK.
ANY QUESTIONS, MR. ANY QUESTIONS SO FAR? MM-HMM.
OKAY, MR. TOMASI, DO YOU, DID YOU WANNA COME FORWARD AND SPEAK? OKAY.
AND DO YOU SWEAR TO TELL THE WHOLE TRUTH, SO HELP YOU GOD? OKAY.
UM, YEAH, I GOT, UM, THIS, UM, SHED ON MY PROPERTY.
UM, AND, UH, I DON'T KNOW BEFORE IF I USE A PERMIT FOR MOVE THAT ON THAT PROPERTY AND, UH, 'CAUSE UH, UH, FIRE DEPARTMENT FROM
SO IT'S WHY I, AND, UH, I THINK THEY, THEY WANNA MOVE, UH, FASTER.
I CAN'T, SO IT'S WHY I DON'T, I DON'T GET, UH, ANY PERMIT AND I MOVE IT OUT FROM, UH, FROM
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AND I THINK, UH, DID ANNETTE AUSTIN WANNA COME FORWARD AND TALK? THAT'S ME.
UM, YOU KNOW, I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF MY MOTHER OKAY.
IN THE COMMUNITY, UH, NEAR THIS, UM, SITE.
SO I CAME TO GET INFORMATION AND CLARIFICATION FOR HER.
AND DID YOU WANT US TO HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY TO YOU, SIR? THANK YOU FOR THE TIME TO SPEAK.
AND WHAT MS. REYES WAS SAYING WAS, AND DO YOU SWEAR TO TELL THE WHOLE TRUTH AFTER? I DO.
UM, WE'RE DOING SOME CONSTRUCTION AT THE CARNIVAL GROUNDS AND WE ARE KIND OF IN A HURRY TO GET THIS BUILDING OUT OF THE WAY.
SO THE CART GOT BEFORE THE HORSE AND INTENTIONALLY.
UM, SO HE REMOVED THE, THIS BUILDING OFF OF OUR PROPERTY SO THAT WE COULD GET A NEW STRUCTURE OF THE CARNIVAL, GET THAT BALL ROLLING QUICKLY.
SO THIS, IT WAS, UH, KIND OF A NOT INTENTIONAL, SO.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? UM, MOTION I MOVE
I LOSE COUNTY BOARD SUN FIELDS APPROVE.
SUSC 0 0 0 7 0 8 DASH 2 0 2 4.
A SPECIAL USE PERMIT PURSUANT TO ACKERMAN COUNTY CODE 1 0 6 DASH 7 8 12 FOR AN ACCESSORY STRUCTURE ON A PARCEL WITH NO PRIMARY USE OR STRUCTURE ON TAX MAP NUMBER 78 A TWO DASH ONE DASH 4 3 9 WITH THE TWO CONDITIONS RECOMMENDED BY STAFF MOTION HAS BEEN MADE.
THAT WORKED OUT PRETTY GOOD, HUH? THANK YOU, MR. PADDEN.
GOOD MORNING, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, UH, LEAD PAM, THE DEPUTY COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR FOR COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
UM, JUST HERE TO GIVE YOU THAT STAFF REPORT.
UH, SO THE, UH, AS YOU ALL KNOW, I'M THE DESIGNATED SUBDIVISION AGENT AND THE, UH, AND THE DESIGNATED ZONING ADMINISTRATOR AND IT'S CUSTOM FOR THE, UH, FOR THIS REPORT TO BE GIVEN.
SO I'LL GO AHEAD AND GIVE IT MYSELF.
UM, WITH REGARDS TO THE, UH, SUBDIVISIONS, UH, WE'VE GOT ONE SIGNIFICANT SUBDIVISION THAT, UH, EVERYONE IS AWARE OF THAT'S COASTAL SQUARE AND RESIDENCES BETWEEN THE TOWNS OF ONLY.
AND ONANCOCK IS ACTUALLY IN, UH, MR. GALE'S PLANNING COMMISSION, UH, UH, IN, UH, UH, MAGISTERIAL DISTRICT.
IN ANY CASE, THE PLANNING COMMISSION WILL BE HOLDING THEIR PUBLIC HEARING NEXT WEDNESDAY NIGHT AT SEVEN O'CLOCK, UH, TO ACTUALLY MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO THE SUBDIVISION AGENT.
ME, UH, FOR THAT PRELIMINARY PLAT, UM, THEY ARE GOING FOR A, UH, PRELIMINARY PLAT FOR A 130 LOTS.
UH, SEVERAL OF THEM ARE GONNA BE TOWNHOUSES AND SEVERAL OF THEM ARE GONNA BE DUPLEXES AS PART OF THE SUBDIVISION.
THEY'RE ALSO GOING TO BE SUBDIVIDING OUT SOME COMMON AREA AND A COUPLE OF PADS FOR, UH, TWO, UH, APARTMENT BUILDINGS OF 24 UNITS EACH.
IN ANY CASE, THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF ROLE REVERSAL THERE WHERE THE PLANNING COMMISSION USUALLY MAKES A RECOMMENDATION TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
THE STAFF MAKES A RECOMMENDATION TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION, BUT IN THIS CASE, THE PLANNING COMMISSION IS MAKING A RECOMMENDATION TO THE STAFF, THE SUBDIVISION AGENT, AND, UH, EVERYTHING LOOKS GOOD.
UH, WE WILL BE RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF THAT, BUT, UM, THAT IS THE BIGGEST THING THAT WE'VE GOT GOING ON RIGHT NOW IN TERMS OF SUBDIVISIONS.
THE STAFF CONTINUES TO DO THE ROUTINE, THINGS LIKE, UM, LOT SPLITS, FAMILY SUBDIVISIONS, LOT LINE ADJUSTMENTS, AND, UM, AND, UH, UH, VALIDATION OF UNAPPROVED LOTS.
THAT CONCLUDES THE SUBDIVISION AGENT REPORT.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY, MOVING ON TO THE ZONING ADMINISTRATOR REPORT.
AND THIS IS THE, THIS IS THE ZONING ADMINISTRATOR'S OPPORTUNITY TO GO OVER SOME OF THE CASES THAT ARE, UH, THAT ARE PENDING.
UP HERE, IT SAYS TWO, BUT I HAVE ACTUALLY LISTED THREE.
I WILL PROBABLY CALL ON PAUL TO, UH, TO CONFIRM THIS LIST.
BUT THERE ARE THREE, AS FAR AS I KNOW, THREE CASES FOR, UM, FOR, UH, UH, NEXT MONTH.
DO WE HAVE TWO OR THREE? UM, THE VARIANCE I BELIEVE WILL BE WITHDRAWN AND, UM, THE OFF-PREMISES
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SIGN IS DEFINITELY ON THE DOCKET.UH, THE OTHER SPECIAL USE PERMIT WILL PROBABLY BE ON THE DOCKET, WHICH STILL TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHETHER THAT IS A COMPLETE APPLICATION SO FORWARD, BUT WE'LL, WE'LL AT LEAST HAVE ONE APPLICATION.
SO THAT'S WHAT YOU CAN LOOK FORWARD TO.
NEXT MONTH IS AT LEAST TWO SPECIAL USE PERMIT, UH, APPLICATIONS WITH REGARDS TO THE DEPUTY COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR.
UM, UH, I ALSO SERVE AS THE PLANNING DIRECTOR, IF YOU WILL.
AND, UH, WITH REGARDS TO NEXT WEEK'S PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING, WE WILL BE, UH, EXPLAINING FOR INITIATING RESOLUTIONS FROM THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, DIRECTING THE PLANNING COMMISSION TO LOOK AT, UM, TO LOOK AT SEVERAL THINGS.
UM, AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, THE MEASUREMENT OF HEIGHT IS ONE THING THAT HAS CAUSED THE STAFF.
UM, AND SOME APPLICANTS A LITTLE BIT OF CONFUSION BECAUSE THE DEFINITION OF HEIGHT DOES NOT TELL US WHERE TO MEASURE TO.
SO WE MEASURE TO THE OVERALL HEIGHT, AND WE'VE GOT SOME, UH, WE, WE'VE GOT AN ORDINANCE AMENDMENT IN MIND, UH, TO PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT OF FLEXIBILITY THERE.
AND IT'S, UH, AND, AND WE'VE LEARNED FROM SOME OTHER LOCALITIES ON HOW TO DO THAT INSTEAD OF MEASURING TO THE OVERALL HEIGHT, SOME LOCALITIES ACTUALLY MEASURE TO THE AVERAGE OR THE MEAN HEIGHT BETWEEN THE EVE AND THE, UH, AND THE ROOF RIDGE FOR A, UH, FOR A TRUSS ROOF.
UM, THE CALCULATION OF SIGNAGE AREA IS THE SECOND ONE THAT WE'LL BE, UH, GETTING INTO.
AND CURRENTLY OUR SIGN ORDINANCE IS INCREDIBLY RESTRICTIVE WHEN IT COMES TO, WHEN IT COMES TO THE SIZES OF SIGNS JUST ACROSS THE BOARD, A TOTAL OF 160 SQUARE FEET ACROSS FOUR DIFFERENT KINDS OF SIGNS.
BUT IN THE INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT WHERE WE'RE TYPICALLY TALKING ABOUT LARGER BUILDINGS WITH LARGE, WITH, WITH MORE MASSING AND MORE HEIGHT, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, 160 SQUARE FEET OR MORE SPECIFICALLY, 96 SQUARE FEET FOR, UH, FOR A, UH, UH, FOR A SIGN ON THE BUILDING IS SIMPLY NOT BIG ENOUGH.
SO WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT THAT THE NEXT TWO.
UH, AND, AND BY THE WAY, ITEMS ONE AND TWO FOR HEIGHT AND FOR SIGNAGE WILL BE HANDLED BY COUNTY PLANNER, UH, CHANTE RIDLEY.
THE NEXT TWO WILL BE HANDLED BY ME, AND WE'RE LOOKING AT SOME WAYS TO, UH, TO REDUCE LOT SIZES TO THE, TO THE END OF, UM, UH, REALLY REDUCING THE SITE COSTS FOR, UH, FOR, UH, FOR HOUSING, FOR RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT, OR TO BUILD HOUSES.
UM, RIGHT NOW IN THE, OUR DISTRICT FOR, UH, FOR LOTS WITH WATER AND SEWER, MUNICIPAL WATER AND SEWER, NOT ON SITE WELL AND SEPTIC, BUT MUNICIPAL WATER AND SEWER, THE MINIMUM LOT SIZE IS 10,000 SQUARE FEET.
AND, UH, THAT WOULD BE A LITTLE EXCESSIVE FOR, UH, YOU KNOW, FOR CERTAIN TYPES OF HOUSING, UH, UH, PRODUCTS.
SO WE'RE LOOKING AT, UH, REDUCING LOT SIZES IN THE RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT.
UH, WITH REGARDS TO NUMBER FOUR.
AND THESE ARE GONNA BE TAKEN TOGETHER.
WE'RE LOOKING, UH, POTENTIALLY AT SEEING IF THERE'S A WAY TO APPLY THOSE REDUCED BULK REGULATIONS TO THE, UH, TO THE AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT.
A COUPLE OF OTHER ITEMS THAT ARE NOT ON THIS LIST OF ORDINANCE AMENDMENTS ARE, UH, ARE TWO ORDINANCE AMENDMENTS THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION HAS BEEN CONSIDERING OVER THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS.
NUMBER ONE, THE DEFINITION OF SUBDIVISION.
PRIMARILY THE DEFINITION OF SUBDIVISION SAYS THAT A SPLIT, UH, IT DEFINES IT AS A SPLIT OF PROPERTY FROM ONE LOT INTO THREE LOTS.
AND THAT HAS ALSO CON UH, HAS ALSO, UH, CREATED A GREAT DEAL OF CONFUSION, ESPECIALLY OVER IN THE CIRCUIT COURT, UH, UH, RECORDS ROOM.
SO, UH, WE WILL BE ADJUSTING THAT TO A MORE COMMON SENSE DEFINITION.
LIKE IF YOU'RE, IF YOU'RE SPLITTING ONE LOT INTO TWO, THAT IS A SUBDIVISION.
AND THAT'S OUR INTENT WITH THIS ORDINANCE AMENDMENT.
THE OTHER ORDINANCE AMENDMENT IS WITH REGARDS TO THE TERMS OF VALIDITY FOR SITE PLANS AND FOR OTHER CERTAIN PERMITS.
WE DO NOT HAVE, YOU KNOW, UH, WE DON'T HAVE ENCODED IN THE ZONING ORDINANCE HOW LONG A SITE PLAN IS GOOD FOR.
WE ALSO GET THAT FROM STATE CODE.
SO THE PLANNING COMMISSION WILL BE MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT ORDINANCE AMENDMENT IN THE NEXT, UH, UM, I WOULD SAY IN MARCH WE WILL BE REQUESTING A, UH, WE WILL, WE WILL BE REQUESTING PUBLIC HEARINGS FOR THE DEFINITION OF SUBDIVISION AND THE TERMS OF VALIDITY, UH, NEXT WEEK FOR A MARCH PUBLIC HEARING OR TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS.
WITH REGARDS TO STAFFING, UM, IT'S TWO STEPS FORWARD, TWO STEPS BACK WHEN IT COMES TO RECRUITMENT.
UH, WE DID HAVE TWO POSITIONS, UH, BECOME VACANT WITHIN A WEEK OF EACH OTHER.
UH, A BUILDING INSPECTOR AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNER POSITION, THOSE ARE BOTH NOW VACANT.
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WE HAD PREVIOUSLY HAD 16 EMPLOYEES, INCLUDING MYSELF, THERE ARE 14 EMPLOYEES.WE HAVE AN AUTHORIZED STRENGTH OF 19.
SO IN TERMS OF, IN TERMS OF PERCENTAGE, WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE UP THERE AS FAR AS, AS FAR AS VACANCIES ARE CONCERNED, UH, WE WILL BE, UH, PUTTING THAT, UH, THOSE RECRUITMENTS OUT PROBABLY IN THE NEXT MONTH OR SO.
BUT, UH, THAT IS THE SITUATION WITH REGARDS TO STAFFING.
SO IF YOU ALL KNOW OF ANY TRADESMEN WHO ARE LOOKING TO GET INTO THE, UH, INTO THE BUILDING CODE SIDE, WE'D LOVE TO TALK WITH THEM.
AND THEN LIKEWISE, WE'RE ALSO LOOKING FOR, UH, NOT JUST AN ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNER IN OUR ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS DIVISION, BUT ALSO A DEPUTY DIRECTOR.
THIS WOULD BE PAUL'S COUNTERPART.
PAUL IS THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF CODE ADMINISTRATION, WHICH IS OVER BUILDING AND ZONING.
WE'VE BEEN WITHOUT A, UM, UM, AN ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS MANAGER TYPE PERSON FOR, UM, WELL, THIS WILL BE THE THIRD YEAR SINCE THE, UH, SINCE THE MOST RECENT ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS, UH, DIRECTOR, WHO IS CHRIS
SO, UH, WE CONTINUE TO STRUGGLE WITH RECRUITMENT.
WE'RE TRYING TO HOLD IT TOGETHER WITH, UH, WITH CONSULTANTS.
UM, THERE MAY ALSO BE SOME OVERTIME AVAILABLE DEPENDING ON WHAT THE PROJECT IS, BUT WE'RE, WE'RE DOWN SEVERAL POSITIONS AND WE HOPE TO RECTIFY THAT.
THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION AND I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME.
UH, JUST TO REITERATE, WE DO HAVE A MEETING SET FOR MARCH 5TH, AND WE DO HAVE APPLICATION, UH, AT LEAST SOME APPLICATIONS TO BE.
DO I HEAR A MOTION TO ADJOURN? MOVE TO ADJOURN.
MOTION HAS BEEN MADE AND SECONDED.