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THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING FOR JUNE THE 22ND 2023.THANK YOU. I'D ASK THAT EVERYONE STAND AND COMMISSIONER WAYMACK WILL HAVE OUR INVOCATION.
AND COMMISSIONER BROCKWELL WILL LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
HEAVENLY FATHER, WE THANK THEE FOR THIS DAY YOU HAVE GIVEN TO US.
PLEASE GUIDE US IN OUR JUDGMENT, IN HEARING AND ACTING ON THE CASES BEFORE US TONIGHT.
WE PRAY FOR THE SAFE TRAVELS FOR ALL OF OUR ATTENDEES AS WE VENTURE HOME TONIGHT.
WE ALSO PRAY FOR YOUR COMFORTING HAND OVER MADAM CHAIR JEAN AND HER FAMILY DURING THIS TIME.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
AT THIS TIME IF YOU WOULD LOOK UNDER TAB ONE, WE NEED TO HAVE AN ADOPTION
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OF THE AGENDA.THANK YOU. AT THIS TIME, ANYONE WHO WISHES TO MAKE PUBLIC COMMENTS THAT DOES NOT HAVE TO DO WITH ANY PUBLIC HEARINGS TONIGHT CAN COME FORWARD TO THE PODIUM, STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS, AND YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK.
I CLOSE THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD.
NOW, IF ANY OF THE COMMISSIONERS WOULD LIKE TO MAKE SOME COMMENTS.
OKAY. HAVING NONE THEN WE NEED TO UNDER TAB TWO HAVE
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A MOTION. AND SECOND, FOR THE ADOPTION OF THE WORK SESSION MINUTE MEETING MINUTES.I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT THE WORK SESSION MEETINGS FROM MAY 22ND BE ACCEPTED AS WRITTEN.
THANK YOU. THEN WE NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND UNDER TAB THREE FOR THE ADOPTION OF THE BUSINESS MINUTE MEETINGS FOR MAY THE 25TH 2023.
MADAM CHAIR I MOVE THAT WE ACCEPT THE MINUTES AS PRESENTED.
THANK YOU. NOW WE COME TO THE PUBLIC HEARINGS.
[PUBLIC HEARINGS]
MR. GRAVES.IF YOU WOULD PRESENT THE REZONING RZ 23-06.
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GIVING A SECOND FOR THE PROJECTOR TO COME ON.I'M GOING TO MAKE SURE I GOT THIS.
ALL RIGHT. SO THIS IS THE FIRST ITEM IS UNDER TAB FOUR FOR YOU.
IT'S REZONING REQUEST RZ 23-06, AND IT'S A REQUEST OF THE PROPERTY OWNERS, FLOYD O.
POWERS. BUT THE ACTUAL APPLICANT IS TANYA HALEY.
AND THE REQUEST IS TO REZONE A PROPERTY FROM M-2 TO B-1 FOR THE PURPOSE OF INITIALLY FOR THE PURPOSES OF A MEAD PRODUCTION FACILITY AND TASTING ROOM BUSINESS.
SUBJECT PROPERTY IS AT 5108 PRINCE GEORGE DRIVE TAX MAP NUMBER 24162.
AND THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN INDICATES THAT THE PROPERTY IS PLANNED FOR COMMERCIAL USES.
HERE'S THE LOCATION MAP IN THE COUNTY.
THE PROPERTIES OUTLINED IN RED OFF OF PRINCE GEORGE.
DRIVE DOWN DOWN A PRIVATE LANE.
AND YOU CAN SEE THE PROPERTIES OUTLINED, THE PROPERTY OUTLINED HERE AGAIN, THIS IS THE ZONING MAP AND THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS COLORED GRAY FOR M-2, INDUSTRIAL, GENERAL INDUSTRIAL.
AND THE RED COLOR IS OF COURSE, B-1 ZONING AROUND THAT.
HERE'S THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN MAP.
IT IS COLORED RED AS IT'S PLANNED FOR COMMERCIAL USES.
AND THE AERIAL VIEW, AGAIN, THIS ONE PROPERTY, AN EXISTING BUILDING ON IT.
SO THE GOALS OF THE APPLICANT ARE TO LEASE AND THEN BUY THE PROPERTY CONSISTING OF TWO TAX PARCELS, ONE OF WHICH HAS A BUILDING ON IT AND ONE OF WHICH IS VACANT LAND IN BETWEEN THE BUILDING AND PRINCE GEORGE DRIVE.
AND THEIR GOAL IS TO OPEN A MEAD AND HONEY PRODUCTION FACILITY AND TASTING ROOM WITH A SNACK BAR.
AND THERE'S SOME OTHER DETAILS ABOUT THAT.
THE ADJACENT USES ON THE SURROUNDING PROPERTIES.
YOU HAVE TO THE EAST PRINCE GEORGE DRIVE.
TO THE SOUTH OF THIS BUILDING.
THERE'S COMMERCIAL, INDUSTRIAL AND TREES, BUT IT'S OCCUPIED BY TRI-CITY WRECKER AND AUTO REPAIR.
EXPECTED IMPACTS ON ADJACENT PROPERTIES AND ROADWAYS FOR THE REZONING CHANGE.
THERE'S NOT EXPECTED TO BE ANY CHANGE FROM THE REZONING ALONE.
THE M-2 ZONING ALREADY ALLOWS FOR MORE INTENSIVE USES AND TRAFFIC THAN A B-1 ZONING DISTRICT IS.
SO THOSE ANY PARTICULAR CONCERNS ABOUT THE WHAT THE APPLICANT SPECIFICALLY WANTS TO DO, WHICH IS THE MEAD PRODUCTION AND THE TASTING ROOM THAT SHOULD BE ADDRESSED DURING THE SPECIAL EXCEPTION PROCESS, WHICH THEY HAVE TO GET APPROVAL OF THAT TO DO THAT ACTIVITY ON THE PROPERTY ANYWAY.
SO THIS REZONING IS JUST CHANGING THE ZONING OF THE PROPERTY.
VDOT REVIEWED THIS THEY SAID THERE'S AN EXISTING COMMERCIAL ENTRANCE THAT'S ADEQUATE FOR B-1 ZONING USES AND THERE'S NO TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS REQUIRED AND THERE'S NO OBJECTION FROM VDOT FOR REZONING OF THE PROPERTY.
BUILDING BUILDING INSPECTIONS STATED THAT A CHANGE OF USE PROCESS IS REQUIRED AND THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SAID IF THEY'RE USING PRIVATE WELL AND SEPTIC TO HAVE THE SYSTEM EVALUATED BY A PROFESSIONAL.
SO THAT'S GOING TO BE UP TO THEM WHAT'S GOING TO BE APPROPRIATE FOR WHAT THEIR NEEDS ARE.
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PROFFERED CONDITIONS. THEY DID NOT PROFFER ANY CONDITIONS FOR THIS REZONING.STAFF IS STAFF IS ACCEPTING OF THAT.
THIS IS A DOWN ZONING FROM M-2 TO B-1 AND THERE'S ANY SPECIFIC CONCERNS ABOUT THEIR PARTICULAR PLANS CAN BE ADDRESSED DURING THE SPECIAL EXCEPTION PROCESS FOLLOWING THIS ONE, WHICH I MEAN THE PUBLIC HEARING WILL FOLLOW THIS ONE.
THERE WAS PUBLIC FEEDBACK RECEIVED PRIOR TO THIS MEETING.
AND WE DID HAVE ONE ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNER WHO LIVES IN THE DWELLING ADJACENT TO THIS BUILDING.
AND THAT WILL BE ADDRESSED SEPARATELY FROM THESE THESE APPROVALS.
THE OUTDOOR MUSIC, THEY WERE CONCERNED ABOUT THAT BEING LOUD.
THE APPLICANT WOULD BE ABLE TO SPEAK ABOUT WHAT THEIR SPECIFIC PLANS ARE.
AGAIN, I'D ENCOURAGE THAT TO BE FOCUSED OF THE SPECIAL EXCEPTION PROCESS.
STAFF WE NOTED HERE THAT THIS CAN BE ADDRESSED DURING THE SPECIAL EXCEPTION PROCESS.
WE CAN HAVE CONDITIONS THAT GET AT THOSE CONCERNS.
STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION FOR THE REZONING REQUEST IS APPROVAL.
SO THIS SHOULD IN THEORY BE THE USES OF THE PROPERTY ARE LESS INTENSIVE THAN WHAT'S PERMITTED AT M-2 ZONING DISTRICT, WHICH ALLOWS HEAVY TRUCK TRAFFIC AND THINGS LIKE THAT. THE TWO CALLS WERE RECEIVED IN SUPPORT AND THERE WAS ONE CONCERNS WITH ONE ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNER.
AND WE AS STAFF FEEL LIKE THOSE CAN BE ADDRESSED DURING THE SPECIAL EXCEPTION PROCESS.
WE DID ALL THE REQUIRED ADVERTISEMENTS.
I'VE TOLD YOU ABOUT THE NOTICES THAT WE'VE GOT, SO I'M HERE IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS FOR STAFF AND WE HAVE TONY AND MIKE HALEY ARE HERE, IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS FOR FOR THEM ABOUT THEIR PLANS.
SO. ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF MR. GRAVES WHILE THE APPLICANTS? NO, NO.
THIS BEING A PUBLIC HEARING, IF ANYONE WISHES TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST.
I CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND TURN IT BACK OVER TO THE COMMISSIONERS.
I MOVE TO FORWARD REQUEST RZ 23-06 TO THE BOARD WITH A RECOMMENDATION FOR APPROVAL.
THANK YOU. OUR NEXT IS A SPECIAL EXCEPTION.
ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING ONCE AGAIN.
AND WE HAVE A SPECIAL EXCEPTION REQUEST ESSER 2305.
IT'S UNDER TAB FIVE FOR YOU AND AND IN THE PACKET WHICH IS POSTED ONLINE.
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TO PERMIT A WHOLESALE AND PROCESSING ACTIVITIES PURSUANT TO CODE SECTION PROVIDED THERE AND A TAVERN PURSUANT TO THE CODE SECTION PROVIDED THERE.AND THIS IS WITHIN A B-1 GENERAL BUSINESS ZONING DISTRICT.
AND THE PURPOSE OF THE REQUEST IS TO OPEN A MEAD PRODUCTION FACILITY AND TASTING ROOM.
THE SUBJECT PROPERTY, CONSISTING OF TWO TAX PARCELS IS APPROXIMATELY 2.35 ACRES IN SIZE.
AGAIN, IT'S THE SAME PROPERTY AS THE LAST CASE, ADDING ONE TAX PARCEL.
IT'S LOCATED ON PRINCE GEORGE DRIVE.
AND ON THIS VIEW, YOU CAN SEE THE ZONING MAP WHICH YOU'VE JUST RECOMMENDED, THAT THE ONE OF THE TWO PARCELS BE REZONED FROM M-2 TO B-1, SO IT WOULD ALL BE ZONED FOR BUSINESS.
AND ON THIS SLIDE, YOU CAN SEE THE TWO PARCELS OUTLINED IN BLUE.
AGAIN, ONE PARCELS GOT A BUILDING ON IT AND SOME PARKING AREA AND ONE PARCEL IS GRASS.
THE APPLICANT'S GOALS ARE AGAIN TO LEASE AND THEN BUY THE PROPERTY AT 5108.
THAT'S A TYPO, PRINCE GEORGE DRIVE AND THE TWO TAX PARCELS.
THEY WANT TO PLANT ADDITIONAL TREES.
THEY HAVE SOME BEAUTIFICATION PLANS, BUT THE GENERAL IDEA IS TASTING MEAD PRODUCTS AND PRODUCTION OF THE PRODUCTS.
WE'LL GET INTO WHAT THOSE TERMS MEAN.
NOW JUST SHOWING THE WHOLE PROPERTY.
AND HERE IS A PHOTO FROM THE FRONT OF THE PROPERTY ALONG PRINCE GEORGE DRIVE.
ON THE TOP VIEW WE CAN SEE A VIEW ACROSS THE GRASS TOWARD THE BUILDING.
AND THE SECOND PHOTO IS A VIEW BEHIND THE BUILDING WHERE YOU CAN SEE THE SMALL ASPHALT PARKING AREA.
BEHIND THAT, THERE'S ALSO A CHAIN LINK FENCE FENCED IN AREA.
BEHIND THAT, THERE'S ALSO A MOBILE HOME WHICH IS BARELY VISIBLE IN THAT VIEW.
AND AGAIN, THAT'S A SEPARATE ISSUE FROM FROM WHAT'S AT HAND.
NO APPROVAL THAT YOU'RE GRANTING WOULD WOULD GRANT ANY PERMISSION ON THAT.
YOU KNOW, WE'RE MAKING A DETERMINATION ON WHETHER THAT'S PERMITTED.
AND IF IT'S NOT PERMITTED, THEN WE'LL ASK FOR IT TO BE REMOVED.
SO YOU CAN ALSO SEE IN THAT SECOND PHOTO THE ROLL UP DOORS ON THE REAR OF THE BUILDING.
THE THIS VIEW SHOWS, AND IT IS DIFFICULT TO SEE AT THIS VIEW AT THIS DISTANCE.
THIS WAS PROVIDED BY THE APPLICANT.
AND BEHIND THAT, TO THE TO THE LEFT OR THE WEST IS PARKING.
AND I THINK THAT SAYS PLANTS AND ADDITIONAL SEATING AND TO THE RIGHT OF THE BUILDING OR TO THE EAST TOWARD PRINCE GEORGE DRIVE IS.
YOU'VE GOT SOME OUTDOOR SEATING AREAS.
AND ALSO THEY'VE NOTED A SPACE FOR SMALL, REMOVABLE, REMOVABLE STAGE.
IN THIS SKETCH, YOU CAN SEE THE INDOOR LAYOUT.
GENERALLY, THERE'S A PRODUCTION AREA, A KITCHEN AREA, BAR TOP, AND THEN AN OPEN FLOOR PLAN FOR FOR SEATING AND BATHROOMS. AND THERE'S THE ROLL UP DOORS ARE SHOWN ON THE PLAN AS WELL.
THESE ARE SOME EXAMPLE PHOTOS PROVIDED BY THE APPLICANT APPLICANT TO SHOW WHAT THEY ENVISION.
THE BOTTOM LEFT PHOTO IS A PHOTO FROM THEIR EXISTING FACILITY THAT THEY HAVE IN HOPEWELL.
I DIDN'T MENTION, BUT THEY HAVE A FACILITY IN HOPEWELL THAT THEY ALREADY HAVE HAVE A MEAD PRODUCTION AND TASTING AREA, AND THEN THEY ALSO HAVE A FACILITY IN FREDERICKSBURG. AND SO THE TOP TWO PHOTOS ARE SOME OUTDOOR PHOTOS SHOWING WHAT THEY HAVE IN MIND.
AND THERE'S A PHOTO ON THE RIGHT SHOWING PEOPLE SEATED UNDER AN OUTDOOR COVER.
AND I THINK THAT'S FROM THEIR FREDERICKSBURG FACILITY.
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YEAH. AND A PICTURE OF THEIR PRODUCTION EQUIPMENT FOR PRODUCING THE MEAD.PLANNING AND ZONING REVIEW COMMENTS.
STAFF RECOMMENDS A CONDITION TO FOR FOR IF THIS IS APPROVED THAT THAT IT WOULD LIMIT THE PRODUCTION TO WHAT THEY WANT TO DO, WHICH IS MEAD MEAD AND RELATED PRODUCTS AND THE TAVERN USE THAT THEY WANT TO DO IS DEFINING THE WEBSTER'S DICTIONARY MERRIAM WEBSTER DICTIONARY AS AN ESTABLISHMENT WHERE ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES ARE SOLD TO BE DRUNK ON THE PREMISES.
WE'VE REVIEWED THAT ON THE LAST CASE.
BUT TO THE EAST THERE'S VACANT LAND.
AND THEN ACROSS THAT ROAD THERE'S A VACANT OR OPEN PROPERTY.
AND STAFF'S NOT RECOMMENDING A TIA BECAUSE THIS WON'T GENERATE ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC COMPARED TO OTHER USES THAT ARE PERMITTED BY RIGHT IN A B-1 ZONING DISTRICT. SO VDOT HAS NOTED THAT THE COMMERCIAL ENTRANCE ALREADY EXISTS.
REGARDING THE POTENTIAL FOR OTHER NEIGHBORING PROPERTIES TO SEE PARKING AND OUTDOOR SEATING.
AND YOU KNOW THEY THOSE ARE MITIGATE CAN BE MITIGATED THROUGH CONDITION RELATING TO SCREENING AND BASED ON THE APPLICANT'S PLANS FOR WHERE THEY PLAN TO HAVE THESE THINGS, IT SHOULD BE OBSCURED FROM FROM VIEW OF ADJACENT PROPERTIES.
BUT THEY HAVE SHOWN PLANS TO PLANT ADDITIONAL TREES AND THE NOISE FROM CUSTOMERS SEATED OUTDOORS SHOULD BE SHOULD BE PRETTY QUIET WITH WHAT THEY WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING TO DO IS AND BUT THE LOCATION OF THOSE PEOPLE ON THE PROPERTY SHOULD SHOULD BE PRETTY FAR AWAY FROM ADJACENT PROPERTIES AND SHOULD BE HAVE BUILDING, HAVE THE BUILDING IN BETWEEN THEM OR TREES AND OTHER MEANS OF REDUCING THAT NOISE.
SO ANY BUSINESS ZONED PROPERTY HAS TO ADHERE TO TO THOSE RULES.
SO IT SHOULDN'T BE AUDIBLE IN A DWELLING ANYTIME OUTSIDE OF THOSE BUSINESS HOURS.
OTHER STAFF REVIEW COMMENTS COME FROM VDOT.
THERE'S A COMMERCIAL ENTRANCE ALREADY EXISTING.
NO TIA REQUIRED. THEY HAVE NO OBJECTION.
THE BUILDING INSPECTIONS OFFICE AGAIN, THIS IS A CHANGE OF USE IS REQUIRED.
THESE ARE THE SAME MOSTLY THE SAME COMMENTS AS THE REZONING.
THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT DID NOTE THAT FOR THERE WOULD BE SOME REGULATION FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND CONSUMER SERVICES AND AGAIN, COMMENTS FROM DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND UTILITIES DEPARTMENT ARE BASICALLY GETTING AT THAT IT'S UP TO THE APPLICANT WHETHER THEY WANT TO USE ON SITE PRIVATE SYSTEM FOR WELL, FOR WATER AND SEWER OR IF THEY WANT TO CONNECT TO PUBLIC UTILITIES.
EITHER WAY, THEY'LL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR WHATEVER COSTS THOSE ENTAIL.
SO STAFF HAS CONDITIONS THAT ARE INTENDED TO ADDRESS FEEDBACK THAT HAS BEEN RECEIVED.
AND MAYBE I'LL GO TO THE FEEDBACK FIRST.
AGAIN, THIS IS THE SAME FEEDBACK THAT WE TALKED THROUGH BEFORE, BUT TWO CITIZENS HAVE CALLED TO EXPRESS SUPPORT AND THEN ONE CITIZEN WE HEARD FROM, TOO, HAD SOME CONCERNS RELATING TO THE MOBILE HOME, WHICH WILL BE ADDRESSED SEPARATELY.
OUTDOOR MUSIC AND POTENTIAL FOR CUSTOMERS TO WALK ON THE PROPERTY.
THE THERE IS A THERE ARE SOME CONDITIONS THAT THAT GET AT THE OUTDOOR MUSIC AND AGAIN THE APPLICANT CAN CAN SHARE MORE WITH YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ABOUT THEIR PLANS.
WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO STOP CUSTOMERS FROM WALKING ONTO AN ADJACENT PROPERTY.
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WE JUST LOOK FOR THE BUSINESS OWNER TO TO WORK PROACTIVELY TO TO BE A GOOD, GOOD NEIGHBOR.THE CONDITIONS THAT STAFF RECOMMENDS ARE THAT WE DEFINE A TAVERN AS AN ESTABLISHMENT WHERE ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES ARE SOLD TO BE DRUNK ON THE PREMISES. SO THAT'S BASICALLY THE WEBSTER'S DICTIONARY.
BUT WE DO HAVE IN PARENTHESES PRIMARILY MEAD PRODUCED BY THE BUSINESS OWNER.
IT'S NOT SUPPOSED TO BE JUST AN OPEN BAR.
AND THIS WOULD ALSO INCLUDE THAT THEY CAN DO RETAIL SALES OF THEIR OF THEIR PRODUCTS WHICH IS PERMITTED BY RIGHT IN THE B-1 ZONING DISTRICT ANYWAY JUST TO SELL TO TAKE OFF SITE.
NOW, OF COURSE THEY'LL HAVE TO COMPLY WITH THE ABC LAWS AND AND EVERYTHING, BUT THIS WOULD ALSO INCLUDE INDOOR OUTDOOR SEATING AND INDOOR OUTDOOR ENTERTAINMENT OF AN ACCESSORY NATURE. AND THAT WORDING IS CHOSEN TO SHOW THAT IT'S NOT SUPPOSED TO BE, YOU KNOW, LOUD, YOU KNOW, IN YOUR FACE NOISE. AND THAT'S NOT WHAT THEY THEY'VE, THEY'VE STATED THAT'S NOT WHAT THEY INTENDED AND THAT'S NOT WHAT YOU SEE AT THEIR OTHER BUSINESSES.
BUT THAT'S JUST A CONDITION THAT CAN THEY CAN BE HELD TO IF THERE IS ISSUES.
THE THE WHOLESALE AND PROCESSING IS LIMITED TO MEAD WINE AND RELATED PRODUCTS.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO BE FLEXIBLE ON EXACTLY HOW THAT'S DONE.
BUT THE POINT IS TO TO OBSCURE THAT FROM ANY ADJACENT DWELLING.
THIS WAS A STATEMENT FROM THE APPLICANT.
SO WE ADDED AS A CONDITION THAT THE OUTDOOR ENTERTAINMENT SHALL END NO LATER THAN 9 P.M.
SO THAT'S CONSISTENT WITH THE SKETCH THAT THEY PROVIDED ABOUT WHERE THEY WANTED TO PUT A STAGE.
AND THAT'S PRETTY FAR FROM ANY EXISTING DWELLINGS ON ADJACENT PROPERTIES.
THE, AND THEN FINALLY, THERE'S A GENERAL CONDITION ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT THEY THAT THEY ARE AWARE THAT AND EVERYONE IS AWARE THAT ALL REQUIRED FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL LICENSES PERMITS SHALL BE OBTAINED.
AND THAT'S THOSE APPLY NO MATTER WHAT.
ALL BUSINESSES ARE REGULATED BY DIFFERENT STATE AGENCIES, AND IN THIS CASE THE RELEVANT ONES ARE PROBABLY ALCOHOL, BEVERAGE CONTROL AND VDACS AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT THINGS THAT WE'VE WE'VE TALKED THROUGH IN THIS PRESENTATION.
AND IF ANY APPROVAL IS REQUIRED FROM THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, THEY'LL HAVE TO GET THAT TOO.
BUT AGAIN, ALL ALL APPLICABLE LICENSES AND PERMITS APPLY.
AND STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION ON THIS.
AND AGAIN, ALL ALL ALL RECOMMENDED CONDITIONS ARE IN THE STAFF REPORT.
OF COURSE, THE OTHER CONDITIONS THAT I DIDN'T COVER ARE STANDARD CONDITIONS ABOUT EXPIRATION.
IF IT'S NOT IN USE FOR A CERTAIN TIME PERIOD, BASICALLY.
SO STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS APPROVAL.
BUT YOU DO HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING, SO THAT IS THE OPPORTUNITY FOR ANY PUBLIC TO SAY ANYTHING.
THE I HAVE YOU HAVE SAMPLE MOTIONS IN YOUR STAFF REPORT.
AS ALWAYS, I CAN ANSWER QUESTIONS FOR STAFF.
AND AGAIN, THE APPLICANTS ARE HERE IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS FOR THEM.
THANK YOU. ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? MR. GRAVES? NO. OKAY.
HOW ABOUT THE APPLICANT? OKAY. THANK YOU.
SINCE THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING, I WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.
ANYONE WHO WISHES TO COME FORWARD, TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS AND SPEAK NO LONGER THAN THREE MINUTES.
SEEING NONE I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND TURN IT BACK OVER TO THE COMMISSIONERS.
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RECOMMENDED CONDITIONS IN THE STAFF REPORT.THANK YOU. [INAUDIBLE] OUR NEXT PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE ON REZONING RZ 23-07.
MR. GRAVES, WOULD YOU TELL US ABOUT THAT ONE? OKAY. UNDER TAB SIX.
THIS IS THE THIRD AND FINAL CASE FOR TONIGHT.
AND THE APPLICANT IS HERE MR. PATEL. AND HIS REQUEST IS TO REZONE AN APPROXIMATELY 0.3 ACRE.
THAT'S A THIRD OF AN ACRE PORTION OF A PROPERTY FROM RESIDENTIAL AGRICULTURAL TO GENERAL BUSINESS, SO THAT THE ENTIRE PARCEL THAT THE HOTEL IS ON WILL BE ZONED GENERAL BUSINESS.
THE SUBJECT PROPERTY ADDRESS IS 16501 SUNNYBROOK ROAD.
AND THE COMP PLAN INDICATES THE PROPERTY IS PLANNED FOR COMMERCIAL USES.
THE LOCATION MAP SHOWS THE TAX PARCEL TRIANGULAR IN SHAPE THAT THE HOTEL IS ON AND THE BLUE RECTANGLE ON THAT RED OUTLINE ON THE SCREEN SHOWS THE ACTUAL AREA THAT'S REQUESTED FOR REZONING.
YOU CAN SEE IT'S A SMALL PART OF THE OVERALL PARCEL.
THANK YOU. THE ZONING MAP SHOWS AGAIN THE PARCEL AND ITS CURRENT ZONING AND THE SPECIFIC AREA IS FURTHER OUTLINED IN BLUE.
THE OVERALL PARCEL USED TO HAVE OTHER HOTELS ON IT AND IT'S THE SUBJECT OF A REZONING CASE WHICH YOU RECENTLY RECOMMENDED APPROVAL ON. THE BOARD HAS POSTPONED THAT REQUEST.
THIS REQUEST IS SEPARATE FROM THAT.
IT'S JUST TO REZONE THIS SMALL PIECE OF THAT'S RELATED TO THE EXISTING HOTEL.
TWO AERIAL VIEWS, ONE FAR OUT.
YOU CAN SEE IT'S AND ONE CLOSE UP.
THE PROPERTY HAS BEEN SPLIT ZONED SINCE 1965.
THE HOTEL WAS BUILT BEFORE THAT.
THE HOTEL OWNER HAS A 99 YEAR GROUND LEASE AND IS IN THE PROCESS OF PURCHASING THE PROPERTY.
THE HOTEL OWNER PLANS WHO IS THE APPLICANT PLANS TO PURCHASE PART OF AN ADJACENT PARCEL TO INSTALL A NEW SEPTIC SYSTEM THAT'S SHOWN ON A PLAT INCLUDED WITH THE APPLICATION MATERIALS.
THE AREA THAT THEY WANT TO PURCHASE IS JUST TO THE NORTH, UP TO THE TOP.
IT'S GOT TREES ON IT RIGHT NOW.
IT'S THE REMAINDER OF TAX PARCEL ENDING IN 25-0, WHICH IS THE TRIANGULAR SHAPE HAS BEEN. I MENTIONED HAS BEEN REQUESTED FOR REZONING AS WELL TO BUSINESS.
SO THE ENTIRE PARCEL WOULD BE ZONED FOR BUSINESS IF APPROVED.
SO THE APPLICANT'S GOALS ARE TO SUBDIVIDE THE HOTEL, PARCEL THE HOTEL ONTO A SEPARATE PARCEL OWNED BY THEM, AND THE LOT MUST MEET MINIMUM LOT SIZE REQUIREMENTS IN ORDER FOR THAT TO BE COMPLETED.
SO IT NEEDS TO EITHER BE FIVE ACRES IF PART OF THE PROPERTY IS ZONED RA OR IT CAN BE LESS THAN THAT IF IT'S ZONED B B-1. SO THIS IS THE MAIN REASON THAT THEY'RE REQUESTING THIS IS, IS JUST TO FINISH UP SUBDIVIDING THE HOTEL OFF ONTO ITS OWN PIECE OF LAND.
UM, THEY'RE JUST GOING TO CONTINUE THE EXISTING HOTEL USE.
AND SO THEIR REQUEST IS TO REZONE 0.3 ACRES FROM RA TO B-1.
SO THERE'S NO CHANGE TO THE EXISTING HOTEL USE.
HERE AGAIN IS THE AERIAL VIEW TO SEE THAT AREA.
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AND PLANNING AND ZONING COMMENTS.AND TO THE EAST IS INTERSTATE 95.
IT JUST BRINGS IT MAKES THE WHOLE PROPERTY ZONED B-1.
THERE'S NO NEED FOR MITIGATING IMPACTS BECAUSE IT'S NOT EXPECTED TO BE ANY CHANGE.
THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS THAT WE HEARD FROM THE ASSESSOR'S OFFICE, THEY PROVIDED SOME COMMENTS TALKING ABOUT HOW THE HOTEL PARCEL WAS PREVIOUSLY TRACKED ADMINISTRATIVELY.
THAT MEANS BY STAFF OF THE COUNTY UNDER A DIFFERENT NUMBER THAT DIDN'T.
SO THE HOTEL SEEMED LIKE IT WAS A DIFFERENT PROPERTY, BUT IT WAS NOT.
IT WAS JUST A LEASE AREA ON THE ON THE TRIANGLE PROPERTY.
AND THE THE PATELS HAVE A CONTRACTUAL OWNERSHIP AND OR TENANCY.
AND THE CURRENT LAND OWNER IS INTERSTATE VA HOLDINGS, LLC.
AND THE APPLICANT IS WORKING TO COMPLY WITH DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH REGULATIONS BY INSTALLING A NEW SEPTIC SYSTEM. THERE'S NO PROPER CONDITIONS.
STAFF FEELS THIS IS APPROPRIATE FOR THIS.
THERE'S NO CHANGE OF WHAT'S GOING ON.
THERE'S, OF COURSE, A SIGN ON THE PROPERTY.
WE DID ALL THE REQUIRED NOTICES AND I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
AND MR. PATEL IS HERE IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS FOR HIM.
OKAY. ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? THERE IS AN EXISTING HOTEL ON THERE NOW THAT THEY ARE GOING TO REMODEL.
OR I MIGHT LIKE HIM TO COME UP AND ANSWER THAT.
THAT'S A BETTER QUESTION FOR HIM.
HELLO. YES, WE ARE PLANNING TO REMODEL THE HOTEL AFTER GETTING ALL THIS WORK DONE.
AND YOU'RE REMODELING WHAT? THE EXISTING HOTEL.
THE EXISTING HOTEL. JUST THE ROOMS. REMODEL IT AND MAKE IT PRESENTABLE MORE THAN WHAT IT IS.
OH, YOU SAID THAT SUPERVISORS POSTPONED IT, DID THEY? IS THAT TWO SEPARATE CASES? THE HOTEL AND THE TRAVEL CENTER? TWO SEPARATE CASES, YES.
SO THEY COULD APPROVE THE HOTEL, BUT NOT APPROVE THE TRAVEL CENTER? CORRECT. SO THIS BUT THIS REZONING IS JUST FOR THE HOTEL.
CORRECT. A PIECE OF THE HOTEL, RIGHT? CORRECT. THAT.
SO THERE WERE NO PEOPLE THAT WHEN YOU SENT OUT NOTICES, THEY SENT ANY COMMENTS.
OKAY. SINCE THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING, I WILL OPEN IT UP FOR ANYONE WHO WANTS TO COME AND SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST. THE I ASK THAT YOU COME FORWARD, STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS, AND YOU HAVE UP TO THREE MINUTES.
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PARDON ME. OKAY.I MOVE TO FORWARD REQUEST RZ 23-07 TO THE BOARD WITH A RECOMMENDATION FOR APPROVAL.
OKAY. WE HAVE THE ACTIONS OF THE BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS AND COMMUNICATIONS.
[COMMUNICATIONS]
[INAUDIBLE] ALL RIGHT. SO UNDER COMMUNICATIONS, WE HAVE THREE ITEMS THAT WE WROTE IN THEIR ACTIONS OF THE BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS.THOSE THE MEETING FOR JUNE WAS CANCELED AND THE MEETING FOR JULY WILL BE CANCELED.
UM, THE ACTIONS OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
WE DIDN'T GET A RECAP IN TIME, BUT THE BOARD APPROVED.
WHAT WAS THE OTHER CASE? OKAY. THE COMP PLAN REQUESTS TO CHANGE THE FUTURE LAND USE FROM AT WEST QUAKER ROAD AND PRINCE GEORGE DRIVE FROM RESIDENTIAL TO COMMERCIAL, WHICH THE PLANNING COMMISSION DID RECOMMEND DENIAL ON.
THE BOARD LISTENED TO THE PUBLIC CONCERNS AGAIN AND THEY RECOMMEND APPROVAL ON THAT CHANGE.
AGAIN, THAT DOESN'T APPROVE A REZONING.
IT DOESN'T APPROVE MANY STORAGE UNITS.
IT'S JUST A CHANGE OF THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP.
SO THEY APPROVE THAT ON EARLIER THIS MONTH AND THEY POSTPONED A DECISION ON THE TRAVEL PLAZA.
THEY LISTENED TO THE CITIZEN CONCERNS AND THERE WERE SOME SOME OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PROPERTY OWNER TO CHANGE THEIR PROFFERS TO ADDRESS THE CONCERNS. I THINK THAT WAS THE MAIN STUFF THAT HAPPENED AT THE BOARD MEETING THIS MONTH.
WE HAVE UPCOMING CASES FOR JULY.
NUMBER'S GONE DOWN A LITTLE BIT.
AND THEN IT'S WE HAVE SOME GOOD NEWS THAT WE THAT THE THE COUNTY HIRED A PLANNING DIRECTOR WHO'S WHO COMES IN WITH A LOT OF EXPERIENCE.
SO HE'S GOING TO START IN JULY, MID MID-JULY.
SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING HIM.
AND WE ALSO HAVE I THINK I MENTIONED THIS BEFORE, THE COUNTY HIRED A PLANNING AND ZONING TECHNICIAN AND SHE WILL START SHE JUST RECENTLY HAD A BABY.
SO SHE'S COMING IN TO START IN SEPTEMBER.
SO WE WILL HAVE SOME MORE STAFF TO HANDLE THE WORK THAT WE HAVE.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE QUESTIONS FOR STAFF MEMBERS? NO. THANK YOU.
THE COUNTY HIRED A PLANNING DIRECTOR FROM PORTSMOUTH.
HE LAST WORKED AT PORTSMOUTH CITY OF PORTSMOUTH.
ANYONE ELSE. I APOLOGIZE FOR MY PHONE GOING OFF AND I DON'T KNOW HOW TO TURN IT OFF.
DO I HEAR A MOTION FOR ADJOURNMENT? SO MOVED. SECOND.
CALL THE ROLL. YES, MR. JOYNER? YES.
MR. BROCKWELL? YES. MR. BRESKO? YES.
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AND MR. WAYMACK? YES. THANK YOU.THANK YOU.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.