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I CALL THIS, UH, YOUR COUNTY, UH, PLANNING COMMISSION.[1. Call to Order]
UH, 2023.MR. DEI, IF YOU COULD CALL THE ROLE MR. ROY? YES.
MR. WASMER, MR. CHAIRMAN, YOU HAVE A QUORUM.
CODE OF VIRGINIA REQUIRES LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO HAVE A PLANNING COMMISSION.
THE PURPOSE OF WHICH IS TO ADVISE THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ON LAND USE PLANNING ISSUES AFFECTING THE COUNTY.
THIS RESPONSIBILITY IS EXERCISED THROUGH RECOMMENDATIONS CONVEYED BY RESOLUTIONS OR OTHER OFFICIAL MEANS, AND ALL OUR MATTERS OF PUBLIC RECORD.
THE COMMISSION IS COMPRISED OF SEVEN CITIZEN VOLUNTEERS APPOINTED BY THE BOARD WITH ONE REPRESENTATIVE FROM EACH VOTING DISTRICT, AND TWO AT LARGE MEMBERS.
IF I COULD HAVE EVERYONE RISE FOR PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, PLEDGE, 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.
[4. Approve Minutes – November 8, 2023 ]
APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES.UH, MEMBERS ALL HAD A CHANCE TO REVIEW THE, UH, PREVIOUS MONTH'S, MINUTES.
SEEING NONE, DO I HAVE A MOTION FOR, UH, APPROVAL? SO MOVED.
[5. Citizen Comments]
PERIOD.CITIZEN COMMENT PERIOD IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR CITIZENS TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION ON ANY ISSUE THAT IS NOT ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA.
UH, ANY ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK HAS THREE MINUTES? I DO NOT HAVE ANY APPLICATIONS.
IS THERE ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK IN CITIZEN COMMENT PERIOD? SEEING NONE CLOSE THE CITIZEN COMMENT PERIOD.
[Application No. UP-1025-23, Worley’s Home Services: Request for a Special Use Permit, pursuant to Section 24.1-306 (Category 15, No. 4b) of the York County Zoning Ordinance, to authorize the establishment of a contractor’s shop with outdoor storage on a 5.2-acre parcel (GPIN S02d-4248-2229) located at 1210 George Washington Memorial Highway (Route 17). The property is zoned GB (General Business) and designated General Business in the Comprehensive Plan]
HEARINGS.MR. CROSS, COULD YOU, UH, TAKE US THROUGH THE FIRST APPLICATION, PLEASE? YES, SIR.
THE FIRST AND ONLY APPLICATION.
MEMBERS OF THE, UH, GOOD EVENING, MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION.
UH, THIS APPLICATION IS A REQUEST FOR A SPECIAL USE PERMIT TO AUTHORIZE CONTRACTOR SHOP OUTDOOR STORAGE, 1210 GEORGE WASHINGTON MEMORIAL HIGHWAY, ROUTE 17.
THE APPLICANT IS WORLEY'S HOME SERVICES PROPERTY IS OUTLINED IN BLUE ON THE ZONING MAP.
UM, AS YOU CAN SEE, IT'S FAIRLY NARROW, FAIRLY DEEP PARCEL, UH, GOES BACK ALMOST ABOUT 1,450 FEET FROM ROUTE 17.
UH, THE AVERAGE WIDTH, WIDTH OF THE PARCEL IS ONLY ABOUT 150, 160 FEET.
PROPERTY IS ZONED GB GENERAL BUSINESS, UH, CONTRACTOR SHOPS ARE ALLOWED IN JB ZONING DISTRICT WITHOUT A SPECIAL USE PERMIT, BUT WHEN THERE IS OUTDOOR STORAGE DOES REQUIRE A SPECIAL USE PERMIT.
SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE TONIGHT.
THE SURROUNDING PROPERTY, UH, TO THE EAST AND SOUTH, UH, YOU CAN SEE THE R 13.
IT'S HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL.
THAT'S THE, UH, YORK MEADOWS, UH, SUBDIVISION, SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED HOMES.
AND, UH, UH, THE RC RESOURCE CONSERVATION THAT YOU SEE DOWN THERE, UH, IS, UH, IS, UH, UH, LAND HOLDINGS, UH, FOR LANGLEY AIR FORCE BASE.
THE, UH, REASON, UH, FOR THIS APPLICATION, UM, IS THAT, UH, IT, UH, CAME TO THE ATTENTION OF ONE OF OUR ZONING OFFICERS, UH, THAT THERE WERE, UH, SOME STORAGE CONTAINER UNITS, UH, IN THE, UH, FENCED, UH, CONTRACTOR'S STORAGE YARD.
UH, THE FENCE WAS OPEN AND THE ORDINANCE SAYS THAT CONTRACTOR STORAGE YARDS DO HAVE TO BE SCREENED FROM VIEW, FROM PUBLIC RIGHTS OF WAY, AND, UH, UH, NEIGHBORING PROPERTIES.
SO THE APPLICANT, UH, WAS ADVISED THAT THEY NEEDED TO APPLY FOR A SPECIAL USE PERMIT.
SO HERE IS AN AERIAL PHOTO OF THE PROPERTY, LIKE I SAID, UH, VERY DEEP, VERY NARROW.
UH, EVEN THOUGH IT IS 5.2 ACRES, WORLEY'S HOME SERVICES IS ONLY UTILIZING ABOUT SEVEN TENTHS OF AN ACRE UP THERE, UH, ALONG ROUTE 17.
AND HERE'S A BETTER LOOK OF THE PART OF THE PROPERTY THAT'S ACTUALLY BEING UTILIZED.
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UH, THE, UH, STORAGE YARD, AND THE, UH, EXISTING BUILDING, UH, SURROUNDING PROPERTY.I MENTIONED, UH, YORK MEADOWS OF SURROUNDING PROPERTY TO THE NORTH IS NORTH SIDE, UH, CHURCH.
AND THEN, UH, TO THE SOUTH IS THE CORPORATE OFFICE FOR COUNTY GRILL RESTAURANT THAT'S IN THE SHOPPING CENTER ACROSS THE STREET.
UH, JUST A COUPLE OF PICTURES.
AND HERE YOU CAN SEE THE, UH, STORAGE YARD.
UM, AND, AND ON THE OTHER SIDE, UH, YOU'VE GOT FENCING, UH, BETWEEN THEM AND THE COUNTY GRILL, UH, CORPORATE OFFICE.
AND, UH, HERE YOU CAN SEE THE OPENING IN THE FENCE, MAKING THE STORAGE YARD VISIBLE FROM ROUTE 17.
AND ALSO, UH, THERE'S NO FENCING HERE ALONG THE, UH, NORTH SIDE CHURCH OF CHRIST, UH, PROPERTY.
UH, NOT THAT THERE'S ANYTHING THERE,
THE, UH, AS YOU SAW IN THE PHOTOS, THERE IS FENCING, OPAQUE FENCING PARALLEL TO ROUTE 17.
UH, THERE'S ALSO EXISTING FENCING ALONG THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE PROPERTY ADJACENT TO THE COUNTY GRILL BUILDING, UH, AND BACK HERE.
UM, SO AS, UH, PART OF THIS APPLICATION, THE APPLICANT WILL BE REQUIRED TO ADD FENCING ALONG THE PROPERTY, UH, NORTHSIDE CHURCH OF CHRIST'S PROPERTY, UH, TO SCREEN VIEWS FROM THAT PROPERTY.
AND, UH, THE CONEX BOXES, UH, EITHER HAVE BEEN, WILL NEED TO BE REMOVED, RELOCATED, UH, BACK HERE BEHIND THE BUILDING.
SO THEY'LL BE SCREENED BY THE BUILDING AND THE FENCING, UH, WE'RE NOT REQUIRING ANY FENCING TO THE REAR OF THE STORAGE YARD BECAUSE IT'S ALL VEGETATED AND IT'S ALL THEIR PROPERTY.
SO THEY'D ONLY BE SCREENING STORAGE YARD FROM THEMSELVES AND FROM THE WOODED AREA.
SO THERE'S REALLY NO NEED FOR, UH, FENCING BEHIND THE STORAGE.
THE ASPHALT THAT YOU SEE HERE, UH, THAT IS THE LIMITS, THE LIMIT OF STORAGE YARD.
NO STORAGE WOULD BE PERMITTED BEYOND THE ASPHALT, UH, THAT WRAPS AROUND THE BUILDING HERE.
SO, AS I JUST SAID, OUTDOOR STORAGE WILL BE LIMITED TO THE EXISTING, UH, STORAGE YARD.
UH, OPAQUE FENCING HAS A CONDITION OF APPROVAL BE INSTALLED ALONG THE NORTHERN PROPERTY BOUNDARY, AND THE STORAGE CONTAINERS WILL BE LOCATED BEHIND THE EXISTING BUILDING.
SO THEY'LL BE FULLY SCREENED, UH, FROM YORK MEADOWS, FROM NORTHSIDE CHURCH OF CHRIST FROM ROUTE 17.
SO GIVEN THAT STORAGE YARD WILL BE FULLY SCREENED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ZONING ORDINANCE REQUIREMENTS.
UH, AND, UH, UH, AND THE STORAGE YARD EXPANSION, I SHOULD NOTE, IS, OR, OR ANY EXPANSION OF THE STORAGE YARD, UH, WOULD BE LIMITED TO 5%, UH, INCREASE IN, UH, LOT COVERAGE.
SO IT'S ABOUT 615 SQUARE FEET THERE.
AND THE REASON I SAY THAT IS STORAGE YARD WOULD BECOME A LEGALLY CONFORMING SPECIAL USE IF THIS APPLICATION IS APPROVED.
AND FOR SPECIAL USES, ANY EXPANSION GREATER THAN 5% HAS TO BE APPROVED BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
AND I EMPHASIZE THIS BECAUSE THERE WAS A, A LETTER THAT CIRCULATED IN THE YORK MEADOWS, AN ANONYMOUS LETTER THAT CIRCULATED, UH, THROUGH THE YORK MEADOWS, UH, SUBDIVISION, WHICH IN CONTAINED, UM, SOME MISINFORMATION, SOME FALSE CLAIMS ABOUT THE APPLICATION.
AND THERE WAS AN INSINUATION THAT, UH, WORLEY'S COULD EXPAND, UH, THE STORAGE YARD, YOU KNOW, ALL THE WAY BACK TO YORK MEADOWS, UH, HAVE STORAGE BACK THERE.
UH, THERE WAS TALK ABOUT, UH, THAT THEY COULD HAVE, UH, A BOAT AND RV RENTALS BACK THERE, WHICH IS COMPLETELY UNTRUE.
NOTHING IN THIS USE PERMIT WOULD ALLOW THEM TO DO THAT.
UM, AND WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT A 5% EXPANSION, THAT WOULD BE VERY SMALL.
UH, UH, IT'D BE ABOUT A FOUR FOOT EXTENSION OF THESE EXISTING STORAGE YARD.
SO IT WOULD BE STILL NOWHERE NEAR THE FIRST HOME IN YORK MEADOWS.
SO I JUST WANTED TO STRAIGHTEN THAT OUT SINCE THERE WAS SOME MISINFORMATION CIRCULATING OUT THERE.
SO WITH THAT, WE RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE APPLICATION SUBJECT TO, UH, THE CONDITIONS AND RESOLUTION PC 23 DASH 29.
UH, MR. WORLEY IS HERE TO SPEAK ON HIS BEHALF, AND I'D BE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE FOR ME AT THIS TIME.
I OPEN THE, UH, PUBLIC HEARING FOR, UM, THIS APPLICATION.
I ASK THE, UH, APPLICANT IF YOU WISH TO STEP FORWARD.
I'LL ASK YOU TO STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS, PLEASE.
I OWN, UH, WORLEY'S HOME SERVICES AND MDC
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ENTERPRISES, WHICH OWNS THE ACTUAL LAND ITSELF.UH, 1210, UH, GEORGE WASHINGTON HIGHWAY IS THE ADDRESS, IS THAT IT? I'M SORRY, YOUR ADDRESS.
OH, UM, 2 0 2 WORLEY FARM TRAIL IN YORKTOWN.
ANYTHING YOU WISH TO ADD TO WHAT, UH, MR. CROSS HAS ALREADY PROVIDED? YEAH, I HAVE, UM, SPENT A LOT OF MONEY PUTTING ALL THAT FENCE UP AND, AND DOING ALL, I THOUGHT I WAS TRYING TO GET AHEAD OF THE CURVE THAT ANYBODY WOULD HAVE ANY PROBLEMS. I'VE MET WITH YORK MEADOWS AND, UM, WITH THE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION.
I MET WITH THE CHURCH, I THINK WHERE EVERYBODY'S FRIENDLY.
THERE WAS, I SAID, ANYBODY HAS A PROBLEM OR CALL ME.
AND NOTHING UNTIL I GOT THE LETTER THAT I GUESS FROM THE CITY INSPECTOR DIDN'T LIKE IT.
UH, SOMETHING THAT, I GUESS WHEN SHE DROVE BY, SHE SAW IT.
UM, BUT I PUT UP ALL THAT FENCE.
THE REASON I DIDN'T PUT IT, I'M, I DON'T HAVE IT UP ON THE SCREEN LIKE HE DID, BUT THERE WAS WOODS TO THE BACK, SO I DIDN'T PUT A FENCE UP BECAUSE IT WAS WOODS.
AND THEN THE, TO THE SIDE WHERE THE CHURCH IS THE, THEY TORE DOWN THAT THERE WAS A HOUSE THERE.
'CAUSE THEY HAD VAGRANTS LIVING THERE AND BEHIND MY BUILDING BEFORE WE MOVED IN.
SO I DIDN'T BOTHER PUTTING A FENCE UP, SPENDING ANY EXTRA MONEY, PUTTING A FENCE UP ON THAT SIDE.
I MEAN, THERE WAS JUST TREES THERE.
SO I DID NOT PUT FENCE ON THAT SIDE BECAUSE IT WAS JUST TREES BEHIND ME, TREES ON THE SIDE.
UM, THE, THE HOUSES CANNOT SEE ME THROUGH THE, YOU KNOW, A HUNDRED PLUS FEET OF TREES.
SO I DIDN'T THINK IT WAS A BIG DEAL NOT HAVING A, A FENCE THERE.
SO, I'M SORRY I DIDN'T SPEND THAT EXTRA MONEY DOING IT.
BUT WE'VE REALLY FIXED UP THAT RIPS BUILDING.
I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY'S DROVE BY IT LATELY, BUT THE INSIDE IS IMMACULATE NOW.
IT REALLY, REALLY TURNED OUT WELL.
SO THE LAST PAINT JOB WAS 1971, SO WE HAD A LOT OF WORK TO DO ON THE INSIDE.
SO, UM, BUT ANYWAY, THAT'S, THAT'S IT.
I TO ADD, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? NO, IT'S PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD.
AT THIS POINT, I'LL UH, CALL ON CITIZENS WHO MAY WISH TO SPEAK.
I'VE GOT ONE APPLICANT, UH, RON PHILLIPS, WHO'S REQUESTED I DECIDED NOT TO SPEAK, SIR, I'M NOT.
DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER CITIZENS WHO WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS APPLICATION? SEEING NONE.
I CLOSE THE, UH, PUBLIC HEARING, STRAIGHTFORWARD APPLICATION.
I THINK CHECKED ALL THE BOXES.
WE, UH, SEND THE PC 23 DASH 29 TO THE BOARD SUPERVISORS FOR APPROVAL.
THE MOTION BY MR. TITUS IS TO ADOPT PC 23 DASH 29 TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF A SPECIAL YEAST PERMIT TO AUTHORIZE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A CONTRACTOR SHOP WITH OUTDOOR STORAGE AT 21 0 GEORGE WASHINGTON MEMORIAL HIGHWAY.
WE, I DON'T HAVE ANY, ANY NEW BUSINESS.
[9. Staff Reports/Recent Actions by the Board of Supervisors]
OR RECENT ACTIONS BY THE BOARD SUPERVISORS.UH, FIRST OF ALL, I DO WANT TO RECOGNIZE MR. HORO, SINCE THIS IS HIS LAST MEETING WITH US, HE IS, UH, MOVING ON UP.
PUT ME ON THE HOT SEAT ON THE LAST MEETING.
WELL, I'M GLAD YOU'RE ABLE TO GO OUT WITH A BANG, UH, AND CHAIR AND AND CHAIR YOUR LAST MEETING.
UM, BUT, UH, YEAH, SO SPEAKING FOR THE STAFF, WE'VE ENJOYED WORKING WITH YOU THIS PAST TWO AND A HALF YEARS AND LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU IN THE FUTURE IN A SOMEWHAT DIFFERENT CAPACITY.
BUT, UH, UH, SO, AND WE WISH YOU ALL THE BEST, UH, BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
UM, AS FAR AS RECENT ACTIONS BY THE BOARD, UH, MOST SIGNIFICANT RECENT ACTION IS AT THEIR NOVEMBER 21ST MEETING, UH, THEY ADOPTED THE UPDATED COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
SO THAT IS NOW BEHIND US AND WE WILL, UH, HOPEFULLY EARLY NEXT YEAR, WE'LL GET YOU HARD COPIES OF THE NEW PLAN.
UM, ALSO AT THAT MEETING, UH, THEY DID APPROVE
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THE GLOF TOURIST HOME APPLICATION IN CARVER GARDENS.UH, AND THEY APPROVED THE LA TINT WINDOW TINTING USE PERMIT APPLICATION, UH, IN THE SCHRODER CENTER ON ROUTE 17 COMING UP AT THEIR MEETING, UH, NEXT WEEK, THIS NEXT THIS TUESDAY, THEY WILL CONSIDER THE TWO, UH, G SQUARE YBA APPLICATIONS FOR THE RESTAURANT AND THE OUTDOOR DINING AREA ON WATER STREET TWO APPLICATIONS THAT YOU ALL RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF AT YOUR NOVEMBER MEETING.
AND THEY WILL ALSO TAKE UP THE PANDA EXPRESS, UH, USE PERMIT APPLICATION ON MOTOWN ROAD.
AS FAR AS, UH, Y'ALL'S, UH, JANUARY, UH, 10TH AGENDA, WE JUST HAVE ONE APPLICATION, AND THAT IS A USE PERMIT APPLICATION TO ALLOW TRUCK RENTALS AT CLIFFS AUTOMOTIVE ON ROUTE 70.
UH, YOU MAY RECALL ABOUT A YEAR AGO, A YEAR AND A HALF, I DON'T KNOW, UH, USE PERMIT WAS APPROVED TO ALLOW GOLF CART SALES ON THAT SAME PROPERTY.
UH, PENSKE, UH, PENSKE WANTS TO, UH, PARK SOME TRUCKS OUT THERE AND HAVE THEM AVAILABLE FOR RENTAL.
AND SO THAT DOES REQUIRE A USE PERMIT.
SO THAT WILL BE ON YOUR AGENDA FOR JANUARY 10TH.
YOU DO HAVE A COPY OF THE NEXT YEAR'S MEETING SCHEDULE IN FRONT OF YOU.
UH, YOU WILL ALSO, WITH THE, UH, DEPARTURE OF MR. HORO, YOU'LL NEED TO ELECT A NEW VICE CHAIR.
UH, I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO RECOGNIZE AND CONGRATULATE MS. ROMAN FOR RECEIVING HER MASTER'S DEGREE IN URBAN AFFAIRS FROM NORFOLK STATE THIS PAST, UH, SATURDAY.
AND LASTLY, I JUST WANT TO WISH YOU ALL A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY HOLIDAYS, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU IN 2024.
ANY, UH, COMMITTEE REPORTS? I'M HAPPY TO REPORT MR. CHAIRMAN, THAT THERE ARE NO COMMITTEE REPORTS.
THERE'S NO COMMITTEES AFTER FOUR YEARS OF COMP PLAN COMMITTEES.
I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY THE SAME FOR COMMISSION
[11. Commission Reports and Requests]
REPORTS AND REQUESTS.SO AT THIS POINT, I'D JUST LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT AND THANK THIS, UH, THIS GROUP.
UM, IT'S BEEN A GREAT LEARNING EXPERIENCE.
I THINK WE OFTEN HAVE DIFFERENCES OF OPINION UP HERE, BUT IT'S VERY, UH, INSTRUMENTAL PART OF THE PROCESS IN TERMS OF COMING TO CONCLUSIONS AND SEEING AND MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT A CITIZEN'S ISSUES AND APPLICATIONS FROM ALL, UH, FROM ALL RESPECTS AND FROM ALL VIEWPOINTS.
AND I, I THANK YOU FOR THE TIME I'VE HAD ON THIS COMMISSION.
I APPRECIATE THE WORK OF MY FEDERAL COMMISSIONERS AND THE COUNTY STAFF.
I TOO WISH YOU, UH, SEASONS, GREETINGS, AND ALL THE BEST OF OF THE NEW YEAR.