HomeMy WebLinkAbout11/15/2006 - Planning Commission - Minutes - RegularAPPROVED MINUTES PLANNING COMMISSION
November 15, 2006
A regular meeting of the Planning Commission of the City of
Salem, Virginia, was held in Council Chambers, City Hall, 114 North
Broad Street, at 7:00 p.m., on November 15, 2006, there being
present the following members of said Commission, to wit: Gardner
W. Smith, Jimmy W. Robertson, and Vicki G. Daulton (Terrance D.
Murphy and Bruce N. Thomasson – absent); with Gardner W. Smith,
Chairman, presiding; together with James E. Taliaferro, II,
Assistant City Manager and Executive Secretary, ex officio member
of said Commission; Melinda J. Payne, Director of Planning and
Development; Charles E. VanAllman, City Engineer; Charles B.
Aldridge Sr., Acting Building Official and Zoning Administrator;
Benjamin W. Tripp, Planner; and William C. Maxwell, Assistant City
Attorney; and the following business was transacted:
ON MOTION MADE BY COMMISSION MEMBER DAULTON, AND DULY CARRIED,
the minutes of the regular meeting and work session held on
October 1 1 , 2006, were approved as written –
the roll call vote: all present – aye.
In re: Request of Charlotte K. White, property owner, for rezoning a portion of the property located in the 1400 block of West Riverside Drive (Tax Map # 178-3-7) from AG Agricultural District to RSF Residential Single Family District The Executive Secretary reported that this date and time had
been set to hold a public hearing to consider the request of
Charlotte K. White, property owner, for rezoning a portion of the
property located in the 1400 block of West Riverside Drive (Tax Map
# 178-3-7) from AG Agricultural District to RSF Residential Single
Family District; and
WHEREAS, the Executive Secretary further reported that notice
of such hearing had been published in the November 2 and 9, 2006,
issues of the Salem Times-Register, and adjoining property owners
were notified by letter mailed November 3, 2006; and
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WHEREAS, staff noted the following: the subject property
consists of one parcel located along West Riverside Drive, directly
to the east of the Woodbridge Subdivision; currently, there are two
single family dwellings on the property, and the remainder is used
for agriculture; the lot is approximately 12.241 acres; the portion
along West Riverside Drive is located within the floodway and the
associated flood zones; this request is to subdivide the property
into three parcels, one for each of the current dwellings, and a
larger parcel constituting the remainder of the original property;
Parcel A2 (.293 acres) will be located around 1498 W. Riverside
Drive and Parcel A3 (.497 acres) around 1494 W. Riverside Drive;
an additional dwelling is proposed on the remaining property
(Parcel A1, 11.451 acres); since Parcels A2 and A3 are less than
the required ten acre minimum to qualify for the Agricultural
District zoning, the property owner is requesting that they be
rezoned to RSF (Residential Single Family); Parcel A1 will remain
AG (Agricultural); the dwellings located at 1498 and 1494 are
partially located within the floodway, however, they are currently
existing structures; and the proposed dwelling located on Parcel A1
is not within any flood boundaries; and
WHEREAS, Brian Casella of Balzer & Associates, Roanoke,
representing the property owner, appeared before the Commission
explaining the request to rezone a portion of this property from AG
Agricultural District to RSF Residential Single Family District; he
noted that the purpose of the request is to allow Mr. & Mrs. White
to construct a new single-family residence for their personal use
on proposed Parcel A-1, which will remain agriculturally zoned; and
WHEREAS, Commission Member Robertson stated he noticed the
rather lengthy driveway accessing the proposed new dwelling; he
asked Mr. Casella if the proposed driveway would be a gravel road,
and Mr. Casella noted that it would be a gravel driveway; and
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WHEREAS, Commission Member Daulton noted that she was not able
to attend the work session earlier in the day; she asked if the
proposed dwelling would be single family, and Mr. Casella noted
that it would be a single family dwelling and that it would be the
White’s primary dwelling; and
WHEREAS, Fred and Charlotte White, property owners, appeared
before the Commission in support of the request; and
WHEREAS, no other person(s) appeared related to said request;
ON MOTION MADE BY COMMISSION MEMBER ROBERTSON, AND DULY
CARRIED, the Planning Commission of the City of Salem doth
recommend to the Council of the City of Salem that the request of
Charlotte K. White, property owner, for rezoning a portion of the
property located in the 1400 block of West Riverside Drive (Tax Map
# 178-3-7) from AG Agricultural District to RSF Residential Single
Family District be approved as presented –
the roll call vote: all present – aye.
There being no further business to come before the Commission,
the same on motion adjourned at 7:05 p.m.